0 New Mixtape: "Too Fat for Skinny Jeans" to be released on December 2 Posted by I B Writing | at 11/09/2010 12:01:00 AM

I would like to announce that my next mixtape will be titled: "Too Fat for Skinny Jeans" and is going to be released on my birthday, December 2 of this yr. My past 3 mixtapes have all had unique titles and has carried a significant meaning with each one. This "Too Fat" mixtape will aim to highlight my commitment to makin undergound in a true B-SimmS fashion. Not jus skinny jeans but hip hop has put out characteristics that try to develop into the mold for what artists should be and not who they are. But this title is my statement of saying lyrically I have too much weight to fit in the threads of conformity and if I do fit in them then I am goin to stretch those muthafuckas out. Production on the mixtape will include my homey B. Star and Sev Da Producer. It's jus about halfway done, so on December 2, dont put bday wishes on my wall, jus download my mixtape frm datpiff.com. lol. Thanks in advance guys!!! Holla Black!!! Peep some of the tracks at the bottom to hold you until the mixtape drop.

0 Where's The Beef?: The Importance of Lyrical Battles Posted by I B Writing | at 8/17/2010 06:46:00 PM

Unfortunately this title may seem a little misleading, because you may think this article will tell you that lyrical battles are everything in hip hop. Well that statement will get a “yes” and a “no”. Honestly, if you look at the current state of hip hop right now that importance seems to have been dissed.

Rap battles are how rappers earn their respect from all rap fans, whether casual or hardcore. Rap is suppose to be the music genre from the streets and with it comes basic principles that you learned while growing up. It’s an eye for an eye mentality and that mentality has put many rappers into the ring and tested how much of an MC they really are. For example, LL Cool J has always been seen as one of the original rappers “for the ladies” but he has had a number of notable battles with Kool Moe Dee, Ice-T, and the famous Canibus beef. Each battle was never a one-sided bout as everyone saw some memorable punchlines from him. It is kind of what gave him respect as a rapper overall and not just some pop sensation.

Battles don’t only test rappers but they have always attempted to cement legacies. A rapper may have a great catalog but everybody is gonna remember that time he stepped up and beat competition directly. So the most obvious example I will give is Jay-Z vs. Nas. Both of these rappers are legends in their own right, but long after it ended, critics and fans alike still can not avoid talking about their careers without mentioning which artist won that battle and eventually overall won in their career.

You know what’s the best about rap battles? They don’t discriminate on anyone. One of my favorite diss songs I ever heard was from a rapper who is perceived as non confrontational, and that person is none other than Common. When I heard his song, “The Bitch in You”, which disses the Westside Connection, it was as hard as “No Vaseline” and almost the 1990’s version of “Ether”. When you think about Common today as an artist, a diss track is not his style. Remember when Jay-Z and Jim Jones were battling? Do not feel bad if you don’t because it wasn’t worth anybody’s memory cells. But that is the beauty of rap battles when you have a superstar like Jay-Z getting caught up in a lyrical riff with some up and coming unknown at the time like Jim Jones. What happens is it shows the hunger of an amateur artist and checks the gas tank of a veteran to see if they still have what it takes to remain on top.

I think of rap battles like when football teams use the running game in their strategy. If you know anything about football, running the football is more of an old school tactic. But teams that use it often are regarded as some of the toughest teams if not one of the top teams. Unfortunately battling is an old school technique that has disappeared today. Artists have opted to a more business-savvy approach of either using sneak disses or avoiding them altogether. Artists that are heavy battlers have not found the same weight career wise as regular artists. But rap will always belong to the streets and produce a competitiveness within music. Artists must decide that when it’s time to lyrically handle rap beef, are you going to be the cook or get eaten like the entrée.

