RUSTY JABBZ VERSES XXL
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As I look through the recent May issue of XXL 2009 with Rick Ross on the cover. I see this going a controversial issue. I'm not here to talk about Officer Ricky verses 50 Cent. This issue is controversial to me because you angered, Dj Handspin the ceo and editor in chief of Rusty Jabbz.
First thing, I wanna start off by saying, why is the topic of New York emcees bringing the crown back home is still an open case. I been hearing the babble and the criticism from haters on this subject matter for a few years now. Everyone want New York to come back. Come back to what. Newsflash, New York is here, we never left.
I wanna know, What the fuck do you want New York to go back to? You want New York to go back to the future to the year 1973, location 1520 Sedgwick Ave. Bronx, NY. (The birth of Hip Hop) Or maybe you want New York to go back to 1982 the birth of Run DMC, or maybe you want New York to go back to the '90's the birth of the Golden Era. Or betta yet do you want New York hip hop to go back to where you had niggaz on the corner arguing all day about who's their favorite emcee, "Biggie, Jay Z or Nas".
How many times are we going to bring up a topic that is controversial amongst various hip hop groups in the city. Hip Hop has transcended over the last 35 years thanks to New York. If it wasn't for Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, Grand Wizard Theodore and Grand Master Flash for birthing this genre and influencing people all throughout the ghettos of America to spread their word and creativity that later spread across the world none of us would be here. None of us would have became emcees, djs, dancers, graff writers, a&r's, producer's, ghostwriters and so forth. None of us would have received Grammies, Source, BET, Vibe awards if it wasn't for New York. New York creating Hip Hop gave ghetto youth hope, self confidence, arts and creativity and now you all wanna stomp on us all because you feel we lost our touch. All of you feel New York isn't poppin' anymore we don't have to pop anymore. New York will always be recognized as the Mecca of Hip Hop. We will always be the originators of this music. So XXL to bring up this article in their recent issue and to have people bad mouth and criticize what we successfully created is a stab in the back as well as a kick in the nutts. (Basically, what I'm saying it hurts)
I would like to know what do these so called new young a&r's who were probably born no more than 21 years ago know what real hip hop is or know, what New York hip hop fans like to listen too. You say we're too hardcore,we're too street and how no one wants to here that street style of hip hop anymore. How would you know what the streets of New York want to here. A good majority of you so called execs and a&r's promote and market todays hip hop to the younger teeny bopping generation. Making hip hop soft and more rap and bullshit. When I was growing up as teen in the late 80's to early 90's we didn't have any hip POP artists. Every hip hop artist that came out rhymed about what was going in the streets as well as the world. Keep in mind, I'm in the seven grade listening to Public Enemy, Poor Righteous Teachers, King Sun, Krs 1, Salt n Pepa. I was listening to records that a seventh grader shouldn't listening too. You guys are probably thinking, "Dam that music was too harsh for a child to listen too". There were no marketing and promotions in the 80s and 90s everything was str8 street. It's you Ivy League-Morehouse type NEGROES gettin' jobs at these label coming into the game and wanting to change the rules of what we created. So is that what you mean when you say you wanna bring New York Rap back. Y' all don't wanna bring New York rap back y' all wanna change New York Rap. Various artists today coming up out of New York do not want to get signed anymore. No artist want to be told what to do and say on album. Sure being a major artist you get major success but a weak heart comes along with it. As an independent emcee you get betta access and say on your own career. I just wanna address this article to XXL and all you label execs like Jimmy Iovine, LA Reid and Jeff Sledge. It sounds like you wanna create another genre other than hip hop. You can do what you wanna do but please do not tamper with THIS THING OF OURS WE CREATED!
Muh fuckaz running around New York saying New York has no leader. We have no savior. Labels looking to emcees like Joell Ortiz, Papoose, Uncle Murda and Tru Life as saviors of New York. Who said that we're looking for savior of New York these emcees was coming up out of NYC to rep their hood and make some money off their talent. No one was going to anoint them as Kings of New York. Who said New York needs a King we got talent coming out of every single street corner of every single borough. No one emcee should be an island. I blame PUFF DADDY and BIGGIE for that whole King of New York status, ever since BIG put that out there so many emcees wanna take his throne. Everything that comes out of my state is all good for my listening pleasure.
SO ALL YOU LABELS FUCK OFF AND STOP TRYING TO DIVIDE AND CONQUER!
It's not NEW YORK HIP HOP thats on the downfall its all you record labels who are on the downfall and now you come back seeking and begging for NEW YORK to help rebuild all you almost bankrupt labels. You can't lock down real talent. REAL REKONIZE REAL! TRILL REKONIZE TRILL!
