Busby's Open Letter...

**taps mic** Is this thing on?..It's been a while since I posted on here...I've been pretty busy for the past 5 months.  If y'all haven't noticed by now I work for a certain magazine company that is on the raise in the Bay Area.  And as of right now, everything is falling into place and it is on pace to being a pretty big thing.  Like I don't even have to say the catchphrase..if you followed me long enough (well of course you have cause why else are you here?) you should already know where to go.

In just 5 months I have done a lot of big things.  From interviewing Bone Thugs N Harmony for their 20th Anniversary of being together (shout out to Tracy).  To meeting people I didnt think I was ever going to meet.  To going from The Bay to LA to Vegas in a span of 10 days.  To having wild adventures with my boss (shout out to Network!). To meeting Snoop Dogg, to meeting and networking with a whole lot of people.  My life for the past 5 months have just been....different.

Running a blog is VERY easy to do, but BELIVE me.  It's time consuming like a motherfucker.  To getting the stories, knowing the right music to post, to RACING to get the post up before other blogs.   Being a "blogger" is "hard" but I love it tho.

It's kinda weird to be sorta kinda "twitter famous" I'm dead serious when I say that too.  At Snoop's mansion party (yes I was chilling in a mansion) , this chick in a bikini came up to me and said, "Oh my God, you look HELLA familiar! Are you Busby from twitter?!" I was like "Umm..yeah.." and she was like "Oh my God you hella funny! I love what you be saying on there and pissing folks off!" And I was like "Yep, that will be me.." A random dude in Vegas came up to me and said the same shit and I was like "Umm fosho!.." It's kinda funny coming from a complete strangers, and it lets me know that folks ARE watching what I do.  You never know who can be watching...

Which brings me to this...



Now I wasn't really going to bring this up, but since I'm in the zone right now I guess I feel I gotta address this.  **Turns up T.I.'s Addresses** Now as you can see that is a video of me dancing like Michael Jackson.  Why? Because I thought the shit was pretty fucking funny, and i thought it would funny as fuck to send that video to some of my friends and just post it on my myspace (remember that site) just to see the look on peoples faces cause I'm a troll like that.

Now..in a way to slander my name.  Some fuck boy named Kenny found my old email addresses (shout out to that fuck boy Tim for finding it) and then proceeded to go on my old social networks and post some old pictures just to "ether" me.

Now if you don't know who I'm talking about right now I'm talking about them fuck boys at Rap Dose.  The main leader of that website is the biggest fuck boy of them all.  I use to follow the white boy on twitter.  And then the more I followed him, the more I realized how much of a immature lil kid he is.  So yeah you say it's "beef" with that nigga.  What I found funny is how much he wants folks to take his website serious.  But he would go OUT his way and post a fuckery video of ME dancing like MJ and lip syncing to Weezy on YOUR BLOGS YouTube page.  And call it "#RIPBUSBY" and have the video get less then 500 views..out of those "thousands" of followers.  Only like 2% care...and you say I have no life.

I said this once, and I told this to that fuck boy corny ass nigga @noTimeless...y'all niggas ain't gonna be shit.  Ain't never gonna be shit and will NEVER..ever..EVEREVEREVEREVER...EVVVVVVVVVVVVVER....will be SHIT...if you wanna see more of my fuckery..go on my YouTube page.

I also find it funny how some of you niggas call me a "nobody"..especially this bitch ass nigga right here.  If you notice I've been working...I don't really brag about what I be doing cause some of you niggas don't need to be knowing what I be doing.  I rather just have y'all SEE it..and just sit there and think to yourself that the same nigga that was talking shit to you on twitter is doing pretty big things..

And that leads me to my other point..yeah I do talk shit on twitter, and I really do be keeping it reaper then most.  I don't consider it shit talking..I consider it truth talking.  And my truth be having niggas get into their emotions.  And it's kinda funny the power I have in my words..they really are like weapons.  And I see that I have the power to break someone down..or build them up.  It's quite funny to think about it.

So to finish off this random open letter post.  Y'all should know that I'm doing big things...and I'm going to continue to give y'all that truth...

Y'all should be afraid of what I'm gonna do next...

Y'all gonna learn today!

~~Mr. Busby~~

Busby's Top 10 Most Random Eminem Features.

"Eminem murdered you on your own shit" is a saying that Nas has made famous on Ether.  That quote wasn't just meant for Hov, it was also meant for damn near every artist that wants to have Em drop a verse.  Be prepared to get out shined when that white boy steps in the mic booth.  Em has some very memorable features through out his career, however some of the songs he jumped on really makes me scratch my head.  I mean in hindsight some of the songs were suited for him, but just to see his name or hear his vocals just randomly pop up on a certain song is just....random.  So right now, here are my top 10 most random Marshall Mathers features.

