Comments on: Fishscale, a tax write-off

By: Bellicose

Bellicose — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:41:13 +0000

First off the title of this article is pretty bogus considering that Ghost sold 110k in the first week. That’s a pretty fucking good week by anyone’s standards. Fat Joe said it best, “Why everybody hatin’ on the South for, Switch ya style up to south paw.” Ghost doesn’t sell for other reasons that has nothing to do with the south. For one his label doesn’t promote him properly. They put out one or two videos and expect that to carry him. Two, the singles they put out don’t always speak to Ghost’s core audience (ala Push feat. Missy) and don’t showcase his best talents which is storytelling. “All That I Got Is You” featuring Mary J., the song, the video was classic. Yet the tracks he did with Musique Soulchild “Love” on Pretty Toney and “Momma” on Fishscales didn’t even get taken into single consideration. Last but not least the production on this Fishscales album was not tight top to bottom. Wu Tang was the shit 10 years ago because of their style of music. No Limit was the shit because of their production team “Beats By The Pound”. The south is running it now because of their style of music. The music of Hip Hop has always evolved at a faster pace than the lyrics and lyricists. In order for a true lyricist to survive he must evolve with the music. Doesn’t mean that they have to conform to mainstream but you can’t stick to the same formula you started out with 10 years ago. That’s all I got to say.
Big ups to JBoogie (I’m from the D too) for actually saying something worth reading in this blog.

By: Atl's own

Atl's own — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 21:48:28 +0000

i don’t know what south the nigga above me from!?

but ghostface ain’t neva been a legend down hear!

maybe Wu-Tang as a whole!

but nobody bought dis nigga solo joints!

a fuckin legend from va on down; nigga pleez!

more like a legend from va on up!

By: trae bizzo

trae bizzo — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:14:47 +0000

I’m From the south. Ghost face is a legend from va on down. No matter who come out. frankly most of this new jack skinny pimp gobbage im hearing from the south gets no play in the rolla.

By: GETDAGWOP

GETDAGWOP — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 23:28:06 +0000

YALL NIGGAS SOUND LIKE BUNCH OF BITCHES YALL ACT LIKE EVERYTHING OUT THE SOUTH GOES PLAT TI BARELY DID A MIL GHOST IS GOLD RIGHT NOW YALL SOUTH NIGGAS NEED TO GET YOUR BARS UP AND STOP THINKING OF NEW DANCES TO NAME SINGLES AFTER

By: 615bANGA

615bANGA — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 00:59:50 +0000

DIRTY SOUTH STAND UP CASHVILLE, MEMPHIS, ATL, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, MIA 305, ALABAMA, MISSISSIPPI, THA N.O., BATON ROUGE, AND H-TOWN BABY. STOP HATIN

By: 615bANGA

615bANGA — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 00:53:20 +0000

stop hatin on the south just because east coast artists cant sell they just suck except for busta,dmx,50, nas, and jay-z. oh yeah and styles p and jadakiss

By: 3B da King

3B da King — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 00:17:29 +0000

T.I. is da king of the south and he is better than 95% percent of New York’s rappers. Lil Wayne is the prince of the south and he is better than 98% of New York’s rappers. Dipset, Cassidy, Lloyd Banks, Yayo, Busta, and Dipset again are the only niggas that keep me feelin that up north shit man. ILLO and Vick do gay porn with shemales and Ghostface can’t (w)rap a damn burger, lame ass.

By: 3B da King

3B da King — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 00:04:06 +0000

the south run diss shit, the west is serious business, and yall niggas up north is some faggot ass niggas tryin to hate on the south bc yall brooklyn bullshit ain’t sellin no mo fuck yall bitches you cant even come in my city pussies. Fuck ghostface 2 thats what he get for hatin on the south. Dipset is the shit b/c they fucks wit everybody in every coast. Fuck Tru Life, Fuck Tru Life, Fuck Tru Life, come to GA and get 187 on sight by this Piru. Lousiana W. Baby I agree with u and fuck Wu Tang 2. there are no real G’s on the internet. Fuck Tru Life and R.o.c.

By: theDrewid

theDrewid — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 02:53:14 +0000

I think we all know that the amount of sales is linked directly to how many teenage white people like you. Your sh*t ain’t going platinum if you don’t have a large white adolescent fanbase. See Nelly, 50 Cent/G-unit, Ja Rule, Outkast’s last two albums… etc. That’s why Ghost doesn’t sell, white folks don’t like him.

