The saga continues! Fresh off his European excursion with Double O; Naledge dropped by FSD to share his thoughts on the “New Chicago” T-Shirt debate that exploded here in the comments section over the past week or so.Enough from me, I’ll let Naledge share his thoughts:
Honestly people need to realize that designers (as do all music listeners) have their bias and allegiances to certain artists. Drew from Enstrumental is actually my frat brother and we discussed collaborating so I'm not surprised my group was included on the shirt. From the overwhelming response, I do however, think the shirt is serving its actual purpose: to promote certain artists from Chicago that the designers feel represent the type of creative hip hop spirit that THEY appreciate. Still, these people also happen to be recognized by a lot of major industry people as helping to build the first legitimate "hip hop movement" in the city. All of the artists on the t-shirt have a huge respect for chicago hip hop in general and we work together and collaborate with one another with the thought that we will be more formidable as a collective front. The funny thing about all the comments i happened to see on the message boards of FSD is that cats are assuming that the designers Didn’t have an agenda in exposing artists that they want to see promoted as well as bringing attention to our city. The designers picked people from their OWN SOCIAL SCENE to promote. I'd have called Drew @ Enstrumental personally if I WASN’T on the shirt...lol
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As for where I stand in the city's scene, I don't really bother with it much anymore. Personally, I have been all around the world and I've earned the respect of a lot of people. I have fans all over the world that love the glimpse of Chicago I give them. Whenever I do shows, interviews or freestyles I mention Chicago because - like it or not- it’s where I am from and it is the environment that I owe MY STYLE to. It's just funny that what I do is so much more respected when I'm in London, Los Angeles or New York when I make it for Y'ALL (Chicagoans...lol). What's even funnier is that certain Chicago people feel the need to parade around with a hate campaign on certain local artists rather than just let them do them and you do you in choosing to not listen. The industry sees us all as one scene and the quicker we mobilize, the quicker they will take us seriously…When we hate and act like the city can't be diverse, we limit our potential. This is a big reason that the artists listed on the t-shirt are beginning to make waves - We rep Chicago hard and we all are open to aiding, respecting and collaborating with ANYONE dope in the city...not just people we grew up with...
Long story short, we need Mic terror's view of Chicago just as much as Bump, Yung Berg, Lupe, Cool Kids, Shawnna, Myself, Hollywood, Kanye, Rhymefest, Twista, Kid Sister, Mikkey, Molemen and countless others....I don’t think that I am holier than thou or have the mightiest voice in the GO, but I'll be damned if a motherfucker tells me that I can't rep where I am from if I choose to. Those who don’t like the shirt, should just choose to make their own and promote it or just ignore it if they don't like it. What is soo sad is I (and the other people on that shirt) rep soo hard for Chicago even when its not necessary...(I could probably still be successful without ever selling CD in Chicago again)..if you can't honor my music…you should at least respect my grind......because my success has only risen in the past 2 years when countless people (possibly YOU) counted me and my crew out saying we'd never make it...I think Cool Kids. Mano, Mic, Holt and Timbuktu probably feel some of the same adversity....but now it IS OUR time...so don’t get mad...get your weight up....maybe then a local designer will want you on a t-shirt that reps OUR city....
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I agree with certain points. I agree we have to unify. I don't agree that we have to all be seen as one movement. the south had a movement but they got all kinds of diverse music in there.We can be different. Also, I respect the hipster thing but the cities I go to just don't really get it.I'm always asked by the people I associate with through business,"you like that cool kid thing you got goin in chicago?". I actually respect they grind but I'm not a fan of the music. You have to be real with yourself and realize that pretty much only the white people are eatin it up. But hey, they are the ones that buy albums. People need to lay off.Let these guys do them.We praise mainstream artists like 50 cent or jay z when they put together excellent marketing schemes to reach the people?Why are we hating on our own when they do it?In the end, if your grind is right you can get a movement going too.
YO to the NUPES! Drew, Naledge holla at me.
IVY LEAGUE MUFUCKA!!!
He wasnt saying we should all be one movement. He's saying we should all respect each other's hustle.
"...helping to build the first legitimate "hip hop movement" in the city"
Get the fuck outta here!
"Get the fuck outta here!"
