First of all let me say this…Callous is a Revolutionary. I’m The Futuristic Militant. Attempting to bring about the “New Hip-Hop Renaissance” & “ Futuristic Golden Era“ in the now Negative, Violent, Over saturated ”Thugged Out” & modern day“Played out Player” Commercial Rap Industry of today. So it is my obligation “as such” to preserve our culture BY ANY MEANS NESSARY!!! This blog is not a Tabloid. It is an introspective observation and analysis on the Hip-Hop culture, the music, and the industry past, present & future from a Militant Hip-Hop purest perspective. Check out my Older Blog Post and you will see I not only talk about Rapper’s… I talk about Djing, Graffiti, Break Dancing, Real Hip Hop Movie’s, B-Ball, Record Collecting, Making beat’s & Technology like SERATO. All while giving credit where credit is due to some of the greatest scientific lyricist of all time. I remember back in the days During the “Original” Golden Era of Hip-Hop they did not say Chuck D was “Wack” or “Hating” for being Pro-Black and dissing Drug Dealers in “Night of The Living Base Head’s” It was the Industry standard to Downgrade Drug Dealers, Pimp’s and Players and put them in their proper place. As they should be, LL Cool J himself (one of the greatest rappers of all time) was booed off stage during The Jiggling baby tour because he was not dropping knowledge. In fact brother’s who tried to drop knowledge and did not sound like they knew what they were talking about were lamb blasted for their ignorance. In this blog I only Include fellow M.C.’s I respect enough to write about and who have momentum & influence enough to bring about “real change” In the Industry. Can they? Will they? Who knows? Why? Because the more popular “Commercial Rapper’s” Are about making their pocket’s fat while giving solace and absolution to the confused. Real Hip-Hop is not about that. Real Hip-Hop “at it’s peek” was “Revolutionary Music” that bucked the system and educated black people on “The Real World” who were not living up to their “full potential“. Callous doesn’t care if you’re “flat broke” or if you “got million’s”. Because if your keeping my people down I will show you “no quarter“. I truthfully really don’t care how much money you have, or your fame… but “influence” that’s a different matter. The Rapper’s I truly “despise” I do not address, for obvious reason’s this early in my career as an M.C. So with that said & done let’s look back at Public Enemy’s “Night of The Living Base Head’s” and as always KEEP IT CALLOUS!!!
Now visit my myspace at www.myspace.com/callouscentral and bear witness to the future of Hip-Hop as told by none other than me CALLOUS:THE FUTURISTIC MILITANT!!!
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
T.I. 101:THE RUBBER BAND MAN
T.I. 101:THE RUBBER BAND MAN
Now what can I say about this brother…T.I:THE RUBBERBAND MAN??? Well first of all He is the self proclaimed “King of the South” And On a positive note he is very talented. He’s a great rapper, actor, sharp dresser, and right under Jigga, Lil Wayne & Kanye in popularity. But on the Negative end he has troubles with the law and talk’s a lot of Drug rhetoric that ya boy Cali doesn’t really feel. Now T.I. is successful because he believes what he say’s and doesn’t care what people’s opinion’s are for the most part. He’s a good battle rapper to be from the South and insist that you keep his name out ya mouth lol!! He’s a no nonsense talker and you really can’t classify him as a simple street thug. He’s a Grammy award winner, has had 9 Top 10 Billboard hot 100 single’s. And much like Ludacris he’s also a great actor. I think he did a dope job in ATL with fine “azz” Lauren London and the movie did gross $11.5 million, ranking third in the United States box office, and went on to gross $21.2 million Now all these accolade’s aside ya boy Cali is not Impressed with such materialistic thing’s.(at all) But I do have to be fair and List some of his commercial accomplishment’s. Now I could be extremely negative about his Drug Dealing rhetoric because CALLOUS is the Futuristic Militant and 100% against all of it. But in all fairness he’s no where near as crazy as where Jay-Z take’s it!!! And being charged with Federal Gun Charges is “proof positive” that you just can’t do whatever you want to do. Is he Real Hip-Hop??? In my opinion He’s a great commercial Rapper. But much like many of these guy’s who motivate these Drug Dealer’s I can’t 100% support them. Real Hip- Hop in general is just the opposite for the most part. Now the Only 2 song’s ya boy Cali feel’s are “You Don’t know me” and “You know what it is” I tried listening to his CD’s and watching his video’s but as A Revolutionary I don’t particularly agree with a lot of what he spit’s. So these video’s are for you T.I. or T.I.P fan’s. Sorry once again for the serious tone but I gotta keep it CALLOUS.!!!
