Hip Hop Unity

I thank you for everyone who is/has checked out the video for Young Boy Thomas, and with a lot of music stuff going on for me lately I wanted to post this on Hip Hop. One of the hottest rappers for this year has complimented Soulja Boy which would seem funny, but if you think about it then it can be accepted. Drake stated that the young rapper Soulja Boy is one of the "Smartest rappers of our generation" which holds some validity. From a fresh age of 17 years old Soulja Boy broke onto the commercial Hip Hop scene with his "Crank Dat" single and hasn't looked back. His latest album had worse album sales, but it was still commercially successfull. Drake with his comment didn't go into specifics, but for me the specific is how Soulja Boy used the internet to create his buzz.

In a time where new artists were showing up but the hype was periodically, Soulja Boy got himself a nationwide hit and stayed relevant in Hip Hop for 2 years. Still with some immaturity, Soulja Boy has done a great job using the internet, and now many artists have followed that trend. Where there in a time people are losing jobs, rappers are dissing each other still for buzz, it's good to see the youngsters get together and push there music and help build up Hip Hop even more. When it comes back to the "Crank Dat" star, the question that could arise from this could be, Did Soulja Boy really find this first, or was he just lucky? Let me know wassup...

50 Cent vs Southern Music

Ok while I was posting album sales for this week something hit me about 50 Cent. I remember in the past 50 has said that Southern music isn't Hip Hop or stuff along those lines, and also 50 has had a very volatile relationship when it comes to handling topics about the South. Throughout all this stuff 50 has made friends with Ludacris, Trick Daddy, David Banner, and other staples in Southern Hip Hop. So my question to those who hate on 50 because he so called hates the south is this. If 50 hates the south then why would he allow space on his website, Thisis50.com to have a background layout for Paul Wall. Earlier during the year Mike Jones, Ciara, and Bun B had spots in advertising on 50 Cent's website. The logical explaination to this can be that 50 is seeing advertising money from rappers to allow them some web space on his site, but what about those with small budgets? Honestly I think 50 Cent likes music from the South (he has had tracks with Ciara, Lil Flip, Lil Scrappy, and Ludacris) and its the dumbed down music he might hate. If he hates dumbed down music though, then why does he support Soulja Boy.......