1 Do Lyrics Matter? Posted by I B Writing | at 3/07/2010 09:18:00 PM

Its crazy how Waka Flaka Flame thinks lyrics dont matter.Like im really trippin out on how he thinks that is a viable statement because it doesnt matter who you are, lyrics will always matter. Sry non rappin ass niggas, but rappin ass niggas may be here for a while. But ppl will get lyricism confused as jus being one thing. The general perception for lyricism is that niggas are rappin at complex levels , whether its 100 meanings on one line or 100 rymes on one line. Well i aint a general nigga therefore my perception is way dif and this is how it goes: LYRICISM ONLY BOILS DOWN TO CREATIVTY AND RELATIVITY( REALITY). Seems like a pretty accurate hypothesis after a two day thought process but it jus seems true.Creativity makes your mind work more into whut u say and makes you think of better ways to say your message. Its not an easy task, because Ive had to rewrite this intro at least 5 times already. Take a look at Lil Wayne. There are a lot of ppl that say weezy is the shit as well as a lot that say he sucks. What makes Lil Wayne good is his creativity. Im not the bigest Lil Wayne fan, but I admire his creativity on his punchlines and songs. If you listen to rap music "Mrs. Officer" is a very creative radio song and thats rare considering the shit you usually hear on the radio. It wasnt corny, it was cool and it stuck to the whole subject of the song, which was fucking a female cop. Speaking of whut you usually hear, lets speak on relativity or reality. I thnk this is where artists are make it or break it at being named lyricists. Basically over the last 10 years the percentage of rap songs have been about money, car, ho, or all in one. Believe it or not rappers used to to be known for rapping about how people actually feel and not everybody shared the experience of bangin or spending a million dollas without worries. When N.W.A. came out, their rymes were far frm complexity but they were very real. If you listen to any of Eazy E's raps he is no way at the speed of Talib Kweli, but the things he rapped about were so real that later on rap historians put him up there as a lyrical mc. The same goes for 50 Cent . As an underground rapper his lyrics were not even close to the braggadocio (SAT big word lookin ass nigga!!) that everyone is starting to associate him with. Songs like "Ghetto Quran" and "Get out the Club" from his Power of the Dollar album were usually about regular shit that an average person fom the hood would talk about instead of what an average person from Beverly Hills would talk about. To close this blog turned thesis out, think about when you went to an artist's show. Waka Flaka Flame (ol wocka wocka wocka lookin ass nigga!!) says lyrics dont matter as long as he's gettin four shows out the week. Well, if youre gettin 4 shows out the week anywhere then its because of lyrics. Take a look at J. Cole, now he doesnt really have a huge song on the radio et he was able to do a Texas Tour a couple months back. Why? Its obvious because he had soemthin to listen to other than the damn hook. Whut was that something? It was lyrics. That one was pretty easy. But to wrap it all up, lyrics will always matter in some form or another. Its hard to be successful without having some lyrical strength. Fans are always gonna look for that rapper that goes hard, its jus somethin thats apart of the rap game.

1 The Growing Pain Posted by I B Writing | at 11/30/2009 08:58:00 PM

Im officiciallY fed up after these past few weeks. I keep blowing this Texans shit off but I feel like I have to say something because of all this shit goin on. The Texans are playing like a piece of shit expansion AND NEEDS TO GROW THE FUCK UP!!!! This team has never been this close to the playoffs this late in the season and now theyre bout to blow it with stupid shit. Case and point, the friggin Colts games this yr. Both games they had the lead and blew them. Peyton aint that good. Fuck it I said it and I stand by it. The same QB that threw those picks in the first half is the same one who threw those first downs in the second half. Our defense took a fuckin collapse and gave up. We couldve beat up the Colts in both games. Had Kris Brown made the field goal it would be a dif stoRy. I wont delve into the kicker point cause i wanna rant on this. Kris Brown missed the field goal against Tennesee but im so sick of the dick riders for the titans. Ever since Vince Young came back, everyone has been on the Titans tip. The same ppl that threw Vince under the bus are now beggin to drive his limo. It wasnt long ago that Tenneseee was out of the playoff picture, now at 5-6 (same record as Texans) everybody has them in a wildcard spot for sure. Houston is starting to be filled with mumbles of "Luv ya Blue" and the dredded "if we drafted vince". All of these aforementioned things are happening all while the Texans are accumulating into a deflated state of play. Other words: MELTDOWN!!!! But Texans deserve every bad thing that happens if this is how they play. They are not an expansion team anymore. They have pro bowl talent on both sides of the ball, they put up lead worthy stats, and are capable of playing at a competitve level that rivals most teams. There is no excuse for any losses that happen for the res of the season or ever. Analysts and critics have taken notice to how they have played and I agree with the disapointment they showed to my team. Houston Texans it is time that u stop actin like a bich. Gonbe are the days of being the extras in some other team's highlight reel. Gone are the days of injured players using a Texans' game as a rehab game. Gone are the days when 8-8 is an achievable goal. Those days are over. It is time for you to grow up and show the fuckin league that youre not to be pushed around any fuckin longer. 8-8 is a failure. A championship should be workin its way into your norm. I know it may kill you almost the first time tryna go after it, but jus take that as a Growing Pain.

