Comments on: The Holy Trinity In Hip-Hop Is Us

By: j

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 17:24:15 +0000

someone sais big jay and nas were grown men when their debuts were made.we all no jay was in high twenties so thats correct but big waslike 20 when readyto die dropped. and nas WAS 18 … 18 motherfuckerm when he was recording illmatic. and noz you were dropping fair points… but to compare jezzys album to ready to die, reasonable doubt, or illmatic. people get shot for less. in fact jeezy is not a dope mc by any means.when are people gonna wake up. ti is alright, and weezy is a lil suspectwith this ghostwriting thing goin down(i dont wanna believe it). pay homage to face kast goodie mob shit like that. and luda has been ill even with the corny singles hes put out on his last two lps. dude is a beast but noone thinks of crowning him.this is a fickle game folks.

By: pop a poppa

pop a poppa — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 05:30:52 +0000

itz just like baseball…
hip-hop has finally been around long enought that you can begin to compare certain era’s with each other. just because Hank Aaron and now maybe Barry Bonds passed Babe Ruth’s home run record, does that mean they are better than Babe Ruth or are even close to The Babe’s stature? no way. but you can’t really compare rappers from different era’s with each other cuz of so many different factors. all you can say is who was the best around the time they were rockin’ the mic. furious 5 were the best way back when. then came Run-DMC, Rakim, NWA, Nas, 2Pac, BIG, Jay-Z, Eminem, and finally 50 Cent. all those people listed before completely outshined everyone else that rapped in their respective era’s. so far there ain’t been nobody to control the game since 50.

By: » Everybody Wants To Be a Star - XXL

» Everybody Wants To Be a Star - XXL — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 16:20:49 +0000

[...] This might be why a lot of decent rappers unable to break out of their 16 bar mixtape mic ripper role when it come time to make the leap from street hero to major label investment. 70 minutes of even the best MC can get redundant. Let alone one who’s just aping Jay’s style circa 1999 and never wrote a hook in his life. Everybody thinks they came out the rap womb fully clothed and they end up naked in front of millions in a garbage $500,000 video with Rhianna on the chorus. [1] [...]

By: wong pow

wong pow — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 00:29:20 +0000

XXL magazine is so fuckin dick ridin the south so much what the fuck

By: alex wooldridge

alex wooldridge — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:12:59 +0000

look all you stupid black people are idiots anyway, running around with no respect for anything, your children are retarded,playing in the streets selling crack to there mommas, and people like you and jay-z, you aint dope dealers there fake ass wanna be drug dealers, thats all, like 50 cents a fag, i pray he gets gunned down soon with that raceist slim shady, he called you dumn ass’s niggers and you took it on the chin like houston at the 5, shows what punk ass people you really are. white boys are startin ta take over the game so soon the whole im big and black rrraaarrgge errr that shits over soon man, were sick’a hearin it. we know how fake you are now, so heres one to you fuck rap, its all so commercial now anyway, the new thing will hit soon and these people will stop paying hard earned money to see a bunch’a idiots run around playing with themselves, look all you rappers out there, heres a message : you aint shit but commericals, you are a side show we laugh at and mock, you are faggits. there done.

By: » Not Feelin’ It As Much - XXL

» Not Feelin’ It As Much - XXL — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 16:12:08 +0000

[...] I know kris ex would have you think Jay came out the womb a fully formed best rapper alive. But I tend to disagree. Not even considering his decade of weed carrying, I don’t really hold his debut in as high esteem as some. It has some bangers for sure, but it seems more important than actually entertaining. I was a little underwhelmed when it dropped and I still am, to an extent. [...]

By: Miss J

Miss J — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 14:53:44 +0000

WHERE ARE YOU?!!?!?!?!

By: michael wallace

michael wallace — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 05:58:35 +0000

T.I. , Lil Wayne, are hot, they have the potential to be legends..but Jeezy shouldnt even be mentioned in the same catagory with B.I.G. , NAS, & Jay-Z…….Hip Hop and Fans are confused right now…

By: gluvnast

gluvnast — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 21:13:10 +0000

not to say those three are the next biggie, jay and nas…but, y’all trying to make these comparisons too literally

y’all looking at skill for skill, it’s like literally comparing nas to rakim, jay-z to jaz-o and big L, and biggie to 2pac (all to whom were their biggest inspirations)

just look at it as it is, if the south is dominating in 2006 and in 1996, a decade earlier NEW YORK was dominating…just look at the TOP three that was dominating their respective eras…

and with that, you had biggie, jay-z & nas

and in 2006 with the south dominating, the top three is lil wayne, T.I., and young jeezy

don’t look at it talent for talent…look at it as who’s dominating the rap scene right now

By: RoxStar

RoxStar — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 22:03:21 +0000

THIS IS COMPLETELY ACCURATE! U CAN’T COMPARE THE NEW (BCUZ RAKIM, G RAP, AND KANE COULD MAKE AN ARGUEMENT)REAL HOLY TRINITY’S 1ST ALBUMS WITH WEEZY, JEEZY, OR T.I. THOSE NIGGAS R JUST HOT, THEY’RE NO GREAT!

