Friday, July 08, 2005
Looking South for Hip Hop's Future?
Boyz N Da Hood: hold on tight - the bandwagon is moving real fast!
So I finally got a TV again last weekend after nearly two months going without. I hardly watched music videos even before my TV went out but for some reason decided to turn on BET's Rap City over the past couple of days to see what was poppin'. Sorry, Mr. Clean. Based on what I saw, I absolutely stand by my proclamation a couple weeks ago that East Coast hip hop is dead.
I knew the Young Jeezy movement was getting big but him and his Boyz N Tha Hood crew along with the rest of the South including a bunch of artists whose records were sitting in my sell-on-ebay pile have completely taken over Rap City based on what I saw. Who knew the Cash Money sound and business model would end up being the blueprint for the 21st century corporate rap music industry.
Meanwhile, does Tego have the scoop on the rebuttal from Aztek's camp after recent allegations about the "authenticity" of his "street rep"?
And peep Brooklyn Vegan running down the entire 411 on the Nike Skateboarding-Minor Threat debacle. But what if everyone tried to be like Nike? (via Unbeige)
Plus vaguely-related: "Now 13-year-old boys pay attention to their footwear the way 30-year-old women pay attention to their handbags." (full story from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer via Agenda Inc.)
Bathgate manager, Malik with Buffie the Body. I hate him (just kidding). (related: Buffie in XXL)
Finally, it premiered last Sunday but don't miss one of the remaining rebroadcasts of Jazzbo's My Block: The Hustle & Flow of Memphis documentary over the next few days. I caught a bit of it a couple nights ago and it looked pretty good.