0 Super Fail!! Posted by I B Writing | at 7/27/2009 06:48:00 PM

Superhead has done somthin I havent done in a minute, and thats take a white man's side in a matter. She called into the Rod Ryan show on 94.5 The Buzz to promote her new book about keeping a man. How tha biggest ho known to the music can tell u that, i dont know. But the hst was trying to ask her questions about the past books and she didnt want to get into all of that, prob because he was asking about who she was fuckin (droppin names like Kid Rock and Jay-Z). She hangs up on the host and the guy deserved it probably, but Superhead takes the entire FAIL FOR THIS SITUATION. When u hear the interview, its obvious the guy doesnt know who she is and caters to an audience who doesnt know or give a shit about her. At least go to where there is an audience who has a working knowledge of you, nickname and all. I mean dude kept saying Karrine Steffans and Im like "bich thats superhead"!! I guess she thought she could hide much of her past, but here goes the icebreaker: YOU SLEPT WITH HALF THE SUBSCRITION OF THE SOURCE AND XXL!! So the guy is asking all these questions about her first book and she gets angry cause she thought it was gon be about her new book. Why so mad Superhead? You choke on the wrong side of the dick this morning? Cant remember which dick u choked on this morning or 5 minutes ago? I think this is the point of her life where she is finally paying for her mistakes that she has made. She wrote two books about fucking the world and now the world is fucking her. Apparently this new book is about relationships and maintaining relationships but who is she to talk. There is a reason for the phrase "you cant turn a ho into a housewife". Before she started writing, nobody ever knew who she was except everyone in the industry. Now everyone knows whut she did and who she is now. She's jus doin all this for money since she's prob too old to be in fuckin videos again. She didnt write those books to show people the hard times of a video girl and tell people to not do those same mistakes. And thats why I wrote this. People need to be careful of the choices they make cause eventually we are gonna have to own up to whut weve done, no matter how bad they are. She made her fame off of bein a slut now she wants to be famous for bein a good woman. Im sry, but when they call u Superhead youre liable to end up with a Super Fail. Holla Black!!

0 Tale of the (Mix)Tape Posted by I B Writing | at 7/19/2009 09:36:00 AM

Dammit Jay-Z whut the hell are u waitin on? You have to whup this nigga Game. Hip Hop needs this battle right now. Im sry ppl if I havent came in with tha usual flashy intro, but there are no other words to describe how this needs to pop off right now. Jay-Z/Game feud has been brewing for a long time and I tell ppl that everytime this current situation comes up. You can publicly trace it all the way back to when Game beefed with Memphis Bleek with songs like "State Your Name Gangsta" (yo hood show me love like I was Hov down Flushing). Jay has said he onced stayed in a part of Queens. But that wasnt the last time you would hear Game tryna bring it thru marcy projects. On his debut album, THE DOCUMENTARY, he raps on "Westside Story" : And I dont do button up shirts or drive Maybachs". Clearly it was a shot at Jay-Z, but on the album's title track is a recorded radio interview saying it was goin at Ja Rule, prob cause of Game's allegiance to his CEO, 50 Cent. Eventually Game/ 50 beef ensued but round that time Jay-Z/Game beef was about to go down. Jay did a radio freestyle (you dont really want it Hov for the record/ i put a couple of careers on hold you could be next kid; see Dear Summer off Memphis Bleek's 534 album). So time went on and basically all we got from The Game is Jay-Z references in punchlines, no disses subliminal or outward until a few yrs ago. I was downloading and stumbled on a song called My Bitch which was dissing 50 Cent, Suge Knight, and Jay-Z. The thing is though, Game rapped about these guys all bein women, hence able to use the term "my bitch". surpisingly it went way under the radar compared to the diss songs that were released goin at G-Unit, especially 300 Bars which was considered a classic. And now we've come to the present-day round of Jay-Z/Game. Apparently Jay did a show in Vegas and did a rap acapella saying: I aint talkin bout gossip/ I aint talkin bout Game. This is whut set The Game off as he has been on a literal worldwide assault freestylin all over Europe and droppin the now popular scather "Im so Wavy". The freestyle actually has ppl in a whirlwind in which he has dissed Beyonce saying:You got a bad bich word, aint a pussy like hers/ Jus ask the Cowboys, Mavericks, Rockets and Spurs. This has been hov's toughest challenge since Nas came out with Ether. Previously it was Jim Jones, but obviously Jones is not as big a lyrical threat as Game. Game must not be ignored cause he can actually win this by default, regardless of Jay's legacy. Game has been quoted to saying he will smash on hov and go back to bumpin Reasonable Doubt. Thats cold blooded, I mean some real Rick James shit. Jay-Z may have came out of retirement to chase history, but if he does not respond to The Game he will be history. HOLLA BLACK!!

