The Situation Room...

Crisis Management
written by Just K

Rap artists are often famous for reasons other than their music. Outside of prison sentences, I’ve always wondered how they dealt with these surprise situations. I’ve never been there, but as you know, I sure can speculate. So, this is Just K’s take on hip-hop crisis management.

Situation #1

PRPerson: Dwayne, we’ve –

Lil’ Wayne: Weezy F Baby.

PRPerson: Fine. Weezy, we’ve got –

Lil’ Wayne: Please say the baby.

PRPerson: (sigh) Weezy, baby, we’ve got a problem.

Lil’ Wayne: Gangsters don’t have problems. We got situations. We handle situations. What’s the situation?

PRPerson: Supposedly pictures have surfaced on the internet of you and Baby in a
mouth-to-mouth kiss.

Lil’ Wayne: Yeah.

PRPerson: Do you kiss Baby on the mouth?

Lil’ Wayne: Damn right I kiss my daddy. Yeah.

PRPerson: Ok. Alright. Wow. Ok. Fine. What are we gonna do about this situation?

Lil’ Wayne: What situation?

PRPerson: The pictures of you two kissing?

Lil’ Wayne: Gangsters kiss they daddy. Martians kiss they daddy, ya dig?

PRPerson: Ummm…not really, but whatever. Do you want to release a statement
about this? Do you want to scale back the number of interviews?

Lil’ Wayne: Naw. I don’t wanna do sh*t. I’m good.

PRPerson: Nothing?

Lil’ Wayne: Nothing.

PRPerson: Nothing?

Lil’ Wayne: (takes a sip from a white cup and gives PRPerson a blank stare)

PRPerson: Ok, nothing. One question. What does the ‘F’ in Weezy F Baby stand for?

Lil’ Wayne: F***ing

PRPerson: Wait. So you’re Weezy F***ing Baby?!

Lil’ Wayne: Yeah.

PRPerson: Wow. Glad they only got the kissing pictures.

Situation #2

PRPerson: William, we’ve got –

Rick Ross: BAWSE!

PRPerson: Come again?

Rick Ross: BAWSE!

PRPerson: Whatever. William, we have –

Rick Ross: RAWSE!

PRPerson: Man, f***. I’m trying to talk to you, man. Can you take off the sunglasses?

Rick Ross: (removes glasses) You looking at a boss now.

PRPerson: Yeah. Pictures surfaced of you as a cop. What’s going on, man?

Rick Ross: (pauses to contemplate) Ross wasn’t no cop.

PRPerson: Do you mean you or the real Rick Ross?

Rick Ross: I’m just saying, bruh. Ross wasn’t no cop.

PRPerson: You just said the same thing twice. What happened to knowing Noreaga?
The real Noreaga?

Rick Ross: I do. I used to slide him cigarettes while I was watching him in the pen.

PRPerson: You were a C.O?

Rick Ross: Ross wasn’t no cop, bruh.

PRPerson: What happened to selling coke and moving kilos and all that?

Rick Ross: I’m a boss. I did that. Run with me or run from me. RAWSE!

PRPerson: So you did both? You sold drugs and you were a C.O.

Rick Ross: I did what I had to do.

PRPerson: So what do you want to do?

Rick Ross: Ride in my Maybach.

PRPerson: I mean about the pictures!

Rick Ross: I wasn’t no cop.

PRPerson: (shakes his head, leaves the room)

Rick Ross: RAWSE!

Ladies Love...

I just want to bring to you guys something fresh. I call this the Spotlight. Each week, I'll pick an artist and find a video about that clearly needs to get discussed. It will be a nice change of pace. Enjoy.



Ok I have a few thoughts about this. Should you be allowed to call yourself the greatest of all time?

I've paid attention to Hip-Hop for as long as I can remember and I can only recall a handful of artists that have been given the title of the greatest of all time and LL has never been on the list. But not only did he call himself that, he coined the phrase G.O.A.T. Shouldn't others give you that title?

