I TRANSEND LIFE

No, not really. In the midst of a quarell with a former associate I came to the conclusion that I may be bigger than I thought. This guy claims that he is a bigger artist than me, for the simple fact a few people in his neighborhood know him, and not me. I love black people, Im from the hood, buuuuuuut my music isnt for your average hood dweller. Im more than heavy bass and trap music. I love how the hood changed things on me. Apparently Im no longer "real" and am now "fake" because I dont live how they do. Im sorry, I got other things to do with my life than baby mama drama, ducking police and slanging crack. This fellow im in beef with claims to sell pounds of "bro" and ounces of "blow". Which from personally knowing the guy, I know not to be true. But for whatever reason he thinks he is better than me because of that. Ive accepted years back that more times than not, I will not get that stamp from the hood. I go over their heads. But I do get alot of positive feedback from casual rap fans, from people who arent really into it as much as I am. A few people have told me to test my music overseas. Which is pretty much the only place that supports real hiphop. Apparently I dont go hard. Apparently I have to just get violent on records to be accepted. ::sigh:: I try so hard to not do that. Im finally at the stage in my career where I feel comfortable in what Im doing, where Im content with the way I make music and the music I make. I feel if give every record my all, then Im fucking going hard. But then I got it, this guy is but 18. And Im 120% sure that in the years to come hip hop will just die. Its clear that the younger generations appreciate and accept fairly poorer quality in music. Hip hop has a way to make you feel young and old at the same time. Im 21, Ive somewhat found myself, my musical tastes are far and wide, I recognize and appreciate the value of not only a dollar but of hip hop. But these kids make me feel old, because I didnt know what the fuck a "stanky leg" was. They make me feel old because I dont give a fuck how much a nigga got. All I hear is "yeah he got money though". In defense of whatever shitty rapper they like. Or "he getting bitches", you know shit like that. Fucking K Sleep said some shit like "are you mad cuz he getting more money and hoes than you" when I said Chamillionaire is wack. And Im still pulling hard for the East Coast, when most of the people around me have accepted the Souths dominance. Which I wouldnt even say dominance because theyre not selling records either, sure radio plays em alot, but "Imma Do Me" was pretty hot in the streets, Rockos album did like 20k the first week. To an extent I feel money and success do mean something in regards to rappers. Like 50 Cent and Rick Ross, suffice it to say, 50 cent made more money and obtained more success than Rick Ross, so Ross has no leg to stand on. Sure 50 lost to Kanye West in 07, but did anyone else sell more than those two? Rick Ross did something like 100k the first week last year, 50 Cent is such a bigger star. And Rick Ross wanted to say he is bigger in the South than 50 is. Well duh nigga. Thats like me saying Im more popular in the black community than the white community (although the lines are starting to cross).

But back to me and this fellow. Mike Game has transended rap. Im into making movies and such. Ive been invited to speak on hip hop at WSU. Reckless Abandon is at almost 3000 downloads. And people know me. I go places and get "Aint you Mike Game" it happens alot. No, people dont beg for autographs and shit, but still its nice to know people know me. And of course my video blogs are hi-larious. Mike Game is a personality moreso a rapper now. This fellow, not so much. He's sold 30 plus copies of his mixtape, which is the same gun and drug rap these wichita kids have been pushing for ages. I guess thats in the "HIP HOP TEXTBOOK" Chapter 1: Gangsta Image. Yal niggas can keep all that thuggin and buggin, Im out on that.