0 I'm Ready for my Close Up Professor Xavier Posted by I B Writing | at 5/31/2009 11:04:00 PM

Do not be surpised if youre watching the Emmys and Superman flys in on the Red Carpet. No other genre of movie has been as huge as the Superhero movie in this decade. Before the 2000's comic book heroes were barely even heard of outside of Saturday morning cartoons and anywhere that sold magazines. Now they are summer blockbusters and the one thing keeping Blockbuster open. Coincidentally the biggest movies, Xmen and Spiderman, were some of the biggest cartoons during the 1990's and one of the best comics of all time. After they came on the air then followed Iron Man, The Hulk, Superman, a couple of Batman cartoons and The Fantastic Four. Ironically, it was this similar order in which the movies appeared. The thing is these movies do not look like comic books and that's saying a lot cause comic books barely look like comic books. When I say that Im talkin bout those basic storylines and the original campy colors more vivid than a Young Dro verse. These movies actually have a cool about them. The costumes are different in a way. The uniforms in the Xmen movie make the comic book Xmen look like they played dress up in a spandex store. The movie Xmen got on all black and makes the movie more darker and better. In fact the darker the better. For example, last summer The Dark Knight set records in sales all becuase of the performance of Heath Ledger as The Joker. In the Batman movie in the 1960's evrything was bright as shit. The Joker, The riddler, hell even the Penguin. But in the 1990's film it got more edge, but there was still a little campiness to it. 2008 cut all that out and went str8 sinister. Everybody loved it too citing it as one of the best villains of all time and there have been some bad motherfuckers!! Now these movies havent always been "super", especially in the 1990's. Many ppl hate the Batman and Robin that had Schwarzenegger as Mr. Freeze. Dont remember? Good!! I can recall the uneasy feeling I got when I saw Daredevil. Pretty sure it was the same feeling ppl got when they saw Elektra, the first Hulk movie, and those 2 Punisher movies. But one thing about these movies Ive always loved was the actors themselves. Danny Devito as the Penguin, Captain Picard as Professor X, Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man and Halle Berry as Storm!! Plus Nick Fury is gonna be played by Sam Jackson in 9 friggin Marvel movies. Cant U see Samuel L. cussin out Iron Man and Dr. Doom while pistol whippin Doom. I can and I will. Jus like I will go out and see the wolverine sequel, captain america movie, the next batman movie, green lantern movie, thor movie, and avengers movie. Looks like Superhero movies wont be losing their powers for a while. Holla Black!!

1 No Milli Posted by I B Writing | at 5/06/2009 02:14:00 PM

"They shouldve never gave you niggas money!!" Maybe tha students at University of Arizona shouldve took heed to those words as they put up a cocnert that lost over A MILLION DOLLARS!!!! The problem I have is how the fuck did u spell a milli in the midst of a recession and i guess i found the only way. A student organization put together a concert that was headlined by Jay-Z and Kelly Clarkson. What happened? Was OJ and Ron Goldman's parents not available for the annual karaoke night? But one of the main reasons the concert blowed was the suck ass ticket prices. Niggas was chargin 140 bux for some regular seats!! Im not payin 140 to see Jay-Z in cocncert when I can pay the 25 dolla late fee on my blockbuster account and rent Fade to Black!! They deserved whutever they got. Who the fuck in Tucson Arizona gonna sell out a concert at 140 a pop? Now the forum heads on allhiphop are talkin bout Jay should give some of the money back to help the students. If i was Jay wouldnt give that 750K back. I'd go buy two new lips and tell them to KISS MY ASS!! HOLLA BLACK!!

0 Relays:It Went Down Posted by I B Writing | at 4/07/2009 02:51:00 PM

This past weekend was the one of the most fucked up weekends I ever had in my life yet it was one of the greatest weekends I ever had in my life. I have to be talkng about Texas Relays. In case you didnt know, relays is the black version of SXSW; musicians show up but not to do concerts and shit. The point of the whole weekend is a track and field event that has college and high school students from all over Texas. Yet you can line 10 ppl up in a line and nobody can tell where the competition was being held or whut time it started. All i know the real event was off the field.