10. Love The Way You Lie (Part II)


It was only right to have a sequel to Em's number one hit from Recovery.  I mean it made sense for Rih Rih to make her very own version of the song coming from the female's point of view.  But to be honest, Em's verse wasn't really needed IMO.  His verse where he was literally just shouting for a majority of his appearance for his lover to be with him forever was just...random...and kinda uncomfortable.  But hey Rih Rih likes that rough shit, why else you think she went back to her lover?..

9. Dead Wrong (Remix)

Now this was random because through out the whole record you just hear Biggie spitting some raw, uncensored lyrics. Talking about slapping females, raping folks and fucking people's momma's and shit.  Just crazy shit, then mid way through the song you just head Diddy go, "Ladies and gentlemen.."  Then you just heard this white boy spit a raw ass verse about Devil worshiping, murdering woman and shit that was just as CRAZY as Biggie's verses...pretty much right up Em's allay.  NO one saw that coming....it was very..random.

 8. Airplanes II

This was a surprise to me because I really didn't expect Em to spit on a beat like that.  It was a really good concept, and B.o.B, Hayley Williams, and Em really did kill it.  Also I found it funny how Em was just saying the word "shit" through out his verse and was just finding ways to flip it.  He did kill it by the way...it was just very random just to hear his voice just pop up on a track like that.

7. Drop The World

To this day I am still lightweight shocked that Em appeared on this shit with Weezy.  Nobody really saw it coming, at all.  Especially the fact that Em was pretty much the only featured male rapper on Weezy's rock album Rebirth.  With Weezy's slow and syrup induced flow, Em really came in out of NO WHERE and spit in my opinion, one of his best guest verses since 50's Patiently Waiting.  He literally rapped circles around Weezy on that shit.  Weezy tried to give Em another round on No Love, but Em shut that shit down too. Not surprised that Em ripped it tho..because you know..it's Lil Wayne...but still..random.

 6. Roman's Revenge

 Once upon a time, Nicki Minaj used to rap...shocking right?  Roman's Revenge was a song where Nicki was letting her alter ego Roman Zolanski take control and spit them crazy insane rhymes.  So of course she wanted Slim Shady to make a special appearance, which came as a shock to damn near everybody.  Giving the fact that this was Nicki Minaj's debut album, to have Eminem of all people make an appearance was really something. IMO the record is still good and it still holds up today, Em and Nicki's chemistry was strong on this.  IF Em was back in his Relapse faze, him and Nicki would have did ALOT more songs together.  However, as of right now Roman's Revenge is a nice one and done record for him...still random though.

5. Lean Back (Remix)

I don't know what was more random about this.  Ma$e's verses, Lil Jon just randomly shouting on the record, or Em's verse.  This whole song always leaves me mind boggered on why Em jumped on this shit.  I mean his verse was decent for what it was.  But it was the first time where Em jumped on a remix to a very popular mainstream record at the time.  It is also the first (and only) time where you would hear a Em verse come on in the club.  Cause I remember the clubs would blast this remix on the REGULAR....just..very...random....

4. Smack That

You know..Akon owes Em BIG time for this record.  It was Em's biggest hits and also in my opinion, one of his most random appearances.  I mean you have Akon singing and flowing in all his swagged out glory.  Then Em comes in sounding like a damn hillbilly when he starts rapping.   I mean too me, it seriously sounds like I want to get out and start line dancing.  But that's just me....still a good verse tho....and still random.

3. Forever

This all star posse cut really did come out of no where a few years ago.  Drake was just breaking out and getting 3 of the biggest names in hip-hop on one track was such a major look for him.  However to be honest, Em's appearance really benefited Drake a lot more.  I mean sure you have Kanye and Weezy on the track, but to be honest if Em NEVER appeared on this record.  Forever wouldn't be as big as it is now.  That's just MY opinion, but honestly ask ANYBODY who had the highlight verse on that record.  And if they say anybody else that is NOT named Eminem, then they are just lying.  It was also very random for Em to appear on this record because..like the Lean Back Remix, he usually doesn't do posse cuts like this.  So him appearing on this record was really quite the surprise to a lot of people.

2. Numb

Yeah.....Em was just....very....out of place on this record....I mean the beat was good...but it was just very...random..he really brought NOTHING to the record...like..at ALL  I mean it's not a bad verse, I've heard him spit worse, but man..I hope that pussy check was worth it Slim...

1. Here Comes The Weekend

Yes..this shit right here..is by far the most RANDOM feature Eminem has EVER been on.  Everything from the beat, to the concept, to the lyrics, just EVERYTHING.  I mean I understand he was returning the favor for having her sing the hook for Won't Back Down.  But he could he have rapped over like ANOTHER beat or song?....He really had NO business on this song.  I mean his verse was not bad at all....it was just...out of place..and just....so...RANDOM...

