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HHS 2010 Year In Review: The Top 10 Bitch Moves Of The Year
You didn’t think we forgot about this, did you? Our final Best and Worst List from the HHS 2010 Year In Review. Behold, the Top 10 Bitch Moves Of The Year….
10. Mos Def Tracks Deleted From Ski Beatz’s “24 Hour Karate School” – We guess Mos Def is another artist not really down with today’s mathematics of “leaking” music before it’s supposed to be released. The strongest cuts from Ski’s 24 Hour Karate School ended up on the cutting room floor, because Mos didn’t like them leaking out before contracts were signed. Too bad, because the music these two made together was gorgeous. Patch it up, gentlemen.
9. Waka Flocka Flame Says Lyrical Rappers Can’t Make Money – “I ain’t got no lyrics, I’m straight blunt… I don’t have time for lyrics,” said Waka Flocka Flame in Shade 45 in February. “The nigga that everybody say lyrical, he ain’t got no show…. I be on the radio and niggas be like ‘nigga let’s freestyle right now’ and I be like ‘that ain’t even gonna get you no money though.”
Oh really, Waka Flocka? Tell that Jay-Z, Common, Lil Wayne, Eminem, and Ludacris, each of whom made millions in 2010 from various music, business, and endorsement deals, all whom happen to be lyrical, and are also some of the most popular rappers. And bonus, they aren’t managed by their moms. Enjoy your fifteen minutes, dude.
8. Evil Record Company Denies Andre 3000 Appearance On Big Boi LP
7. Bloggers Can’t Understand Why The Industry Hates Them: We’ll give you some history. Back in say, 1999 or so, we were entrusted with unfinished versions of songs that would eventually appear on Dr. Dre’s 2001 and The Marshall Mathers LP. We didn’t leak them. We didn’t bootleg them. We just enjoyed them, played them for our friends, and that was it.
Today, we have a generation of young bloggers that don’t understand the ethics of the game, stooping to the lowest levels of depravity when it comes to getting that little “exclusive”. Posting reference tracks, unfinished songs, the hottest as-of-yet-unreleased album cuts, stolen music, and then being shocked - shocked - that said artist is mad at them for their lack of class. There were two separate instances this year that involved artists – Lupe Fiasco and Dr. Dre, respectively – being publicly upset with bloggers for leaking their music. We won’t recount the details here, but surprisingly both guilty parties acted as if they had every right to leaking (or further perpetuating the leaking) of the artist’s unfinished music, offering little in solace or apology. Instead, they suggesting they were “helping” them by leaking their music, and threatened not to “help” them in the future. Shit, if that’s your definition of help…
Heads up guys. An artist like Dr. Dre doesn’t need your “help”. Your actions only hurt their careers and creative visions and ultimately your own credibility. There’s rules to this shit. Who cares if DJ Douchebag from BlazingLeaks.com leaked the Jay and Kanye LP. Doesn’t give you the right to do it too. Instead, grow some nuts and do the right thing. You might actually buy yourself some time in this game.
6. Gub’ment Shuts Down Rap Sites – On the flipside of that coin, we saw a handful of rap websites get taken over by the man, Black president and all. While we don’t condone any actions that may have led to these sites getting shut down, at the same time a no-trial, “guilty!” verdict was slammed on them, seizing their domain names and all of their intellectual property content without any forewarning and no options for recourse. Downright unconstitutional.
5. Jae Millz Disses Everyone Because His Friends Didn’t Make XXL Freshmen 10 – The above clip is priceless, as before launching into a tirade of negativity about the artists selected for XXL’s Freshmen 10 cover, Jae Millz first explains that he got his first deal ten years ago, setting himself up for a dead-on rebuttal from Nipsey Hu$$le: “Niggaz got they pantys in a bunch over that xxl cover…and 4 tha record if u been rappin 10 years and ain’t drop yet…it’s over”. Millz proceeded to indirectly call many of the artist’s featured on the cover “wack” because his friend, Vado, was not selected. Millz later backed down concerning his comments. Wiz Khalifa put it best “Sucka shit at it’s finest”.
