THATS THAT BOL-SH!T

the ill shit,,,

Author: Combat Jack
Comment:
Don't know how you do it Byron. I couldn't wait 3 months just to get check one. iHipHop might not be as esteemed as XXL. But them cats paid me my check week one. Plus they doubled what I was getting here.

Maybe it's because of the fact that you don't have any kids.

Or happen to live in the Midwest, where everything is cheaper.

There. I said it. No shots. Just sayin.

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this was in my email. it's Combat Jack commenting on Bol's post (follow the link) on XXL. i went to add my two quarters, and when i pressed the button to add my shit, boom! me and CJ shit was gone at the same time! (i commented under his shit). it's like $yk said. XXL is loosin mad weight. it's about to shed the only muscle it got left.

i mean the mag is nowhere what it used to be. it was the saving grace when The Source fell victim to niggadom. ifn u fux wit me regular, then u remember my piece on responsible editorial. i mean somebody somewhere has to be the gatekeeper to what gets disseminated to the public. good people with really good intentions can come off like they wanna fly planes into buildings and really mean somethin totally different. sometimes, we need somebody to watch our back.

it used to be a time when it was well understood that XXL had our back. it was the gatekeeper to the culture and an artist had to really get that work in in order to get that XXL rating. it meant something. now it seems that it's part of a promotional package. it comes bundled with radio airplay and jail time. and it's funny. every "real" nigga i know tried to avoid the penn like crazy. these dudes blow weed smoke at it cause they know they get to sit up in PC (pussy city), away from the real criminals. they come home, get that write up in the mag, the rating, and the street cred to the mothafuckas thats far removed from this shit. i mean, my old heads wouldnt even speak to me when i went back on parole violation. they said that they gave me knowledge and insight into the game in order for me to SURVIVE in it. not become a victim of it. and they were right. and real talk, it hurt that i disappointed them like that. one has a life sentence, and the other has 136 years LEFT to do. so Bambu and Kippy, rest assured, i'm on the J-O now.

the baw Bol is a real talent. i dont dick ride or "network" (code word for dick ridin') like you do. i tell it like it is. or how it ain't. and he got this disaffected, self depricating, Woody Allen-esque caricature , thats really steeped in a real understanding of hisself. it takes honesty and guts to get to that point in your life. and if it's a character, he need to sell it to the Borat dude. either way he can WRITE. we all know that. but maybe he's like a lot of dudes i know that just really arent aware of what they're worth. my man Rhythm GAVE AWAY THE BEAT TO "JUMP" BY KRISS KROSS. he thought it was wack. he used to be at the Ruff House studios(home of one of my favorite engineers, Joe "the Buthcher" Nicolo [think "PSK" by Schoolly D, and the entire "Score"]), when Jermaine Dupree (what label was Kriss Kross on?) came in and asked him what was he gonna do with that. he GAVE IT TO HIM free and clear, as in givin him the disc it was stored on! 3 million records later, my man... well, thats his business. either way, it's what i think CJ was tryin to tell his homie. you're worth more than that. recognize. cause all the rest of us do.

and if he roll out, it'll be interestin to see what they gone do then. i'm sure somebody else will come to blog there, probably to help drive traffic to their own domain. i would. in an instant. there's a whole lot of people that still wanna believe. and if they need somethin to believe in, why not believe in me? my name is CULT.

so here's to the talented mothafuckas that almost never get the accolades or the paycheck that they deserve. here's to the ones that realize what they're worth and move out on it. those are the ones that become the legends in the game. the others become the bullshitters and the quitters, aka your uncle that still lives with his momma at 47 yrs old. one day ask him how he got there. but bring 5 dollars. cause he gone ask you for it anyway.

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