Hip Hop Honors '08

ok this year's hip hop honors was bittersweet

The Sweet: They Honored 2 of my favorite acts of all time, Naughty (by Nature) & Ricky (D), Tracy Morgan was the host again (he's an acquired taste, but he does it 4 me) Busta performed in full Slick Rick attire and Ricky had the biggest (and shineiest) smile i'd ever seen him flash when he saw how Bus went all out 4 the performance. & Ghost (one of my favorite and most slept on rappers in the game) came out and did "Lodi Dodi" wit the diabolical (Biz Markie) on the beat box. The only down side was Fabolous and Dana Dane. I mean Fab did more than i expected, he put the little accent on and all of that which was cool i guess, but Dana was Playin FAB'S FUCKIN HYPE MAN!!! BLASPHEME!! lol [ & side bar- was it me or did Too Short seem TOTALLY unenthused, & almost dissapointed by his tribute??]

But CypressHill's & De La Soul's tributes and performances were great, tho, no complaints here.

And Now....The Bitter: Being from Jersey I LOVE NAUGHTY BY NATURE they basically put us on the fuckin map, so when i realized NOBODY from jerz was gonna honor them i was tight (then i realized me and my man Skeeno are the only rappers from Jerz i kno lol) then when i saw how JUELZ SANTANA Butchered that shit i was furious, Now i may not be a fan of dipset but they are doing a few things in P-Town for the community, which i always appreciated especially since they aint from there, but YO you aint kill this 1 Pop... And like, why Juelz?? there's nothing "Naughty by Nature-esque" about him why not somebody like Eminem who's expressed an appreciation 4 them and whose influence Naughty's had on them is evident... or Joe Budden a JERSEY MC?! ugh...anyway Big Boi did ite he aint kill it like he could've neither but at least he remembered the words.

But on the flip, Wyclef... I liked. For 1 he's a Jersey head so it just felt right, and his rendition of "No Woman, No Cry" interwined with "Ghetto Bastard" (both sampling the same Bob Marley song sharing it's title with the former)was perfect.

But they saved the best 4 last... cuz When Naughty Got On Stage??!! That crowd aint never been so hyped! even the security was bobbin they fat ass muscle heads! lol and i had a smile on from ear to ear singing along to every joint.

Now, Jersey aint been on the map in a long time but Naughty proved that we have made some of the illest shit this game has ever seen, and they inspired the FUCK outta me last night, so look out world i think we just might be back on the come up...