Hip-Hop is Dead: And All Shall Be Held Accountable

The Top 10 Greatest Hip-Hop Albums Ever on Supreme Ent. on Sat. 6/28 @ 2pm EST!

2008-06-26T13:03:00.001-05:00

SUPREME ENTERTAINMENT BLOG TALK RADIO PRESENTS:

THE TOP 10M GREATEST HIP-HOP ALBUMS EVER!

Can you remember the first time you heard Run-DMC’s first album, or the first time you popped in & listened to Strictly Business (EPMD), Long Live The Kane (Big Daddy Kane) or Paid n Full (Eric B & Rakim)? All these legendary acts dropped classic gems with their debut albums. So now we’re going to make the bold attempt to highlight 10 of the greatest Hip-Hop albums of all time!

Who would you have on your list, and who would be number one? Is it Straight Outta Compton (N.W.A.), Criminal Minded (B.D.P.), or maybe one of the ladies like All Eyes On This (MC Lyte)? You decide!

It all goes down this Saturday June 28th from 2pm-4pm online at Http://www.blogtalkradio.com/agsupreme and the number to call and weigh in with your thoughts is (646) 716-8850. Take care guys and we can’t wait to hear from you!

Dr. Dre – The Chronic

Big Daddy Kane – It’s a Big Daddy Thing

Nas – Illmatic

A Tribe Called Quest – Low End Theory

Peace,
Wisdom Supreme
Supreme Entertainment

The Top 10 Notorious B.I.G. Records Ever on Supreme Entertainment Sat. 3/8/08 @ 2pm EST.!

2008-03-04T16:55:00.002-05:00

SUPREME ENTERTAINMENT BLOG TALK RADIO PRESENTS:

The Top 10 Notorious B.I.G. records ever!

If you can remember the first time you heard Ready to Die, most of you can agree that there was a time in Hip-Hop during the early to mid 90’s where the West Coast sound of DeathRow fueled by Dr. Dre & Snoop ruled the industry! Biggie’s classic debut (along with Nas with Illmatic and the Wu-Tang Clan) helped to solidify the return of East Coast Hip-Hop to prominence!

Ready to Die was packed with the chilling and haunting tales of a paranoid hustler, laced with superior lyrical wordplay and some incredibly creative styles and flows, that became the blueprint that many artist today from Lil Kim to Jay-Z have incorporated within their own unique styles as artist to garner mainstream success.

The bottom line is Big Poppa’s influence is unquestionable, and I think most would agree he’s probably the most important and revered MC out of Brooklyn since BDK (that’s Big Daddy Kane incase you didn’t know, and if you don’t know google him, cause the brotha was straight pure fire!).

One the eve of the 11 year anniversary of the death of The Notorious B.I.G., we honor his musical legacy with discussing and playing 10 of his greatest records and why the Hip-Hop world to this day will always love Big Poppa!

So join us Saturday March 8th at 2pm EST. online at Http://www.blogtalkradio.com/agsupreme and the number to call is (646) 716-8850. So tune in and help us to celebrate, remember and pay homage to one of Hip-Hop’s fallen brethren! Brooklyn, stand up!

The Notorious B.I.G.

Supreme Entertainment Crew

ENJOY!

Peace,
Wisdom Supreme
Supreme Entertainment

The Top 10 Greatest Hip-Hop Love Songs of All Time

2008-02-13T14:09:00.000-05:00

SUPREME ENTERTAINMENT BLOG TALK RADIO PRESENTS

THE TOP 10 GREATEST HIP-HOP LOVE SONGS OF ALL TIME!

LL Cool J.

Method Man

Slick Rick

For all of those who believe that Hip-Hop is crude and rude with no heart or respect towards the ladies, this show is for you. The Lover in you that is! In honor of Valentine's Day, this show will highlight 10 of the greatest love songs in Hip-Hop History.

Can you name your top 10 Hip-Hop love songs, and can you guess who will make our list at number one and why? Tune in 2/14 @ 7pm and find out all the 411. The show broadcast at the same page as always at Http://www.blogtalkradio.com/agsupreme and the same number as well at (646) 716-8850. Take care everyone and can’t wait to hear from you!

Peace,
Wisdom Supreme
Supreme Entertainment

Year End 07 Recap/New Years Resolution Show!

2007-12-29T12:07:00.000-05:00

SUPREME ENTERTAINMENT BLOG TALK RADIO PRESENTS:

New Years Resolutions/Year in Entertainment 2007 Review Show!

Join Sabertooth, D.Nation & Wisdom Supreme as we discuss the highs and lows in Hip-Hop Music and the world of Entertainment throughout 2007, plus call in and discuss your New Years Resolutions for 2008!

We'll also discuss some of the top shows throughout our first 6 months on air, and some of the most interesting, controversial, and exciting topics we've gone over thus far. From Relationships between Men & Women, to the Meaning & impact of the N-Word & much more!

It all goes down at Http://www.blogtalkradio.com/agsupreme and the number to call in is (646) 716-8850. Can’t wait to hear from you guys!

Sabertooth & D.Nation

Wisdom Supreme

Peace,
Wisdom Supreme
Supreme Entertainment

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT HOUR ON SUPREME ENTERTAINMENT 11/10 @ 2PM

2007-11-08T00:04:00.000-05:00

SUPREME ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS:

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT HOUR! THIS SATURDAY 11/10 FROM 2PM-3PM!
This week we will be interviewing the talented and gifted Ms. Latisha Simmons. Who is a Writer and Journalist, doing her thing in a major way in the world of Hip-Hop and Entertainment! Find out who she has interviewed, as she dishes on the good, the bad and the sometimes ugly side of show bizz and entertainment!

It all goes down this Saturday from 2pm-3pm 11/10/07. Listen in at Http://www.blogtalkradio.com/agsupreme and the number to call in to the show is (646) 716-8850. I know you guys want want to miss out! So join us at Supreme Entertainment, i's not just a show, it's the new millennium movement for online Edutainment!

Host Wisdom Supreme

Guest for 11/10 Latisha Simmons

Peace,
Wisdom Supreme
Supreme Entertainment

OLD SCHOOL CLASSIC HIP-HOP VIDEOS!

2007-09-24T18:14:00.000-05:00

CHECK OUT THE CLASSIC NEW VIDEOS ON MY MYSPACE PROFILE PAGE!!!!!!!!!!

Hey guys, check out the new videos on my main Myspace profile page! I have hot old school classics from Eric B & Rakim, Speical Ed, a Tribe called Quest & much more! Check it out now, and drop a line and let me know what you think! You can view it now at http://www.myspace.com/agsupreme

Also if you haven't had the time yet you can check out the incredible Speak ya Piece Poetry Showcase pt. II that went down on Supreme Entertainment over the weekend! 8 incredible Poets got a chance to showcase their talents and skills to the masses! See how it all went down right here at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/agsuprme

And don't be afraid to tell a friend and spread the word if you like what you hear. Next month for the next poetry showcase it could be you spittin those poetic words of wisdom! Thanks again guys for all the support, much appreciated. Take care guys and till next time take it easy and stay blessed.

Peace,
Wisdom Supreme
Supreme Entertainment

WEALTH (A NEW POEM)!!

2007-09-05T23:05:00.000-05:00

SUPREME ENTERTAINMENT VOLUME 28 PRESENTS

WEALTH (A NEW POEM)!!

Keep it real or keep it righteous

Sell your pride to the highest bidder

Auction your soul, for diamonds and gold

A modern day mintrel show for house niggas

Your characters now a caricature, of what you used to stand for

Now cash and ass is all you shake and chase, fiend out like a pimps crack whore

BALLIN for the limelight, but do you have your mind right?

Wanna make it rain on these hoes, but who's really gettin pimped by the industry bro?

Masa say shake that ass, and you say how fast?

Hoping that the pain from your shame, won't outlast the cash

Think the diamonds on your neck will cover the lack of self respect

Pimp that ride, along with your pride, disgracing your race for a seven figure check

Now see I don't knock jewlery, cause even I got my little chain

But the real jewel that I respect, is the one thats on top of your neck

Brighter than any diamond hanging low off the chain of your favorite MC

And the only conflict about this jewel is when I use this tool to set the lost souls free

See what good is wealth if your mental health, is now drowning in misery and shame

From your decisions that enslaved you to addictions to sin to disgusting to mention by name

Now your soul is entrapped in a prison, with inflictions the world couldn't cure

And just think after all of your grief you still have the mark of the beast and Hell to endure

But imagine where our nation would be, if we were free from being a slave

From our sinful desires, engulfed in Hell's fire, everlasting from death beyond the grave

If we treasured knowledge before money, and valued love before lust

Then we can truly be the land of the free and add redemption to the phrase "In God we Trust"

Home of the Brave, so bold in your shame, but we actually all take the blame

Of creating this Godless reality, with a money over righteous mentality

So what's sacred is sacrificed as a casualty

But you don't give a damn to take a stand, and that's a tragedy!