4. Kelis Sues The Living Shit Out Of Nas - As if Nas’ financial woes weren’t bad enough in 2010, Kelis made matters worse in their very public divorce. We’re sorry, but considering that Kelis is a self-sufficient, platinum selling recording artist that can afford David Guetta beats, why the FUCK does Nas have to pay her an upwards of $600K? A judge ordered Nas to pay $47,249.42 in back child support and $40,454 in back spousal support, followed by monthly payments of $10,000 a month until a debt of $299,015.50 in spousal support is paid to Kelis. Nas also was ordered to pay 90% of her legal fees, to the tune of $155,787.28, as well as $48,549.83 in Kelis accounting expenses. We don’t care who your parents are, your kids don’t need caviar and golden baby diapers. It’s cheaper to keep her.
3. Lil Kim Tries To Regain Relevancy By Dissing…Wait For It… Nicki Minaj
2. Kat Stacks Tries To Make Business Out Of Having Sex With Rappers, Including Lil’ Twist
1. Solar Tries To Control Guru’s Life & Death For Profit.
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Get off Nicki Minaj’s bra strap…she sux!! I agree with everything else…BTW Kim sucks too…Ha ha
Good read. Where can I hear those unreleased Mos Def Tracks?
lil Wayne is lyrical????????????? WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you guys forgot MF DOOM sending fakes to his shows. But then again, he’s been doing that since ’08, ahahahaha
Damn Kat Stacks is annoying as shit…i didn’t know retarded kids were allowed to get boob jobs.
Interesting list however you’re no different than the leaker today (see #7).
What is the difference between leaking today and in ’99? Technology and its speed. If we could leak and get shit moving in ’99 as fast as we could today, believe me, it would have been done.
Stop running from your guilty conscience and admit it. Listening to the OG version of “What’s the Difference” with Hittman is no different than listening to the OG version of “Under Pressure.”
That shit should make the bitch moves of 2011:
“Admitting it was okay to listen to bootlegs in 99 but not 2011″
I also think Q-Tip crying about “Beats, Rhymes And Fights” should of been #1. Talking about “I Speak for the Group”
I agree with DLP23602 and bRAD. First Lil Kim dissing Niki, really? Come on that shit wasnt even relevant to anyone except those parties involved and apparently you guys. As far as Wayne is concerned that’s like beating a dead horse, in HHS opinion he is lyrical, I guess we’ll leave it at that. To me number 7 should’ve been number 2 because really Kat Stacks who gives a shit. Also I dont understand the difference between Mos Def being pissed at Ski Beatz and Dame Dash or any other artist being pissed at a blogger. As an artist if your shit is just floating around out there without your consent you probably have every right to be pissed. BTW it’s still FUCK SOLAR all day from ’10 till infinity.
@ I’m at work and bored
Yo good call on that one dude. I think Q-Tip did’nt like the way he portrayed himself in the docu. He can’t blame anyone but himself for looking like as Asshole. I guess now people will know what Phife has been talking about all these years.
@Normont Terrorist
I know Rapaport was trying to be funny but i don’t like that Docu title. Instead, he should of called it:
Midnight Misunderstanders
I also think it should come with a Bonus DVD titled:
Q-Tip “I Speak For the Entire Group” The Abstract – The Interview Outakes!
The only omission on this list was Kanye not releasing the uncensored artwork for Dark Twisted Fantasy on any of the releases. Seriously, you can’t put the real artwork on the limited edition vinyl? That’s what the format is for.
This year, suckers are going nowhere.
come on, this number one is sooo far ahead …the rest are minor bitch moves in comparison!
hmm…Not too be too critical here, but was there a shortage of bitch moves this year ? #1 is definitely valid, but c’mon….Nicki Minaj again guys ? How much are you getting paid to keep pumping this chick ? Her and Lil Kim battling is pro wrestling…so what does that make HHS ?