First is “You don’t know me”
Next is “What you know”
Now what can I say about this brother…T.I:THE RUBBERBAND MAN??? Well first of all He is the self proclaimed “King of the South” And On a positive note he is very talented. He’s a great rapper, actor, sharp dresser, and right under Jigga, Lil Wayne & Kanye in popularity. But on the Negative end he has troubles with the law and talk’s a lot of Drug rhetoric that ya boy Cali doesn’t really feel. Now T.I. is successful because he believes what he say’s and doesn’t care what people’s opinion’s are for the most part. He’s a good battle rapper to be from the South and insist that you keep his name out ya mouth lol!! He’s a no nonsense talker and you really can’t classify him as a simple street thug. He’s a Grammy award winner, has had 9 Top 10 Billboard hot 100 single’s. And much like Ludacris he’s also a great actor. I think he did a dope job in ATL with fine “azz” Lauren London and the movie did gross $11.5 million, ranking third in the United States box office, and went on to gross $21.2 million Now all these accolade’s aside ya boy Cali is not Impressed with such materialistic thing’s.(at all) But I do have to be fair and List some of his commercial accomplishment’s. Now I could be extremely negative about his Drug Dealing rhetoric because CALLOUS is the Futuristic Militant and 100% against all of it. But in all fairness he’s no where near as crazy as where Jay-Z take’s it!!! And being charged with Federal Gun Charges is “proof positive” that you just can’t do whatever you want to do. Is he Real Hip-Hop??? In my opinion He’s a great commercial Rapper. But much like many of these guy’s who motivate these Drug Dealer’s I can’t 100% support them. Real Hip- Hop in general is just the opposite for the most part. Now the Only 2 song’s ya boy Cali feel’s are “You Don’t know me” and “You know what it is” I tried listening to his CD’s and watching his video’s but as A Revolutionary I don’t particularly agree with a lot of what he spit’s. So these video’s are for you T.I. or T.I.P fan’s. Sorry once again for the serious tone but I gotta keep it CALLOUS.!!!
First is “You don’t know me”
Next is “What you know”
Saturday, April 18, 2009
LUDACRIS, LUPE FIASCO, AND FABULOUS 101:THE 3 MARVEL’S OF MODERN DAY SWAGGER!!!
LUDACRIS, LUPE FIASCO, AND FABULOUS 101:THE 3 MARVEL’S OF MODERN DAY SWAGGER!!!
Now as stated in my last blog these brother’s may not be that “deep” but they are 3 of the Top commercially successful rapper’s in the game today with even a hint of “real” hip-hop skillz. I’m addressing T.I. in my next blog who is perhaps more successful than all 3 but I want to put some space between him and Wheezy. Now Luda is more of a Vet but he’s not old school either…not by a long shot!!! He’s somewhere in between. Luda is perhaps the best battle rapper of the 3.While Lupe is the Deepest for someone so young. Fabulous has the most Swagger and is often imitated. Even “The Game” took a couple of pages from this youngsters flow and he’s older. Now rumor has it Lupe is said to only be making 3 albums. And judging from his track “Dumb it Down” he has the intelligence level to pursue other ventures. Now I’m not going to right a lot about these guy’s because my most important blog right now is about Lil Wayne for people who have no scope or measurement of “What Real Hip Hop iz” so I would rather keep this one short and sweet. Now… no disrespect to Luda because he has been at it so long but Hip-Hop is about “heat” right now and Luda himself is putting Wheezy on his track’s showing that even though he’s been at it longer Wheezy is simply hotter right now. But you know to be honest Luda is so amazingly multi-talented it really doesn’t matter “because he can act” so rapping is not his only venue. Luda was also a DJ when he first started out in the Music Industry so my guess is he might get into producing later down the line and open the door‘s for younger cat‘s. Oh and Luda also has a dope Non- Profit organization to help kid’s read called “The Ludacris Foundation” So Oprah can eat his dust!!!lol!!!! Well as promised I’m keeping this one short and sweet and getting strait to the Video’s…So in closing “READ MY LAST BLOG ON LIL WAYNE” This is the man your kid’s are listening to. Not 50-Cent or any of these other thug n gangster rapper’s. O.K. Now because Luda is the Vet of the group let’s start off with the still “Last of a Dying Breed” which he does exactly as I’m saying and bring’s Wheezy on for a Lil more heat, Now don’t get me wrong Wheeze doesn’t outshine him… Luda get’s by,” by the hair of his chinny, chin, chin“!!!lol!! Luda also pay’s homage to THE{Modern day} GOD FATHER OF HIP-HOP: RAKIM in the hook to kid’s who have know idea who RAKIM is. Next is one of my personal favorites that opens up youngsters minds a lil bit Lupe Fiasco’s “Dumb it Down” and finally Fabulous with “Breathe” which is used so much in mix tapes ni@*az just need to be shot!!!!lol!!! Well Enjoy and as always Keep it Callous!!!
