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Lately, LL Cool J has been receiving praise as one of hip-hop's longest surviving MC's -- yet I think we're forgetting one of the most valuable and continuing tenants of hip-hop culture which has kept our music and
culture viable when others weaken wither and die on the vine:
survival of the fittest.
I think Canibus said what we were all thinking when he rapped "take that mic off your arm and let a real nigga rock it" (referring to LL Cool J's tattoo). What's up with his new Big Willieistic/Puff Daddy wannabeism style? It's wack. It's stupid. It's pathetically pop. It's everything that the epitome of hip-hop music and culture SHOULD NOT BE -- which means that LL Cool J is no longer the epitome of our music and culture. I give the utmost respect to LL Cool J for what he's done for hip-hop but if his rap records are wack and his contributions to our culture are actually negative instead of positive, he should step the fuck off. How many wack albums can one MC be allowed to make before people can step up? Some people get taken out for one wack SONG. LL Cool J should have known better than to let somebody as hot as Canibus record in the studio when LL wasn't present -- he was bound to issue a challenge to his elder. That's the way it should be. If LL is too much of a punk to even have Canibus be in the video, that just proves that it's time for LL to retire. Peace, Flash Go To Page: 1
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