By: Robbie

Robbie — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 01:49:19 +0000

Come and see me if you want to step your footnote game up:

http://www.unkut.com/2006/06/freestyle-friday-the-lox-dj-premier/

By: detroit fresh

detroit fresh — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 04:41:26 +0000

kris…who knew? did u know u were still writing abt hip-hop??? u so cute…tell your friend to do like i did w/iverson back in 96. hip-hop is happening everywhere but music. at least in this bloodthirsty country. wade will make a cute cover. after we sit his ass down. but the rest of the decade is his. cue:this is where someone talks up Lebron…much more interesting than these recycled little conversations about *rap*

By: Erik

Erik — Sun, 28 May 2006 15:04:35 +0000

This is the best article I’ve seen on this subject.
Who gives a fuck where you’re from, use to make a hot song, but past that I really don’t care.

It’s about as dumb as pink is the new blog.

By: Blakie Baby

Blakie Baby — Sat, 27 May 2006 02:26:46 +0000

This article is fucked up. Lil Wayne was only 16 when he made tha block is hot. He was just a little boy with grown men playing his shit in their cars. Did BIG or Jigga do that? No!! Hov, BIG, Nas were all grown men on their debut albums. Now you are right about T.I. and Jeezy. But Wayne went platinum at 16 and didn’t rap about puppy love shit. Now as he has grown and matured he is on course to be the BIG of the South. He has the best flow, delivery, and lyrics.He backs up his phrase Best rapper alive. Hate It Or Love It- Weezy on Top.

By: Rome

Rome — Fri, 26 May 2006 19:49:08 +0000

“No one is saying T.I., Jeezy, and Weezy don’t make good songs, but they aren’t even the trendsetters in THEIR OWN REGION!”

How are they not trend setters. How many songs were there that had the word “Trap” in it before “Dope Boys”. Not many.Without T.I there would be no young Jeezy, Yung Jock, Etc. Trap Muzik definately changed the face of southern Hip-Hop.

Weezy is the best lyricist in the south right now. The Carter was a classic And the CarterII was very good. He can run with Any body north, south, East, or west.

Jeezy Is a toss up. you either love him or you hate him. As far as trend setters go I’ll let you have that one.

By: BROOKLYN

BROOKLYN — Wed, 24 May 2006 20:55:25 +0000

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By: allnice

allnice — Wed, 24 May 2006 08:19:05 +0000

Bol, Kris Ex, Noz, and shorty….prolly the only bloggers with some goddamn sense on XXL…..But anyway, good post man, definitely crisp and to the point. No one is saying T.I., Jeezy, and Weezy don’t make good songs, but they aren’t even the trendsetters in THEIR OWN REGION! If Drama and Sickamore wanna talk about the south, well they have Scarface, Bun B, Outkast. If they want to talk about Atlanta, they have Outkast, Goodie Mob, and Cool Breeze.

Then, when they leave out Ludacris, their whole argument falls apart because he is the only visible solo rapper from Atlanta who gets respect across the world, and homey has skills on the mic. I think they bit off more than they can chew with their cockriding because when niggaz stop selling records, we gonna see who’s working at McDonalds saying do you want fries with that? (Big L shit, classics)

By: RUMBL3BUMSKI

RUMBL3BUMSKI — Wed, 24 May 2006 03:43:10 +0000

EXO SAID A MOUTHFUL ON THAT SUBJECT,MOST ARTISTS IN THESE TIMES DONT HAVE THE SAME RESPECT FOR HIP HOP, LIKE NAS,BIG, AND JAY!T.I. AND WAYNE, AND JEEZY ARE ALL COMING UP TO BE BETTER MC,S,BUT BE HONEST WHO CAN STOMACH THOSE ALBUMS ON REPEAT ALL DAY?BACK IN DA DAY YOU BOUGHT AN ALBUM AND THATS WHAT YOU LISTENED TO ALL DAY LONG,YOU DONT GET THAT FEELING WITH NO NEW ARTIST’S TODAY(MY EXCEPTION IS JOE BUDDENS,GAME)NOW ITS ALBUMS DROPPING LEFT AND RIGHT BUT IT DONT FEEL THE SAME, AND EVEN WITH MY EXCEPTIONS THEY WANTED TO MIMIC JAY,NAS,AND BIG, BECAUSE THEY BOTH REMEMBER LISTENING TO THE GREAT ALBUMS AND BEING AMAZED BY THEM!!

By: mathew

mathew — Wed, 24 May 2006 02:53:02 +0000

this is a tervesty, how in the hell is any1 comapring Jeezt to Jay-Z. jus becoz their names sound similar don mean u shud equate the two. the are worlds aprat. Jeezy aint eevn in my top 70 list…hot damn! people. are u that ignorant of real hip hop?

By: Prodigy

Prodigy — Wed, 24 May 2006 01:43:41 +0000

>>Apparently every DJ that moonlights as a columnist at XXLMag.com is on crack(a).

It’s mos def choice a!