Also, this video was a subliminal going at Jay-Z. LL amongst others at Def Jam were not happy with the Carter administration. And when Hov called himself the GOAT on 50's remix, LL was prompted to give this speech. Which leads me to my next point...

I know folks get on video alot more nowadays, but i'm sick of the fake threats. Since that video, LL never said squat about anyone. This reminds me of when Cam said it was gonna be a hot summer then disappeared for 2 years. STOP IT! If you gonna go at someone, do it. Dont get us all hyped then back off.

You may not like 50 but he never, ever disappoints!

Good Intentions, Bad Business

Burning Bridges
written by gWiz

I always knew Dame was over the top, but I didn't know the full extent of it. We used to always laugh at his interviews when he would call himself Mr Fresh to Death or his story about only wearing his white on whites one time then switching to a fresh pair. All is funny, but after watching these videos that were recently released I understand why he is in the situation he is in right now.

Ok yea he had a point in the video someone from Roc-A-Fella should have notified about the meeting and been present, but was that really the way to go about it? This dude talked to everybody like they were the son that he did not care about. At one point he was yelling at Kevin Liles, who was the President of Def Jam at the time! So it is pretty obvious that this wasn't the first time. Dame burned alot of bridges and when him and Jay were no more he really had nothing. Now you see him just trying to catch a break and making crazy statement. I.E. "Jim Jones album is comparable to Reasonable Doubt". wrong.

Keep the jokes coming this monday....

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Social Networkin'

What are you doing now?
written by JusHH

By now, everyone is on Facebook (and if you’re not your Tweeting, Twitting or whatever that thing is called). And if you are on Facebook than you know what status updates are. We all have friends who update their status way too many times a day. So PTM did another investigation to let you guys know what your favorite rappers are doing on Facebook.

Lil Wayne is…

April 14, 9:59pm: Who is Yung Berg
April 20, 7:38am: At the lab working on cloning myself. I’ve done so many collaborations but I want to make a song featuring myself. That would be crazy!
April 22, 1:25am: Getting a tattoo on the bottom of my foot. I’m really running out of room here

Rick Ross is…

March 12, 10:03pm: Finishing up meeting with my speech coach. He says I need to sound more “street”
March 28, 8:50am: Just ate strawberry pancakes on my way to see my stylist. I’m going to try on something called a “doo-rag”. She says it will help my thug image.
April 1, 2:30pm: At Barnes and Nobles looking for any more biographies of real life gangsters. I need more material for my next album.

Kanye West is…

January 14, 12:41am: Autotuning
February 23, 1:00pm: Writing a royalty check to Michael J. Fox. Just about everything I’ve done style-wise over the past couple of months can be traced back to Back to the Future.
April 15, 10:14am: At my accountant’s office trying to get a tax write off for my ego. I think it’s big enough to be a dependent

TI is…

February 2, 11:00pm: Self-defense class. You all know why!
February 4, 10:00am: Reading a letter that I just got from Michael Vick. He keeps talking about soap…

Jay-Z is…

December 12, 7:50am: Attempting to write a rhyme in the 4th person. How crazy would that be. Chea!!!
February 28, 1:21am: Finally throwing out that Dame Dash voodoo doll that I bought last year…

Jadakiss is...

April 21, 11:04am: Calling everyone who was in the Ruff Ryders video and ask them to buy at least one album for your boy.
April 21, 4:17pm: Still trying to find DMX on Facebook

Maino is…

February 15, 7:55pm: Has enough haters, really wants some more fans right now

Lil’ Kim is…

April 12, 9:05am: wondered how Joan Rivers got such a dark tan but then realized I was looking at a picture of myself. Note to self: no more surgery
April 25, 6:34pm: Is really hoping that Dancing with the Stars can make people forget about how I was portrayed in Notorious.
April 25, 7:01pm: Don’t buy that stupid movie. They just mad cuz he loved me the most…

Yung Berg is…

January 2, 1:00am: Ouch
April 14, 9:45pm: Trying to get this comeback off to a good start. Just friended Lil’ Wayne… What up Weezy?