By Wisdom Supreme 2007

Your thoughts..................................

GUESS WHO'S BACK? SUPREME ENTERTAINMENT BLOG TALK RADIO SHOW!!

2007-09-05T00:19:00.001-05:00

NEW DAY, NEW TIME, SAME HOT AND CLASSIC FLAVA FROM THE HOTTSET NEW BLOG TALK RADIO SHOW ON THE WEB: SUPREME ENTERTAINMENT!!!!!

SHOW SCHEDULE: FOR THE MONTH OF SEPT. 07
SATURDAY SEPT. 8TH AT 2PM
THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE VERY UGLY SIDE OF DATING!

What's good everyone it's ya boy Wisdom Supreme, back with a new broadcast of Supreme Entertainment! We are now scheduled at a new day and time which is: Saturdays at 2pm (Eastern, & 11am on the West Coast). There was no show this weekend (2nd, 3rd or 4th) due to the Labor Day Holiday weekend. But our next show will be Saturday September 8th at 2pm. This next show will be the introduction of our Relationship Series: The Good, The Bad, & the Very Ugly Side of dating!
You don't want to miss this live broadcast! It will also be co-hosted by the lovely and talented Poo aka Nicole as well. So get ready for a creative, exciting, well balanced, informative and edutaining look at relationships between men & women that will hopefully enlighten & inspire some healthy dialogue between the sexes! But don't take my word for it, tune in, call in & find out for yourself. The website to check out all the action is http://www.blogtalkradio.com/agsupreme and the number to call in and add your thoughts is (646) 716-8850. Thanks for your support!!

ENJOY :)

SATURDAY SEPT. 15TH
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT HOUR!

Check out a great artist spotlight hour when I interview not 1 but 2 guests for my show! The first guest from 2pm-2:30pm will be a true renaissance woman, who does fashion, poetry, writing, acting, painting and much more! Her name is Mary L. Carter from Las Vegas!
The 2nd phenemonal artist from 2:30m-3pm is a young woman on the rise in the literary world! She is a self published author, nonminated for African Amercian self published author of the year, runs her own literary website "The Write Vibe" and is a constant mainstay in the ever growing field of respected literary authors on the rise! Her name is Author Kisha Green from New Jersey!
So don't miss out on the chance to hear and learn about these 2 incredible artist on our Artist spotlight hour!

SATURDAY SEPT. 22nd
SPEAK YA PIECE POETRY SHOWCASE PT. II

It's the one Blog Radio Show most fans have been waiting for. Back by popular demand it's the Supreme Entertainment Speak Ya Piece Poetry Showcase pt. II! And this time we are looking for more talent than before! Last months show was great as 6 poets with the gift of gab spoke their piece and blessed us with some amazing poetry! And this time around we look for the Poets Showcase to be bigger and better than ever! A definite must hear event!and lastly

SATURDAY SEPT. 29TH
TOP 10 GREATEST HIP-HOP MC'S OF ALL TIME

YOU HEARD IT FROM ALL THE REST, NOW HEAR THE TRUTH ABOUT THE BEST! THIS SHOW WILL DISCUSS THE TOP 10 GREATEST HIP-HOP MC'S OF ALL TIME! AND I GUARANTEE YOU IT WON'T BE BIGGIE OR 2PAC AT NUMBER ONE EITHER, SO YOU GOTTA STAY TUNED AND LISTEN IN TO FIND OUT WHO TOPS THE LIST!

Thank you to everyone who helped support Supreme Entertainment so far, and I hope you will continue to help support and spread the word about the show as well! Also I am open to great new fresh creative ideas. So if you think you have a great idea for a show then please don't keep it to yourself, let me know by leaving a comment or reply to this Blog! Thanks again and take care everyone!

Peace,
Wisdom Supreme
SUPREME ENTERTAINMENT
HUSTLERS AMBITION INC

HIP-HOP IS STILL DEAD, AND IGNORANT NIGGAS KILLED IT!

2007-08-06T00:17:00.000-05:00

SUPREME ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS VOLUME 27

HIP-HOP IS STILL DEAD, AND IGNORANT NIGGAS KILLED IT!

What's good everyone, it's ya boy Supreme back with another important 411 report on the deceased music & culture that was Hip-Hop! I recently had an internet argument on YouTube with some guy who said some pretty wild and disrespectful comments (in response to my video clip showing live footage of Rakim Allah performing Follow the Leader at BB Kings Bar & Grill in NYC), about Rakim, Biggie, East Coast MC's and NY Hip-Hop in general!
Needless to say I proceeded to school the poor starving for knowledge individual, but to no avail! He responded with an even more outlandish and foolish rant. So of course at this point it was nail in the coffin time, and I had to murda the sucka verbally for trying to disrespect Supreme, Rakim and the artform and culture I love! I took the liberty of copying and pasting the "colorful discussion" we had on YouTube for your viewing, so you can witness for yourself if you think I repsonded appropriately. Bare in mind, because of the low intelligence of the person I was dealing with some language was used during this convo, that I normally wouldn't choose to engage with. But like the gifted Lauryn Hill once said about her rhymes & lines "I ADD A MOTHERFUCKER, SO YOU IGNORANT NIGGAS HEAR ME!" So on that note, here was the convo: I've renamed the guy of course to spare him any further humiliation!
Suker MC

fuk this fiool rakim, he aint shit , faggot ass east coast bitches, fuk ny and the east coast, you know nothin bout hip hop, you wak ass r & b bitches, damn this shit hurts my ears, fake fuks!!!!! quit tryin to act like g;s you all aint shit!!!! tupac forever, sincerely a WEST COAST G!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wisdom Supreme

Now I have nothing against any West Coast peeps who rep real Hip-Hop, and I actually am a fan of 2 Pac even. However to disrespect not only the East Coast, but Rakim (the lyrical God and father to half the MC's worth a damn in the industry right now), and most importantly New York (the mecca and birthplace of Hip-Hop music, art & culture), shows me you are one of little intelligence and understanding of what true Hip-Hop is all about! If you want a sensible debate, discussion or conversation about top MC's, hottest D.J.'s or most relevant groups or most impactful Hip-Hop album's that's fine, but save all the ignorant narrow minded fake gangsta shit for someone else's page, cause only REAL HIP-HOP IS ALLOWED ON SUPREME ENTERTAINMENT! Class is dismissed!

Sucker MC

bitch please, i dont give a fuk about the pussy ass east coast and never will, when has the east coast ever shown any love for tha west?, fo that fuk u, the east coast, new york and your bitch rakim and biggie too. you know what happened to yur bitch ass piggie tha last time he came out to tha west coast, the east aint shit. what the fuk, lyrical god? rakim? motha fuka please, rakim couldnt even spell lyrical and he sure as fuk aint no god. wanna hear some real lyrics? go pick up some tupac. wanna hear some shit that is wak and hurts a motha fukas ears, keep listenin to rakim and bitch boys entertainment, you wak ass peice of shit east coast wanna b g, yall aint shit. WEST COAST 4 LIFE, FUK U AND STAY OFF MY CHANNEL BIIIIIATCHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wisdom Supreme

First of all even 2 Pac realized the importance of paying homage and respect to an MC of Rakim's caliber! Who did he quote on Got My Mind Made Up (feat. Redman & Method Man by the way, 2 more elite East Coast MC's) with the line "bare witness to the dopest fuckin rhyme I wrote, takin off my coat, clearin my throat? Part of that was from Eric B & Rakim's Eric B Is President's line takin off my coat clearin my throat, my rhyme will be diggin in till I hit my last note! And if you check the credits on even Pac's first album (2Pacalypse Now) you will see all the East Coast heads he gives props too for paving the way for him, from Boogie Down Productions to Public Enenmy! And before you mention about how East Coast heads turned their back on him after he got shot, bare in mind even Pac himself said in interviews he wasn't beefin with the whole East Coast (or even all of NY) just Biggie and whoever was down with Bad Boy at the time. (But hell even Pac's boy Snoop another one of your West Caost G's was cool with Biggie). Meanwhile Pac was still best friends with Treach from Naughty By Nature (cats from East Coast in New Jersey), and he even did an album (One Nation) with the Boot Camp Click (straight from Biggie's borough of Brooklyn)! And for the record, your West Coast Don Pac was actually born in the Bronx (birthplace of Hip-Hop) and was raised in Baltimore for most of his childhood before going to L.A.! So your West Coast rider has more East Coast influences then you will ever know!So the hell with Coast bashing man, that shit is so 90's homie! And before you go telling me to get off your channel, remember that you started this bullshit with leaving ignorant ass comments on my video's, on my page, disrespecting the artist, music, culture and region where I come from. But I don't blame all of the West Coast, Cali, San Fran, or wherever the hell you're from, I strictly blame you! For being the narrow minded, short sided, raging with misguided anger, intellectually challenged, misinformed, miseducated, ill advised degenrate that you are, whose ignorance I detest like a sickness! Don't bother writing back cause I will be blocking you from this point forward. It's just a waste of time and energy trying to battle wits with someone so ill equipped. Your arms are too short to box with GOD, play your position and don't ever get outta line ya blasphemous bystard! NOW GET THE FUCK OFF MY PAGE, INBOX AND OUT MY PROFILE AND GET A FUCKING LIFE, LOSER!

