"...Black people prayed for JFK then...

He got blown away..." - Saigon


So I don't review videos at all but this one speaks to me on a few different levels.

For starters, full disclaimer, I have written about Saigon before and I am on the record as being and card carrying member of the Sai Giddy fan club and unabashed STAN.

Vomitspit - Saigon

 



"As a matter of fact, what's the matter with rap?
Crackers done did it again, they jacked us for that
Same way they did Fats Domino's phenomenal chat
But i'm the rap Geronimo Pratt so (Brrat!) "- Saigon

 Whoo Kid Freestyle - Warning Shots


The Yardfather speaking on the corpapratization of rap music. Here he evokes the past practices of white artists co-opting black music to support his point.

"MC's are hopeless thinking record sales makes them the dopest" - KRS One

"Personally I preach prophecy

These punks puttin out poems about pimpin, pushin, and property

Please

People ain't prepared to be persuaded by political paraphrases that threatening them papers" Saigon

Buy Saigons album

Not just becuase its dope (I haven't listened to it yet) Not even because you like him. Buy it because you believe in the artistry in hip hop music, and not in overly judgmental label executives. Buy it because you believe ones music should not be "directed" by A&Rs' and marketing/promotion, but by the artist. Buy it as a a big middle finger to label executives who think folks will only purchase main stream released music that has a dance, r&b hook, or some other gimmick. Buy it because you believe hip hop music is about rhyming ....beats and rhymes....