So first is “Last of a Dieing Breed” featuring Lil Wayne
Then Lupe’s “Dumb it Down”
And finally “Breathe” by Fabulous
Now as stated in my last blog these brother’s may not be that “deep” but they are 3 of the Top commercially successful rapper’s in the game today with even a hint of “real” hip-hop skillz. I’m addressing T.I. in my next blog who is perhaps more successful than all 3 but I want to put some space between him and Wheezy. Now Luda is more of a Vet but he’s not old school either…not by a long shot!!! He’s somewhere in between. Luda is perhaps the best battle rapper of the 3.While Lupe is the Deepest for someone so young. Fabulous has the most Swagger and is often imitated. Even “The Game” took a couple of pages from this youngsters flow and he’s older. Now rumor has it Lupe is said to only be making 3 albums. And judging from his track “Dumb it Down” he has the intelligence level to pursue other ventures. Now I’m not going to right a lot about these guy’s because my most important blog right now is about Lil Wayne for people who have no scope or measurement of “What Real Hip Hop iz” so I would rather keep this one short and sweet. Now… no disrespect to Luda because he has been at it so long but Hip-Hop is about “heat” right now and Luda himself is putting Wheezy on his track’s showing that even though he’s been at it longer Wheezy is simply hotter right now. But you know to be honest Luda is so amazingly multi-talented it really doesn’t matter “because he can act” so rapping is not his only venue. Luda was also a DJ when he first started out in the Music Industry so my guess is he might get into producing later down the line and open the door‘s for younger cat‘s. Oh and Luda also has a dope Non- Profit organization to help kid’s read called “The Ludacris Foundation” So Oprah can eat his dust!!!lol!!!! Well as promised I’m keeping this one short and sweet and getting strait to the Video’s…So in closing “READ MY LAST BLOG ON LIL WAYNE” This is the man your kid’s are listening to. Not 50-Cent or any of these other thug n gangster rapper’s. O.K. Now because Luda is the Vet of the group let’s start off with the still “Last of a Dying Breed” which he does exactly as I’m saying and bring’s Wheezy on for a Lil more heat, Now don’t get me wrong Wheeze doesn’t outshine him… Luda get’s by,” by the hair of his chinny, chin, chin“!!!lol!! Luda also pay’s homage to THE{Modern day} GOD FATHER OF HIP-HOP: RAKIM in the hook to kid’s who have know idea who RAKIM is. Next is one of my personal favorites that opens up youngsters minds a lil bit Lupe Fiasco’s “Dumb it Down” and finally Fabulous with “Breathe” which is used so much in mix tapes ni@*az just need to be shot!!!!lol!!! Well Enjoy and as always Keep it Callous!!!
So first is “Last of a Dieing Breed” featuring Lil Wayne
Then Lupe’s “Dumb it Down”
And finally “Breathe” by Fabulous
Thursday, April 16, 2009
LIL WAYNE 101:THE FIREMAN!!!
LIL WAYNE 101:THE FIREMAN!!!
First let me say 3 word‘s…Smart,Clever and Funny!!! The Self proclaimed “Best Rapper Alive” is none other than “Lil Wayne” a.k.a. “Weezy Baby“. Now as of today 4-16-09 Weezy is the hottest commercial “Rapper” in the game besides Jigga.Even though his humble beginning's may have been under the amazing production of Manny Fresh,Bird Man,Cash Money Millionaires,and as one of the original member's of the Hot-Boy's... Lil Wayne has far surpassed his former colleges. Now working with multiple Industry producer's like Swiss Beats. Now a Lot of people ask me “my opinion” about “The Martian” lol and all I can do is laugh.His voice alone trip’s me out man!!!lol!!! But Unfortunately Ya boy Cali is not caught up in the hype like most people. It’s not that he’s not dope… he is. It’s just when I measure him up with the like’s of The RZA, The Wu, and CANIBUS he fall’s a little short.Now I'm not talking about “commercial rap” I’m talking about “REAL HIP-HOP” No disrespect... he has rightfully earned his position in the game and I personally put him "over" the Jigga-man but that’s not the consensus of The Rap Game rite now. Jigga is “supposedly” the man. Also as stated in my last blog the overuse of “AUTO-TUNE” is not really “REAL HIP-HOP“. He is dope so I choose my word’s very wisely. But I put him in the same league as Ludacris, Lupe’ Fiasco, and Fabulous so forth and so on. These Rapper’s have commercial success but are not lyrical, mathematical, scientific, Deep, ILL Thinker's.
See most of these "commercial rapper's" are young so they all “got heat” but just cause you “got heat” doesn’t make “YOU DEEP” LOL!!! Man I hate busting peoples bubbles like this but “REAL HIP-HOP” is a Revolutionary “thinking man’s” game and Weezy Think’s “Back n Forth” like How did diddy do it? how did I do it ?hahahahaha!!! You can’t help but laugh cause it's clever as hell !!!lol!! But it’s just not deep. Now another thing that bother’s me is him saying “I AM HIP-HOP” when he’s really more of a “commercial rapper” Sorry folk’s but as a Revolutionary I gotta keep it real Weezy has yet to “Drop knowledge” even as quiet as Common, Mos def, Talib Kweli, or even Kanye. It’s all Commercial flash, smoke, and street mirrors.I'm not Dissin ya boy but like any good magician there "skill" is to "mystify" and “trick” the audience into believing there Slicing a woman in Half lol!!! When all along there’s a secret compartment!!! Weezy is not heavy, he’s just clever. Now the name of this blog is “WHAT IZ REAL HIP-HOP” and not “WHAT IS REAL COMMERCIAL RAP” and I would not be writing about him if the consensus of Hip-Hop was not so tense around him. People usually flock to ”CLEVER” and not “COMPLEX”, but unfortunately I’m sad to say people Real Hip-Hop is “complex beyond complex” The measuring stick of “Real” Hip-Hop is Rakim, KRS 1,Rza,Wu,Canibus,Common,Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Black Thought from The Root’s,Nas and the list goes on and on. Now are any of these guy’s as hot as Weezy? Nope.Not by a long shot... But like I said before…just because you got “HEAT” doesn’t make you “DEEP” Now I’m sorry about the serious tone of this blog and I respect everything Weezy has done to revitalize the “Rap” Industry, but 9 out of 10 time's "THE RAP INDUSTRY" iz not "REAL HIP-HOP". And I have yet to hear RZA,NAS or any real hip-hop head use AUTO-TUNE LOL!!! Now if Weezy or anybody from his camp read’s this blog please take no offense I’m defending the art and the craft of our culture and these young kids need a little bit more than what you guy’s are offering at this point.