The other guys

I’m F’n With The White Boy
written by 4bars

In case you haven’t figured out the topic of this post, I’ll state it clearly: I’m f’n with Asher Roth AND Eminem. Truth is, both are very good rappers and they both have a solid grasp of what they’re trying to do. Obviously they’re in two COMPLETELY different places right now but the fact that they are both talented white rappers that sounds EXACTLY alike, coincidence? Maybe.

Fact is, the new Roth album is hot. I purchased it after downloading and I’m really pleased with his lyrical ability. The one concern I have is his maturity. I hope that he can evolve as a rapper once the novelty of being a young, brash, college kid wears off. His “father” however has a far different road.

Eminem is arguably the greatest rapper of all time, period. He’s evolved from a loud mouthed lunatic to an angry father and divorcee but his quality of music has never fallen off. He has been on hiatus for almost 5 years now, though, and while his first two singles have been good lyrically, I think the jury is still out on whether or not he’ll be the same Em that had the game going crazy. I will say this though, he’s always led off his albums with a cornball single with a crazy video so I’m not REALLY that worried, but he’s also taken a ton of time off, so we’ll see.

I really wanna find out from ya’ll whatchu think about these three questions:

1) Asher Roth and Eminem sounding EXACTLY alike, coincidence or something more?

2) Will Asher Roth develop as an artist or will he get stuck where he is?

3) Em’s album: as strong as his previous offerings or time off hurt permanently?

Without a doubt...

Do My Ladies Run This?
written by Just K

Hell yeah, they do. If women stopped to think about their influence on hip-hop music they would understand just how much power they hold. Who do you think was responsible for LL Cool J even being allowed to drop records after the 90s? I can promise you I didn’t have a post-90s LL joint, nor did any of my homeboys. However, I can say I recall “Imagine That” pumping out of some girl’s car long after the single left radio. On behalf of LL, thanks for holding his career down, ladies.

Don’t forget THE GIRL SONG. Yup. Every rapper is obligated to have at least one THE GIRL SONG per disc. Something indescribably raunchy that women inexplicably enjoy. Either that, or a song that completely overuses the words “baby” and “shawty.” I don’t know when Plies became a heartthrob, but women everywhere wanted to be his Bust it Baby. Ewwwwww. Fat Joe and J. Holiday, Jadakiss and Mariah Carey, Lil’ Wayne and Bobby Valentino, Fabolous and Tamia, 2 Pistols (?) and T-Pain, any rapper and any R&B singer. Hell, ya’ll gave Diddy two separate hits with “I Need a Girl.” You’re an audience that MCs go out of their way to cater, too.

And if it’s not THE GIRL SONG, it’s THE BE A FREAK song. Yes ma’am. Women managed to give the Ying Yang Twins a few hits. Luke made a whole career of that in the south. Back That Azz Up by Juvenile still gets it poppin’. Though I’m not certain, I’m willing to go out on a limb and say that the term Booty Shake Music has nothing to do with guys dancing. And speaking of guys dancing, there’s a reason THE BE A FREAK songs do so well. It’s because it brings you to the club. And we, the fellas, will pay good money just to hang out with ya’ll as you slide freely past the velvet rope.

So far, female support there are fewer THE GIRL SONG songs, less Booty Shake Music, THE BE A FREAK song, and no clubs.

We can’t forget music videos. Without video girls, MCs would either have to make really creative or really homoerotic videos.

As if all this weren’t enough, Debra Lee is the Chairman and CEO of BET, consequently making her the Chairman and CEO of “urban” music videos. President of Motown and Executive Vice President of Universal Records is Sylvia Rhone. Julie Greenwald is definitely President of Atlantic Records. I’m sure there are many other women in positions of importance and influence.

The point is, women have a great deal of power. Hip-hop caters to, makes songs for, neglects, and disrespects you. Wild, right? Women have managed to change hip-hop in interesting ways. If they wanted to, they could change it again. Ahem, only if they wanted to.