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		<title>By: Vesta Moscoffian</title>
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		<dc:creator>Vesta Moscoffian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 2010 22:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seriously! I&#039;ve been browsing google all day because of this and that i as a final point think it is in this article!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Seriously! I&#8217;ve been browsing google all day because of this and that i as a final point think it is in this article!</p>
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		<title>By: XXLmag.com - &#187; XXL’s Blogger Contest: Your Chance to Blog For a Week</title>
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		<dc:creator>XXLmag.com - &#187; XXL’s Blogger Contest: Your Chance to Blog For a Week</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 11:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Nick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sha....You got some issues man I think you need some counseling...To help your ass from bouncing off the walls when you be down some. No one could&#039;ve said it better than that, &quot;White Boy&quot;, Eminem. If you can criticize a guest blogger, then you should write an article to counter it. Except I&#039;m pretty sure you can&#039;t use the words Wha Wha, which I&#039;m not sure who would use in the first place, or slitting wrists in a bathtub.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sha&#8230;.You got some issues man I think you need some counseling&#8230;To help your ass from bouncing off the walls when you be down some. No one could&#8217;ve said it better than that, &#8220;White Boy&#8221;, Eminem. If you can criticize a guest blogger, then you should write an article to counter it. Except I&#8217;m pretty sure you can&#8217;t use the words Wha Wha, which I&#8217;m not sure who would use in the first place, or slitting wrists in a bathtub.</p>
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		<title>By: rebel2society</title>
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		<dc:creator>rebel2society</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[People handing out XXL&#039;s like faucet water. Damn ya&#039;ll smh... I&#039;m sorry but while there were some good points made in this post a lot of it seemed too biased. Eminem stepped it up to higher level than any artist in recent memory when it comes to lyrics flow and wordplay. So what if he didn&#039;t go at anyone else? He kept the attention on HIS music. I do agree that artists have lost their backbones though. In the past it was so much more competitive and I DO miss that. The issue isn&#039;t with the artists though, far from it in my opinion. The issue lies with the FANS as they dictate what&#039;s acceptable and what&#039;s not. I know a handful of lesser known artists have gone at some of &#039;big cats&#039; in the game with more than enough skill to warrant a response. Yet, all I hear from the fans are &quot;how many records did he sell? He doesn&#039;t have an album out? Oh such and such shouldn&#039;t waste their time.&quot; WTF? Come on now THAT&#039;S what&#039;s wack with today&#039;s hip hop.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>People handing out XXL&#8217;s like faucet water. Damn ya&#8217;ll smh&#8230; I&#8217;m sorry but while there were some good points made in this post a lot of it seemed too biased. Eminem stepped it up to higher level than any artist in recent memory when it comes to lyrics flow and wordplay. So what if he didn&#8217;t go at anyone else? He kept the attention on HIS music. I do agree that artists have lost their backbones though. In the past it was so much more competitive and I DO miss that. The issue isn&#8217;t with the artists though, far from it in my opinion. The issue lies with the FANS as they dictate what&#8217;s acceptable and what&#8217;s not. I know a handful of lesser known artists have gone at some of &#8216;big cats&#8217; in the game with more than enough skill to warrant a response. Yet, all I hear from the fans are &#8220;how many records did he sell? He doesn&#8217;t have an album out? Oh such and such shouldn&#8217;t waste their time.&#8221; WTF? Come on now THAT&#8217;S what&#8217;s wack with today&#8217;s hip hop.</p>
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		<title>By: Don mcCaine</title>
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		<dc:creator>Don mcCaine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Have you people listened to Ether recently? The entire song is Nas making gay jokes.&quot;

^ hinting on the DL rumor that has followed Jay for years.

Let&#039;s not skip over the fact that he shares a condo with a dude.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Have you people listened to Ether recently? The entire song is Nas making gay jokes.&#8221;</p>
<p>^ hinting on the DL rumor that has followed Jay for years.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s not skip over the fact that he shares a condo with a dude.</p>
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		<title>By: scareface666</title>
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		<dc:creator>scareface666</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[jealous people are so useless.. haha]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>jealous people are so useless.. haha</p>
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		<title>By: ff1one@yahoo.com</title>
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		<dc:creator>ff1one@yahoo.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:16:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dapz Malik.  
read between the lines.  i will not lie when the beat from Ether drops, it hits sooo hard.  but the song is a walking contradiction.  nas was on the ropes and he swung with open hands.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dapz Malik.<br />
read between the lines.  i will not lie when the beat from Ether drops, it hits sooo hard.  but the song is a walking contradiction.  nas was on the ropes and he swung with open hands.</p>
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		<title>By: Malik</title>
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		<dc:creator>Malik</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you people listened to Ether recently? The entire song is Nas making gay jokes. Fuck is he, 4 years old? 

