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Leon Bailey |
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In response to Byron “Bol” Crawford's blog/column on XXL’s web site titled “Southerners quit yer bitchin’”.
I read both of your responses as well as Bun B's response. If you do not feel that Bun B has a right to be upset at what you said, then I seriously question your mind-state. You dissed the man's long time friend for no apparent reason. Yes, you are entitled to your opinion; however we are also entitled to call your opinion garbage. You were not at the mall, so you really do not 100% know what happened with Pimp C that day. We all know how the judicial system down south is a hundred years behind. You saying that he should go back to jail is out of line. Wishing that a man should go back to jail after he served his years is just wrong. You probably wrote that for controversy, and I really do not believe you would tell him or anyone close to him that he should go back. Then on your second response, you shoot even more slugs at the man by calling him an asshole, for example. Pimp C did his time and now he is out, so deal with it.
You talk about people responding to you in ridiculous ways. Well I can understand your point, but you disrespected a legend in the game, and their responses came quick and out of emotion. Bun B and Pimp C are legends in the game and I do not have a need to do name dropping to prove that point. You get at Bun for typing a long response. Well, as I said above, he has a right to. You may not have said all of southern rap is bad, but what you are implying is that it is. You also do not know if Bun went to 50 Cent and spoke to him personally regarding his comments. 50 Cent also did not go on a blog to talk about southern rap.
Regarding your comments about D4L, a lot of people down south cannot stand them or snap music for that matter. I do not understand where are you getting your information that "they'll be quick to call your ass a bigot if you suggest that it's arguably history's greatest abortion in musical form"
from? Is it the D4L message board? That comment was very ignorant in my opinion and based on hate. More ignorance came regarding Texas (I know you meant the South as well) having lower standards of music. We support what we like and that includes whatever you like. I guess buying music from their home state artists such as UGK, Scarface, Geto Boys, Chamillionaire, Z-Ro is lowering their standards (Texas artists I just named a few, don't hate me!).
Truth is that you do not know what Texas residents purchase, but you just made that comment to diss the mainstream Texas artists that you have heard over the past year or so.
More of your ignorance shows with southern rap. The media as well as hip-hop heads refuse to acknowledge that southern rap did not just blow up. No Limit Records was a huge part of the Southern hip-hop movement. Since they started it, the rest have continued. DMX, Jay-Z, Dr. Dre, Nelly, and Eminem all came through with their contributions, but southern hip-hop has been at the top since 1997. When No Limit began to lose steam, Cash Money picked up the slack, and so did the rest of the South. We sat back for most of the history of hip-hop watching New York do their thing, as well as the west coast, and we never complained, but now we have the game on a chokehold there are problems. As far as UGK not selling, just check the Soundscan buddy. As you said, Soundscan certainly does not lie.
UGK "RIDIN' DIRTY" - 1996- 748,519
UGK "DIRTY MONEY" - 2001 - 474,525
UGK "TOO HARD TO SWALLOW" - 1992 - 347,138
UGK "SUPER TIGHT" - 1994 - 341,509
I would just like to mention that they barely had any video play on TV for either album. They are true “Underground Kingz.”
To call Bun B a sorry old man should just say something about you. You have no respect for what he has done for the game. Artists nationwide come to Bun to get a 16 because they respect what he does and recognizes that he is one of the best ever to do it. So what if "Big Pimpin" was his biggest hit? If you are basing his career off hits then I already know you are with the TRL crowd.
What I cannot stand about people like you is that you base your opinion on southern rap from radio, BET, and MTV. There is so much more to southern hip-hop then "Laffy Taffy", "Lean Wit It Rock Wit It", etc. Read up on your history brother, please. Our music digs much deeper then dancing in the club.
We still have claims that we are being discriminated against. Anyone that reads your blog, 50 Cent’s rambling, as well as Saigon's comments will know that we are being discriminated upon. You may read this and think that I am doing this for site traffic, but what good am I doing for my region if I let Internet chumps like you run your mouth on a nationally publicized magazine’s Web site? None at all.
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