On 40 Cal‘s
fight with Loon…
W. Ketchum III: Yo, you hear about 40 Cal and Loon?
K. Clark: I must’ve missed that. Loon knocked another rapper out?
W. Ketchum III: Loon says that he did beat his ass, but 40 Cal
remembers differently.
K. Clark: He probably remembers differently because that shovel scrambled a few
of those brain cells up.
W. Ketchum III: Hahaha…well on the bright side, at least there weren’t any
shots fired. But if I were Loon, and I fell from major label money to hopefully
being independent, I’d wanna fight too. Especially if 40 Cal
was right and dude was pushing a hooptie. I don’t listen to either
artist though, so I could care less. But from what I’ve heard, 40 Cal
is actually one of the bright spots in Dipset, and I still haven’t heard a Loon
song that I approve of.
K. Clark: Shouldn’t Will and Jada have stepped in and stopped this? You know
they have their “march” to stop violence.
W. Ketchum III: Oh yeah, I heard about that. It’s good to see a power couple
like them championing a cause…esp. Will Smith, who’s one of the few rappers
out there who isn’t talking about busting guns.
K. Clark: Doesn’t hurt to have a fine looking wife by your side too.
On Gillie Da Kid vs. Lil’ Wayne
beef…
K. Clark: But with them advocating non-violence, do you think they got what it
takes to stop this Gillie the Kid/Lil’ Wayne
beef from getting hotter?
W. Ketchum III: Honestly, I don’t even see the beef going anywhere. For one,
Gillie The Kid probably doesn’t even have a problem with Wayne
– he’s just out to get publicity. I mean, to me, he doesn’t even have a
reason to be mad for not getting credit; that’s what ghostwriting IS – writing
for someone else without getting credit. Now if he didn’t get paid, then
that’s a different
story. And Wayne
is handling it perfectly by just saying,”Who? What Kid?” Because
dissing him will only give him more shine
On Big Boi vs Andre 3000(?)…
W. Ketchum III: But nowadays, nobody’s getting along….even Big Boi and
Andre 3000 seem to be on different pages for the new album.
K. Clark: I know. That’s a sad state of affairs for the rap game. Especially
knowing how much the public loves that duo. Don’t know what’s Dre’s problem?
Sippin’ too much moonshine, still sniffing that Badu
poison or something?
W. Ketchum III
Yeah, it’s almost like Dre doesn’t even want to make money from the album,
because what better opportunity is there than to go on Oprah? I would say that
I only cared about the final product that they put out, because they have such
an established fanbase that promo issues and differences can only mean so much.
But still, i’d like to see them continue to work together. They haven’t made a
wack album yet, and they’re like eight LPs deep.
And MAN, I thought it was just me! Why does Erykah Badu – bless her heart, cuz
I’m a huge fan – have to fuck up every guy she goes with? I swear that Common
was just rocking clothes he made from tearing apart his couch for a minute, but
he’s better now. It’s almost like Dre never snapped out of it…but he was
always sort of out there, Erykah just brought it all out.
On M.O.P. finally dropping an album and the future of the G-Unit…
K. Clark: Right. Not even M.O.P. can say that. They’re too busy trying to drop
that Roc-a-Fella album to understand that they’re not even relevant to the
game. No one cares if they’re G-Unit. No one cared that
they were on the Roc. No one ever cares if they pic up the mic again…except
for those cats who live in Brownsville.
(And I’m a fan of M.O.P. for the record)
W. Ketchum III:
Yeah, that was really odd of them to put out the
Roc-A-Fella album. Too bad it couldn’t have been put out when the Roc still
mattered. I’m sure it’d be an interesting listen, though, just to flash back to
that whole Roc-A-Fella sound. But on a different note, I’m not even mad that
M.O.P. signed to G-Unit…they’ve really paid their industry dues for a while,
so to me, they deserve to reap some of the monetary benefits and the exposure
of being on a major label.But do you think the album will ever come out?
K. Clark: Nah. Not with everyone questioning 50 Cent. I mean duke has drop
asstastical bricks from everyone in his crew. His glorified bodyguards and weed
carriers can’t even amount to half of his success from “Get Rich or Die
Tryin'”.
W. Ketchum III: Lloyd Banks’ and Young Buck’s albums were both hard though,
and Game’s was dope while he was there. And even though Tony Yayo’s was garbage
and Mobb Sleep’s was disappointing, the movie soundtrack was still dope…all
in all, dude has only had two weak efforts since around 2003, which isn’t bad
at all.
K. Clark: You forgot about Olivia and Beg For Mercy
W. Ketchum III: Olivia never came out, and Beg For Mercy was dope,
especially as a forum to set up Banks and Buck.
On Xzibit stepping out of Pimp My Ride and back into the booth…
W. Ketchum III: But you know who else gets hated on a lot? Xzibit…I’m
actually looking forward to his upcoming album.
K. Clark: Xzibit will have a hard time trying to break that baby-face MTV role.
This album better be “At the Speed of Life” all over again.
W. Ketchum III:
It’s sad, too. His last joint, Weapons of Mass Destruction, was a really solid
album. And unlike a lot of other artists who have made the mainstream
transition, I really think that X still cares about his music and how people
react to it. Honestly, to me, his albums are the best he offers. He doesn’t say
corny ass jokes on his albums like he does on Pimp My
Ride.
K. Clark: Good point, good point — let’s just hope that the jokes remain
corny and the album is on point. If it doesn’t work out for him — he can
always try to get down with Kanye and U2.
On Kanye West being an industry hustler…
W. Ketchum III: Man, Kanye’s a hustler, period. He doesn’t CALL it
“hustling,” but that’s exactly what it is. He goes from The Game to
John Mayer without breaking a sweat. AND he’s mastered the art that has been
previously honed by Ludacris, Eminem and few others – the ability to say the
wack line but make it sound dope (i.e. most of “Number One”
with Pharrell).
K. Clark: Don’t get me started on that wacktastical song, Ketch. But you’re
right. Kanyé-to-the is on some other ish right now. He’s able to dabble between
the blurred line of mainstream and backpack chic. Dame Dash said in XXL that
duke was an accessory to the Roc — now he’s the franchise.
W. Ketchum III: Exactly.