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In the past month, several rappers you've never heard of have taken the Canibus approach to promoting themselves: put out a diss record aimed at a rapper and hope you can make a name for yourself in the process. None of these records is interesting enough by themselves to warrant a full post, so I'm just going to summarize all of them.
1) A few weeks ago, you probably had no idea who this dude was, but now Gillie Da Kid's name is all over the place. Originally claiming that he ghostwrote for Lil Wanye, Gillie has since backed off a bit on that. He now says he primarily wrote for Baby and acted more as a coach than a ghostwriter for Weezy. For good measure, Gillie also claims that Baby and Weezy like to kiss each other, suggesting that their relationship is more than that of a surrogate father and son. I can't say I understand the point of this one. Gillie says he was well paid by Wayne, he doesn't have an album coming out any time soon, and what rapper would be willing to hire him as a ghostwriter now after he aired out his previous employer? I don't really see how he is benefitting from this, beyond a few radio interviews and some internet buzz that won't last more than a week or two. Here's his latest diss record aimed at Lil Wayne:
Gillie disses Weezy again
2) The next beef, involving Gucci Mane, makes a little more sense. Gucci, a rapper from Atlanta who put out an album last year, has been feuding with Jeezy for a minute now. Jeezy claimed he was never paid for appearing on one of Mane's singles, put out a diss record and allegedly had an Atlanta gang put a beatdown on Gucci. Gucci put out a mixtape track a few weeks ago, going at Jeezy as well as Jay-Z and Beyonce. When you start throwing out insults at Jay-Z for no apparent reason, its a sign of desperation. It didn't work out too well for Jayo Felony and I don't think it will end well for Gucci either. Here's the track:
Gucci disses Jeezy, Jay-Z and Beyonce
3) Next, we have Florida rapper K.A.S.H. taking some shots at Rick Ross. I have no idea who K.A.S.H. is, and google hasn't been much help on this one. Kash claims that Rick Ross tha Boss is not quite the drug kingpin he claims to be (inconceivable!). I guess we can say this one was successful, because if it weren't for this track, you would never have seen the name "K.A.S.H." on this site. And really, once your name gets mentioned on 33jones, its only a matter of time before you blow up nationally. Just ask Yung Joc. Kash track:
K.A.S.H. disses Rick Ross
Finally, the blogger portion of our beef episode:
4) This one jumped off after Phonte of Little Brother posted an entry on his myspace page, complaining that fans at a southern rap concert weren't feeling the LB portion of the show. Noz, the blogger behind CocaineBlunts.com, put up a post suggesting that the crowd didn't react well to Little Brother because LB's style of music is outdated. Phonte then responded with the argument that most hip hop fans have been brainwashed by the record labels and radio stations to only appreciate artists like Yung Joc and D4L. Phonte made some good points, but after he called Noz a cracker its hard to take him seriously. Phonte didn't really have much credibility to begin with on this matter anyway, after releasing a mixtape with the go-to dj for the groups that he was complaining about in the first place, DJ Drama.
5) Finally, there is this site from ProHipHop.com's Clyde Smith. I'll let you readers try to figure out on your own what exactly is going on there. Some hints: it started sometime between this post from kris ex on xxl and this post on ohword.
Why all the beef? Maybe its the weather. To quote 50 Cent, Its hot out in this bitch, and that's a good enough reason.
Randomness: Human Space Invaders
7/20/2006 10:39:03 AM posted by Fresh