Now let’s get to the positive’s…Weezy is ON FIRE!!!!!!!!LOL!!!It started off in my opinion with his video FIREMAN and from that point on he began flipping metaphors and redefining himself as the definition of Young Swagger in the game. It’s like most kid’s today Wanna "Party like a Rock Star" and have "Swagger" like Weezy or Kanye. He’s on countless mix tapes and outshines most Rapper’s when he does collaboration’s (but haven’t you noticed he hasn’t done many if any with the brothers I just named above?Hmmm???)Maybe Kanye??? But not hardly any of these other Supreme Lyricist??? And like I said in the beginning Weezy is smart guy he’s gonna stick with thug’s n gangsters he’s not traveling far from his element, plus he’s got a great business savvy and believe it or not after earning his GED, Wayne enrolled at the University of Huston in January 2005 with plans to major in Political science To earn his degree,taking online course’s... In fact An article in Urb magazine in March 2007 asserted that Wayne had been earning high grades at Houston,but by the end of the year Wayne discontinued his education there. O.K. enough about all this technical stuff!!!lol!! Hip-Hop is "suppose" to also be about fun!!! So let’s get into three of his dopest video’s for you Weezy fan’s out there!!! First let’s start off with his jump off FIREMAN , then let’s bring yall up 2 date with A MILLI and finally a still video of one his most clever rhymes ever(in my opinion) DR.CARTER. Man… *just because you got Heat doesn’t make you Deep*Damn… Brrrr now that’s CALLOUS!!!
FIREMAN
Lil Wayne - Fireman
A MILLI
Lil Wayne - A Milli
And a still video of DR.CARTER
First let me say 3 word‘s…Smart,Clever and Funny!!! The Self proclaimed “Best Rapper Alive” is none other than “Lil Wayne” a.k.a. “Weezy Baby“. Now as of today 4-16-09 Weezy is the hottest commercial “Rapper” in the game besides Jigga.Even though his humble beginning's may have been under the amazing production of Manny Fresh,Bird Man,Cash Money Millionaires,and as one of the original member's of the Hot-Boy's... Lil Wayne has far surpassed his former colleges. Now working with multiple Industry producer's like Swiss Beats. Now a Lot of people ask me “my opinion” about “The Martian” lol and all I can do is laugh.His voice alone trip’s me out man!!!lol!!! But Unfortunately Ya boy Cali is not caught up in the hype like most people. It’s not that he’s not dope… he is. It’s just when I measure him up with the like’s of The RZA, The Wu, and CANIBUS he fall’s a little short.Now I'm not talking about “commercial rap” I’m talking about “REAL HIP-HOP” No disrespect... he has rightfully earned his position in the game and I personally put him "over" the Jigga-man but that’s not the consensus of The Rap Game rite now. Jigga is “supposedly” the man. Also as stated in my last blog the overuse of “AUTO-TUNE” is not really “REAL HIP-HOP“. He is dope so I choose my word’s very wisely. But I put him in the same league as Ludacris, Lupe’ Fiasco, and Fabulous so forth and so on. These Rapper’s have commercial success but are not lyrical, mathematical, scientific, Deep, ILL Thinker's.
See most of these "commercial rapper's" are young so they all “got heat” but just cause you “got heat” doesn’t make “YOU DEEP” LOL!!! Man I hate busting peoples bubbles like this but “REAL HIP-HOP” is a Revolutionary “thinking man’s” game and Weezy Think’s “Back n Forth” like How did diddy do it? how did I do it ?hahahahaha!!! You can’t help but laugh cause it's clever as hell !!!lol!! But it’s just not deep. Now another thing that bother’s me is him saying “I AM HIP-HOP” when he’s really more of a “commercial rapper” Sorry folk’s but as a Revolutionary I gotta keep it real Weezy has yet to “Drop knowledge” even as quiet as Common, Mos def, Talib Kweli, or even Kanye. It’s all Commercial flash, smoke, and street mirrors.I'm not Dissin ya boy but like any good magician there "skill" is to "mystify" and “trick” the audience into believing there Slicing a woman in Half lol!!! When all along there’s a secret compartment!!! Weezy is not heavy, he’s just clever. Now the name of this blog is “WHAT IZ REAL HIP-HOP” and not “WHAT IS REAL COMMERCIAL RAP” and I would not be writing about him if the consensus of Hip-Hop was not so tense around him. People usually flock to ”CLEVER” and not “COMPLEX”, but unfortunately I’m sad to say people Real Hip-Hop is “complex beyond complex” The measuring stick of “Real” Hip-Hop is Rakim, KRS 1,Rza,Wu,Canibus,Common,Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Black Thought from The Root’s,Nas and the list goes on and on. Now are any of these guy’s as hot as Weezy? Nope.Not by a long shot... But like I said before…just because you got “HEAT” doesn’t make you “DEEP” Now I’m sorry about the serious tone of this blog and I respect everything Weezy has done to revitalize the “Rap” Industry, but 9 out of 10 time's "THE RAP INDUSTRY" iz not "REAL HIP-HOP". And I have yet to hear RZA,NAS or any real hip-hop head use AUTO-TUNE LOL!!! Now if Weezy or anybody from his camp read’s this blog please take no offense I’m defending the art and the craft of our culture and these young kids need a little bit more than what you guy’s are offering at this point.