Now, do you think that was the least bit out of line on my part, or right on time and exact? In anycase the bottom line is that it's narrow minded nonsense like this that killed the artform and culture formely known as Hip-Hop to begin with! I mean if you are not feeling a certain artist or even region of music, or have your preferences that's fine! But don't disrespect or disregard the contributions of other important (and in the case of Rakim legendary) artist who helped bring the art and music to another level!
It was just nothing more than pure unadulterated ignorance, the kind that NIGGAS today have used and spewed to kill an artform that was once destined for greatness! Long gone are the days of Black Power, social awareness, power to the people, spiritual guidance, cultural uplifting songs and albums and now we've entered an era of mindless backstabbing, breast grabbing, ass shaking, diamonds on my neck money makin, shuckin & jivin, misogynistic minstrel show! And every community is laughing at us (like the white staff member did on the set of the 3rd season of The Chappelle Show, when Dave realized he went too far with the racial pixie skecth), and ain't a damn thing funny! We need to wake up people, there is no glory, props or gain (be it financial, material, or any other) that's worth the collective integrity of our culture and edutainment value in our music!
I'm not saying that Hip-Hop should be serious, dry, stale and complaining about issues all the time, because the music started out as a fun way to escape the maddness and gang drug violence polluting the streets of the Bronx and throughout NY when it started in the late 70's! Peace, Love, Unity, Having Fun (as KRS-1 quoted in the Classic joint released earlier this year), are the foundation principles that Hip-Hop was built on! But having fun doesn't mean you have to be reckless or irresponsible! You don't have to be preacher or saint either (inorder to drop a little knowledge), just act like you got some sense and care about something other than the next pair of grills you got in your mouth or rims on your car! And somebody please for the life of me put to death once and for all this fantasy drug king pin rappers have about trying to be Tony Montana in tehir videos, it's over already, we know you're a fake ass wanna be! Besides I think even the T.I. "Rubber band man" Harris put it best in his movie ATL when he said, you ain't gotta be a D-boy inorder to have money! Think about it homie!
Ya'll be cool and forgive me if I offended anyone. But I'm not just a fan or lover of Hip-Hop, I'm also an artist! So I'm sensitive about my shit, lol! Thanks for listening!

Peace,
Wisdom

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2007-03-03T11:36:00.000-05:00

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THE TOP 10 MOST IMPORTANT AND INFLUENTIAL ALBUMS IN HIP-HOP HISTORY!

2007-03-02T00:44:00.000-05:00

WHAT'S GOOD YA'LL? THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST THOUGHT PROVOKING POSTS YET, AS I WANT TO DISCUSS THE TOP 10 MOST IMPORTANT AND INFLUENTIAL ALBUMS IN HIP-HOP HISTORY! HERE IS MY RUNDOWN:

10. STRICTLY BUSINESS - E.P.M.D. (THE DYNAMIC DUO FROM BRENTWOOD L.I. REALLY REDEFINED THE TAG TEAM APPROACH OF HOW A GROUP CAN ROCK THE MIC)

9. RUN-DMC - RUN-DMC (THE TRIO FROM HOLLIS QUEENS HAD EVERYONE REALIZING THE STAR POWER AND POTENTIAL OF A TRUE HIP-HOP GROUP AFTER THIS CLASSIC DEBUT)

8. STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON - N.W.A. (THIS GROUP LIKE P.E. BEFORE THEM REALLY HELP REVOLUTIONIZE THE GAME, BY NOT BEING AFRAID TO VOICE THEIR DISDAIN FOR THE POWERS THAT BE IN A CONFRONTATIONAL, UNAPOLOGTEIC, STANCE THAT SHOWED THE IMPORTANCE OF FREE SPEECH AND THE POWER OF SELF EXPRESSION!

7. THE LOW END THEORY - A TRIBE CALLED QUEST (3 REASONS: CHECK THE RHYME, JAZZ & SCENARIO ARGUABLY ONE OF THE BEST POSSE RECORDS OF ALL TIME. NUFF SAID! AND IF THAT WEREN'T ENOUGH THIS ALBUM ALSO HELP SOLIDFY AND MAGINFY THE WHOLE JAZZ ERA VIBE IN HIP-HOP DURING THE EARLY 90'S!)

6. THE GREAT ADVENTURES OF SLICK RICK - SLICK RICK (THIS ONE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE RANKED IN THE TOP 5 IF RICK'S ALBUM WOULD HAVE INCLUDED CLASSIC CUTS LIKE "THE SHOW" & LA DI DA DI" AS WELL! STILL MONA LISA, TEENAGE LOVE, & HEY YOUNG WORLD ARE MORE THAN ENOUGH TO HOLD DOWN HIP-HOP'S BEST STORYTELLER AS OWNERS OF ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ALBUMS IN HIP-HOP HISTORY!)

5. DE LA SOUL IS DEAD - DE LA SOUL (LAUGH, HATE, DISCRIMINATE AGAINST THE FORMER HIPPIES I MEAN BACK PACKERS FROM THE DAISY AGE ALL YOU WANT, BUT THESE GUYS HAD SOME CLASSIC SHIT! I KNEW FROM THE OPENING SKIT WITH THE SCHOOL KIDS MAKING COMMENTS ABOUT VANILLA ICE, THIS ONE WAS GONNA BE ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS. DE LA'S USUAGE OF SKITS TO ILLUSTRATE A STORY WITHIN AND IN BETWEEN THEIR ALBUM IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST DUPLICATED THINGS IN HIP-HOP SINCE (FROM NAS, PAC, BIGGIE WHO DID IT MASTERFULLY ON READY TO DIE, ETC. THEY ALL BORROWED THAT FROM DE LA. RESPECT THE ARCHITECTS!)

4. IT'S A BIG DADDY THING - BIG DADDY KANE (KING ASIATIC NOBODY'S EQUAL, YOU KNEW HE HAD TO BE UP ON HERE SOMEWHERE. THE FATHER TO BIGGIE AND JAY-Z'S BROOKLYN SWAGGER, HE WILL FOREVER BE THE ILLEST TO DO IT FROM BK TO ME. HIS FLOW WAS FLAWLESS, THE SONGS & BEATS CRAZY, AND SUBJECT MATTER VARIED FROM BATTLING, TO STORY TELLING, TO JOINTS FOR THE LADIES, TO PARTY RECORDS. THERE WAS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY, AND KANE WAS SO AHEAD OF HIS TIME FLOW AND LYRCIS WISE THAT THIS GEM OF AN ALBUM IS STILL A TIMELESS CLASSIC TO THIS DAY!)