~~Mr. Busby~~

good kid, m.A.A.d city: Busby's Review

 

 As seen on Dajaz1.com

The last album that dropped from an Aftermath artist NOT named Eminem or 50 Cent, was Busta Rhymes’s The Big Bang.  That was 6 years ago, and Busta, along with a legion of other artist that was signed to to the label, is long gone.  For the past decade Dr. Dre relied on 3 things, Eminem, 50 Cent, and headphones.  And don’t even bother asking about Detox, Jesus will come back 2 times before he drops that album.  Now that it’s 2012, with the exception of his successful headphones, his 2 cash cows are starting to fade out.  With Eminem getting older, and 50 struggling to be relevant again, it was about that time for Dre to find that next big thing.  Enter Kendrick Lamar..

For the past few years, Kendrick Lamar (formerly known as K. Dot) has built himself a pretty big fan base, thanks to the internet.  After the success of his critically acclaimed independent album Section.80, many felt (including the ghost of 2Pac) that Kendrick Lamar was “The One”.  He was “The One” that was going to bring hip-hop back.  Now of COURSE when I heard this shit I was one of many people that said  FUCK outta here!”  I mean don’t get me wrong, I KNEW the dude got skills and I really did like the Section.80 album.  But I wasn’t falling for the hype until he really proves me otherwise. Rappers be saying that they are “The One” for decades.  And alot of them have always fall flat on their face and became the boy who cried wolf.  However Dr. Dre on the other head,  saw something in him and signed him to Aftermath..

Seeing that Kendrick has complete creative control of his debut album, and having Dr. Dre on his side.  He went on to construct a album that he has been wanting to make since he wanted to rap.   It was the album that was going to tell his life story, and be a prequel to his previous albums.  It was going to be his version of a short film that took you through a day in Compton that changed his life forever.  The album was titled, good kid, m.A.A.d city: A short film by Kendrick Lamar.  The m.A.A.d stands for My Angry Adolescence Divided or My Angel’s on Angel Dust, according to K. Dot.  This was his story, and he was going to take you a journey through the streets of Compton.  It was one of the most anticipated albums of 2012, and just like Pac, all eyes were on Kendrick Lamar to see if he really was “The One”.  Now let me just tell you right now, that I don’t think he is “The One”. However, I will go on to say that this album is one of the best albums I’ve heard this year, and I feel that down the line it will be a modern day classic.

“Everybody sit your bitch ass down and listen to this true mothafuckin’ story told by Kendrick Lamar on Rosecrans, ya bitch..”

Good kid, m.A.A.d city tells the story of a young Kendrick Lamar that kicks it with his homies, and always get himself into trouble.  However, he is not like his gangster friends but he chooses to be down for them no matter what.  Later on that day, he tries meeting up with a girl named Sherene, a chick he has been messing with for quite some time.  However, on this particular day he gets jumped by her cousins and Kendrick’s friends want to get revenge for him.  After a shoot out that leaves his best friend dead.  Kendrick realizes that his life needs to change and he then pursues his career in music and makes it big as a rapper.

This album is a concept album and it literally plays like a movie.  Each track on this album is like a movie scene, and everything down to the track name to the beats, to the rhymes, all the way to the features serves a purpose to the main story.  Kendrick’s ability to tell a story is really amazing, I know rappers like Nas, Biggie, Slick Rick, and countless others have done it on records.   But K. Dot literally told a entire story in 12 tracks, and let me tell you right now, that is REALLY impressive.  Especially if it is your debut major label album, that really shows that he has a true talent.  With songs like Sherane a.k.a Master Splinter’s Daughter and The Art Of Peer Pressure, the minor details in those tracks really does play in your head like a movie.

So now I’m down Rosecrans in a Caravan
Passing Alameda, my gas meter in need of a pump
I got enough to get me through the traffic jam
At least I hope cause my pockets broke as a promise man
I’m thinking bout that sex, thinking bout her thighs or maybe kissing on her neck, or maybe what positions next
Sent a picture of her titties blowing up my texts
I looked at ‘em and almost ran my front bumper into Corvette
Enthused by the touch of a woman she’s a masseuse
And I’m a professional porn star when off the Goose
I had a fifth in the trunk like Curtis Jackson for ransom
I’m hoping to get her loose like an Uncle Luke Anthem
I’m two blocks away, 250 feet
And six steps from where she stay, she waving me ‘cross the street
I pulled up a smile on my face, and then I see
Two niggas, two black hoodies, I froze as my phone rang