For real Boogz Im with you on that!!!! That is a
goddamn insult....YOU MOTHERFUCKERS HAVE BEEN SLEEP.....Chicago has ALWAYS had one of the most respected underground scenes for YEARS right next to the Minneapolis underground and Detroits underground (shout out Guilty Simpson, Black Milk and Elzhi)!!! FOR YEARS my niggas, you "Johnny come lately" ass niggas was too busy listening to the rest of the world to even know about it. Molemen, Vakill, Juice, Typical Cats, All Natural, Prime, Rhymefest, No ID, Fam Tree, Green Weedz, all of these niggas have been getting exposure and have collaborated with many well known and respected artists, have had national press like XXL and Source the whole gamut....and still are at it. So you brand new niggas who can barely rhyme right eat a dick. Naledge are you serious this nigga is not even a sick spitter...he just happens to be in the game when the real niggas are old flabby and sick or cant get a deal because the south is runnin circles on niggas. These new cats are so funny to me.
"...helping to build the first legitimate "hip hop movement" in the city"
What the fuck dude on chalee....????
I'm so tired of all this ignorant talk about these artists...it's bad enough that we had a gang of people hating on them simply because they don't fit into the category of music/fashion that they like, but now we've got people saying shit like "realize that pretty much only the white people are eatin it up"
Are you serious? Are you that close-minded? People need to wake up and realize that just because their circle isn't feeling it, that doesn't mean everybody as a whole isn't either. We are the third biggest city in the nation, you think every single person feels the same way?
And to the comment saying that these artists don't even know who some of the underground artists are from Chicago that have been doing it for years, that's such a dumb statement IMO. They honor them and get honored by them as well.
I swear we have an inferiority complex in Chicago because we've been overlooked for so long. Now because dudes are coming up that don't fit some people's idea of "real," and they get bitter because it's not them or their camp that made it. If you would just realize that the more Chicago artists get exposure, the more opportunities will present themselves for other kinds or artists to blow.
^^^ Whatever!...when niggaz wear clothes that don't match on purpose.....I'm through. just to speak on the fashion issue...
alota haterz... but its more to chicago than the lames...lol. What can i say...Everbody that aint gettin money is a lame so...but them shirts is lying to people! but.... Fuck erybody.... Elo get well soon! Shout out to Billy The Kid
Fist legitimate scene?!?!?!?
I'm done. Naledge. I'm gonna purposely try to get you robbed. How's that for some hater shit. I can't believe you just said that. I respect the push you got goin for yourselves but to say you all the first to create a movement in the chi is slap in the face to alot of the OG's I call my role models. Fuck outta here.I tried to be mute on this shit and I tried to play the middle but that was some buuuuuullshit.
Sucka ass nigga.Foehead look like the tip of a dick look ass nigga.ole "we are not the same I am a martian" lookin ass nigga.I can't believe you just said that.
to say hip hops first legitimate movement is kinda disrespectful...i hope he was jus sayin how everyone fucks with each other tho. im pretty sure thats what he was sayin. but the thing is...WHY SHOULD I BE COMPELLED TO LIKE SOME OF THESE NIGGAS!? jus cuz they from my city...its not no real beef..like i wanna shoot them..its jus that i dont fuck with it..plain and simple. its good to have ppl doin the all facets of hip hop..its keeps shit competitive and the art constantly building. but to tell me its hating is stupid. can u jus not like somethin...
Chicago dudes so quick to say hatin they and that. nooo nigga an example of hating would be seeing mano or nigel on a moped or some shit and say..."damn they aint even gotta Biturbo exhaust! bum ass niggas!" Thats hating...but saying hey "i personally think he not that good..and i dont fuck wit em..but i respect they grind" is NOT HATING..
YALL WANT PPL TO HATE...like u feed off that..which in itself is very self defeatist..but fuck it im bout to get out of summer class and hit the beach..bye bitches!
Every1 has valid points except for the FUCKING IDIOT who says he's going to rob Naledge. What are you serious? Kill yourself.
What that clown Naledge said about the first legitimate scene is bad, watch what happens to this fag...on life!!!!! goofy ass mark
lmao dont rob naledge son like 5'7'' hahahaha...
please tell u jokin it aint that serious..lol
but forreal tho u gotta be a fool to think chicago will ever be a big time label capital like nyc or la...besides location being off a coast...reality is most the talent has always been panned around those coast..and prolly always will be.
And to the dude who does this blog...
fam in all honesty i think u lame as hell
this aint no fuckin "fiasco" or controversy...GTOFH..a few internet niggas talkin shit thats all.
Gee, thanks!! I am lame!! You win!!
Why would you rob Naledge? Why do that? Dru Ha and Buckshot are doing a good job of it already!!