3. CRIMINAL MINDED - BOOGIE DOWN PRODUCTIONS (ONE OF THE FIERCEST DEBUTS EVER, KRS AND SCOTT LA ROCK PICKED UP THE BX WHERE GRANDMASTER FLASH AND THE FURIOUS FIVE LEFT OFF, AT THE TOP. WHO ELSE DO YOU KNOW CAN MAKE A DIS RECORD ABOUT ONE OF DOPEST STARS OF THAT DAY (MC SHAN) AND THE BIGGEST PRODUCER OF THAT TIME (MARLEY MARL) AND THROW IT ON THEIR DEBUT ALBUM WHICH TURNS OUT TO BE A CLASSIC? I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT I CAN ONLY THINK OF 1 AS IN KRS-1)

2. FEAR OF A BLACK PLANET - PUBLIC ENEMY (GROUNDBREAKING, LEGENDARY STATUS WAS ACHIEVED ON THIS ALBUM FOR P.E. AFTER IT TAKES A NATION, MANY PROBABLY THOUGHT THEY WOULD FALL OFF. ESPECIALLY AFTER THE CONTROVERSIAL STATEMENTS PROFESSOR GRIFF HAD MADE IN AN INTERVIEW ABOUT JEWISH PEOPLE THAT EVENTUALLY GOT HIM BANNED FROM THE GROUP! BUT P.E. GOT UP GOT OUT AND BANGED OUT A 5 STAR CLASSIC FROM BROTHER'S GONNA WORK IT OUT, TO THE POLITICAL CHARGED ANTHEM "FIGHT THE POWER" THIS JOINT IS FLAWLESS! TRULY A HIP-HOP MASTERPIECE)AND NOW FOR THE NUMBER ONE MOST IMPORTANT AND INFLUENTIAL ALBUM IN HIP-HOP HISTORY IS

1. PLEASE HAMMER DON'T HURT'EM - MC HAMMER (C'MON YOU KNOW I'M JUST MESSING WITH YOU, LOL :)SERIOUSLY THE NUMBER ONE JOINT IS:

1. PAID IN FULL - ERIC B. & RAKIM ( THIS JOINT RAISED THE BAR COMPLETELY FOR WHAT A D.J. AND EMCEE SHOULD DO, ACT, THINK, AND RECORD! HEARIN GJOINTS LIKE MY MELODY, MOVE THE CROWD OR PAID IN FULL STILL SEND CHILLS UP MY SPINE. CRAZY!)

AND FOR THE FEW HONORABLE MENTIONS THAT DIDN'T QUITE AMKE THE CUT IN NO SPECIFIC ORDER...................................................

READY TO DIE - THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G./ ALL EYEZ ON ME - 2 PAC/ MAKAVELI THE 7 DAY THEORY - MAKAVELI/ ENTA DA STAGE -BLACK MOON/ THE CHRONIC - DR. DRE/ THE SUN RISES IN THE EAST - JERU THE DAMAJA/ REASONABLE DOUBT -JAY-Z/

BUT WHAT ABOUT YOU, WHO DO YOU THINK HAD THE TOP 10 MOST IMPORTANT AND INFLUENTIAL ALBUMS IN HIP-HOP HISTORY? YOUR THOUGHTS...............

HIP-HOP IS DEAD PT. II, AND HERE IS HOW WE BRING IT BACK!

2007-02-04T22:41:00.000-05:00

SUPREME ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS VOLME 11

HIP-HOP IS DEAD PT. II, AND HERE'S HOW WE BRING IT BACK!

I BEEN THINKING A LOT ABOUT THE CURRENT STATE OF HIP-HOP RECENTLY! EVERYONE BY NOW WHO KNOWS ME OR THAT IS FAMILIAR WITH MY BLOG KNOWS MY PASSION FOR IT. AND I FEEL LIKE AT THE END OF THE DAY ANYONE WHO CLAIMS TO LOVE THIS MUSIC, ART AND CULTURE WE CALL HIP-HOP AND DOES NOTHING TO HELP RESSURRECT IT, IS JUST AS GUILTY WITH IT'S BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS FOR KILLING IT! BUT I HAVE WHAT I THINK CAN BE THE SOLUTION TO HELP BRING IT BACK. AND HERE'S HOW WE DO IT!

THE FIRST PART OF THIS BLOG IS DIRECTED TOWARD THE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THE WAY I DO, THAT HIP-HOP IS ON IT'S DEATHBED AND IS IN DESPARATE NEED FOR REVIVAL. I BELEIVE THAT THE FUTURE OF THIS CULTURE'S SURVIVAL IS IN THE HANDS OF THE YOUTH AND THE CURRENT ARTIST THAT DOMINATWE THE AIRWAVES. HIP-HOP COMING BACK ISN'T GOING TO DEPEND ON WHETHER ERIC B. & RAKIM CAN STILL MOVE A CROWD, OR IF CHUCK D. & P.E. ARE STILL LOUDER THAN A BOMB, OR IF MC LYTE IS STILL LYTE AS A ROCK OR IF SPECIAL ED STILL HAS IT MADE! IT'S GONNA DEPEND UPON THE YOUNG JEEZY'S, RICK ROSS'S, T.I.'S, LUDACRIS, DIPSETS, KANYE WESTS, OF THE HERE & NOW MOVEMENT OF THE ARTFORM! LIKE IT OR NOT THESE ARE SOME OF THE YOUNG RISING STARS OF HIP-HOP TODAY WHO HAVE POWERFUL VOICES TO HELP IMPACT OR SHAPE EVERYTHING FROM THE STYLE, DRESS, SLANG, MUSIC, FLAVA, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL MINDSET THAT KIDS IN THE CULTURE DO & ACT ON TODAY. BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE CAPTURED THE IMAGINATIONS OF OUR YOUTH AND HOLD THEIR ARTISTIC AND MUSICAL PREFERENCES TO MOLD TO THEIR LIKING FOR BETTER OR WORSE.

SO I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO WRITE A SERIOUS HEART TO HEART LETTER TO THE ONE ARTIST( OR SOMEONE ELSE I HAVE NOT MENTIONED), COMPANY, OR EXECUTIVE AT A RECORD LABEL YOU FEEL IS MOST RESPONSIBLE FOR HIP-HOP'S RECENT LACKLUSTER STATE! OR WRITE TO THE PERSON YOU FEEL HAS THE MOST POWER AND INFLUENCE TO HELP CHANGE IT FOR THE BETTER! WHOEVER YOU FEEL THIS PERSON IS TELL THEM HONESTLY AND OPENLY WHY YOU FEEL THE WAY YOU DO, AND WHAT PART THEY'VE PLAYED IN BRINGING THE CULTURE DOWN AND OR WHAT ROLE THEY CAN PLAY TO HELP UPLIFT IT AND WHY! YOU CAN WRITE TO MORE THAN ONE ARTIST IF YOU FEEL MORE THAN ONE PERSON OR A GROUP OF MANY PEOPLE ARE RESPONSIBLE, JUST MAKE SURE TO LIST IN DETAIL YOUR REASONS WHY YOU CHOSE THEM, AND WHAT THEY CAN DO TO RECTIFY THE ERROR OF THEIR WAYS! JUST WRITE YOUR LETTER HERE AS A RESPONSE TO THIS BLOG POST. AND AS ALWAYS I WILL NEVER ASK YOU GUYS TO DO ANYTHING I'M NOT WILLING TO DO MYSELF, SO HERE IS MY LETTER BELOW TO MR. CURTIS "50 CENT" JACKSON!

DEAR MR. JACKSON,

HOW'S IT GOING MY BROTHA? I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING YOUR CAREER EVER SINCE YOU CAME OUT WITH "HOW TO ROB" (WITH THE MADD RAPPER) BACK IN 99! I LOST SIGHT OF YOUR WORK AFTER YOUR HIATUS DUE TO YOUR SHOOTING INCIDENT, BUT I STARTED PICKING BACK UP ON YOUR MUSIC ONCE YOU DID A FEW MIXTAPES WITH BRAVEHEARTS AND NAS, AND ONCE THE "WANKSTA" JOINT CAME OUT ON THE 8 MILE SOUNDTRACK! I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT YOU WERE A CHARASMATIC CAT WHO HAD PERSONALITY AND SACRASTIC WIT! SOMETHING THAT MOST ARTIST COMING OUT OF NY HADN'T DISPLAYED WITH AS MUCH INTENSITY SINCE B.I.G. WAS AROUND. ANYWAY I KNEW ONCE I HEARD THE "HOW TO ROB" JOINT FROM DAY ONE I SAID THIS KID WAS GONNA BE A FORCE TO BE WRECKONED WITH AND DESTINED TO BLOW AND DO GREAT THINGS. IT SEEMS AS THOUGH I WAS RIGHT. BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS JUST FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS.
WHEN YOU FIRST DROPPED "GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN" EVERYONE THOUGHT YOU WERE THE REALEST ARTIST OUT SINCE PAC! YOUNG, BLACK, FOCUSED ON MAKING IT, AND JUST DIDN'T GIVE A FUCK! ALTHOUGH EVERYONE MAY NOT HAVE AGREED WITH THE VIOLENT NATURE OF THE CONTENT, NO ONE COULD DENY THE HUNGER, PAIN, DESIRE AND RAW EMOTION AND PASSION OF THE UNDERDOG SPIRIT OF A SURVIVOR TRYING TO ACHIEVE (THE AMERCIAN DREAM) CAPTURED ON THE ALBUM! I EVEN REMEMBER ON ONE JOINT YOU ONCE RAPPED THAT YOU'D EVEN BATTLE NAS & JIGGA BOTH FOR THE THROWN! THEN YOU TOOK ON YOUR STREET ADVESARIES JA RULE AND MURDER INC. AND DESTROYED THEM ON THE TRACK "BACK DOWN". THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT EVERYONE HAD A SENSE THAT A HUNGRY FIERY NEW JACK WITH A PASSION TO BE THE BEST MC WAS ON THE SCENE, AND THE GAME SEEMED INTERESTING AND EXCITING AGAIN.
THEN YOU ESTBALISHED YOUR CREW (G-UNIT) WITH LLOYD BANKS, (ANTOTHER TALENTED MC IN HIS OWN RIGHT), CHILDHOOD FRIEND TONY YAYO, AND SOON AFTER YOUNG BUCK FROM DOWN SOUTH, THEN EVENTUALLY THE GAME, ALBEIT A SHORT LIVED MEMEBER OF THE GROUP, BUT SUCCESSFUL UNDER YOUR CAMP NEVERTHELESS!