-Sherane a.k.a Master Splinter’s Daughter

 Production wise, Kendrick really kept it in house with producers like Sounwave , THC, and Terrace Martin.  He also did get other producers as well like Hit-Boy, Pharrell, T-Minus, and Just Blaze.  There is not ONE bad beat on this entire album and Dr. Dre’s mixing on this album, brought the tracks to life and it sounds amazing.  Kendrick’s lyrics and flows are top notch as well and he really is diverse when it comes to his pen game.  He can have a care free swagged out flow like Backseat Freestyle and Money Trees.  Or he can have a very laid back flow like on Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe or Money Trees.  Or he can be very retrospective on songs like Good Kid or Sing About Me/I’m Dying Of Thirst.  The way he maintains his flow and delivery while staying on topic of the theme of the album is amazing.

The features on this album was kept to a minimum and were picked VERY carefully.  Jay Rock, one quarter of Black Hippy, made his appearance on Money Trees and had in my opinion one of the best features on the album.  West Coast legend MC Eiht made a rare appearance on the track m.A.A.d city, and spit his knowledge of the streets.  The main highlight feature on this album is Drizzy on the track Poetic Justice.  Produced by Scoop DeVille, the Janet Jackson sampled track is going to be a HUGE hit with the ladies if or WHEN they decide to make this a single.  And of course, Dr. Dre accompanies K. Dot on the finale record Compton (produced by Just Blaze).  That song can be played as the final scene when the credits are about to roll when Kendrick calls himself the new King on the block.

 

 

There are 12 tracks on this album, and they are meant to be ONLY 12 tracks for the purpose of maintaining the “Short Film” concept.  Which is why there are 2 disc with the 2nd disc serving only for the bonus records.  If this was like a DVD the 2nd disc on this album would be like and “Bonus features” or “Deleted scenes”. With the California loving record The Recipe (feat. Dr. Dre), Kendrick’s story about being envious of other people with Black Boy Fly, and the celebrating life is good record Now or Never (feat. Mary J. Blige).  Those tracks really can serve as the soundtrack when the credits roll.  There are also other tracks on the bonus disc that really could have made it on the final cut that could be taken as “deleted scenes” with Collect Calls and County Building Blues.  The Black Hippy collective of ScHoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, and Jay Rock appear on remixes of The Recipe and Swimming Pools as a little present for the fans.  Even through K. Dot’s vocals are the same on both remixes, the rest of Black Hippy really do rip the tracks.

All in all, Kendrick Lamar dropped a masterpiece, and it really surprised me on how amazing the album is.  When you play it, you really do have to play it all the way through to get the overall feeling of the album.  There is not ONE skippable track on all 12 records, and that is really rare in this day of age.  I really did try to found a flaw in this album, really I did, but I really couldn’t find it.  I have to take it for what it is, and I have to say that this album will go down as a classic years from now when we look back on it.  Maybe K. Dot’s dream of Pac’s hologram spirit had some truth to it, he MIGHT be the Neo of this Hip-Hop matrix.  Only time will tell…
 

Busby's Review: 5/5

~~Mr. Busby~~

Paranormal Activity 4 (Busby's Review)

 

 As seen on Dajaz1.com

I’ve been a fan of the Paranormal Activity movies for the last 3 years.  I absolutely LOVED the first movie and in my opinion, when enough time passes, I feel like it will go down as a horror movie classic.  I also really enjoyed the sequels, no matter how many times people shit on them, I really did enjoy the 2nd and 3rd movies.  I mean really it’s the same shit, white folks recording themselves getting haunted by a evil supernatural force, and for some odd reason, people keep watching them.  It worked 3 times in a row rather you like it or not because it became one of the highest grossing horror movies of all time.  To the folks that complain about why they keep making these movies, ask yourself the question on why you keep paying money to go see it.  Guess you got nothing else to do on a Friday night..but I digress…

PA4 is the first sequel in the series that is NOT a prequel, and we finally find out what happened to Katie and her little nephew Hunter.  This film takes place 5 years after the events in PA2.  This time around we follow a young teenage girl named Alex (Kathryn Newton) who decides to document her daily life with her and her family.  They recently have new neighbors that moved across the street, and after the mother becomes hospitalized for a unforeseen reason, her mother decides to watch after her son named Robbie (Brady Allen) while she gets better.  After becoming friends with Alex’s little brother, strange things start happening through out the house.  With help from her best guy/boyfriend Ben (Matt Shivery), they decide to film all the activity that goes on around the house.  If you follow the last 3 movies, you already know what happens next.