The biggest problem with the scene here is...these cats aren't always the easiest to work with...some of these cats aren't even personable. And one of them really can't spit. I'm not going to name any names...but I like the Cool Kids, I like Mic Terror...I like Kidz...I like their stuff...but just because I like their stuff, doesn't mean that I have to like everyone they associate with. Sometimes people just have to be normal and understand that you can't like everyone from your city...you can't.
smh
Noone wants to see Naledge(or anyone of them guys) get robbed. You lil niggas is too wreckless. I ain't going to say you e-beefin b/c this is Chicago and all you little bastards is crazy.Just get off that. Ain't no need to mobilize the little hooligans. I'm sure dude ain't mean it like that.Even though thats what he said.
lol.this is funny. people are soo ignorant. what you all dont see is what he is saying is that the media didnt give a flying fuck about our city until we really banded together. there is a new movement of people getting money and you ALL can be a part of it..if you choose.
I think all of this shit is lame and where does Naledge get off saying he started the hip hop movement in chicago. This dude is a lame. Naledge talk big shit but got a baby by the a hoe. Please you fuckin lame learn to control your hoe ass babymomma mouth first. Then maybe you can speak on some real shit. Lame as nigga.
So pretty much you sayin get down or lay down?
You can't be serious.
Ya'll exposin yourselves. LOL! I"m on game now. NOT GOIN THOUGH.
Im not tryin to be down with that fraternity/club/whatever you want to call it.
Get it how ya'll get it but don't think that every chicagoan doin music gotta conform to that shit.
You got the national guard about to invade chicago and all you niggas is talkin bout is a t-shirt. LOL! Simps. Fuck a hipster. When the invading army of state troopers and national guards hit the city these niggas still gonna be posin in they teddy bear sweaters like dude said yesterday.Why is this an issue?Let them do them.Remember Chris Cross.......remember how fast that shit came and went?Clothes can't make timeless music.Our forefathers(twista,traxster,crucial conflict,do or die,etc..... did though.)
We are still searching to recapture that magic.
First off I LOVE chicago hip hop!! :)
Secondly, you all are not very good at reading if you took away that I am unaware that chicago has a hip hop history..lol..Molemen? Memo (korey) is my first cousin!! He gave me my first beat and recorded my first demo!!! People really dont understand that I'm from 73rd and Jeffrey andnot the SUBURBS....These cats talk about backpack music but dont realize I GREW up on the chicago underground scene in hyde park and up north and idolized everything played WHPK when i was in grammar school...(BTW to 'anonymous', Black milk and Guilty Simpson are on MY ALBUM and very good friends of mine.lol)
Vakill, Juice, Fest, Twilite Tone and No ID have either already made records with me or approached me about doing records.
It also is very well documented that I respect all good music in our city. I am also probably the only person in the city who has a song with cool kids, fest, glc, bump J, Lupe, Pugz Atomz and Prime Meridian..It's a shame i even have to point this out...
And robbing me?? damn, thats a sad soul full of hatred to post that on the internet..
Boogz, i happen to really LIKE some of your beats..maybe one day you can overlook my pastelle polos and sell me a beat...you probably dont realize i have beat cds from you already through associates...aint u go to DeLaSalle like me?
AB, Why are they all soo angry?? lol do you guys want rock the bells tickets or something?
"Boogz, i happen to really LIKE some of your beats..maybe one day you can overlook my pastelle polos and sell me a beat "
LOL! he came at boogz like he thirsty! LOL!
Rock the bells?!?!?!? bwwaahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
You really feelin yourself.
I feel you Naledge on what your saying, but on the real that comment was wrong "the first legitimate "hip hop movement" in the city"
I agree on mostly everything else you said and this coming from one of the biggest Chi hip hop heads you'll ever meet
just shouldn't have said that shit lol
This is totally spiraling out of control...first the t-shirt incident, now we responding to someone who's jus responding to the first incident...
BOTTOM LINE....We aint all gotta make the same type of shit, we dont even really have to like each others music...these things would help the "movement" in the long term but the shit aint MANDATORY!
I PERSONALLY feel tho, that if a artist IS FROM the CITY , I support them in whatever instance i can...whether you do it by BUYING A TICKET...lol...DOWNLOADING a song to check out new material, SPREADING the word about a particular artist that you like....WHATEVER YOU DO....
all the hate is exactly that....HATE! if you been here for a while you should be used to it....
Yo Boogz, remember when you pushed ol girl in the pool with all her clothes on LOL? That was some funny shit!!! Euphonics, damn I looked up to yall cats.. Yall always had the baddest broads around. . . Shouts out to my big bro Mac!
My favorite DJ of all time :: Twilite Tone , absolutely CRAZY on the decks
I'm Ivy League, and I absolutely love every part of my city!!!
I'm not a suburban dude turned city kid. . . I'm from here, and I do this... I'm apart of the last official generation that truly was a student of those who came before me...