THEN YOU DROPPED THAT SECOND ALBUM "THE MASSACRE" AND YOU COULD TELL FROM THE START THAT SOMETHING WAS DIFFERENT, SOMETHING HAD CHANGED. GONE WAS THE SAME HUNGER, DRIVE AND PASSION TO BE THE BEST, (BECAUSE AFTER SELLING 11 MILLION RECORDS WORLDWIDE WITH "GET RICH", BANKS GOING DOUBLE PLATINUM OFF W/THE HUNGER FOR MORE, AND THE G-UNIT ALBUM), YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ALREADY THE BEST! I HAD A FEELING THINGS WERE GOING TO TAKE A COMMERCIAL TURN FOR THE WORSE WHEN I STARTED TO NOTICE HOW MUCH WEIGHT YOU PLACED YOUR SUCCESS ON RECORD SALES. MC HAMMER AND VANILLA ICE WERE AMONGST THE BIGGEST SELLING ARTIST IN RAP HISTORY (NOTICE I SAID RAP, NOT HIP-HOP) BUT NO ONE RESPECTS OR GIVES A DAMN ABOUT THE BULLSHIT HIP-POP THEY BROUGHT TO THE TABLE TODAY. NEITHER ONE OF THEM COULD EVER COME BACK OUT AND SELL ANOTHER RAP ALBUM NO MATTER HO HARD THEY TRIED. AT THE END OF THE DAY THERE ARE SOMETHINGS MONEY CAN'T BUY AND UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND SUPPORT FROM YOUR FANS IS ONE OF THEM.

THAT'S WHY PEOPLE LIKE RAKIM, KRS-1 KOOL G. RAP, CHUBB ROCK, SLICK RICK, DOUGIE FRESH WILL ALWAYS HAVE WORK IN THIS BUSSINESS EVEN 20 YEARS LATER, BECAUSE PEOPLE GENUINELY LOVE AND RESPECT THESE ARTIST AND THEIR BODY OF WORK. DO YOU HONESTLY FEEL THAT THE PATH THAT YOUR CAREER IS ON, THAT PEOPLE WILL WANT TO PLAY RECORDS LIKE CANDY SHOP, OR BEST FRIEND 15 20 YEARS FROM NOW? ALTHOUGH THE PRODUCTION WAS TIGHT AND TOP NOTCH THROUGHOUT MOST OF YOUR 2ND ALBUM'S PROJECT, THE LYRICS AND SUBJECT MATTER AND CONTENT TOOK A STEP BACK COMPARED TO THE FIRST ALBUM. THERE WAS NO GROWTH AS AN ARTIST, NO GREATER LEVEL OF CREATIVITY OR DEPTH SHOWN ON ANY OF THE SONG CONTENT OR STYLE AND FLOW IN WHICH YOU WROTE AND RHYMED ON THE ALBUM. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY NO SUBSTANCE OF SIGNIFICANT VALUE FOR PEOPLE TO BUILD UPON. AND TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE MANY FANS STARTED TO NOTICE THAT YOU HAD STARTED TO ADAPT TO THE SAME R&B THUG SING SONG STYLE OF SONG MAKING THAT YOU DISSED YOUR ADVERSARY JA RULE FOR ABUSING!

YOU SAID ONCE IN AN INTERVIEW DURING THE RELEASE OF THE MASSACRE TO SOMEONE WHO HAS ASKED YOU IF YOU HAD ANY POSITIVE SONGS TO UPLIFT PEOPLE ON THIS PROJECT, THAT YOU DIDN'T BELIEVE PEOPLE WANTED TO HEAR THAT MATERIAL FROM YOU, THAT YOU DIDN'T THINK THEY WERE READY FOR THAT FROM YOU YET! BUT I TOTALLY DISAGREE, BECAUSE IT'S NEVER TOO EARLY OR LATE IN AN ARTIST CAREER FOR THEM TO DROP JEWELS OF WISDOM TO THEIR FANS. KANYE WEST (JESUS WALKS) AND DMX (THE CONVO) DID IT ON THEIR FIRST ALBUMS AND THEIR NOT CONSIDERED OVERLY PREACHY OR POSITIVE RAPPERS, BUT THEY HAD SOMETHING OR SOMEONE (SPIRITUALITY, GOD, ETC.) THAT THEY BELIEVED IN STRONGLY ENOUGH TO TAKE A STAND ON AND PEOPLE LOVED THEM FOR IT. HELL KANYE EVEN WON A GRAMMY FOR HIS (EVEN THOUGH LABELS FRONTED ON HIM AND WOULDN'T SIGN HIM AT FIRST).

I HEARD YOU ONCE CRITICIZE KANYE BECAUSE YOU FELT LIKE PEOPLE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHO HE IS AS A PERSON OR AS AN ARTIST SO THEY PROBABLY DON'T KNOW HOW TO RELATE TO HIM. BUT I FEEL AS ARROGANT AS KANYE CAN SOMETIMES BE, HE'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST OPEN AND REAL PEOPLE (NOT JUST ARTIST BUT PERSON, PERIOD) WITHIN THE INDUSTRY BECAUSE WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET! HE SAYS WHAT HE FEELS AND SPEAKS FROM THE HEART EVEN IF YOU DON'T AGREE WITH HIM. HOW MANY BROTHA'S DO YOU KNOW WOULD HAVE THE BALLS TO STAND UP AGAINST THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ON NATIONAL TV (THE DIXIE CHICKS DAMN NEAR GOT BLACKLISTED FROM THE RADIO BEHIND DISSING BUSH AND THOSE WERE 3 WHITE WOMEN!) BUT IT'S THAT TYPE OF VOICE OF ANGER, OF AGRESSION, OF POWER TO THE PEOPLE TYPE OF ASSERTIVENESS, THAT'S LACKING IN HIP-HOP TODAY AND THAT'S EXACTLY THE VOICE AND STANCE WE NEED TO SEE FROM MORE ARTIST LIKE YOURSELF MY BROTHA! YOU ARE THE ONE MORE THAN ANYONE WHO PEOPLE ARE WAITING TO SEE WHO YOU REALLY ARE, WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN, WHO YOU BELEIVE IN, & WHAT YOUR POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES OF CONCERN OR CONCENTRATION ARE! REMEMBER MY BROTHA IF YOU DON'T STAND FOR SOMETHING, YOU'RE BOUND TO FALL FOR EVERYTHING!

I FEEL LIKE THE BEST WAY AS YOUNG BLACK MEN IN THIS COUNTRY TO REALLY MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE WORLD AND UTILIZE OUR GOD GIVEN TALENTS AND ABILITIES TO HELP OTHERS IN OUR COMMUNITIES IS THROUGH OUR TIME, RESOURCES, MONEY AND INFLUENCE! CHECK OUT THESE FACTS FROM ONE OF MY BUDDIES BLOG ON A THINK TANK SHOW DONE BY TAVIS SMILEY RECENTLY:

1. There isn't any black owned national cable, or major network television stations. Cathy Hughes, the black woman who owns our only black owned radio stations, plans to sell to white owners after hearing the deal Bob Johnson received for selling BET. (Cathy Hughes is from ..:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />OMAHA y'all!)
2. There are no black owned companies on the Wall Street Stock Exchange; where blacks own the majority or controlling interest of the stock.

