RollingStone.com has a story about 50 Cent coming out and dissing Kanye West and Lil Wayne.
:::yawn:::
There hasn’t been a really good rap rivalry since the East Coast-West Coast days, and look where that got the scene — to two funerals.
So, why is 50 Cent sparking a feud now? ‘Cause he has a new album out and no one cares. I’m tired of all the hip-hop hype and am waiting for someone to create something groundbreaking.
Every hip-hop artist these days brings in a bunch of “guests,” and then every album sounds the same. The scene is becoming stale, and Lil John screaming “Yeah!” is not something new — neither is AutoTune.
This article appears in Jan 6-13, 2009.