And, cat's are not. . . . let me repeat ARE NOT hating... they're simply stating that the artist on the shirt don't speak for them... it's cool that they think we're wack... i'm just happy they know us at all... they coulda said "Who the fuc are these dudes!? I've never even heard of them"
"If I don't like it, I don't like it. That don't mean that I'm hatin"
Common :: 6th Sense
I Love My City :: "It's Chi. . . Ca, I Go For"
Oh, and ::
FAWK PROLYFIC LOL. . . . Ol tall, lanky, big ear'd, "love in this club", bowling ass kingpin ass, I wanna go to reno ass lookin boy...
"Tell N***** like Doritos, that's notCHO cheese"
LMAO
This shit is funny. Naledge be humble. You received so many negative responses because your full of yourself.
okay first off ...
from one of the most arrogant motherfuckers around this bitch: naledge IS humble
however i must ask you this question (naledge):
all i really wanna have is a better understanding for what it is that you was saying? i agreed with everything but that one line which seems to have people going ape shit. i just want a better understanding bcuz i know you and where you are from. I expect that from a mic terror, or a cool kids, or a novakane or a agacee because they wasnt there to actually KNOW! i even expect that from a new booty ass "i only rock on cdj's and people who use turntables are wack" ass "hey let's get together and catch up on old times" hip-hop reunion ass jay iLLa....LOL!
however you are FROM them days of the REAL CHICAGO HIP-HOP ERA ... you was at the
-euphonic parties
-the precious parties (even baby precious)
-the 3993/ill nature parties (yup that's us)
- the all city battles where people was ACTUALLY freestyling
- the every tues. and thur. at "the point"
- the nacrobats
- the akc's
- the sak's
- the ywca parties
- spending everyday at the "taste" battlin then walking over to navy pier after 9 to battle some more
- the nineteen hundred south michigan joints (yup i spelled it out)
- going up north to La piazza open mic (timbucks 1st gig, shout out to anacron)
---> YOU was there.
so i'm not mad cuz i think you just said it in a fashion where ppl misunderstood you , cuz i know just from me reading it, i'm kinda scratching my head.
and i'm doing that bcuz ANYONE
from boogz
to tim
to me
to pugz
to prime
to ras
to mano
to the party men eric malone and scratch rock master ERAC himself KNOWS that this ...
what we have now....
is very veRY vERY VERY FAR from the statement you made about being
"first legitimate "hip hop movement" in the city"
and another thing ... boogz naledge from our day. cut him some slack. he put in his dues, he just went away to school.
Prolyfic fuck all of that "REAL CHICAGO ERA HIP-HOP" bullshit that shit aint what this shit is about. This aint about putting in work, thats what the problem with Chicago niggas is, they have some fantasy or romantic viewpoint about what this shit is. Who cares if you niggas was jaggin off at the Point and went to such and such party...that shit is NOT what hip-hop is really about ITS about skill and entertainment and thats it, although you niggas participated in all of that shit does not give you a pass, cuz I know niggas in the suburbs that can make beats better than you and rhyme 30 times better than Naledge....for real!!!Y'all niggas act like because you done a little something in the industry that you niggas are elite ALL of you all including you Prolyfic are a fuckin joke!!! Me I grew up in NY and Chi and I grew up on this shit, The Tunnel, The Muse, I know Nas, Cormega, Lakey, Ill Will, MC Shan, Screwball, Marley Marl all of them niggas, Prodigy when he lived in Hempstead I rocked with MC Serch, Pete Nice, KMD, (MF Doom to all young heads) so you cant get anymore hip-hop than that, my point is that shit dont matter cuz niggas need to stop with that elitist shit....STOP trying to make yourself better than the next man and do some good music...and who cares if you did a track on some signed rappers album...in New York all kinda niggas have been in and out of the music industry- producers and rappers and end up working at K-Mart and shit..so until you pushin a 745 and got 7 figures in the bank and your kids kids are straight shut the fuck up, because you are NOWHERE!!!I know niggas in NY that have had deal, after deal and been on magazine covers and are fuckin broke today, if it dont make dollars it dont make fuckin sense...so just chill with that elitist shit.
yo i'm not a MC i break and still do! and just so you know mic terror ain't one of them new booty niggas he was with me, hollywood, ethan, duane and mano fucking niggas up on the battle tip.
ask pugz he was on thT FREESTYLE SHIT AT NACRO RADIO SHOW!! WHBK, SCRIBBLE JAM IN CINCY, BREAKLANTA city vs, city brick headz underground battles we was reppin all that from 99 until!!! get your shit right pro!
"what we have now...."
Prolyfic what exactly do you have now?? Im lost! You niggas are all broke!!Nobody outside of here even gives a shit about none of you niggas
"mic terror ain't one of them new booty niggas he was with me, hollywood, ethan, duane and mano fucking niggas up on the battle tip."