Now again, let me state that I DO LOVE this franchise, and I really did enjoy the sequels.  Hell, I’ll go on and say that it’s my guilty pleasure of movies that I can’t help but watch.  However, after I saw the 3rd movie I quickly realized that if they don’t end this series soon, then I’m afraid the movies will fall into Saw  territory and they will just get worn out. Sadly for this movie, that is EXACTLY what happened..and then some.

 

Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, the same directors that did PA3, are brought back for this film to being the same magic that brought in the last one.  Not gonna lie, they did being new ways to watch the cameras this time while using the Iphones, MacBooks, and the Xbox Kinect motion lights.  However, other then that, the movie just falls flat.  Literally NOTHING happens in this movie, until the last 15 minutes.  I mean I’m not gonna lie, the tension is still there, but it’s nothing we haven’t seen in the first 3 movies.  You are pretty much used to it by now, and it really does start to get stall after a while.

 

In case your wondering, YES, Katie IS back in all her possessed glory for this sequel.  Personally, I’ve had the biggest crush on her since the first movie, mostly because of those knockers she has.  However, she is only in 5 scenes, and majority of her scenes were just to show all the demonic powers that she has now since Toby the demon has her possessed.  I really didn’t like the way they used her character in this movie, and I was really kind of let down by that.  After 2 prequels and a bunch of flashbacks, they could have done her character A LOT better.

Matter a fact, besides Alex and Ben, there really wasn’t NO character development.  In the first 3 movies, we got a chance to know the entire cast of characters, we even got a chance to get to know the demon a little bit and it’s motives to do what it’s doing.  In this one, we could really give a flying fuck about any of the characters besides the 2 main characters and Robbie.  Plus the logic is just mind blowing, why the FUCK would you agree to watch over someones kid you just BARELY know?  Also there was a scene in this movie where Alex shows her dad footage of a shadowy figure fly across the camera, and the only thing he says is, “That’s awesome!”..smmfh…  I pretty much gave up on the reasons why she was filming all the shit in the first place, because honestly there really was NO reason for her to film.  In the first 3 movies, the characters had legitimate reasons on WHY they were filming, in this one there was no reason at all.  However, when it comes to these Paranormal Activity movies, just throw the logic out the window.

Like I stated earlier, the last 15 minutes is when shit really gets going and the last 5 minutes is when shit REALLY hits the fan.  BUT, that ending really just left more questions to be answered for the next one.  In my opinion, this ending really seemed rushed, you really didn’t get the chance to process all the shit that was happening and before you finally do, the movie abruptly ends.  When the lights came up in the theater, me and my friend just sat there and said, “What the fuck just happened?” The ending left a bad taste in my mouth because the writers and directors did the one thing that shows the biggest sign that they need to wrap things up.  Without spoiling anything, lets just say they jumped the shark.  The tagline for this movie is, “All the activity has lead to this”, that my friends is misleading because all the activity has lead to ANOTHER sequel.

All in all I was really disappointed in this film, and my worst fears for the franchise really did come true.  Hopefully with the next movie that is due out next year (It’s inevitable at this point), hopefully the studio figures out a grand finale for the series that will leave the fans happy.  Recently they started a viral campaign that continues the story and hopefully shows the direction the series is going.  Other then that, I will go on and say that PA4 is the weakest one out of the entire series, and they really do need to wrap it up.

Busby's Review: 2/5

~~Mr. Busby~~

John Cena-You Can't See Me: The Album Revisted

Back in 2005, John Cena became one of the most popular wrestlers in the WWE.  The main reason he became so popular was because of his gimmick.  Dressed in baggy jeans, a throwback jersey, a backwords fitted hat, and a big ass chain. Not only that, but the dude rapped as well, John Cena was a grade A Wigga.  John Cena proclaimed himself the "Doctor of Thuganomics", and he let everybody know that he was about that "Word Life". I mean really you can't get any more wigga then that.

His rhymes weren't really that good, but they really weren't that bad either.  I have to admit the dude was pretty entertaining.  Every time he came out to face his opponent or bust a freestyle during a backstage segment or when he was coming down the entrance ramp, I can't even lie that shit was pretty funny.


Crazy thing about that gimmick was that it was lightweight true to Cena's character.  Coming from Boston, Cena grew up a rap fan. And the E was really smart to have him portray that Wigga charecter and got him over with the fans.  Cena was really over with that gimmick and the fans loved it, including myself.  I mean shit they gave that man his own custom made world title that had the logo spinning.  That was a championship that I bet Lil' Wayne wished he would have came up with.

 So it wasn't surprising that they took the gimmick a little further and had him drop a actually rap album.  Now of course the public, especially the hip-hop community, was going to be skeptical about this shit at first.  I mean shit do we have to remember the HORRIBLE raps from Hogan and the infamous Macho Man rap album?  I mean do they REALLY think that people are going to take a pro wrestler serious when he gets behind the mic booth? Apparently John Cena took the rap shit extremely serious, almost as serious as his wrestling career.  With help from his cousin Trademarc, Cena dropped his debut album (and most likely his only album), You Can't See Me.