Cause you don&#039;t understand him, it don&#039;t mean that he nice It just means you don&#039;t understand all the bullshit that he write

Off of Blueprint2, better than ANYTHING Nas said. But then again no one listens to lyrics, they just like punchlines that 4 year old kids would make.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have you people listened to Ether recently? The entire song is Nas making gay jokes. Fuck is he, 4 years old? </p>
<p>Cause you don&#8217;t understand him, it don&#8217;t mean that he nice It just means you don&#8217;t understand all the bullshit that he write</p>
<p>Off of Blueprint2, better than ANYTHING Nas said. But then again no one listens to lyrics, they just like punchlines that 4 year old kids would make.</p>
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		<title>By: ff1one@yahoo.com</title>
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		<dc:creator>ff1one@yahoo.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yo don i&#039;m saying 50 made it less about skills.  ross won the battle that never really happened because he used skills verses gimics.

no, no battle today features skills.  joe buddens will go in and try and keep it on wax but get a black eye.  i bet the black eyed peas can serve most &quot;hard&quot; mcs out there in a battle


even in the battle circuit, battles today are fixed.  plus, they all pre written and almost pre scripted.

as for nas and jayz.  nas got so many people hype because jayz woke him up.  However, ether was like nas throwing a few haymakers.  it was a flash of what nas should be and could be doing his entire career.  again, listen to nas&#039;s disses and what he is talkin about.  and what really went down.  

like he&#039;s calling jay gay yet talks about him eatin foxy and jay and AI banged his girl.  come on son.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yo don i&#8217;m saying 50 made it less about skills.  ross won the battle that never really happened because he used skills verses gimics.</p>
<p>no, no battle today features skills.  joe buddens will go in and try and keep it on wax but get a black eye.  i bet the black eyed peas can serve most &#8220;hard&#8221; mcs out there in a battle</p>
<p>even in the battle circuit, battles today are fixed.  plus, they all pre written and almost pre scripted.</p>
<p>as for nas and jayz.  nas got so many people hype because jayz woke him up.  However, ether was like nas throwing a few haymakers.  it was a flash of what nas should be and could be doing his entire career.  again, listen to nas&#8217;s disses and what he is talkin about.  and what really went down.  </p>
<p>like he&#8217;s calling jay gay yet talks about him eatin foxy and jay and AI banged his girl.  come on son.</p>
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		<title>By: Kunt Stabba</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kunt Stabba</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fuck nigga u pussy always been pussy always gon be pussy SEE ME BITCH NIGGA.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fuck nigga u pussy always been pussy always gon be pussy SEE ME BITCH NIGGA.</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Co muthafuckin sign]]></description>
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		<title>By: Don mcCaine</title>
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		<dc:creator>Don mcCaine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hol&#039; up double f...

You can&#039;t overlook the intangibles of Ross, yet start using intangibles on Nas...you understand what I&#039;m saying...

&quot;50 is &lt;strike&gt;a major&lt;/strike&gt; part of the reason battles don’t extist.&quot;

^ cause cats don&#039;t wanna be &quot;that guy&quot;. They know he&#039;s there to pull that card.

Another reason is a lot of these cats ain&#039;t got the skills to win a battle.

Thanks y&#039;all for having a good rap discussion discussion today, I enjoyed it.

$yk]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hol&#8217; up double f&#8230;</p>
<p>You can&#8217;t overlook the intangibles of Ross, yet start using intangibles on Nas&#8230;you understand what I&#8217;m saying&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8220;50 is <strike>a major</strike> part of the reason battles don’t extist.&#8221;</p>
<p>^ cause cats don&#8217;t wanna be &#8220;that guy&#8221;. They know he&#8217;s there to pull that card.</p>
<p>Another reason is a lot of these cats ain&#8217;t got the skills to win a battle.</p>
<p>Thanks y&#8217;all for having a good rap discussion discussion today, I enjoyed it.</p>
<p>$yk</p>
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		<title>By: Ay Ta Z</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ay Ta Z</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great blog I always think the same. It seems like artists don&#039;t even beef for competition anymore just for people to give them attention (50)

The best battle in a while has been Saigon/Buddens and that went on for like a week or some shit like that haha And it&#039;s fucking annoying how rappers talk about how hard they are but when another rapper challenges them, they act like there above it... Beef is a part of hip-hop! No rapper/whatever the fuck you are is bigger than their profession