Who cares all of these niggas is broke do you HEAR me these niggas dont push hot whips....they are broke LMAO...who cares.
WHY ARE CHICAGO NIGGAS SO FUCKIN ARROGANT AND COCKY FOR NO FUCKIN REASON!!!!
"all kinda niggas have been in and out of the music industry- producers and rappers and end up working at K-Mart and shit..so until you pushin a 745 and got 7 figures in the bank and your kids kids are straight shut the fuck up"
AMEN
"he put in his dues, he just went away to school."
SHUT your fuckin mouth....in other words "he's ok he's one of us, the ELITE"
Go smack yourself RIGHT FUCKIN NOW!!!
EGO EGO EGO EGO EGO EGO EGO EGO EGO EGO EGO EGO EGO EGO EGO EGO EGO EGO EGO EGO
Niggas are a fuckin joke and dont even know it.
Listen up. Its Agacee from Ivy League - Gov name: Carl. I've been involved in this so-called hip-hop scene before people knew I rhymed. I used to tag 28 Stony, 71st, (Went to war with BUC by myself when they stole my tag "REPEL," Went to Chi-Rock Meetings, the Point, EUP parties, Jack & Jill, Precious, Kendwood homecomings, 3993, all of that stuff. Also the hood shit too, like Dolton Expo, 50 Yardline college night back in 98-2000. All the above.
You niggas posting Anonymous that are talking "tough" and "gangster" can ALL Choke. THat's LAME. You're gonna rob Nalege? LOSER. Everybody wanna be a goon squad member. You niggas probably became thugs in COLLEGE. What I like to call TOLL WAY THUGS = Turn ya hat soon as you pay that last toll (NIU Stand up)
Ivy League is FAR from hipsters. I myself have been apart of this scene for many years in some capacity, incase some of you guys don't know.
Bottom line, Chicago's never really had a strong hip-hop movement from a National standpoint. Not even now. ONLY Kanye in real life. Not even Lupe. So, yall can wine about the past niggas that had a "movement" or hate on today's "movement" but until we're recognized Nationally, everyone is on the SAME level.
Its a MILLION people in the city who haven't heard of us, Naledge, Mano, Vakill, Molemen, Juice, Rhymefest, whoever else you wanna name. Its fact. Ask the average teenager who anyone of these artist are, and no one would know. They're more concerned with Lil Wayne. HE has a movement. WHat Houston did was a movement, and what MIAMI is doing NOW is a movement!!
We all need to grind in this city. If you're from the south side, everyone on the West side should know your music and vice versa.
In close, KICK rocks with no shoes on!!
Listen up. Its Agacee from Ivy League - Gov name: Carl. I've been involved in this so-called hip-hop scene before people knew I rhymed. I used to tag 28 Stony, 71st, (Went to war with BUC by myself when they stole my tag "REPEL," Went to Chi-Rock Meetings, the Point, EUP parties, Jack & Jill, Precious, Kendwood homecomings, 3993, all of that stuff. Also the hood shit too, like Dolton Expo, 50 Yardline college night back in 98-2000. All the above.
You niggas posting Anonymous that are talking "tough" and "gangster" can ALL Choke. THat's LAME. You're gonna rob Nalege? LOSER. Everybody wanna be a goon squad member. You niggas probably became thugs in COLLEGE. What I like to call TOLL WAY THUGS = Turn ya hat soon as you pay that last toll (NIU Stand up)
Ivy League is FAR from hipsters. I myself have been apart of this scene for many years in some capacity, incase some of you guys don't know.
Bottom line, Chicago's never really had a strong hip-hop movement from a National standpoint. Not even now. ONLY Kanye in real life. Not even Lupe. So, yall can wine about the past niggas that had a "movement" or hate on today's "movement" but until we're recognized Nationally, everyone is on the SAME level.
Its a MILLION people in the city who haven't heard of us, Naledge, Mano, Vakill, Molemen, Juice, Rhymefest, whoever else you wanna name. Its fact. Ask the average teenager who anyone of these artist are, and no one would know. They're more concerned with Lil Wayne. HE has a movement. WHat Houston did was a movement, and what MIAMI is doing NOW is a movement!!
We all need to grind in this city. If you're from the south side, everyone on the West side should know your music and vice versa.
In close, KICK rocks with no shoes on!!
...ummm...its just a shirt...can we just leave it at that...
Naledge...I aint a hater but can I get some Rock The Bells tickets! lol
Where was I when all this shit was talked about? lol
How can a nigga diss the person who post the blogs? WOW! That's amazing especially when you visit his blog.
