Tuesday's used to matter, now the only thing that happens is...

you, you and you sayin' "shit I been had that, shit I been heard that, niggas been workin, hurricane clappin lyracism aint workin..." - Wale

Before I get into the post let me just say how much the above line resonated with me when I first heard it. Like many die hard hip-hop music fans pre -i Tunes singles, Tuesday's indeed mattered. I can remember countless releases that I trekked up to the old Tower Records on Mass Ave to cop the dopest new release. Standing outside in line with fellow hip-hop heads was a source of real pride and genuine excitement. I couldn't wait to get rip the tape covering off, press play, and spark.

Anyway, enough old man talk. When I first heard Wale's, The Mixtape about Nothing I was unbelievably impressed. Originality, dope flow, lyrics, and a real DC/Go Go vibe. Dude seemed to have all of the tools. I remember hyping him to all that would listen. Then I read that he signed with a major label and I got sad. My gut told me that those ass hats would have no idea what to do with a talented young cat with all of his tools (charisma, skill, originality, etc) I feared that they would dumb down his product and attempt to make him into a character.

As he generated more mainstream buzz and prepped for a release of a major album I just closed my eyes, hoped for the best and bumped his mixtape stuff. In my gut I knew they were gonna market him on some ol' funny shit, and turn him into what they thought would sell, as opposed to cultivate his clear and apparent talent.

One day my man said, "Dog, I coped that new Wale...you might have been right" My worse fears were confirmed.

I coped the Wale album on the strength however, to this day, I have yet to muster up the courage listen to it...

SMH @ fucking major labels....ruin everything

"And my, my, my

Admire what I write

Cuz hype will get you Rick Mirer'd every single time...

Check it, so, my chin's high like a Japanese pilot

They frontin', they Charles S. Dutton movin' garbage

And what you callin' that so-called hard shit?

Nun like me, like I, founded a convent

To contend my content I'm on ends meet like a vegetable omelet, see?

So the more you see, it's few niggas speakin' like me

So they put me in the box with he, and he

And them which is more of a circus than a fair

They work to get there so to work to get theirs

I'll be nothin' but a replica lookin' in the mirror

Respect still there but ya boy's right here

We apples and oranges but everybody pears/pair us

They say I'm Lupe, they say I'm Lil' Wayne

They say I'm too Jay to portray new-Le

They say I'm too nice to be a rapper

The prerequisite is gun clappin' so what happened?

They label me a backpackin' nigga on fashion

I laugh at 'em, though Mr. West I ain't mad at ya

See, he in his soul mode, I'm in my go go

Only thing in common is these fuckin' Matsumotos

Yeah live from the SoHo, and Hov told me I'd blow Joe

See I rap like a lifetime blown nose

All I know is I'm merely ??

Meaning I'm lesser than a god but higher up than ya'll

A Lion in form, Matt Leinart when firing the ball

Pause Maya Angelou spawn, abandoned and raised by Nas

Raised by the sharks but I'm swimming with the prawns

I found my own lane, meet Mr. Folarin

Used to have minerals and Zinc in it...

now it got lead and stink in it (New World Water)"  
 -Mighty Mos Def

So the whole city is stuck without using water for the foreseeable future. Not only is it inconvenient, it is also a bit scary. How long have they known? How much of the toxins will be "cleaned" in order for it to be deemed okay for use again?

This is from the Mass Water...

"Water service to all MWRA customer communities east of Weston has been interrupted by a major water pipe break in Weston. Due to this break, A BOIL WATER ORDER IS BEING ISSUED FOR DRINKING WATER FOR ALL MWRA COMMUNITIES EAST OF WESTON UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. In addition, emergency water conservation measures are being implemented for all impacted communities. A complete list of MWRA water communities is included on this page. THIS WATER WILL NOT BE SUITABLE FOR DRINKING"

"Control centers try to play it all secretive (Say word?)
To avoid public panic and freakiness (Let em know)
There are places where TB is common as TV
Cuz foreign-based companies go and get greedy
The type of cats who pollute the whole shore line
Have it purified, sell it for a dollar twenty-five" 
-Mighty Mos

"Who gon' bring the game back?...

Who gon' Spit that Ramo on the train track?
that gold rope, that five fingered ring rap?" Jay Electronica

Not quite sure what to write about Jay, or this song, other than I love the beginning. The first several bars are almost like a prologue to a chapter. He is sort of thinking out loud about his approach to the rhyme, or rhyming in general. Before getting into the body of his rhyme he leads with:

"...Ringo hit me up on the jack
And said man spit that spat
And leave that chicken scratch for frick and frack
Guru told me slow up the flow
Cause science and metaphors will slow up the dough so
Here we go.."

After the "here we go"he just blacks out on the track.
Jay is a beast. Hope major label fuckery and his, ahem, love life greatly improve his product (wishful thinking).

"If rap was like blacks in the sixties, I'm a white cop in riot gear ready to hose down
Memo to all I'm settin you hoes down"





"These days a lot of niggas is wack
All I hear is who gonna bring new york back
The south is this the south is that
Slinging crack in the white tee in the trap
Sippin patron and yak
Ringo hit me up on the jack
And said man spit that spat
And leave that chicken scratch for frick and frack
Guru told me slow up the flow
Cause science and metaphors will slow up the dough so
Here we go Gs up hoes down
If rap was like blacks in the sixties, I'm a white cop in riot gear ready to hose down
Memo to all I'm settin you hoes down
I'll spray a sick round on any sick clown who wanna get down
From nueve york to chic-town
Comprende, wack rappers bow when they in the presence of the sensei
The flow is, muy caliente
Jaydolf Spitler, rap Hitler
One man militia
Burnin niggas live with the scripture
The sound waves shake the dead in they graves
Pro tools'll import the session from the Richter
No wonder I'm the victor
If a thousand words is equivalent to a picture
Then welcome to the cinema
Shot of wheat grass and an enema
Who wanna style war with the emperor?"