Where's the VH1 Hip-Hop Honors DIRTY SOUTH Thread?
hogginthefogg
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I've been waiting all day to complain bitterly about Drake doing Pimp C's verse on "Get Throwed."
Nice to see Mystikal perform again. He looked like he hasn't lost a step.
J. Prince's video vignette was great. "At the end of the day, we the meat. The South is the meat." Haha.
Question: does Kid Capri actually give a shit about Southern Rap?
Nice to see Mystikal perform again. He looked like he hasn't lost a step.
J. Prince's video vignette was great. "At the end of the day, we the meat. The South is the meat." Haha.
Question: does Kid Capri actually give a shit about Southern Rap?
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WHAT?
He DJed for the Master P Tribute which featured Romeo, Silkk the Shocker, Trina, Gucci Mane and Mystikal.
This site has the vids:
http://www.rap-up.com/2010/06/08/video-2010-vh1-hip-hop-honors-performances/
Watch the Drake performance at your own peril.
Jesus. Disgusting.
The idea that any one artist could singlehandedly kill hip-hop is pretty ridiculous but, having given the matter some thought, I think it can be legitimately argued that Drake has damaged it more than any other rapper in history. He's certainly done his best to castrate it.
See also "Asher Roth as Ludacris."
Although, unlike Drake, I don't think any black people actually listen to Asher Roth.
Canada...smh.
That wasn't/still isn't VHI's format. BET has similarly refused to play opera.
Scarface boycotted the show. Didn't want to break his appointment with Dr. Melfi.
did he boycott publicly? why did anyone (outside of no limit) even show up?
Drake's ubiquity and influence is what is so pernicious about him; Asher Roth existed pretty far outside of hip-hop.
Yes, he did...and um, they wanted to be on tv.
Haven't watched the show, probably never will...but what would anyone expect from VH1?
As I understand it, no mention of DJ Screw.
Jermaine Dupree got a tribute though.
Might as well have awarded Vanilla Ice for greatest selling Southern rap artist ever while they were at it.
Yes, we will have to take it on the chin for this one.
BUT, he may be from here, but the people who have put this trainwreck on the rails, given it fuel and ensured that it keeps travelling at top speed are your fellow countrymen/women.
Let's just admit it's an international disaster.
oh yeah....and everyone in Houston (bar Cham) got even fatter. less papadeaux's and more soup or salad for these dudes.
We are finger pointing here like executives in the BP oil spill. Will no one be held accountable for this man made disaster?!
for a network that has done dozens of "behind the music" its not unfathomable to expect some level of research when doing a show of this ilk. even past "honor" shows seemed to give a bit more background on the person being honored. But this particular show seemed to skip any attempt for background info and instead seemed to go directly into the performances.
again, i hardly had high expectations, but the idea that Screw wasn't mentioned (from what i am told) suggests VH1 had no real plan to put in a lot of work on the production for this show.
As BP's CEO Tony Hayward impolitically told television cameras, "I'd just like my life back." Specifically, I would like to not hear Drake every single time I turn on the radio.
No DJ Screw, no 8ball & MJG...was Three 6 Mafia mentioned at all? And how about Mannie Fresh?
Three 6 were in the gallery of performers/honorees, so i assume they were mentioned/honored to some degree. again, i didn't watch it for more than 20mins.
Bun did a show in NYC on Thursday night last week with most the Houston dudes, so i can only wonder if VH1 honors was used to supplement other business dealings he had up here in NYC. Not saying dude can't make money elsewhere, but if you are gonna get a free trip out of the deal, you might as well make some other things happen while you are here.
Quoted for when you inevitably edit/delete this embarrassing admission.
What? The boy Paw Waw lost hella weight. To the point that my wife was (inexplicably) disappointed.
Also: did he and Cham squash their beef? They gave each other pounds and performed together. I was shocked.
One more thing: years ago, B.Cause and I got booked to play an "All-Southern Night" at a club. I remember that we pondered long and hard over whether Virginia (see VH1 Dirty South honoree Timbaland) was actually the South. I think we landed on "no."