3. Ninety-six percent of all black inmates are men.

4. Over the next two years 440,000 black inmates will be released from prison. The State has no place to put them as they re-enter society. A profitable business would be a Halfway house!

5. In 1860, blacks in America had a combined net worth of one half of 1 percentage point. Guess what, in 2001, after Civil Rights, Jesse Jackson, Oprah, Shaq, NAACP, and Urban League, our combined net worth is half a percentage point.

THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS THAT ECONOMIC EMPOWEREMENT, IS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT SOMEONE IN A POSITION OF POWER AND INFLUENCE LIKE YOURSELF CAN REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD. YOU COULD SET UP FINANCIAL WORKSHOPS IN HIGH SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, THAT TEACH KIDS THE TRUE VALUE OF THEIR DOLLARS AND HOW TO HAVE THEIR MONEY MAKE MONEY FOR THEM INSTEAD OF THEM SLAVING AND SCRAPING TO EARN A DOLLAR! OR HELP TO BUILD, REBUILD OR SET UP COMMUNITY CENTERS IN THE YOUR OLD NEIGHBORHOOD (WHICH MAY HELP ANSWER SOME OF THE NAYSAYING CRITICS AND OLD PEEPS OF YOURS WHO FEEL LIKE YOU'VE TURNED YOUR BACK ON THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE BLOWING UP). IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO COME FROM ANY OF YOUR CURRENT OR PAST MONEY MADE, THERE ARE WAYS OF USING OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY BESIDES YOUR OWN TO FUND OR GET CERTAIN PROGRMAS UP AND RUNNING OR STARTED (FUND RAISERS, BENEFIT CONCERT/TOUR, PERCENTAGE PROCEEDS FROM ALBUM SALES, CELEBRITY AUCTIONS, DONATIONS, CHARITY DRIVES, ETC). THE BOTTOM LINE IS IT CAN BE DONE EVEN IF YOU START OFF SMALL AND WORK YOUR WAY UP TO A LARGER SCALE.

THE REASON WHY I CHOSE TO WRITE YOU ALL OF THIS IS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE OUT OF ALL THE ARTIST IN THE HIP-HOP COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE THE MOST POWERFUL AND INFLUENTIAL VOICE TO IMPACT CHANGE! BUT WITH THAT POWER COMES A GREAT RESPONSIBILTY TO HELP THOSE WHO CAN'T OR DON'T KNOW HOW TO HELP THEMSELVES! I'M NOT SAYING IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILTY TO UPLIFT, EDUCATE, UNIFY, AND SUPPORT OR EMPLOY THE ENTIRE BLACK COMMUNITY BY YOURSELF, BUT YOU (AS WELL AS THE OTHER BROTHAS AND SISTAS IN THE HIP-HOP COMMUNITY, MYSELF INCLUDED) ARE TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO HELP PITCH IN AND PLAY YOUR PART IN HELPING OUT.
YOU ONCE SAID IN YOUR RHYME ON THE GAME'S HATE IT OR LOVE IT TRACK "MY FAVORITE RAPPER USED TO SING CHECK, CHECK OUT MY MELODY" IN REFERENCE TO RAKIM! WELL IF RAKIM IS YOUR FAVORITE RAPPER THAN SURELY YOU MUST REMEMBER SOME OF THE POETIC JEWELS OF WISDOM HE DROPPED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING KNOWLEDGE OF SELF AND STRIVING TO BE A RIGHTEOUS, WISE AND EDUCATED BLACK MAN! FROM IN THE GHETTO, TO FOLLOW THE LEADER, TO MOVE THE CROWD, HE NEVER PREACHED TO PEOPLE BUT HE ALWAYS LEFT YOU WITH THOSE KERNELS OF KNOWLEDGE TO BUILD ON.

"GOD BY NATURE MIND RAISED IN ASIA, SINCE YOU WAS TRICKED I HAVE TO RAISE YA, FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE, BUT REMEMBER, YOU'RE NOT A SLAVE"! - FOLLOW THE LEADER

"I'M THE INTELLIGENT WISE ON THE MIC I WILL RISE RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES CAUSE I AM A SURPRISE, SO I'M A LET MY KNOWLEDGE BE BORN TO A PERFECTION, ALL PRAISES DUE TO ALLAH AND THAT'S A BLESSING. WITH KNOWLEDGE OF SELF THERES NOTHING I CAN'T SOLVE, AND 360 DEGRESS I REVOLVE, IT'S AN ACTUAL FACT IT'S NOT AN ACT IT'S BEEN PROVEN INDEED AND I PROCEED TO MAKE THE CROWD KEEP MOVING"! - MOVE THE CROWD

THESE WERE JUST SMALL EXAMPLES OF HOW POSITIVE OR UPLIFTING IMAGERY OR WORDS CAN HELP BUILD AND SHAPE SOMEONE'S MINDSET IN A WAY THAT CAN HAVE AN IMPACT ON HOW THEY VIEW AND SEE THE WORLD. IT'S BECAUSE OF ARTIST LIKE KRS-1, RAKIM, BIG DADDY KANE, PUBLIC ENEMY, X-CLAN, BRAND NUBIAN, QUEEN LATIFAH, DE LA SOUL, A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, ICE CUBE, K-SOLO, INTELLIGENT HOODLUM, EVEN 2 PAC (DURING HIS PRE DEATHROW YRS), THAT I LEARNED TO BE THE CRITICAL THINKER AND ANALYZER OF THINGS THAT I AM TODAY! AS KRS-1 WOULD SAY, "THE TRUTH CAN ALWAYS BE QUESTIONED". YOU HAVE A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO BE THAT SOURCE OF HOPE, GUIDANCE AND THE FOOD FOR THOUGHT NOURISHEMENT TO A WHOLE NEW GENERATION OF KIDS DYING TO BE TAUGHT AND LOOKING FOR WISDOM AND DIRECTION!

AS FAR AS YOUR ONGOING BEEFS GO, (JA RULE, THE GAME, NAS, ETC.) IT'S TIME FOR US TO PUT ALL PETTY INSIGNIFICANT BEEFS BEHIND US AND MOVE FORWARD AS A PEOPLE AND AS A HIP-HOP CULTURE AND NATION. I'M NOT SAYING THAT ALL RAP BATTLES ARE BAD, (BECAUSE HEALTHY COMPETITION IS THE SPIRIT THAT HELPED BUILD HIP-HOP), BUT WHEN IT TURNS VIOLENT & BLOODY, THEN IT'S TIME TO PUT THE BEEF TO AN END! WE DON'T NEED TO SEE ONE MORE RAPPER DYING AT THE HANDS OF ANOTHER BROTHA IN THE NEWS. I THINK KOOL MOE DEE SAID IT BEST: "BACK IN THE 60'S OUR BROTHA'S & SISTA'S WERE HANGED, HOW COULD YOU GANGBANG? I NEVER EVER RAN FROM THE KU KLUX CLAN AND I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO RUN FROM A BALCK MAN CAUSE THAT'S, SELF DESTRUCTION"! YOU SAID YOURSELF THAT "BEEF SONGS" DON'T SELL RECORDS OR GUARANTEE SUCCESSFUL RECORD SALES, HIT SONGS AND GREAT PRODUCTION DO, SO WHY BOTHER PROMOTING THE NEGATIVE ENERGY? IT ONLY PROMISES TO BRING TROUBLE, CHAOS, DRAMA AND EVENTUALLY DEATH! WHICH YOU ALL (WITHIN THE SHADY AFTERMATH CAMP) GOT AN UNFORTUNATE TASTE OF RECENTLY WITH THE UNTIMELY PASSING OF EMINEM'S LONGTIME FRIEND AND FELLOW RAP ARTIST PROOF!

AGAIN I ONLY MENTION ALL THESE THINGS TO YOU BECAUSE I GIVE A DAMN, ABOUT YOUR LIFE, MINE, AND THE LIFE OF HIP-HOP CULTURE AND THE YOUTH WHO SUPPORT AND PARTICIAPTE IN IT! IF OUR YOUTH DON'T RECEIVE THE PROPER GUIDANCE THEIR DOOMED TO A LIFE OF IGNORANT BLISS, FOLLOWED BY MISERY'S GRIP, AND THEN LED TO BE SLAUGHTERED BY THE DEVIL'S ABYSS! I URGE YOU CURTIS TO TAKE PRIDE IN BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR YOURSELF, YOUR FAMILY AND THE HIP-HOP COMMUNITY, AND CARE ENOUGH TO HELP THOSE WHO CAN'T HELP THEMSELVES TO THE SAME OPPORTUNITES YOU'VE BEEN BLESSED WITH TO ENJOY. IN THE END WE ALL NEED EACH OTHERS HELP TRUTHFULLY, BECAUSE NO MAN IS AN ISLAND UNTO HIMSELF.