Everybody posting can you stop hiding behind that anonymous shit! It's starting to make me think cats are scared to say who they are.
u guys are fags!! it's just a t-shirt make your own...fuck'n monkey's can't act...
yea...um this convo lost respect a loooonggg time ago due to threats being made over the internet and dissing niggas just because they refuse to match their apparel.
"why would a real nigga care about what another nigga wear?"
FUCK EVERYBODY!!!!
Agacee shut the fuck up. That anonomous shit is your only defense.You already know what it is. Real niggas lurk under the protection of night. So when you got......you got.
Lame.
"You niggas probably became thugs in COLLEGE"
I never knew their was an age limit to becoming a rebel. what is it? Like 17 or something.
Im laughing at niggas thas transports talkin down about a "Chicago Nigga" conversation and tellin us our story aint valid...BUT immediately after starts blabbin his own story about who the fuck he kicked it wit and saw comin up in his hometown...shit is ridiculous...
see thas the problem...this "internet" movement thas goin on right now is exposin the underground of chicago hip-hop to the rest of the country AND world...so niggas who aint from here is judgin and makin assumptions about "whats really goin on" HERE...and we carin about what the fuck " THEY" got to say....got us turnin on each other...
OH and FUCK that ANONYMOUS SHIT...Chicago Stand Up...
theres no reason to post my name cuz no one knows me anyway :(
but anyway that ugly ass nigga mike 100s need to shut the fuck up..this nigga who does the blog created some extra bullshit controversy...nobody cares about "boardroom"...niggas prolly never been in a boardroom b4 or IVY LEAGUE...riiiight a bunch of niggas who went to NIU..lmao! ol 3rd tier school lookin ass niggas...i cant wait to get back ffrom school in atlanta next week i really wanna see if yall niggas talk that shit in person.
Delano Boyle
5444 South Calumet COME SEE ME!
Damn...now a nigga aint shit cuz he ONLY went to NIU...
Delano Boyle
5444 South Calumet COME SEE ME!
^^^^
Now how is that for being anonymous...the nigga called out a nigga by his name while insulting him; gave his address and Government name-then said "come see me" emphatically
LMAO now thats gangsta!!!!
Mikey dont even sweat that just do you and keep makin music!! Boardroom stand up!!!
Tony Baines keep it poppin...Vic Lloyd stay stylin' on the world as normal!!
Delano relax man it aint that serious!
If you haven't heard of them before, then how do you know what school they went to? Just a question....
When are chicago artist, producers, etc. gonna start supportin one another? SIMPLY off the strength that they're from Chicago?
ESPECIALLY the ones dope with the beats & rhymes, and not "strictly" fashion or your record label or distribution situation. Chicago artist shouldn't have to bounce to Cali or NY to blow - we should be able to go downtown and have majors - and if not, niggas still should band together.
If you HATE all the artist on those t-shirts, so be it, but there's a correlating factor between all of them. They're not all in a "click" per se, but they all work together. And if one groups grind is consistent and that group makes it, quite naturally everyone else they closely work with comes up aslo. Now if EVERYONES grind in on point (in that tight circle) - everyone is going to blow!
Now just using those artist on the tee as an example...Chicago would have the industry locked up if it banded together - like atlanta did!
but we got way better shit...but fuck! what do i know!
btw
Download the Stop Arguing EP
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sensitive thugs u all need hugs...lol... this shit is still goin on... im not feelin ivy leagues comments rite now... if u asked anybody on that shirt are they a hipster they'll say noooo!....hipster means a person who stays up to date on the latest fashion and music trends... so yes my fans for the most part are hipsters... sooo!... look at jeezy and wayne their jeans are snug now! jeezy wears crooks and castles and other street wear brands so does bun b and t.i. they just up to date on they fashion tip... if i put on sum sunglasses and turned my hat back... u wouldnt be able to tell the difference between me and jeezy wardrobe....but hipster is a label the media gave us.... and IVY LEAGUE yall not hipsters and if u feel like the rest of us are... take yo self off the shirt then... and chill wit all this im from the city not the suburbs shit! yeah im from riverdale and i rep! and my Riverdale and Harvey niggas can match THUGTASTICNESS...lol wit the best of em...SOOOOOOO WHAT!... i'll remember that yall aint nuthin like the rest of us "Hipsters" when the next oppurtunity arises
HiiiiOOOOO!!!
A bunch of corny ass dudes making simple rhymes and simple beats for simple ass white people. Thats the easiest shit to do in the world. Stop actin like they actually grinding, that shit they doin aint hard. If I start wearing tight pants tomorrow and make abc rhymes and toy keyboard beats, all the white kids playing with momma and daddy money would love me too & I would be a sensation at shows and on the internet. Get these gay fucks outta here.I think i'm moving to NY cause this chi movement is too gay for me right now.