Remember when Big dissed Premo on his own beat lol that won&#039;t ever happen again]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great blog I always think the same. It seems like artists don&#8217;t even beef for competition anymore just for people to give them attention (50)</p>
<p>The best battle in a while has been Saigon/Buddens and that went on for like a week or some shit like that haha And it&#8217;s fucking annoying how rappers talk about how hard they are but when another rapper challenges them, they act like there above it&#8230; Beef is a part of hip-hop! No rapper/whatever the fuck you are is bigger than their profession</p>
<p>Remember when Big dissed Premo on his own beat lol that won&#8217;t ever happen again</p>
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		<title>By: ff1one@yahoo.com</title>
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		<dc:creator>ff1one@yahoo.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[i agree with that comment that people think jayz won.  i know a lot of dudes and dudettes that say jigga won.

the 2 hot albums in six years dis jay z handled alot of people on takeover.  

ether had too many no homo lines before no homo.  those aren&#039;t diss.  they weren&#039;t funny and they weren&#039;t all that.  like the getting girls because of your looks...negro please.  number one jayz got nas girl.  number 2 why comment on a man&#039;s looks?   dude talked about him working out.  his lips and etc.  and you call that a good diss?  dude used word play with cock a fella and rocafella.  i pop hoes yall pop fellas.  come on, look at nas past and present run ins with women.

super ugly was jayz takin the gloves off.  regardless of the baby mama drama...the fact that he said he has more shooters in queens bridge and opening a beer bottle off his chip tooth.

like dude said, its people who love the lakers and people who love the celts.

50 is a major reason battles don&#039;t extist. he took it off wax.  50 really pimped the game in so many ways.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i agree with that comment that people think jayz won.  i know a lot of dudes and dudettes that say jigga won.</p>
<p>the 2 hot albums in six years dis jay z handled alot of people on takeover.  </p>
<p>ether had too many no homo lines before no homo.  those aren&#8217;t diss.  they weren&#8217;t funny and they weren&#8217;t all that.  like the getting girls because of your looks&#8230;negro please.  number one jayz got nas girl.  number 2 why comment on a man&#8217;s looks?   dude talked about him working out.  his lips and etc.  and you call that a good diss?  dude used word play with cock a fella and rocafella.  i pop hoes yall pop fellas.  come on, look at nas past and present run ins with women.</p>
<p>super ugly was jayz takin the gloves off.  regardless of the baby mama drama&#8230;the fact that he said he has more shooters in queens bridge and opening a beer bottle off his chip tooth.</p>
<p>like dude said, its people who love the lakers and people who love the celts.</p>
<p>50 is a major reason battles don&#8217;t extist. he took it off wax.  50 really pimped the game in so many ways.</p>
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		<title>By: Mic WooD</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mic WooD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I dont kno if niggas gonna read this but it 50 flut that no one wants to beef, because no matter what anybody says 50 ended JaRules carrer. And now nigga is really scard , cuz they think if they lose a battle they lose the money too. Real rap 

Mic WooD]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I dont kno if niggas gonna read this but it 50 flut that no one wants to beef, because no matter what anybody says 50 ended JaRules carrer. And now nigga is really scard , cuz they think if they lose a battle they lose the money too. Real rap </p>
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		<title>By: Don mcCaine</title>
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		<dc:creator>Don mcCaine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I used to couldn&#039;t wait to get twisted and watch them &#039;Pimpin&#039; Curly&#039; episodes...that n^gga need to do a sitcom or something with that character.

But you&#039;re right about the attitude thing. 

Competition is a part of life, even actors compete in movies to show who&#039;s better. N^ggaz is competing on the block for custies. Churches are competing for followers. The rap game is no different.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I used to couldn&#8217;t wait to get twisted and watch them &#8216;Pimpin&#8217; Curly&#8217; episodes&#8230;that n^gga need to do a sitcom or something with that character.</p>
<p>But you&#8217;re right about the attitude thing. </p>
<p>Competition is a part of life, even actors compete in movies to show who&#8217;s better. N^ggaz is competing on the block for custies. Churches are competing for followers. The rap game is no different.</p>
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		<title>By: Q461</title>
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		<dc:creator>Q461</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just felt like u was challenging what I said...no disrespect.... but yeah nigga 50&#039;s antics are ridiculous....they are funny don&#039;t get me wrong...but if he went at someone on wax and lyrically murdered em that would impress me more, thats hip-hop. He can save the interview jabs, skits, and prank calls, he shouldn&#039;t feel Shyne is that much beneath him that he ain&#039;t worth his time on wax, that  kinda attitude is wack, Hov also...Joey puts out out this whole song addressing him and all Jay says back is &quot;tell you ordinary Joes to Budden up&quot;.... thats corny, man up and get on the mic.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just felt like u was challenging what I said&#8230;no disrespect&#8230;. but yeah nigga 50&#8242;s antics are ridiculous&#8230;.they are funny don&#8217;t get me wrong&#8230;but if he went at someone on wax and lyrically murdered em that would impress me more, thats hip-hop. He can save the interview jabs, skits, and prank calls, he shouldn&#8217;t feel Shyne is that much beneath him that he ain&#8217;t worth his time on wax, that  kinda attitude is wack, Hov also&#8230;Joey puts out out this whole song addressing him and all Jay says back is &#8220;tell you ordinary Joes to Budden up&#8221;&#8230;. thats corny, man up and get on the mic.</p>
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		<title>By: Don mcCaine</title>
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		<dc:creator>Don mcCaine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:40:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Relax yo, it a discussion. I pointed out that Jay pulled a shenanigan on Prodigy, a couple of years before 50 was even relevant in the game. Yeah he stunted then put out the music, but he still stunted. 