Just one mans opinion…Waka Flaka should have been much higher on the list as he is a glaring example of a ugly trend in hiphop…but you guys gave drake 5 @’s…so what’s the difference…..’Nicki’s rhyme style is all her own’….a decade ago you would have just called it ‘whack’…and some of us still do.
I hate using the interwebs to complain,but I think the grand love fest for Rick Ross is a “Top Bitch Move”. All these websites clamor for real lyrics and thoughtful songs, yet all put “Teflon Don” on their top albums of the year AND top albums to look forward to. As the kids say “smh!”
Anybody remember “Conway” apologizing to Bush?
You had me…. all the way through calling Guru “one of the greatest artists of our time”. You didn’t have to the tell it like it is route and call him “the artist who’s mediocrity was never more apparent then when he traded versus with Nice & Smooth”, and the way the events surrounding his death were disturbing. But come on. Listen to a track that Premier produced for Jay-Z and tell me it isn’t light years ahead of any of Gangstarr tracks. May he rest in peace, but you do no favors by heaping unmerited praise on him. Lemonade was a popular drink, and it still is.
“Tell that Jay-Z, Common, Lil Wayne, Eminem, and Ludacris,…”
Love how Pizzo always throws a Common reference in every article/blog/review. Dude is as commercial as it gets. His albums are hit or miss. His rhymes used to be way tighter than they are now and I’m guessing thats when dick riding him like this would have been ok. But seriously, a Common reference in every article?? I get it man, you really like him.
I’m just nitpicking but shit is annoying. Love the site and these list otherwise.
Bitch move of the year list and no Pizzo? Come on now, Pizzo, oh excuse me “DJ Pizzo”, selling out is the bitch move of the year. This used to be a credible source of hip hop commentary. Now you are cum drunk on “Thank me later” album and all the hip-POP out there. This site used to cater to true hip hop heads, not only whatever is popular at the moment. Then there are the banner ads… Seriously? The whole first page is jewelry and tivo ads. Whats next? I heard DJ Pauly is leaving the jersey shore, maybe you can audition for his place on the show?
@Pizzo why didn’t you include yourself on this list. How far this website has fallen is ridiculous. Your back and for with the Bloggers (be a man and just say the names. We all know you talking about Shake). Your whole rant just smells of jealousy because the new blogs have blown past you and you all literally just changed your site – to look EXACTLY like the bloggers you despise. What’s the diff between this new layout and Nahright or OnSmash…Truly pathetic and this used to be my favorite site. Now you’re a bunch of hypocrites….Bring Matt Conway back because you need to get back to djing, your opinions are now shit. This is coming from a former FANATIC of this site who used to check it daily…This will prob be the last time I come up on here.
@jimbrownski All due respect, your email address is fake so all this talk about being a man and calling out specific bloggers by name is a bit hypocritical on your part. Names were mentioned months ago and I wasn’t looking to re-instigate any beefs at this point in the game.
Regardless, I don’t hate any blog or the blog format. I think it’s great, obviously. What I don’t understand is said bloggers’ idea that it’s okay to leak an artist’s unfinished music and then when the artist gets mad (and rightfully so) they threaten the artist with blackballing them. Clearly a case of bitchery and complete disrespect to the artists that make blogs like this and any other one possible. End of story.
Hey I’ve started a new hip hop website/blog. I post things worth checking out and stuff to stay away from. It’s my opinion on hip hop and you can give a fuck.
http://www.TheRapSpot.com
Check it out. Looking for some commenters/followers. Help me out
I believe this year things are going to change….I think the hip hop game is changing again.
to the guy who said guru isn’t one of the greatest of all time, you’re crazy.
You said: “Listen to a track that Premier produced for Jay-Z and tell me it isn’t light years ahead of any of Gangstarr tracks.”
i’m telling you- they are not light years ahead of any gangstarr tracks