I love these strategically-based claims of "mainstream trash" that you morons dub anything that this site's elite dubs "mainstream." Think for yourselves for once - because, with these biased opinions & rants, you're a "mainstream" consumer who is following the crowd. & God forbid if you ever enjoyed something that your friends enjoy; I guess that would compromise your makeshift "rebel" mentalities, wouldn't it?

yeah this dude is smart... none of these foos think for them selves, they just say fifty sucks, i think fifty sucks but i still bought get rich and beg for mercy... why cuz they sound tight, maybe not the tights music ever or wit the best messege and yeah it gets annoying, but i still like it cuz its fun, most people in this site are as mainstream as it gets but they dont wanna get clowned for likin 50 or Ja or DMX.. shit DMX got me into rap wit his first album, then i heard some of Ja and thought he was tight till he changed his attitude, but thats a whole different story.... anyways, am i mainstream, fuck yeah, dont mean i dont have respect or like canibus or aseop rock or jedi mind or binary star or dead prez or any of those other underground cats... just means i cant find they cds where i live so i dont get exposed to them as much but i still here them and think they are tight, they just arent the mainstream.... so anyways i got off topic i think so ama end this by sayin, i like all rap music, evenif its stupid and wack, and corny or whatever i just like rap and hip hop... the only thing i dont like is when people are too pussy to say what they really like

^ Lol at you blatantly freeposting you fucking cunt.

BANNED.

50's got a point. He made some sense. But what Nas' song is about isnt any of his business.
I dont think he meant it as a diss to Nas but he should of kept his nose out

I wouldn't consider it shit talking
he was telling it as it is......what he says makes sense
he didnt say 'Fuck nas that money grabbing fucker'
He told it how he felt it.........it wasnt shit talking

nuttins wrong wit DMX, but Nas-50... mmm

lets compare the two when 50 comes out wit an album that can tickle Illmatic...

50 50 50, all hype and no lyrics...

are we all forgetting the West Coast all stars and that AIDS song i think it was, or bout kids stayin in school? NWA, Ice T, some other cats, really whats wrong with puttin out a positive message. Damn, i'm pretty sure u guys are tired of hearin parents, teachers, older people, rockers down talk rap/hip hop of bein only bout violence and drugs and what not, and when people try to change that u have only negative views towards the songs or whatever. Fuck it let Nas or whoever do whatever the hell they want

Koalatee

when did we say mainstream sucks? if you didnt realise, nas is mainstream too

and most mainstream does suck. I can think of maybe 5 mainstream rappers that are any good, and only two of them are hugely popular. The rest are little known.

The reason it sucks:
1. Pop beats
2. Uses image instead of quality to sell
3. weak lyrics
4. Gangsta/Thug stereotypes
5. Hipocrasy (50 cent + ja rule)
6. Little or no meaning
7. fakeness

^ this isnt always, but most of the time. I'll give examples.

Pop Beats: Basically any thing released commercially is pop - In Da Club, Tha Reign, Shake Ya Tailfeather, 21 Questions etc.

Image: eg.
50 Cent (appeals to teenage boys who wanna be hard and tough)
Ja Rule (appeals to girls with all the sugary love crap)
Nelly (appeals to both with his fake thug image, and looks)

Weak Lyrics: I think we all agree on this one.

Gangsta/Thug Stereotypes: 50 Cent anyone?

Hipocrasy: Ja Rule makes a song like Mesmerize about how he's in love, then talks about killing people in "Dial M for Murder".

50 Cent claims he's a pimp who handles prostitutes for money, then has somelike 21 Questions about how he's sensitive and loving.

Little Or No Meaning: Bust down the meaning of some famous mainstream hip-hop.

In Da Club: I smoke weed and fuck bitches in the club.
Tha Reign: I'm the best.
Shake Ya Tailfeather: I want ass.
Right Thurr: Actually, I have no idea what this is about.
P.I.M.P: I wanna pimp like Snoop.
Beautiful: Your hot.
Hot In Herre: I wanna take my clothes off.
Magic Stick: I have a magical dick.

Woah. So much insight.

Fakeness: eg. Nelly

The bastard had 2 proffessional baseball contracts before he started rapping, not like he needed to hustle and sell crack to stay alive. Yet he seems to think he's a thug and a gangsta.

nas always got one of those "4 the kids" song on most of his albums so that shit aint no real revalation. shit where he makes the song for paper orcause he cares at least that nigga gives it a stab....i would wager 50 could'nt make a positive song if his balls were on a cutting block



a nigga is having one of those fuck a 50 cent moment