Nas was gonna do it too, but they didn&#039;t want him to sh^t on Jay like that at SummerJam &#039;02.

But neither of them do sh^t like how 50 does.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Relax yo, it a discussion. I pointed out that Jay pulled a shenanigan on Prodigy, a couple of years before 50 was even relevant in the game. Yeah he stunted then put out the music, but he still stunted. </p>
<p>Nas was gonna do it too, but they didn&#8217;t want him to sh^t on Jay like that at SummerJam &#8217;02.</p>
<p>But neither of them do sh^t like how 50 does.</p>
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		<title>By: Q461</title>
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		<dc:creator>Q461</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That was one incident nigga its not the same, look at 50&#039;s bullshit...besides baiting cats then backing away.Weezy,Master P, Hov (on that Beanie track) T.I, etc etc he makes bullshit skits going at Fat Joe and Rick Ross....that prank call to Shyne, you can go on and on. To be honest his best actual diss track came out YEARS ago and thats Back Down going at Ja... IMO...

Besides nigga, Hov followed that stunt with a crazy diss record the takeover going at mobb deep and nas so get your shit right homey before you try and chalenge my opinion.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That was one incident nigga its not the same, look at 50&#8242;s bullshit&#8230;besides baiting cats then backing away.Weezy,Master P, Hov (on that Beanie track) T.I, etc etc he makes bullshit skits going at Fat Joe and Rick Ross&#8230;.that prank call to Shyne, you can go on and on. To be honest his best actual diss track came out YEARS ago and thats Back Down going at Ja&#8230; IMO&#8230;</p>
<p>Besides nigga, Hov followed that stunt with a crazy diss record the takeover going at mobb deep and nas so get your shit right homey before you try and chalenge my opinion.</p>
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		<title>By: Serisony</title>
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		<dc:creator>Serisony</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nah, these days there is lanes for everything. If you want to see battle rappers, go watch Grind Time or Ultimate Rap League. That battling on wax shit is corny these days. At least in those lanes you have a clear count of how many battles won, how many battles lost, judges and all that. With the rap game it&#039;s different, I mean some people still think Jay-Z won the battle with Nas,  because everyone has  a different opinion. I think going the route you want artist to take is dangerous and reckless and there isn&#039;t any reason for it, their job on a major label is to make compelling, relatable, marketable songs. Substance and concepts are needed for those things. 

Take T.I.&#039;s &quot;I&#039;m back&quot; WHO is he talking about? Is it a fake person made up in his head that he is battling, or is it Shawty Lo, AlphMega, etc. ? Do either one of those names interest you? That&#039;s probablythe reason why he doesn&#039;t say any names. But let&#039;s take T.I. and put him in a acapella battle at Grind TIme, and he&#039;s going to lose, i.e. Cassidy vs Freeway.

There&#039;s different lanes for ALL rappers, just stay in your lane.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nah, these days there is lanes for everything. If you want to see battle rappers, go watch Grind Time or Ultimate Rap League. That battling on wax shit is corny these days. At least in those lanes you have a clear count of how many battles won, how many battles lost, judges and all that. With the rap game it&#8217;s different, I mean some people still think Jay-Z won the battle with Nas,  because everyone has  a different opinion. I think going the route you want artist to take is dangerous and reckless and there isn&#8217;t any reason for it, their job on a major label is to make compelling, relatable, marketable songs. Substance and concepts are needed for those things. </p>
<p>Take T.I.&#8217;s &#8220;I&#8217;m back&#8221; WHO is he talking about? Is it a fake person made up in his head that he is battling, or is it Shawty Lo, AlphMega, etc. ? Do either one of those names interest you? That&#8217;s probablythe reason why he doesn&#8217;t say any names. But let&#8217;s take T.I. and put him in a acapella battle at Grind TIme, and he&#8217;s going to lose, i.e. Cassidy vs Freeway.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s different lanes for ALL rappers, just stay in your lane.</p>
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