calamity put it straight,i mean,i dunt think j-kwon gt the best lyrics,but i bump to tht when it comes on in the club,cos people wanna hear it,plus its a mad beat,but if im at home,chillin,i wanna hear some tunes wit skillz in it,like talib or immortal and yer,most of these rappers rappin about ice an shit cos they braggin,and who wouldnt,if i had a big house,all the jewels and a bentley,id be rappin bout it,plus it sells.nuff said!!

for ur information............jada has the number one selln album and kweli is very well respected

yes it is based where you came from....these days people like killin violence beef n shit..and if thats whats sellin if ur not from the ghetto and dont want to be considered a wannabee its hard rappin about that...a person from the burbs talkin about...damn its so hard im strugglin in my life...every day im gettin stabbed by that knife....wat do u think the media and public is going to think FUCK U BITCH GGET OFF THE STAGE..but people who spill their hearts out and tell it how it is and keep real will get more attention fans and publicity....they'll like them becuz its real..u can feel the emotion..u can picture urself in that position in their struggles.......u'll have rtespect for them for comin up from that to makin millions....now u get my point

rakim made money cuz he was original......thats a different story

rakim was very underated, very...............

WAS???....you mean IS mf

wait for "the god" to drop...shit will be psycotic

thats why suburbian rappers shouldnt rap about the "struggle" and killin people....shit...nas doesnt rap about killin people and hes one of the best artists alive right now

ave you heard the quick to back down son...he duz]

but after pac n biggie died he stated hes finna stop rappin bout all that and stick to positive things..now he goes back n forth...one mic to quick to back down...got ur self a gain to I know i can

Because There Not Real Hood So They Use Jewerly As A Topic To Rap About Because They Dont Wanna Be Fake.

nnot really.......depends on who your talkin about.......

cause thats whats hot right now ya know mainstreem its how they sell units.......Peayce

if you riding in a jaguar on chrome... it shows you are in some way succsess full..

if you sporting a 22 caret gold watch ..you are in some way succsess full...


the ladies like success full guys..


its a way to show that ..with out walking around with a sign saying* ive got $5000 in my pocket and i earnt it on my own"

they are the good things in life..(for some people) . so they flash it show it off .boast about it...

i love cars , and all that shit so i dont really care, lol if you got it flaunt it , who cares what ppl think

Is that why he's never gone gold? No hate, everyone knows I love Kweli, just sayin'...

dizzle, one of the reasons he prolly hasnt gone gold is because ppl DOWNLOAD songs, and just because your record sales are fucking huge dont mean that u aint respected
no hate
jus a fill in

^Downloading has been academicly proven NOT to affect record sales. People who download music are 70% more likely to purchase the actual cd than people who don't download.