This is a video of the rapper Skillz talking about some of the better known names in the business. How they got their shots and how now a days, people don't get their shots.

YouTube Video

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yea, interestin shit. But I ain't surprised. Tha rap game is dictated and way more about business suits and glitter than the street realities I used to hear about back in the 90's. I remember seein a bunch of peoples havin their own video's back in the day. Nowadayz, its much less artist in the public light and like i said, dictated

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Somebody wake me I'm dreamin, I started as a seed the semen
Swimmin upstream, planted in the womb while screamin
on the top, was my pops, my momma screamin stop
From a single drop, this is what they got
Not to disrespect my peoples but my poppa was a loser
Only plan he had for momma was to fuck her and abuse her
Even as a little seed, I could see his plan for me
Stranded on welfare, another broken family
Now what was I to be......
...Everywhere I go niggaz holla at me, "Keep it real G"
And my reply til they kill me
Act up if you feel me, I was born not to make it but I did
The tribulations of a ghetto kid, still I rise

Best verse to be heard

R.I.P. to the mercenary Makaveli

its pop business now not to say cant still make it

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one of the more interesting things I've heard about the rap game came from Asher Roth in the streethop interview when he said that label execs usually have you rap in front of a girl to see if she likes your shit, and then proceed from there. If the girl doesn't like your shit, you're out.

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Here I am, paradox personified.

You think of women as disposable pleasures rather than meaningful pursuits.

"Rap for the bitches"

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as much as that sucks, it completely makes sense. When you look at the grand scheme of things it's the ladies buying the albums, you don't see a whole lot of females on the "pirating" scene at all compared to males, so it's definitely more likely that a female will be buying the shit if she likes it as compared to a male.

not just buying albums, but in general. If there's no club music, there's no girls to dance to it. Then, what's left of rap? What's left of rap is linx and masta247. Then you know we're going to hell.

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Here I am, paradox personified.

You think of women as disposable pleasures rather than meaningful pursuits.

lawl. even tho i love linx and masta's music, the truthfullness of this made me smile.