Cena got a lot of help from some well known underground producers, including Jake One who produced the first track which is now his well known theme song.



Cena also got help from some well known underground rappers as well, most notably Freddie Foxx, who went with the alias Bumpy Knuckles.  Now THAT was random as hell because I didn't even think he would even think about getting on an album like this.  But he did, and he ripped it, and I hope that he got a pretty good pay check out of it.



Looking back at this album, it is still pretty good for what it is.  I mean if you turned this CD on without looking at the CD cover or knowing who the person was, you would think that this was a decent album.  It's NOT bad by ANY means, production wise it actually knocks on the headphones.  Rapping wise, Cena and Trademarc came with it, especially on tracks like the reminiscing record Right Now and the you-can't-help-but-nod-your-head joint Make It Loud.

Now one of my favorite tracks on this album is Just Another Day, a nice concept record that has Cena and Trademarc rapping about how different their lives are.  With Cena living the celebrity life and Trademarc living the struggling average joe life.  With production from Jake One, this track really showed that Cena was real serious about his rap skills.



Cena even showed off his laid back side and swag for the ladies too with songs like Summer Flings, Running Game, and What Now?  And he even showed off his gangster side with We Didn't Want You To Know the Big L sampled record like Keep Frontin'.  I mean seriously, if you go through this album you would kinda forget that this man is a professional wrestler.  He barely even mentions anything related to his wrestling career, and when he does its just half a bar.  John Cena really showed that he wanted to be taken serious as a emcee.

My favorite verse on this whole album is his last verse on the last track on the album entitled If It All Ended Tomorrow.  That verse really showed Cena's skill on the mic when it comes to story telling and it really showed on this record.

I want y'all to feel the realness, the truth in my words
I been quiet for too long, the truth should be heard
It was a while back, 10:20 in the morn'
Kat showed up on my lawn in the rug-ed uniform
Unexpected, there's a knock on my door
I met this fool in the club, I don' see him before
Open to greet him, but the second he sees me
His eyes buckle, his voice is uneasy
But it's cool, I ain't even catch it at first
I check his shoulder, homie's rockin a purse
Now I know something's tricky, but I'm already sitting down
Homie pipes up, you should hear what he's spitting out
Says I've been sleepin wit his wife
And he ain't the type of Kat to take that shit lightly
I made a move and he told me homie wait
Reached in his purse pulled a chrome 38
He asked me if I'm ready to die
Said he was gonna blow my brains all over the sky
Said he was leaving the country, and he's straight with the passports
Cocked the hammer, I'm thinkin my last thoughts
I'm in a bad way, nothing could save this.
I close my eyes hoping it's painless
Just waiting for the sound, ready to swallow two
But homie having trouble with his follow through
By a miracle, I avoided the chalk ground
Homie's confused, he just wanna be talked down
His wife was sleeping through town and he knew it
Picked me out of a crowd but couldn't do it
we squashed it, and as he's walkin away
I realize life is short so I'm markin the day
Now it's full speed ahead, I'll rest when I'm dead
And I could give a Fuck what the next man said
I live how I wanna live
Buy what I wanna buy
Do what I wanna do
Try What I wanna try
Fear nothing, take chances
Not afraid to fail, always makin advances
So when I ride on the Grim Reaper Highway
No regrets bitch, I did it my way..

 Now is that based on a true story?  Well shit, is Rick Ross really a gangster?  Did Jay-Z really lose 92 bricks? Who knows and who cares, that verse really showed that Cena had skill and if the wrestling shit didn't go his way, he really did lightweight has a career in rap.

When I look back at You Can't See Me, I gained a lot of respect for Cena.  I respected him for not making a mockery of the hip-hop genre, and I respected his courage to actually drop a rap album at the peak of his wrestling career that really could have backfired on him.  The production was on point, and so was his flow.  If he would have continued rapping, I wouldn't be surprised if he crossed over to mainstream and worked with other well known rappers.

7 years later, the John Cena we see now is a shell of his older self.  The wigga in him is dead and gone.  He don't rap no more, and when he does it just comes off as cornier then ever before.  And he is no longer the Doctor of Thuganomics.  Instead he is the leader of the CenaNation that consist of women and kids.  He no longer screams "Word Life!", instead he screams "Hustle, Loyalty, and Respect" whatever the fuck that means.  He is nothing more then a corny ass white boy and cradles more to the kids then to the average wrestling fan.  He pretty much became the modern day Hulk Hogan and it makes me sick to my fucking stomach.  As of right now, I hate his character with a fucking PASSION, and just wished he would just either grow some balls or just go away.  Either way FUCK the 2012 John Cena and ANYBODY that loves him.

