This is a quick checklist of different ways a rapper can play him or herself. Witness everything from cheap gimmicks to tired clichés.
01) if you rap about murdering people and selling drugs, but claim you owe everything to god...
02) if you claim anyone who doesn't like you is a "playa hater"...
03) if you brag about how many people you've killed, but also do songs about how we should "stop the violence"...
04) if you can't remember the words to your own songs...
05) if your concerts are sold-out, but no one in the audience is old enough to drive...
06) if you repeat the same word or phrase on every song you record (ie: "it's muurda," "this is real hip-hop," "bout it," etc.)...
07) if you're named after a soft, feminine,
silky fabric...
08) if you only started rapping 3 years before your album was on the shelf...
09) if you claim you're with your label "for life" and then sign to another label "for life"...
10) if the best part of your video is the women, and they barely look good...
...you might be wack
Lord, forgive me for bumping this, but I stumbled across the message above today at
http://www.soundcircuit.com/wackwatch/wacktivity/