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It is, but you don't have to be nasty and disrespectful to voice your opinion. I'm a dumb-ass hood rat or a ho because I said "not enough"? What makes it so bad, you do it under one handle and then act like your a "mature" participant under another handle and both handles are connected to the same facebk page.. so you're the same person. You don't have to go just be respectful ...

Oh let me give u a huge because its obvious that even tho other ppl made similar comments you're only coming at me =). And you actually have Kam as a friend on facebook and yet your talking to me the way you are ... smh.. whatever .. get over it =)

And since you mentioned it ... no, $7mil is NOT ENUFF... it's a slap in the face ... they should've received $1mil for every bullet he was hit with, $50mil ... now what?

That's why I said "...but not enough" meaning their should've been more done ... cops should've took thier asses to jail, there should been some added legislation or something etc ... I never said the money was good enough. I shouldn't have to type everything out to explain what "not enough" means ... in the matter of fact, you stated " ... no amount ... would ever be enough" ... isn't that similar to me saying "not enough" ... SMH, WTF are you talking about? You GTFOH, non-reading, non-comprehending, disrespectful ass ...

Good, but not enough ...

Gotcha ... good look. I guess I was skimming the article too fast at work, spoke too fast/soon. Its just sad tho ...

But then again, X lawyer should've researched to see what else he had pending against him so he could try to plea bargain and get shit done with ...

You know what? This is some pure BS and HATE from the DA ... when they locked X up for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd time etc .. they were able to see his past records, warrants and shit and they could've tried and arranged shit where he could've served time for all his charges at once. This is just the DA fu_king with him ... just like they wouldn't let him out to participate on the Rehab reality show. I had a friend that was arrested on both drug and gun possession. The police/DA held him on the drug possession only and he bailed out, but when he appeared for his court date a month later, they immediately re-arrested him for the gun possession as a 2nd charge and he couldn't afford to bail out, seemingly he already posted bail on the 1st charge and was denied an OR ... Police/DA are dirty ... but hey X made his bed, now he has to lay in it ... SMH But at least he was on the right track by diving back into work and performing w/ Foxy ...

Excuse my language D-Block, I think if a man knows he loves sex & pussy and different types of it (AHEM..Eric Benet), then he should keep ish common-law ... why even think of marriage when you know you have a weakness for women? All of us women know that women out number men and there's a "man shortage" and therefore many women don't mind being w/ a married or committed man ... Christina probably would have remained with The Dream w/o a ring or even in an open relationship if he would've came at her correct in the beginnig. I think if The Dream would've never filed for divorce or got caught publicly w/ the pic and they both kept their problems to themselves, Christina would've stuck with him regardless of his transgression; she would've been hurt but she would've stuck it out ... but now she's publicly embarrassed. Maybe it was good thing Carmello and La La waited 5yrs before they got married...

True, but Taylor Swift isn't on Miley Cyrus or Madonna status, she's a former American Idol contestant that's made her name only in Country Music but hasn't made her name big enough to where enough white fans are going to stop buying Kanye's music to hurt him. If she was Miley Cyrus, then maybe ... but he called her and personally apologized and she accepted. So its squashed.

LOL, If you notice, it's mainly ppl who fell off or haven't had a hit in a long ass time (Raekwon, Busta, Irv etc) that's making these comments ... kissing ass trying to win brownie points, jumping on the YM bandwagon, day-dreaming to get a collab to help revive their career or to get their name mentioned in a blog (hint SOHH) ... =)

Yes they will ... he recovered after making that "George Bush doesn't like black ppl" comment on tv after Hurrican Katrina and Taylor Swift has a conservative following similar to Bush ... ppl know how Kanye is ... he may not sell a million records this time around because of the lack of marketing and number of pre-release videos but he'll do ok. This article really doesn't have anything to do with Em's opinion on Kanye ... it's about Spin's magazine journalist lacking skills and not having shit else to ask Em ... all ppl will always a few haters in their life that dwells on the past, always bringing up old ish. =)

No, she should NOT be with G-unit ... It's just like when 50 tried to recruit Ashanti when he was beefing w/ Ja Rule ... they need to find their own NEW female artist ... Stop trying to jump on the bandwagon. She may or may not last that long in the game, anyway. Keep it fresh.

Um, there must not be anyone else in the hip hop world that can be blogged about? Sheesh! =(

T-Pain admitted the same ish years ago that he had to switch up his sound with the voice box etc because he wasn't getting any love from the major labels and no other rap artist was doing it at the time. But the music game is no different than any other corporate company. Sometimes you have to BS, lie, and fake a lil to either get in or move up the corporate latter ... Shit we've all lied or exaggerated on a job interview, resume or application. Like Too Short said " ... get it while the gettin' it is good" =)

That's probably why she was jocking Jada Pinkett Smith during her award acceptance speech at the BET Awards, talking about how she idolize her etc ... the Smith's are balling, why not kiss ass ... She'll follow suite like most celebs and eventually do movies, product merchandising, commericals etc ... trying to chase that Raven-Simone (billion dollar) bank. I'm not mad at her... nothing wrong with trying. Get it how you live.

"Look, let me hold $5, I'll pay you back tomorrow."

You need money & connections ... then hot beats, catchy hooks... mainly. (there's a few exceptions) Waka is managed my his mom Deb Antney and she's been in the biz for awhile and she know ppl/has connections ... Remember she was supposedly "fired" by Niki Minaj etc early this year, or however that went. Waka's flow is very average, if that, but he has a banging beat, mom connections, and his mom's $$. The rap scene, TO ME, is dumbed-down, with an exception to a few artists, and a lot of artists are hurting so they're jumpin on collabos, using each other as crutches to stay relevant. Only a very few artists can hold their own now days ... Waka's album hasn't dropped but he supposedly has collabos w/ Game, Nipsey Hustle, T.I. & a bunch of other folks. If you have the $$, you can buy a 16 bar guess appearance from many (but not all) artists. If you have the $$, you can buy stage time and open for just about any artists; that's how most promoters try to recoup their costs. Have you ever been to a concert or club event and the opening act was wack? LOL ...

and when you're not a memeber or signed in, the lil banner over the comment section asks you to sign up using facebook, typepad etc in order to comment ... so I just signed up using typepad.

You can feel me in on the Rosario thing also ...

Kim pay Smooth some homage!!

But you know what? When Dr. Dre's artist QUEEN PEN came out swagger jacking and copying LiL Kim 110% from flow & swag in "Party aint a Pary" and "I got cha", LiL Kim never said shit or at least never came out public asking Queen Pen to pay homage when it was obvious, so why is she picking on Niki over some wigs? Nicki don't sound like her. Yall please go to youtube and look at Queen Pen's videos and be reminded. This makes Lil Kim seem like she's just dissing Niki to get attention. If anything, Kim need to be paying homage to others also. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF95dXw_1_c&feature=channel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxpG8ROZ2Hc&feature=channel Yall remember SMOOTH "You Been Played" '92-'93 Menance II Society soundtrack ... "Mind Blowin" ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2725WPGNwdY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYueRpP_XVY&feature=related

Yeah, I heard his album, several times, it's my job. I professioanly work in the music/tv/film industry, but it's my opinion he's not comparable to Lauryn Hill, just like Wayne is not comparable to 2pac and Ross is not comparable to Biggie. Drake is ok. I never said he couldn't rap, couldn't write, his cd was bad, or he was average. YOU said "he could've kept it bubblegum" ... I mentioned nothing of the sort LOL. I'm mos def entitled to my opinion ... He's not comparable to Lauryn regardless of how great he can write.