 

Instead I'll remember the John Cena that was about that Word Life, the John Cena who felt more comfortable being Marky Mark 2.0.  The John Cena who would rather give somebody the F.U. then to give somebody an "Attitude Adjustment".  The Cena who would rather be respected as a rapper then as a superhero.  The John Cena that would slap the shit our himself if he ever saw him rocking this.  I'll will forever miss that Wigga that had a doctrine in Thuganomics...and this album is the only remnants of the Cena that I knew and loved.

~~Mr. Busby~~

Busby's Random Thoughts...

1. Haven't been on here for a min...was gonna post some reviews for some movies and shit..but some of them weren't even worth reviewing....but I WILL go on to say that THIS SHIT...is one of the best movies of the year..real shit.

2. 2K13 is a good game...I mean honestly its just the same game just with Hova's fingerprints all over it.

3.  As of right now..Nas and Frank Ocean have the best album of the year.  And I have a feeling that Kendrick Lemar is gonna join that club.

4.  Oh yeah...does ANYBODY still listen to THIS album?..

I swear I only bumped this shit ONCE and went back to listening to Basterd.  That album is WAAAY to long and some tracks should have been cut.

5. And I have a feeling Earl's album is gonna be the same shit.

6.  D.O.B (Death To Bloggers)..especially the dick riding ones...

7.  I'll be 25 next month

8. I watched CM Punk's DVD online..and it is by far one of the best WWE DVD's they released.  Real shit...

9. It's nice that Hov brought Brooklyn a basketball team..but let's be real...the Nets aren't gonna be shit....but hey...if they go 0-82 Hov will just think its gravy..

10.  That Hov concert in Brooklyn was epic tho...like all his concerts now...there is NOTHING like being at a Jay-Z concert.  I saw his ass twice (BP3 & WTT) and it was epic in every word possible.  As much as i hate his dickriding fans...Hov is in that class as one of the greatest rappers of all time.

11. This man is still better then him tho..

12. And so is this man..

13. I still find it funny on how sensitive Hov Stans get when someone brings up Ether...and they just REFUSE to remember that THIS happened..but hey..what do I know...

14. This man is still a bitch...fuck him

And I know this is for a good cause and all..but really tho...fuck him...

15.  It's a damn shame that Slaughterhouse flopped..smh

16. Oh yeah I officially got hooked to Once Upon A Time...caught up to the series on Netflix that other day and it is surprisingly good...pretty unique if u ask me.

17. It sucks SOO much monkey dick that I gotta wait a whole year for the last season of Breaking Bad.

18. Fuck Mitt Romney...

19. Obama bitch...

20. That is all...

~~Mr. Busby~~

Cruel Summer: Busby's Review

Cruel Summer was a album that was almost a decade in the making.  Kanye West established G.O.O.D (Getting Out Our Dreams) Music back in 2004.  Just like his big brother Hov, Ye wanted to have his own dynasty of legit MC's that he wanted to call La Famila.  After almost 10 years of adding and dropping artists (so long GLC and good riddance Consequence), Ye finally has his dream team roster that is getting out their dreams.  This year Kanye got the majority of his roster together to form the compilation album Cruel Summer. Just like any other Kanye project, this album was seen as an event and with Kanye's track record, the masses expected greatness.  And with the roster that Kanye has, his main goal was to give you just that, and plus more...

The opening track To The World features the King of R&B and Chicago native R. Kelly.  With his stadium status hook telling people to put their middle fingers up, Kells set the mood for the album.  Kells really killed the hook and for a second I nearly forget Ye was on the song.  Ye's rhymes were decent for what they were, nothing too memorable with the exception of ripping off Rick Ross's hook and reminding us that Mitt Romney don't pay no damn taxes.  Teyana Taylor makes a cameo in the end and really set the mood for the rest of the album. 

With Clique, Big Sean lets it be known that nobody is fucking with the G.O.O.D roster.  Pairing him with The Throne, Big Sean really held his own and showed why he is one of the best rappers in the game right now. The Hit-Boy produced track comes attached with Hov still rapping about that rich nigga life and Ye rapping about his swag and how him and his girlfriend are the UnAmerican Idols.  Even through Big Sean killed it, I'm not gonna lie, but this track sounds like WTT leftover.



Mercy, rather you like it or not, the anthem of the summer.  You couldn't help but like this song, especially Big Sean's opening lines "Drop it to the floor make that ass shake. Whoa! Make the ground move, that's a ass quake!" I'm not going to lie, the song lightweight grew on me since it dropped, I especially grew to appreciate 2 Chainz verse.  However, my favorite verse on that track was Pusha T's verse. It was more of the appetizer for the next track..