OH YEAH AND FUCK YOU OLD NIGGAS WIT YALL OLD ASS PARTIES AND B-BOY GATHERINGS....lol NIGGAS THAT DWELL IN THE PAST FALL OFF... i hear the dude Rashad... im still grindin to get that 745 and make sure my kids kids is straight... and im damn close so FUCK YO VALIDITY PASS!
Quick clarification: MIC TERROR I/WE are saying there is ANYTHING wrong with being a hipster. I'm simply stating I'm not one (by media/blog definition. hahaha) If you read any of the previous comments I made, I said I rocked HEAVY with everyone on the shirt. But just because I am not something doesnt mean I'm saying its wrong with being said something. I'm not short, I'm not Puerto Rican, I'm not deaf, I'm not hungry, etc. But if you are any of those its all good. Just wanted to throw that out there because I handle issues like a real man as opposed to letting things get outta hand (ie: these postings over a shirt). So simmer down young fella, we on your side. LOL!
IVY LEAGUE MUFUCKA!!!
OH and Delano..... I honor you putting your name up. That was cute..... LAME
When is this gonna be over....LOL
AGAIN...Mild Sauce Records??? YOU DOWN???
this is corny.
Mike T, please cool out! Sir, I don't think really anyone on the shirt is a hipster. Your definition of hipster may be what it is, but the one that most people use to diss the artists including you on the shirt is "tight pants gay niggas" are YOU that? NO, so that's who I'm addressing when I say WE are not hipsters. Wearing dope sneakers don't make you a hipster, or none of that other nonsense. And of course, Riverdale, and Harvey is more hood than a lot of the city areas, no one cares. TOo many people are getting merked these days PERIOD. Mike, WE (Ivy League) have done shows with EVERYONE on the shirt, so guess WHAT, I'm not dissing YALL. Did you read? Calm down dude. I'm dissing the CLOWNS hatin on the shirt. You don't like THOSE comments? Get real. I show you MUCH respect at every show you do. I've seen you battle YEARS ago. Nobody is frontin on YOU or Mano, Naledge, Holt, Boardroom, Buk, or the Cool Kidz. I like everybody for the most part, just haven't met the Cool Kids yet.
That's what it is. Oh, an Delano, you ARE LAME. Sensitive thugz yall all need hugs.
Oh, and no there isn't an age requirement to be a thug, but I'm speaking on guys who go down to lilly white college towns, and become Larry Hoover, or Jeff Fort overnight, when they could barely go outside back home, and got allowance everyweek, and there parents (both of them) chipped in to purchase them a car, and they live in nice houses, been middle class ALL their lives, but all of a sudden are TOUGH when they get to school, but have NO credibility back home and probably chose to be GD, because thats the EASIEST gang to say you're affiliated with, with the easiest handshake that they learned from looking out the window and having a cousin that was "hard" but didn't get jumped in, never received a violation, don't know lit, law, or whatever. Never went to sessions, STOP LYING!!!
(I said all of that which has NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING) I think I'm going MAD
lol
ON CHIEF!!!! LOOKIN ASS
2be honest you all sound dumb as fuck! Both artist is on the shirts but arguring with each other,that's funny! What kind've "UNITY" is that? Ya'll some lames,4real!
So it clearly shows that you'll were just threw on some shirts,because evidentally you'll dont even like eachother! lol
That's so FUNNY!
It's folks pissed about those "WACK" as shirts! N you'll on here arguring with eachother!
Ya'll wack as fuck!
Ivy League,just because you'll been on MTV don't mean shit! That ain't SHIT!Anybody can do that! lol.. Sean Mac be on BET every month! lol..It states clearly that ur talent didnt get you all on MTV. I THINK YOU'LL R GARBAGE!
Jay Illa,they didn't even put you on the SHIRT! That's boogish as fuck.That should let you know how them Nicca's feel about ya!You know why Timbuck on the shirt???? lol
Jay Illa,I think ur a lil talented! Just a lil ,but if u r going 2bring ur lady out with u,she should look like a lady sometimes!Ya'll dress alike! lol
Boardroom,Mike ur flow is crazy! U can ditch the rest,you're HOT alone!They need you,you dont need them! lol
THE SHIRT SHOULD'VE SAID "MIKE 100'S"!!
Tony Baines!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol
U r the WACKEST ever,it's bout time 2hang PRODUCING up!You keep giving the same artists (Boardroom,Project Mayheim & Ivy League)the same style of BEATS! That's wack! Get some skills Nicca and make some money! lol
It's time 2 upgrade,do you need new equipment? lol
Jeff Jones who are you? lol
Vick?"Pro-Active"
You'll are so wack!
