Tuesday, January 09, 2007

To The Third Degree  

There is no such thing as bad media. At least thats the phrase commonly bandied about by, well, the media.

Knowing this full well, rappers have been exploiting this for years. Cooking up trouble to generate interest in a soon to be released product with the ultimate goal of increased sales figures can be done in a variety of ways. Whether it be by disclosing over and over again how many times you got shot, or by releasing a cute, but drug-dealing related, t-shirt that kids all over the country would wear to school.

All very controversial. But my favorite tactic, most recently on display courtesy of Nasir Jones (Nas) and Sean Carter (Jay-Z) on the side I will call "30's the new 20 and I will bitterly claim that to stay relevant", Weezy F Baby (Lil' Wayne), Dipset (Jimmy Jones) and a little Jeezy (Young Jeezy) on the opposing side I dub "Puh-lease, you should've stayed retired", much like Maple Leaf hot dogs, is 100%, genuine, bona fide, electrified ... BEEF!

Moo.

And the verbal fighting I hear most about these days? Donald Trump vs Rosie O'Donnell. Timed perfectly to coincide with the just-premiered season of his hit show, The Apprentice. Except that it didn't work, with ratings receding at the rate of Trump's hairline. Even I, the self-proclaimed watcher of all things television, have not payed attention to that show in...a few years.

But back to the matter at hand. The only thing better than two people beefing?! Three people beefing.

Apparently, Rosie made some disparaging remarks about Asian people on The View, and Jin, the only Asian rapper today with even a slight influence on American culture (correct me if I'm wrong), felt the need to defend his Asian background, but more importantly, remain relevant, and released a dis track featuring Donald Trump's remarks over one of the best dis tracks ever (arguably). Of course, given the nature of a dis track, play at your own discretion. If you choose not to listen, at least allow me to quote:

"You ate up all the d**n pizza, which Burger King you go to, just to fill up your belly, no need to prove you're heavy."

There's a treat for my Cantonese understanding friends smack dab in the middle of the song (1:57ish) as he goes for about half a verse in that dialect.

Posted in posted by Buttug McOysty . 7:53 PM .