Face it, young stunnas—summertime is over. Some of y'all really need to get your badass-es back in school, learn to speak properly, and quit with the stupid Sambo dances. While you're watching the VMAs hoping to scope what dumb shit Pharrell's wearing, Mos Def is outside of it getting arrested because he's illegally performing his "Katrina Clap" song on a flatbed truck. New York's finest are surely Bush fans, or don't like the part where Mos disses Bono; or maybe they're just doing their job because Mighty Mos didn't have a permit. Who knows? But, coincidentally enough, Mos has an album coming out, allegedly due Tuesday, September 19, called Tru3 Magic; funny, that...
On Saturday, September 16, get your of-age self to Nectar for another edition of Main Squeeze, this one featuring the very talented young rap trio Dyme Def. MCs Fearce Vill, Brain Storm, and S.E.V. make up this promising crew, and with production from BeanOne in their corner, it's a wrap. Brain Storm makes some heatery beats his damn self, having won the Big Tune beat battle a while back. Speaking of Big Tune, Vitamin D will be hosting his monthly beat battle at the War Room Wednesday, September 20; I know you like dat!
What you're gonna love is "The Takeover," an all-star lineup of local hiphop at Chop Suey Tuesday, September 19, starring D.Black. Black has just dropped the long-awaited The Cause & Effect, his debut LP on Seattle's premier hood-hop label, Sportn' Life Records. That night, Black is backed up by Macklemore, Grynch, Dyme Def, and none other than the mufuckin' Stay High Brothers (AKA Vitamin D and Maniac Be), plus DJ DV One. It's an all-ages event with bar, and it's free before 10:00 p.m. "Caan You Dig It"?
I've been kind of appalled by Puffy's recent resurgence. Let's see... he's got the prerequisite awful single (and video featuring some highly suspect dance numbers), his shitty Making the Band girl group Danity Kane (wha?) outsold everybody, including OutKast, and now he's got Pharoahe Monch of all people writing lyrics for him. Understand, I'm all for cats getting paid, even Puff—I just don't wanna look at the motherfucker anymore.
So I am very intrigued by the fact that 50 Cent has decided to make him the latest action item on his beef list. I guess 50 is pissed that Diddy has been jerking him around while he's been trying to officially sign former Bad Boy Mase to G-Unit; in his usual shitty mix-tape dis song, he demands Puff send him 50K to cover Murder's champagne bills and whatnot, or else he's going to expose him somehow. Most likely he's just going to allege that Puffy's gay, which is a rumor that's been circulating for years. Who the fuck cares? Getting on the radio and demanding money for Mase's expenses just makes 50 sound like an irate babymama, so what part of the game is that? Anyway, you can expect an epic battle from these lyrical titans. Better wear your hard hat.