Now let’s get to the positive’s…Weezy is ON FIRE!!!!!!!!LOL!!!It started off in my opinion with his video FIREMAN and from that point on he began flipping metaphors and redefining himself as the definition of Young Swagger in the game. It’s like most kid’s today Wanna "Party like a Rock Star" and have "Swagger" like Weezy or Kanye. He’s on countless mix tapes and outshines most Rapper’s when he does collaboration’s (but haven’t you noticed he hasn’t done many if any with the brothers I just named above?Hmmm???)Maybe Kanye??? But not hardly any of these other Supreme Lyricist??? And like I said in the beginning Weezy is smart guy he’s gonna stick with thug’s n gangsters he’s not traveling far from his element, plus he’s got a great business savvy and believe it or not after earning his GED, Wayne enrolled at the University of Huston in January 2005 with plans to major in Political science To earn his degree,taking online course’s... In fact An article in Urb magazine in March 2007 asserted that Wayne had been earning high grades at Houston,but by the end of the year Wayne discontinued his education there. O.K. enough about all this technical stuff!!!lol!! Hip-Hop is "suppose" to also be about fun!!! So let’s get into three of his dopest video’s for you Weezy fan’s out there!!! First let’s start off with his jump off FIREMAN , then let’s bring yall up 2 date with A MILLI and finally a still video of one his most clever rhymes ever(in my opinion) DR.CARTER. Man… *just because you got Heat doesn’t make you Deep*Damn… Brrrr now that’s CALLOUS!!!
FIREMAN
Lil Wayne - Fireman
A MILLI
Lil Wayne - A Milli
And a still video of DR.CARTER
IZ AUTO-TUNE REAL HIP-HOP???
IZ AUTO-TUNE REAL HIP-HOP???
Hmmm I don't know yall, In my personal opinion...it's suspect and questionable.Why? because there is a fine line between man and machine.And Mainly because what you can do with your “own” vocal cord’s is called “skill” and using a machine is in essence “cheating” in “certain circumstances” when someone is either just trying to be “cool” and up to date or simply can‘t sing. Now a lot of Rapper’s have been using Auto-Tune lately… Kanye West even did his entire album in Auto-Tune and Weezy uses it like clockwork. But To my amazement… I heard a Bow Wow track the other day and Nelly was using “Auto-Tune” instead of his "Own" signature style??? Now I’m not a big Nelly or Kanye Fan {by a long shot} but they did originally create there own signature style and flow.Now as I have said in the past Kanye can be dope... but then he goes all funny style on us lol!!! And to be honest??? I think when something becomes a trend it just get’s carried away and played out. Is Auto-Tune Futuristic??? Sure!!! But some of it sounds like electronic gobble-d-gook!!! lol!! Real M.C.’s use the Studio equipment to “assist” with there flow…like let's say “punching in” on a forgotten verse, but all n all it’s all the Real M.C.'s voice and not using the Studio "equipment" like a pair of crutches.Also 9 time’s out of 10 if you hear most “Real M.C.’s” in interviews you notice they have a “regular voice” and a “rapping voice“ augmenting there vocal cords any way's. Auto-Tune is the exact opposite of skill and relying on your God given abilities in my personal opinion. Now Will I ever use Auto-Tune??? Maybe. I guess Because it’s an Industry standard now, but I can do impressions and make my own voice sound Robotic and futuristic.The bottom line is Callous is a “Trend setter” not a “Trend follower” and isn’t that what Real Hip-Hop is all about anyways??? Well That's my opinion give me yours and as all way's keep it Callous!!!
