Just when i start to respect 40oz. Gold’s POV on music, he says some wild shit like, “Lupe is wack, I only liked Kick Push and I hate nerd rappers,” or something to that effect. And since other people (MTV) decided to leave him off the ‘Hottest Emcee List’ and the honorable mentions, he’s goin’ in.
For me, another part was ‘I gotta make that list because the kids have to see that you don’t have to do this to be successful.’ If you look at it and 90% of it is negative, it’s like we gotta have something positive on the list. That’s not taking shots at anybody. All those people are my homeboys, but if we come down to the nitty gritty and what’s effecting the streets, you got kids getting beat to death in the streets. You really have to take the responsibility to step up and be like, ‘I have to show my success. I have to work this hard. I have to be to be looked at as this top ranked dude and top ranked Emcee. It’s not because I want the glory and fame, but so kids can have a different role model or choice of role model.’ If we’re excluded from that, the top pop culture thing for Hip Hop is devoid of anything positive, oh naw, we got to go to work. The conscious backpackers have to go to the club and go to work. [continue reading here]
