Open Letter To XXL Magazine

Good Day To Whom This May Concern (EVERYBODY IN THE XXL OFFICE),

I usually come professional with these types of things but I have to make an exception for you guys. HOW IN THE FUCK DO YALL SLEEP AT NIGHT!!! So this morning I woke up and rolled me a joint and checked out RapRadar.com (like always) and what do I see??? OJ The Juiceman for your XXL Magazine Freshman Of 2010. First I thought I was seeing things, so I checked my calendar (I thought it was April 1st). So after checking my calendar, I hit the link hoping that OJ miraculous got better with his rapping skills, but for the 2nd time today I was DISAPPOINTED Like WHAT IN THE FUCK we're yall thinking...1st off OJ has been in the for 2-3 years so how is he a freshman? I know he probably did in high school but hopefully that guy didn't get kept back in the the rap game too. DAMN To the camera guy who recorded his freestyle...WTF, Did you hear that garbage? Did you think it was ok to turn that shit in? A little voice in your head didn't tell you "Yo, son this is wack, I need to cut and tell him to write something else"? And this isn't hating, its just the truth yall needed to hear. Like have some respect for yourselves and the culture you guys are trying to represent. How do you think OJ make our Hip Hop culture looks. How do you think OJ make XXL look. Yall just lost MAJOR credibility. And its not even a North or South thing, nor is it a lyrically or non lyrically thing. He is overall a WACK ASS artist and he shouldn't be representing my culture (Its kinda disrespectful). He only had 1 decent verse in his 2-3 year career (on "Vette Pass By") what does that tell you? I was actually supporting yall and this issue of your magazine because yall were actually marketing the issue, and because yall had some dope artist as the Freshman of 2010, but now? *SMH* Yall should be embarrassed and ashamed of yourselves. Who said this was ok? Whoever signed off on this and said it was ok needs to be FIRED NOW because they don't have any hope in life...

http://rapradar.com/2010/02/24/xxl-freshmen-2010-freestyle-oj-da-juiceman/

Blasphemy

Thanks For Listening,
Ace

My Current Thoughts On The Future Of Hip-Hop

I was listening to this Don Cannon x Cool Kids (Gone Fishing) mixtape and had an epiphany. I know that you as while as myself have been EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED in what hip hop has become. Like its so cookie cut right now its sickening. We have figured out the recipe to being on the radio and tricking labels into shooting a video to your song. They say "If Its Easy Everyone Would Be Doing It"....And they are. BUT I also realized today that everything happens in cycles, and this Hip Hop culture is about to press the reset button. Like listen to The Cool Kids, Wiz Khalifa, Curren$y, Wale, Big Sean and the other "Leaders Of The New New School". Like we are about to get back into the REAL essence of Hip Hop. ORIGINALITY, FRESHNESS, ARTISTRY. The 2nd Generation of Hip Hop are is dying out and its up to us to rebuild our culture. Like Indie labels are on the rise so the major labels are about to become irrelevant to our culture, and the opportunity for the new and IMPROVED Russell Simmons, Sean Combs, and Shawn Carter's will present themselves. So we can turn this industry on its ears once again, and make it better. We have a blueprint in branding and we have already seen what we can make of this opportunity.

Think about it, mixtapes is the way to be heard these days, and what are people making and dropping every 2 weeks? You got it...Mixtapes. And this Cool Kids mixtape is sounding like THE BEGINNING OF OUR CULTURE.

We are finding our cool within us...like being a gangster isn't cool anymore (No Disrespect To The OG's). So a lot of artist and people in general are feeling relieved because they can finally be themselves and this is opening up a whole set of lanes that haven't been touched. So you don't have to lie about selling bricks now, so you can actually talk about your real life and be accepted in this new generation of hip hop. This is why we can wear Crooks And Castles instead of Dickies and why we can smoke planes instead of Swishers.

We are FREE of the stereotype rappers and people who want a career in music. We own NBA teams now, we own 50% stakes of MAJOR Vodka companies, we are making hundreds of millions off of clothing and fragrances that we are creating. We know that its Deeper Than Rap its about our CULTURE.

We are more educated and more in tuned to things that is going on in the world, so our music could be more global and carry more substances. We dont have to be thugs anymore, so we can actually have fun making music again. We have to do this for the love of it because the quality of the music will always be great, and if you hot the money will come.

The Greats That We Look At Are Getting Old And They Are Looking For Some Relief...And We Can Be That

So Lets Press The Reset Button And Lets Build This Empire Again

So This Is Going To Be The Spring Break Anthem

Wiz did this song justice...This that white paper music...And this song made me research Empire Of The Sun

ReLaunch

So as you can see I've been BEYOND slacking on this blog...BUT thats about to change...I view my life as a movie or documentary so I will be using this as the script...You see mine, as well as my colleagues views and opinion about music, fashion, politics, sports, and just life in general. I will present worthy up and coming talent and you get to see the making of a different events that will be happening around me.

Peace and Love,

~A. Billi