October 21, 2007, - 1:38 pm
Is His Mirror Broken?: Snoop Dogg Upset @ Lack of “Quality,” “Substance” Rap Artists
By Debbie Schlussel
Yesterday, repeat criminal/rapper Snoop Dogg a/k/a Calvin Broadus turned 36. That’s 4 in hip hop years and 9 in pimp years (with apologies to 4- and 9-year-olds throughout the planet).
And in his “old” age, the pimp/ex-drug dealer/all-around renaissance scumbag is whining about the new hip hop artists who are invading his territory and not reco’nizin’ or representin’. After all, unlike Snoop’s “high brow fare,” they don’t produce “substance material” and “quality album[s]” and won’t “stand the test of time like myself.” Only in America is this kind of chutzpah by a glaring piece of garbage celebrated:
They’re not making substance material – they’re not really going into creating a sound.
It’s all about making the hot song for right now, but the artists who will stand the test of time like myself are about making records, not songs. You got to make a quality album so you can hold people’s attention. It’s like a movie. If you make a movie that got (only) one good scene, ain’t nobody gonna go see it.
Uh-huh. Like the multiple “good scenes” in Snoop Dogg’s work. My favorite one will be him doing community service for illegal weapons possession. If only there were a scene behind bars for the multiple offender.
That’s a “movie” with more than one good scene.
Lest you forget, here’s some of Snoop Dogg’s “substance material” and “quality” that he delusionally believes will “stand the test of time” (Warning: Explicit Language):
Exit Question: Since Snoop got sentenced to picking up trash, can he lift himself off the ground and into a black plastic 40-gallon bag?
“Why Ax [sic] Why?” Juice and gin, my friends.
Tags: America, Debbie Schlussel Yesterday, rapper, Snoop Dogg
Your other reader was right: you are truly funny! “That’s 4 in Hip Hop years”
and profound:
“They’re not really going into creating a sound.”
It seems once Hip Hop became popular (selling more than Rock), about 10 years ago(?), it lost it’s creative edge. I liked some of Snoop’s first records. It was more hardcore. It’s become some of the worst popular music ever. Or at least the popular stuff. From the Jena Six to Fitie Cent it’s pretty depressing. I say that as one of those white guys (musician) who always took my cues from the incredible creativity which comes from young black people and The Great Tree Of Black Music that so dominates music world-wide.
Right now I don’t think even Bill Cosby can turn things around.
Cheers
The Word-Drum on October 22, 2007 at 12:47 am