NONE OF US GOT TO THE SUUCCESSFUL PLACE OR POINT IN OUR LIVES BY OURSELVES. SO WE CAN'T EXPECT OTHERS TO MAKE IT THERE WITHOUT HELP FROM THOSE WHO'VE ALREADY SUCCEEDED. JUST CONSIDER IT NOT A HAND OUT, BUT A HELPING HAND TO HELP GIUDE OUR YOUTH ON THE RIGHTEOUS PATH. BECAUSE LORD KNOWS "WE" ALL NEED ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET! I WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT AND DO ALL I CAN TO UTILIZE MY TALENTS, GIFTS, RESOURCES, TIME, MONEY AND ENERGY TO HELP UPLIFT OUR PEOPLE THROUGH THIS CULTURE WE LOVE CALLED HIP-HOP. I JUST HOPE YOU WILL JOIN IN WITH ME MY BROTHA AND DO THE SAME. TAKE CARE BROTHA JACKSON & GOD BLESS!

ONE LUV,
WISDOM

NOW FOR PART II
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO BELIEVE I AM MISTAKEN AND AM TOTALLY OVERREACTING ABOUT THE CURRENT DISMAL STATE HIP-HOP IS IN AND THINK EVERYTHING IS OK, I ASK THIS CHALLENGE OF YOU: NAME 5 HIP-HOP ARTIST WHO HAVE COME OUT IN THE LAST 3-4 YEARS, THAT HAVE ATLEAST ONE POSITIVE OR UPLIFTING SONG ON THEIR ALBUM (AND PLEASE DO NOT NAME THE SAME ARTIST MORE THAN ONCE). REMEMBER THE ARTIST COULD NOT HAVE HAD THEIR DEBUT ALBUM OUT BEFORE 2003, YOU MUST NAME THAT ARTIST AND THE SONG! UNDERGROUND ARTIST ARE ACCEPTABLE (BUT YOU MUST PROVIDE A LINK WITH THE SONG OR PROOF THAT THE SONG EXSISTS AND WAS ACTUALLY OFFICIALLY RELEASED IN STORES, THE DEMO YOUR UNCLE RAY-RAY MADE ABOUT THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY OR ABOUT THE ONGOING WAR IN IRAQ IN THEIR BASEMENT DOES NOT COUNT, LOL) BUT MAJOR LABEL ARTIST ARE PREFERRED! I WILL GIVE THE UPMOST RESPECT AND KUDOS TO ANYONE WHO CAN NAME ME 5 ARTIST AND THEIR SONGS, AND TO GIVE YOU A HINT IF YOU PLAYED CLOSE ATTENTION THROUGHOUT THIS BLOG POST, I NAMED ONE OF THE ARTIST AND HIS SONG ALREADY, SO YOU ACTUALLY ONLY NEED 4 MORE! GOOD LUCK EVERYONE AND THANKS FOR PARTICIAPTING AND FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

PEACE,
WISDOM

TOP 10 HIP-HOP BEATS OF ALL TIME!!

2007-01-10T22:57:00.000-05:00

SUPREME ENTERTAINMENT VOL. 5 PRESENTS.....................

THE TOP 10 HIP-HOP BEATS OF ALL TIME!!

NOW I KNOW THIS IS A TOUGH ONE BUT I'M REALLY EXCITED AND INTERESTED TO HEAR PEOPLE TRY TO BREAKDOWN AND ANALYZE, WHAT ARE THE TOP 10 BEST HIP-HOP BEATS, OF ALL TIME!! THAT MEANS BEST BEATS EVER!! WHAT DO YOU THINK EVEN QUALIFIES A GREAT BEAT? A HEAD NODDING RHYTHM, GREAT BASSLINE, MELODIC SOUNDSCAPE, DANCEABLE DRUMBEAT, ORIGINAL PATTERN, ETC! THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT IT SHOULD QUALIFY BY BEING ONE OF THE HOTTEST, SICKEST, FLYEST, JOINTS EVER HEARD THAT CAN STAND THE TEST OF TIME, AND HOLD IT'S OWN IN ANY TIME FRAME OR ERA. IF YOU'RE THINKING OF A JOINT THAT WAS MAD HOT IN 1986 BUT SOUNDS JUST OK IN 2007, THAT AIN'T THE GREATEST OF All TIME TYPE OF MATERIAL! THESE 10 JOINTS SHOULD BE TIMELESS CLASSICS THAT HOLD THEIR FRESHNESS AS FIRMLY TODAY, AS THE FIRST DAY THEY WERE PRODUCED! THINK LONG, HARD AND CAREFULLY ABOUT THIS ONE, CAUSE THE BEATS IN HIP-HOP'S ARCHIVES RUN DEEP! AND TO START THINGS OFF I'LL GIVE YOU A LIST OF MY OWN TOP 10 THAT I'LL LEAVE OPEN FOR DEBATE:

10. Check the Technique - Gangstarr (D.J. Premier at his best)

9. Ain't No Half Stepping - Big Daddy Kane (Gotta have a Marley Marl track here)

8. So What You Saying - E.P.M.D. (one of the coolest head nodding beats ever)

7. The Show - Slick Rick & Dougie Fresh (one of Teddy Riley's earliest beats)

6. The Bridge Is Over - B.D.P. (you know the Bronx gotta be up in here)

5. Follow The Leader - Eric B. & Rakim (Eric B. was ahead of his time on this one)

4. The Symphony - Masta Ace, Craig G., Kool G. Rap & Big Daddy Kane (Marley Marl constructed this materpiece, the greatest posse record in Hip-Hop)

3. Planet Rock - Afrika Bambaataa (the illest and most original sounding joint that truly changed the game. To this day there's no beat that sounds like it)

2. The Message - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five (if you don't know why this is on here you better ask somebody. It's like a jungle sometimes baby, lol)

1. Sucker MC's - Run-DMC (some may think 2 or 3 on my list should go ahead of this, but for some reason this is not only my favorite Run-DMC joint but my fav beat ever, it just always commands my head to nod uncontrollably on cue. Jam Master Jay was the man hands down, R.I.P., brotha)

Oh and not to be forgotten I must mention a few honorable mentions as well. Check these other 20 beats that also make a tough arguement to be considered for top 10 of all time!

You're A Customer - E.P.M.D./
The Promo - The Jungle Brothers/
Phone Tap - The Firm/
Shook Ones - Mobb Deep/
We Gonna Make It - Jadakiss Feat. Styles P./
Deep Cover - Dr. Dre Feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg/
Boyz In The Hood - N.W.A./
Funky For You - Nice N Smooth/
Bonita Applebum/Scenario (rmx) - A Tribe Called Quest/
Mama Said Knock You Out - L.L. Cool J./
Who Shot Ya - Notorious B.I.G./
I Shot Ya (rmx) - L.L. Cool J. Feat. Keith Murray, Prodigy, Fat Joe & Foxy Brown/
Off The Books - The Beatnuts Feat. Cuban Link & Big Pun/
Worst Comes To Worst - Dialated Peoples/
Sound Bwoy Burriell - Smif N Wessun/
Who Got Da Props - Black Moon/
The Creator - Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth/
Treat'em Right - Chubb Rock/
Rebel Without A Pause - Public Enemy/
Top Billing - Audio Two

Now let the games and debating begin and remember it's not about the lyrics, chorus or MC's of these songs, but striclty the beats by the producers that made people move their feet and kept the party going all night long!

Hip-Hop Is Dead And All Shall Be Held Accountable!

2007-01-07T23:40:00.000-05:00

SUPREME ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS VOL.4

HIP-HOP IS DEAD: AND ALL SHALL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE!

Hip-Hop is dead! That's a pretty bold and powerful statement. No wonder someone as creative, innovative and cutting edge as Nas would use it as the title to his newly released and highly anticipated Def Jam debut this past Tuesday (Dec. 19). It speaks volumes about the free falling descent the music and culture as a whole have faced for the last decade now! It seems as if ever since the early 90's, Hip-Hop has been dying a slow grinding torturous death (with a few brief spells of relief here and there especially in the late 90's once the God forsaken "Jiggy" era was obliterated, by the emergence of Jay-Z, DMX, Canibus, a pre Reggaton Norega, Big Pun, Eminem & other hungry lyrical heavyweight MC's aching to be #1) to the point where it may never be able to recover or be revived!

Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, The Treacherous Three, Cold Crush Brothers, Kurtis Blow, Run-DMC, etc. If only a few or none of these names sound or look familiar to you, but you claim to be a hip-hop fan, 9 times out of 10 you're probably the reason hip-hop died! These are just a small handful of the true school pioneers who paved the way for many young rap fans favorite artist to enjoy being the multimillion dollar top 10 artist whose played on BET & MTV 20 times a day. The real and more important reason I personally feel Hip-Hop died is because more artist started to saturate the game who cared more about getting rich, then getting respect as a great MC.! I wonder if most new artist today in the game even know what being an MC truly means (Master of Ceremonies).

I had the privilege and honor of seeing some of the greatest ever to bless a mic, command the stage over the last 3 months! (As some of you may have noticed from the pics sprinkled throughout my profile) First was Big Daddy Kane at Roselands in Sept. and to anyone who saw his performance at VH1's Hip-Hop honors last year in 05, it was more of the same classic, hot, explosive, creative & fresh to def type of flava! King Asiatic proved why Noboy's Equal with an assortment of classic old school gems and current lyrical freestyles that are just as crisp, sharp and on point now, as when Kane was "Warmin it up" back in 89! The next show I saw was E.P.M.D. (stands for Eric & Parrish Making Dollars, can't assume everyone remembers the funky duo from Long Isalnd, NY) at B.B. Kings Bar & Grill and for anyone who doesn't understnad the magnitude of this, the group has been disbanded for almost 8 years! They came together for this one night on October 14th and brought 3 out of the 4 members of the Hit/Def Squad with them (Redman, Keith Murray & even Das Efx came out of the sewer to join the festivities, they were just minus K-Solo) and excuse my expression, but the boys from Brentwood L.I. TORE THE BITCH DOWN! I've still to this day (maybe with the exception of Tribe, or Nice n Smooth) have never seen a duo with more flawless chemistry in Hip-Hop than Eric & Parrish. Flows Fluid, Beats Headbangin, & all Songs, straight classics! And don't get me started on their D.J., Scratch, the man is incredible with tricks for days on the wheels of steel. Who else could scratch and mix Big Daddy's Kane's Ain't no half steppin line "Friday the 13th I'm a play Jason" with an actaul Jason mask on? CRAZY!

Next was Rakim Allah for Thanksgiving weekend also at B.B. Kings, The Microphone Fiend in the flesh (my personal #1 MC of all time). For any true Hip-Hop fan from back in the day (meaning 1980-1990) if you can imagine seeing live the man who created the 7 MC theory while getting Paid N Full, told cats to Follow the Leader while unleashing Lyrics of Fury, then Let the Rhythm Hit'em In the Ghetto, just to tell them Don't Sweat the Technique cause he had the Juice, you know it was a legendary night to remember! But I must say all those great Emcees and performances couldn't quite compete with lessons from the Teacher from B.D.P., when I saw the Blastmaster KRS-ONE at S.O.B.'s in early December! INCREDIBLE,, UNBELIEVABLE AND INSPIRATIONAL! The man actually performed a freestyle to a classical instrumental piece, AND RIPPED IT!!!! That's what being a true creative lyrically gifted MC is all about! Master of Ceremonies is the ultimate showman who commands the attention, respect and appreciation of the captivated crowd. Like a magician, comedian or other showman, they mesmerize your attention span and hold it hostage. Leaving you hanging on their every movement and gesture, while your curiousity begs to be enticed more. To the point that you can't help but to keep watching until the act reaches it's climatic finale!

So I ask where are the hungry MC's of today daring to be great, or giving their all to be the top MC's or great Lyricists of their time? I think OC said it best on his classic underground joint "Times Up". "Of course we gotta pay rent so money connects, but uh I'd rather be broke and have a whole lot of respect!" Now I'm not suggesting to people that artist have to be broke or sell no records inorder to be respected, but the point I think O was trying to make is that his value system as an artist realized that being respected as an MC, was more valuable than being a multiplatinum artist! Hot record sales come & go like the rising of the tides (one day you're hot, the next day you're yesterday's news, just ask Puffy!), but it's true respect that lasts a lifetime! That's why artist like Rakim, or KRS-ONE or Kool G. Rap are still mentioned to this day in the same reverence as a Notorious B.I.G. or a 2 Pac, Jay or Nas, because people never lost respect for their artistry and they were always appreciated for the classic and timeless contributions they gave to the music and culture. When KRS put on "South Bronx in his SOB's performance a few weeks ago, that place erupted with so much excitiment and fervor, you would have sworn it was 1986 instead of 2006. Honestly how many artist out now can you name with a hot record, could get that much excitement from people with their hit song 20 years from now? Hell how many of these artist can manage that type of hype 20 months from now? If you can honestly name more than 5 than God bless you, because I couldn't think of one right now.

In today's musical world of the MC, Sex has replaced Skills, Bling has substituted for Style and Creativity, Record Sales overtook Classic Albums, & Million Dollars Video's are in the place of Legendary & Captivating Live Performances! If you were to take any top 10 artist in Hip-Hop and compare their latest (or best for that matter) album or lyrical skills to those of top 10 respected MC's from back in the day (Rakim, KRS-ONE, Big Daddy Kane, Kool G. Rap, Slick Rick, Chuck D. etc.) or even top artist from the 90's like Nas Biggie, Pac, Jay (in his prime 96-99), Common, Big Pun, Big L, Jadakiss etc. ask yourself can today's artist (50 Cent, T.I., Young Jeezy, Jim Jones, Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Slim Thug, etc.) really compare? Hell half the cats I mentioned from that 90's list who are still around today don't even comapare to themselves now what they were back then, so I know these new jacks don't stand a chance. (Can you honestly say that Jay-Z "Show me what you got, little mama" from Kingdom Come" can compete with the Jay-Z the hungry Friend or Foe hustler from "Reasonable Doubt"?) I didn't think so.

Another reason for Hip-Hop's demise I feel, is if you notice on that 90's list of MC's I mentioned atleast half of them are deceased now (Biggie, Pac, Pun & Big L)! That leaves an awfully big void that would be difficult for any artform to replace. Imagine the NBA without Iverson, Shaq, Kobe and Lebron! Just all 4 gone in the span of 2-4 years. Yeah the league would move on, but those are mighty big shoes to fill, and the void would have a huge impact for years to come. Take also into effect that 3 out of those 4 artist now deceased were from the East Coast, and I think you can also trace as to how East Coast MC's and East Coast Hip-Hop in particular has been in a funk the last few yrs now (that and the demise of artist like DMX, Norega, Canibus & Jadakiss who all showed such promise in the late 90's, but never quite fulfilled their potential to it's fullest!)

The bottom line is there's been a huge void that nobody has been really stepping up to the plate to fulfill. That's why you can have artist coming out the woodwork now saying I'm the best at this, or I'm the King of this or the King of that region, or I'm the Greatest ever, even though they have really done shit to prove it! Remember one doesn't become great simply by claiming it, you gotta earn it by proving it and deeming yourself worthy. Truly great MC's (or people in general) don't have to go around calling themselves great, they just show it by example! You think Michael Jordan ever had to walk around saying I'm the best player ever? Probably not, but most people to this day believe he is anyway, because his game, highlight reel of accomplishments and 6 NBA championships told you so all by themselves!

So my last closing arguement is this: Now that you know the truth about who killed Hip-Hop, how and why, what are you going to do about it? Continue to watch TV shows or listen to radio stations (they know who they are) who promote & support artist that don't give a damn about uplifting the art and culture with creativity and originality? Or take a stand to make sure that the movement that started out as a diversion for former gang memebers in the streets of the Bronx to participate in something musical & constructive to stay out of trouble, to the multimillion dollar artform and international culture we call Hip-Hop today, is preserved, respected and protected by and for those who understand what it means! Remember if you choose to support the former, than you're admitting to being a willing participate in the murder of one of the most powerful and prolific artforms of the 21st century! Are you willing & ready to accept that type of accountabiltity?

The choice is ours ya'll, IT'S TIME FOR ATONEMENT & REDEMTION FOR OUR FALLEN BRETHREN: LET'S RESURRECT HIP-HOP!!!

AS ALWAYS IF YOU HAVE ANY OPINIONS, STATEMENTS, DISAGREEMENTS AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH WHAT YOU JUST READ YOUR FEEDBACK OR CONSTRUCTIVE CRTICISM IS ALWAYS WELCOME! THANKS!