So I decided to go with Hip Hop Congress to 6th street to promote a freestyle battle that was goin down on Apr. 23. Shit was crazy soon as we got into Kyle cause there was bumper to bumper traffic. a reck happened but shit cleared up quickly. Everything was cool til we got downtown and all hell causually flooded the streets. Niggas was everywhere!! There was niggas in front of city hall, walkin down the sidewalk, walkin down the side of buildings, hoppin out of sewers and shit!! Then we were stuck in traffic for 10 minutes before actually able to make our turn. But thats where the shit began

We make our turn and all of a sudden, niggas are startin to swerve in and out of lanes. What happened was the most embarassing thing of all: SOME NIGGA'S CAR DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF TEXAS RELAYS TRAFFIC!! How the fuck does that happen?! This nigga had tv screens all in his damn car but the battery couldnt support any of that shit!! lol. So I was able to drive past that shit but still was stuck in traffic for a good 30 min. Our whole promo crew was only 3 dudes and 5 chicks. Not a good group ratio for relays. So we decided to let 2 of the chicks get out and head to 6th street. Traffic-wise we were altogether, 3 cars, each behind each other. The "leader" of the crew was in the front car and had to use the restroom so she went to do that and took one of the dudes with her. My homeboy and I were the other dudes and he went to drive the front car. Eventually we made our way to the parking garage and able to park. But the fun doesnt stop.

We get out on the street next thing u know: gunshots!! Right in the parking garage across the street. Cops are rushing over ducking and sneaking like some fuckin action movie. There were some old heads watching on with us saying "this was much better when we were younger". Nvm the fact they was 40 years old at tha club, dont care, but they had a point big time. We was faced with a decision: stay or go home. I said we came too far to jus turn around and might as well keep it movin. We met with the the first girls that got out of my car earlier and decided everyone to stya in a group. Even in a group I felt awkward walkin around cautious of whut could go down. It was 8 of us bunched up with flyers. We passed some out to some and girls was gettin hollad at by the dudes of course but no big deal. Until I was passin out flyers, turned around and saw the crowd bust into a big ass panic and ran towards my way. I RAN FASTER THAN AN AFRICAN ON SIX DIFFERENT STEROIDS!! This shit happened 3 times!! We decided get out that hoe for one last event: Exiting traffic!!

NIGGA WE COULDNT GO NOWHERE!!! Cars was bumped up back to back on all streets! Niggas was crossin all the damn streets!! We decided to brave it out and mash towards 35. Bad fuckin idea. There were cars in the middle of the intersection blockin ppl frm goin thru the light. I got my crunchtime mode on and knew that we had to do somethin. So I gave myself a lil room in front of me and made a big ass U turn. Mashed to the next street but the same problem with cars blocking the intersection. Suddenly a hole opened up and i ran thru that bich almsot gettin my car hit but we were on our way stride free. We kept it goin til we ran upon a Shell staion and seen the biggest parkin lot pimpin ive seen in a minute!! You couldnt get inside the damn gas station for any muhfuckin gas!! We finally hit a street to take us out and the niggas in front of us was swerving back and forth with some hoes on top the car!! When they turned we jus hit up 35 and back to San Marcos.

On my way back home, I was fucking outraged!! I was thinkin bout all the ppl who went up there and it was their first time at relays. Gettin shot at, ppl gettin robbed, gettin ran over by cars, fights, and folks trampled over. But at the same time I could not help but think about the adventure of all that shit. Ridin around East Austin after 2am, dodgin huge crowds, gunshots everywhere u go. My whiteboy side says awesome and my black side u better sit yo ass down somewhere. It was an experience I will never forget and after reading this hopefully u wont either

0 North America's Team Posted by I B Writing | at 3/07/2009 11:20:00 PM

And as i was sitting down watchin the basketball game talkin shit about some females, i saw the greatest joke of the yr on the news ticker. "Terell Owens signs a 1 yr deal to Buffalo Bills". I wasnt even drunk when I saw that either so i was doubly shocked. Whut tha fuck is TO gon do in Buffalo? Thats like Lil Wayne signing to Swishahouse. But it wasnt like it was his fault. Jerry Jones finally got the gusto to cut him after a season that had more destruction than a Klan rally in Marcy pojects(gotta love thise hov references). He came frm a QB that was caked over, a coach that was soft as a bean bag chair, and a owner that was the damn mayor of the city. Pretty fun place right? Now he's heading to a city where there aint shit but hockey, snow, and wings. Not a damn thig to do. Goin to a team that ppl barely remember even plays in America. Im pretty sure if the Bills moved to Canada they would get kicked out the league and replaced by USC. But now they have Terell Owens and Dick Jauron jus bought himself 3 more yrs. That is until TO gets double teamed, Trent Edwards stops throwing to him and dates The Olsen Twins, and the whole team starts selling hot wings and pepsi. sounds familiar? Might as well. Buffalo and Dallas are the same teams. One is America's team and the other, as TO eloquenlty put it, is "North America's Team".