Pusha really showed that hunger flow on New God Flow, which is one of the main highlights of the album.  I've loved this song since they released it a few months back and I have always had it on constant repeat.  Before I heard the album version my favorite verse on the song was Kanye's. He showed glimpses of his hunger on College Dropout.  Especially when you heard the thunder clap because Ye was literally taking you to church.

Welcome to Sunday service if you hope to someday serve us
We got green in our eyes, just follow my Erick Sermon
Did Moses not part the water with the cane?
Did strippers not make an arc when I made it rain?
Did Yeezy not get signed by Hov and Dame?
And ran to Jacob and made the new Jesus chains?

 However, on the album version, Ye went out and got Tony Starks himself Ghostface Killah.  Ye used his backbeat to Starks "Mighty Healthy", and along with a interlude that gives you ghoosebumps, Ghostface's verse was the icing on the cake.  I will go on to say that in my opinion New God Flow is one of the best rap records of the year.

  Right after Ghostface's finale verse, the 2nd Wu-Tang member Raekwon the Chief pops up on the following track The Morning.  The Chief, along with a slow bass driving beat produced by Kanye, slows the pace down of the album and just lets the lyrics show their purpose.  This was the song where Ye lets the G.O.O.D roster shine.  Kinda disappointed that Common had a short verse, and was REALLY happy that 2 Chainz had a very tiny verse.  The real person who really shined on this track was Cyhi the Prynce.  You might have remembered him from his verse on So Appalled, and I really don't understand the hate on him.  The dude can really rhyme and he really showed that he does have a good flow and got skills.



Theraflu or Way Too Cold, or Cold, or Cold.1 or whatever the fuck you want to call it is personally one of my favorite records of the year.  It's one of those tracks you just want to bump on ignorant levels and just swag the fuck out.  I'm serious, I can see people just fill out a job appreciation and the only thing they put for experience is "CAN A YOUNG NIGGA GET MONEY ANYMORE?!!?".  Only thing I STILL hate about this song is how it is STILL credited to that little chipmunk nigga DJ Khaled.  ALL that nigga did was say his name..which is all he truly does through out his career...

After the first half of the album the album kinda lightweight goes down hill for a little bit.  The pot head song Higher featuring Pusha T, a hook driven by The Dream, and a surprisingly good verse by Mason Bertha, was kinda average.  Even through the production was good there was something about it that I felt was light weight missing.  The same can be said about Sin City which features Cyhi the Prynce and a spoken word poetry by Malik Yusef.  Production wise it is amazing, but the song as a whole just doesn't connect well with me.

The One features Ye, Big Sean, 2 Chainz and Marsha Ambrosius, and I lightweight fuck with the joint.  Even through I kinda wasn't feeling the hook from Marsha, the song is good for what it is.  Hell, 2 Chainz kinda came correct with which actually surprised me again.  The other 2 stand out tracks on this album to me is the Cudi solo Creepers and the John Legend and Teyana Taylor duet record Bliss.

The final record on this album kind of surprised me.  The record that put Chief Keef on the map, for better or for worse, the I Don't Like (Remix).  I still fuck with this record quite heavily, but to put THIS record as the final track is quite puzzling.  Felt more like a bonus track then a standard issued release for a G.O.O.D Music album.  And as quickly as it began, the album just ends..quite abruptly actually.  This was the downfall of the album that didn't sit well with me, it was too short, like way too short. 

I mean 12 songs can be good if it's a solo album, but THIS is a compilation album, it needs at least needed 2 or 3 more tracks.   I was let down that Mos Def and Q-Tip won't rapping on any of the records.  I was also kinda disappointed that Common was only used on one song on this album and his verse was quite short.  After 6 projects from Kanye, you would expect MORE from him because he'll gave you nothing more then GREATNESS on all the albums he was involved in.

Now don't get me wrong, this is album is NOT bad by ANY means.  Production wise, it's not surprisingly that it is top notch.  When it comes to Kanye West you can only expect top quality production from him, he IS a producer after all.  Everybody on this album served their purpose, shit even 2 Chainz came correct.  That's one thing I like about Kanye, he can make the wackest rapper on the planet sound lightweight decent on his albums, just ask Nicki and Ross.  Other then that the album is above average for what is.  This album is really more of a red carpet roll out for Pusha T, and Big Sean's solo albums due out some time this year or next year.  Other then that, is the album good? yeah....is it G.O.O.D enough? Well only time will tell...

Busby's Review: 3.5/5

~~Mr. Busby~~