Hmmm I don't know yall, In my personal opinion...it's suspect and questionable.Why? because there is a fine line between man and machine.And Mainly because what you can do with your “own” vocal cord’s is called “skill” and using a machine is in essence “cheating” in “certain circumstances” when someone is either just trying to be “cool” and up to date or simply can‘t sing. Now a lot of Rapper’s have been using Auto-Tune lately… Kanye West even did his entire album in Auto-Tune and Weezy uses it like clockwork. But To my amazement… I heard a Bow Wow track the other day and Nelly was using “Auto-Tune” instead of his "Own" signature style??? Now I’m not a big Nelly or Kanye Fan {by a long shot} but they did originally create there own signature style and flow.Now as I have said in the past Kanye can be dope... but then he goes all funny style on us lol!!! And to be honest??? I think when something becomes a trend it just get’s carried away and played out. Is Auto-Tune Futuristic??? Sure!!! But some of it sounds like electronic gobble-d-gook!!! lol!! Real M.C.’s use the Studio equipment to “assist” with there flow…like let's say “punching in” on a forgotten verse, but all n all it’s all the Real M.C.'s voice and not using the Studio "equipment" like a pair of crutches.Also 9 time’s out of 10 if you hear most “Real M.C.’s” in interviews you notice they have a “regular voice” and a “rapping voice“ augmenting there vocal cords any way's. Auto-Tune is the exact opposite of skill and relying on your God given abilities in my personal opinion. Now Will I ever use Auto-Tune??? Maybe. I guess Because it’s an Industry standard now, but I can do impressions and make my own voice sound Robotic and futuristic.The bottom line is Callous is a “Trend setter” not a “Trend follower” and isn’t that what Real Hip-Hop is all about anyways??? Well That's my opinion give me yours and as all way's keep it Callous!!!
REAL HIP-HOP PRODUCERS 101:RZA,DR.DRE,TIMBALAND & THE NEPTUNES
REAL HIP-HOP PRODUCERS 101:RZA,DR.DRE,TIMBALAND & THE NEPTUNES
Yoa What’s going on everybody!!! Yeah It’s Ya boy Cali back from a long hiatus to drop some more “Real” Hip-Hop knowledge and incite in this day and age of {so-called}Real Hip-Hip. Now in the past my blogs have been long but I’m going to start to give more brief and definitive blog’s.
O.K. here’s a new topic I haven’t addressed yet... REAL HIP-HOP PRODUCERS!!! YEAH!!! Now some would say that I should put… let’s say Wyclef, Kanye, Puff Daddy, JD or Manny Fresh up in this mix but Ya boy Cali isn’t really down with Kanye’s funny style or Puffy’s ballin and happy go lucky dancing lifestyle. Kanye is a dope producer but his style is funny man..LOL!!!Beside's I covered Kanye on Saturday, March 15, 2008.I respect his struggle for respect but i leave it at that And JD well lol he has mostly only worked with Kids!!! LOL!!! Yeah he got Janet but that doesn’t make you Hip-Hop. And Wyclef screwed up Canibus: the Scientific Champ’s debut album “in my opinion” but he gave us The Fugees, Shakira, Santana and he is an activist and powerful Revolutionary. Now truthfully as a Militant I give him MUCH RESPECT AND SHOW HIM TRUE ADMIRATION TO THE CAUSE… but CALLOUS uses the brain of CANIBUS as a lyrical scientist. Manny is dope but that’s mostly in house. RZA is the best {in my opinion} as far as melodic wise. Dr.Dre is the most successful, and has been at it the longest and has produced the most platinum artists, Tim is just ILL as hell with his own swagger!!! Yeah he roll’s with Justin and Nelly Furtado but him and Missy made some groundbreaking stuff!!! And he has an ill original flow for a producer. The Neptune’s… well they just flat out span the entire spectrum… from Hip-Hop to Rock-n-Roll!!! The Bottom line a Good Hip-Hop producer can make or break an artist career!!! Like Clef Did Bis And a Real “Good” Producer like Dre actually “teaches” his artist to become great producers themselves. Dre is dope man and even tried to stop being Gangster after he left Death Row but The Aftermath Album was his only album that didn’t do “so well” so his wife told him to just keep it real and make that money. He gave us N.W.A. Ice Cube, Snoop, Em, 50,G-Unit and countless others. The Neptune’s gave us the Clips, N.E.R.D. and Pharrell is a real smooth spitter in his own rite. Now as far as THE RZA goes he can Do it all!!! Like Meth said on the first album “any producer any Dj..” Hell he has even expanded into producing movie soundtracks including Kill Bill Volume 1 and Blade Trinity. THE RZA is {in my opinion} actually “better” than Dre as far as esthetic’s and mysticism wise but yall know Dre be making commercial magic!!!lol!!!Well here are some of their videos and as always keep it CALLOUS!!!???
What u still here??? I SAID KEEP IT CALLOUS!!!
YOU KNOW I LOVE YALL!!!LOL!!!
DR. DRE “NOTHIN BUT A “G” THANG”
First Lets Start out With Dr. Dre’s All time classic Nothin But a G thang…
RZA AS BOBBY DIGITAL “YOU CAN’T STOP ME NOW”
Now here is a real dope new video.. Rza as Bobby Digital “You can’t stop me now” Now I just found this ill azz video and it show’s why Bobby is actually “better” than Dre even though Dre makes more money!!! Simply put Dre is just not as melodic. Now I know u might think I didn’t show some of Dre’s more modern stuff {like his stuff with Em} and it’s not a fair in comparison but “Nothin But a G thang” and “G Funk” changed the Industry for like 6 years. And while Dre has stayed the same over the years… Bobby keep’s Innovating and is now even “co-producing” futuristic video’s like this!!! Check it out!!! Its Dooo Dooo Dooo Dooo Strictly digital!!!