By: dnrexy

dnrexy — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 03:46:16 +0000

GHOST you one of the best Mc’s in the game…Record sales don’t mean shit..Keep makin classic albums for real fans of Hip-Hop to listen to… While the rest listen to One Hit wonder garbage…

By: 501 Soldier

501 Soldier — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 22:24:41 +0000

Eat a dick Vick. Da south ruling. Sit back and hate muthafucka. Ain’t nobody scared of them NY pussies. Y’all don’t gangbang or nuthin. All y’all do iz trap. But we do it better down here. Y’all weak wet toilet paper. TI is da King…And ghostface is old newz. The greatest rapper of alive is Lil Wayne. So keep da hate blog comin. Da south ain’t stopn…

By: Vick

Vick — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 07:03:57 +0000

louisiana weezy baby u is an ingnorate motherfucker the south is NO the shit anybody from wu tang would take out these so called “trill” niggas.

By: Illo

Illo — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 14:36:57 +0000

You Americans seems to be retarted while i´m reading that shit.
Stop comparing different music styles and STOP looking at the SALES…(also stop hating you funny internet Gz,that´s really ridiculous)

I´ve listened to both albums at times and still both albums (T.I./Ghost) got hot joints on it, period!!!
But I only bought the Fishscale album, because it will still fit my musical taste in a few days, that T.I. joint was nice but will be boring soon…it´s directed too much into sales and radio/commercial bullshit(imo) and won´t be a real classic album like early Geto Boys/Outkast or UGK.

But still T.I. is an artist that I will have an eye on through his career, even if southern music isn´t the most hyped music in some time.

To me, it´s more about in which mood i am, then i decide which album makes the day. There´s a time for southern music and eastcoast rap! And also save some time to listen to the westcoast
sound, soul&r´n´b, reggae, funk and rock´n´roll…music is just music!

This article proofs that the writer isn´t about real music or anything, he seems to be paid by the industry to write a lot of shit about sales,but who´s interested?
Holla/peace to all the real music heads

By: lone1

lone1 — Mon, 22 May 2006 17:16:04 +0000

That MF Doom line was low.

By: c.kane

c.kane — Tue, 16 May 2006 08:00:59 +0000

Your too biased man….ghostface is nice….whether or not he sells….marketplace framing is what got the youth coppen laughy taffy….not skillz….nas really dont put up numbers or krs…or rakim last album or kool g rap nah mean???…they in everybody top ten of all time…most in the top 5….only in hiphop do we shit on our peeps …..ghost maynot be ‘commercial’…but that aint a bad thang….black people…..support ya artists and stop it wit the illegal dl’s….werd

By: Lo-D

Lo-D — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 23:25:31 +0000

weezy aint lil wayne you fuckin idiots….first off weezy hardly even beefs publicly…he keeps his mouth pretty much shut about the hot boys and with all the shit they talk about him thats sayin somethin…second he wouldnt be on here talkin some bullshit with us about a ghostface album i mean come on people…use yalls heads…finally i like ghostface he a tight rapper but his voice just aint right for a big single but that dont mean he aint a good rapper cause he is but he just aint mainstream anymore….im from mississippi and ill listen to any music from anywhere as long as its good this coastal beefin is bullshit and why is it only in rap where people dont wanna listen to good music just cause they aint from where your from i think all this is bullshit and people should just calm down…cause in the end does it even really matter where it comes from as long as its good….

By: jorge jigante

jorge jigante — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 21:52:47 +0000

This article on Ghostface is basically diatribe. T.I.’s music sounds like it was made on a fancy keyboard. Didn’t we already learn how unimpressive this sound is with No Limit? Sure he’s good, but I can’t believe this guy is more popular than the greats. But then again, music these days pretty much sucks doesn’t it? Signs of this are everywhere, from T.I.’s sales to the fact that dumb kids are dumber than ever before, to that stupid article above.

By: fuck da south (xcept luda)

fuck da south (xcept luda) — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 03:46:41 +0000

lousiana weezy baby is an idiot..other than that im speechless

wu-tang 4 life

By: unothename

unothename — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 18:07:08 +0000

Ghostface is the King. You are right that Southern rap generally sucks. I still don’t mind T.I. etc, but southern rap does not contain the elements of true hip-hop. It is lyrically short-sighted and country/suburban, it is not music for urban b-boys. But I don’t get your article totally?Ghostface’s sales are cause for celebration – proving real hip hop can actually still sell.

By: Poison

Poison — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 23:32:17 +0000

I think that Ghost is an allout better rapper that T.I. (total idiot). Despite droppin his album at the same time as Tip Fishscale still managed to sell.
Bottom Line
Ghost is still doin it real big