50 CENT “IN DA CLUB”
o.k ok. O.K… I know u Dresters “got’s” to be crying foul by now after that futuristic master piece by Bobby!!!!LOL!!!Mainly… because Dre is such a hit maker and RZA and The Wu might not be your taste. So here is one of Dre’s most successfully produced tracks ever in 50 cent’s “Up in Da Club”. Now Mind you CALLOUS iz the Anti-Thug and not a 50 fan but Dr. Dre’s accolades in Hip-Hop as a whole can not be ignored by a long shot.So let’s just keep it real ya know? I could follow up this video with one of RZA’s head bangers like let’s say “Tragedy” or “Triumph” but I already covered those Videos in previous blogs. But truthfully as a Wu-Head it really doesn’t matter. RZA is just the best in my opinion. Im not talking about “Commercial Rap” im talking about “Real Hip-Hop” There is a big Diffrence!!!LOL!!! This Song is “Rap music” and not actually “Real Hip-Hop” But this is about Dr. Dre’s skillz as a Producer so Enjoy!!!hahahaha!!!
TIMBALAND”THROW IT ON ME”
And here is Timbaland’s “THROW IT ON ME” truly ILL!!!LOL Not Real Hip Hop persay because it features the Hives but Tim is just ILL man!!!LOL!!!
MISSY THE RAIN(SUPA DUPA FLY)
And what would Timbaland be without his counterpart in crime Missy? With THE RAIN(Supa Dupa Fly) Now this is some Real "Fun-time" Hip-Hop!!! And really sky rocketed them both into the stratosphere!!! But Like I said this blog is about production skills and Tim is bar none one of The Greatest of all time!!!
THE CLIPSE “GRINDIN”
Yoa O.K… Like I’ve said time n time again in this Blog It’s really about Production more times than not in Hip-Hop.Now The Neptunes got there own swag and can produce there azz’s off!!!! And even though I don’t agree with THE CLIPSE lyric’s “AT ALL” …even I had to cop this album because of this track because it was that fire!!!GGGGGRRRRINDIN!!!
Now I could go on and keep putting up video’s but like I said earlier im trying to shorten up my Blogs..If you’re a Kenya fan “Stronger” would be the dopest.If you’re a Manny Fresh fan Fireman was Weezy’s jump off ect ect..But Sometimes people get “Real Hip Hop” confused with Production and Its my obligation as a REAL Hip-Hop purest to just give a few example’s of dope “modern production” because after all… REAL HIP HOP IS SUPPOSE TO BE ABOUT LYRIC’S NOT JUST THE BEATS PEOPLE!!!!HAHAHAH!!now that’s CALLOUS!!!Let's not forget The Root's who produce with actual Instrument’s and their Revolutionaries. Public enemy had dope production but unfortunately it did not stand the test of time like these "other" hit makes.Dre lived through the Golden{Pro-Black} era of hip-Hop and is still around today catch my drift? But Back in the Day everybody had Dj’s looping break beat’s and scratching Like Eric B and Rakim and were no where near the elaborate production of today. So that’s my opinion give me your’s and as always KEEP IT CALLOUS!!!
Yoa What’s going on everybody!!! Yeah It’s Ya boy Cali back from a long hiatus to drop some more “Real” Hip-Hop knowledge and incite in this day and age of {so-called}Real Hip-Hip. Now in the past my blogs have been long but I’m going to start to give more brief and definitive blog’s.
O.K. here’s a new topic I haven’t addressed yet... REAL HIP-HOP PRODUCERS!!! YEAH!!! Now some would say that I should put… let’s say Wyclef, Kanye, Puff Daddy, JD or Manny Fresh up in this mix but Ya boy Cali isn’t really down with Kanye’s funny style or Puffy’s ballin and happy go lucky dancing lifestyle. Kanye is a dope producer but his style is funny man..LOL!!!Beside's I covered Kanye on Saturday, March 15, 2008.I respect his struggle for respect but i leave it at that And JD well lol he has mostly only worked with Kids!!! LOL!!! Yeah he got Janet but that doesn’t make you Hip-Hop. And Wyclef screwed up Canibus: the Scientific Champ’s debut album “in my opinion” but he gave us The Fugees, Shakira, Santana and he is an activist and powerful Revolutionary. Now truthfully as a Militant I give him MUCH RESPECT AND SHOW HIM TRUE ADMIRATION TO THE CAUSE… but CALLOUS uses the brain of CANIBUS as a lyrical scientist. Manny is dope but that’s mostly in house. RZA is the best {in my opinion} as far as melodic wise. Dr.Dre is the most successful, and has been at it the longest and has produced the most platinum artists, Tim is just ILL as hell with his own swagger!!! Yeah he roll’s with Justin and Nelly Furtado but him and Missy made some groundbreaking stuff!!! And he has an ill original flow for a producer. The Neptune’s… well they just flat out span the entire spectrum… from Hip-Hop to Rock-n-Roll!!! The Bottom line a Good Hip-Hop producer can make or break an artist career!!! Like Clef Did Bis And a Real “Good” Producer like Dre actually “teaches” his artist to become great producers themselves. Dre is dope man and even tried to stop being Gangster after he left Death Row but The Aftermath Album was his only album that didn’t do “so well” so his wife told him to just keep it real and make that money. He gave us N.W.A. Ice Cube, Snoop, Em, 50,G-Unit and countless others. The Neptune’s gave us the Clips, N.E.R.D. and Pharrell is a real smooth spitter in his own rite. Now as far as THE RZA goes he can Do it all!!! Like Meth said on the first album “any producer any Dj..” Hell he has even expanded into producing movie soundtracks including Kill Bill Volume 1 and Blade Trinity. THE RZA is {in my opinion} actually “better” than Dre as far as esthetic’s and mysticism wise but yall know Dre be making commercial magic!!!lol!!!Well here are some of their videos and as always keep it CALLOUS!!!???
What u still here??? I SAID KEEP IT CALLOUS!!!
YOU KNOW I LOVE YALL!!!LOL!!!
DR. DRE “NOTHIN BUT A “G” THANG”
First Lets Start out With Dr. Dre’s All time classic Nothin But a G thang…
RZA AS BOBBY DIGITAL “YOU CAN’T STOP ME NOW”
Now here is a real dope new video.. Rza as Bobby Digital “You can’t stop me now” Now I just found this ill azz video and it show’s why Bobby is actually “better” than Dre even though Dre makes more money!!! Simply put Dre is just not as melodic. Now I know u might think I didn’t show some of Dre’s more modern stuff {like his stuff with Em} and it’s not a fair in comparison but “Nothin But a G thang” and “G Funk” changed the Industry for like 6 years. And while Dre has stayed the same over the years… Bobby keep’s Innovating and is now even “co-producing” futuristic video’s like this!!! Check it out!!! Its Dooo Dooo Dooo Dooo Strictly digital!!!
50 CENT “IN DA CLUB”
o.k ok. O.K… I know u Dresters “got’s” to be crying foul by now after that futuristic master piece by Bobby!!!!LOL!!!Mainly… because Dre is such a hit maker and RZA and The Wu might not be your taste. So here is one of Dre’s most successfully produced tracks ever in 50 cent’s “Up in Da Club”. Now Mind you CALLOUS iz the Anti-Thug and not a 50 fan but Dr. Dre’s accolades in Hip-Hop as a whole can not be ignored by a long shot.So let’s just keep it real ya know? I could follow up this video with one of RZA’s head bangers like let’s say “Tragedy” or “Triumph” but I already covered those Videos in previous blogs. But truthfully as a Wu-Head it really doesn’t matter. RZA is just the best in my opinion. Im not talking about “Commercial Rap” im talking about “Real Hip-Hop” There is a big Diffrence!!!LOL!!! This Song is “Rap music” and not actually “Real Hip-Hop” But this is about Dr. Dre’s skillz as a Producer so Enjoy!!!hahahaha!!!
TIMBALAND”THROW IT ON ME”
And here is Timbaland’s “THROW IT ON ME” truly ILL!!!LOL Not Real Hip Hop persay because it features the Hives but Tim is just ILL man!!!LOL!!!
MISSY THE RAIN(SUPA DUPA FLY)
And what would Timbaland be without his counterpart in crime Missy? With THE RAIN(Supa Dupa Fly) Now this is some Real "Fun-time" Hip-Hop!!! And really sky rocketed them both into the stratosphere!!! But Like I said this blog is about production skills and Tim is bar none one of The Greatest of all time!!!
THE CLIPSE “GRINDIN”
Yoa O.K… Like I’ve said time n time again in this Blog It’s really about Production more times than not in Hip-Hop.Now The Neptunes got there own swag and can produce there azz’s off!!!! And even though I don’t agree with THE CLIPSE lyric’s “AT ALL” …even I had to cop this album because of this track because it was that fire!!!GGGGGRRRRINDIN!!!
Now I could go on and keep putting up video’s but like I said earlier im trying to shorten up my Blogs..If you’re a Kenya fan “Stronger” would be the dopest.If you’re a Manny Fresh fan Fireman was Weezy’s jump off ect ect..But Sometimes people get “Real Hip Hop” confused with Production and Its my obligation as a REAL Hip-Hop purest to just give a few example’s of dope “modern production” because after all… REAL HIP HOP IS SUPPOSE TO BE ABOUT LYRIC’S NOT JUST THE BEATS PEOPLE!!!!HAHAHAH!!now that’s CALLOUS!!!Let's not forget The Root's who produce with actual Instrument’s and their Revolutionaries. Public enemy had dope production but unfortunately it did not stand the test of time like these "other" hit makes.Dre lived through the Golden{Pro-Black} era of hip-Hop and is still around today catch my drift? But Back in the Day everybody had Dj’s looping break beat’s and scratching Like Eric B and Rakim and were no where near the elaborate production of today. So that’s my opinion give me your’s and as always KEEP IT CALLOUS!!!
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