Cool Kids & Kidz in the Hall-Congratulations!!!! That's what's up! Much success to you all..BUT Naledge,why did you respond 2the ignorance of people.You showed immaturity!You supposed to be BIGGER AND BETTER THAN THAT!
Mano & Hollywood Holt- These Nicca's are some lames,4real!GET OFF THIS SHIRT,YOU'LL DON'T BELONG ON THIS SHIRT! LOL
Timbuck 2?Do u really support Chgo? U are on WGCI,what the fuck are you doing for the Chgo Artist? U don't support shit,FUCK YOU! All you play is the fag music,play everybody shit! You supposed to be off the chain,PLAY SOME ARTIST SHIT!Everywhere you go,don't just play that shit on air 1time,play that shit @da clubs as well. Chgo got some HOT music,you just such a FUCKEN FAG!U play ALL FAG music!U supposed to be like DJ Khaleed and start a movement.U don't do shit 4the movement here & you are on the airwaves.YOU DON'T DESERVE 2BE ON THE SHIRT!
Where's ur mixtape?
Folks fucks with you but you are such a selfish lame!
N Prolific(whatever),you tripping 4even talking about somebody! What the fuck have you done lately and who have you worked with here in Chgo? Lupe was in what year?????Come with it Nicca! How the fuck can you even talk about somebody?Go make a beat with ur ugly ass! lol
Bottom line,those shirts could be HOT if some names was added and taken off! Nice idea and nice concept but some of the artist is assholes,wack and selfish!It could've been a good promotional stunt but the artists are wack and weak!
What happened to Project Mayheim?!lol
Andrew this was a GREAT IDEA!
LOL, this nigga just WENT IN....and I aint even mad at him.
TANK YOU! LOL
WOW! SIMPLY WOW! THE UNDERGROUND NIGGAS IS BEEFIN WITH THE PRODUCERS, ARTISTS WITH EACH OTHER AND EVERYBODY GOTTA BIG MOUTH. WE REALLY DO HATE EACH OTHER. WE REALLY ARE THE CITY OF HATE. WOW! NALEDGE, YOUR STATEMENT ABOUT A MOVEMENT IS TRUE ITS JUST THAT EVERYBODY DOES NOT ACCEPT IT AND IT HAS NOT SOLD TO PEOPLE. THE CITY IS SPLINTERED WITH NO DIRECTION, NO MOVERS AND SHAKERS, AND NO ONE WHO CARES TO MAKE IT HAPPEN FOR THE CITY. I DO NOT SEE NIGGAS MIXTAPES, I DO NOT SEE PEOPLE COME OUT TO THE CLUBS UNLESS ITS THEY OWN CLIQUE THROWING SOME SHIT. LETS BE REAL, COMMON HAD TO LEAVE TO GET ON AND GET BACK ON AND RESURFACE, KANYE HAD TO LEAVE, BERG LEFT, HOTSTYLES GOT DISCOVERED BY A DJ AT BLUE FLAME STRIP CLUB IN ATL WHO GAVE THE RECORD TO JOC WHO THEN PEEPED ON YOUTUBE. BUMP SIGNED AND GOT DROPPED THAT WAS A SIGN FROM THE JUMP OF HOW THE CITY IS. LUPE GOT ON THE WAY HE DID BECAUSE OF HIS PARTNERS AFFILIATION AND YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENED. YOU KNOW THE CITY HAS THIS CLICQUISH MENTALITY AND NO ONE FROM THAT HAS BEEN ABLE TO RISE OUT BECAUSE WE HAVE NO "BUSINESS(CEO-DAME DASH, PUFFY, SUGE, J PRINCE, JASON GETER) WHO WANTS TO FILL THAT ROLE AND TAKE IT TO THE MAJORS TO CAPITILIZE. THAT IS THE CENTRAL PROBLEM. RADIO DOES NOT EMBRACE AND IF THEY DO ITS ABOUT MONEY, SERIOUS MONEY THAT NO ONE HAS. YOU RAPPERS AND PRODUCERS WHO I SEE ON THE SCENE DO NOT CREATE YOURSELF AS A BRAND. YOU DONT. I SEE NO SHIRTS, NO POSTERS, ON A REGULAR BASIS, NO MIXTPAES AT THE CLUBS, NOTHING. WE ARE SO FAR BEHIND THE OTHER CITIES ITS A JOKE. AND NIGGAS KNOW WHAT THE FUCK I AM TALKING ABOUT. WE DO NOT SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER AT ALL AND WILL NEVER HAVE UNITY. TOO MANY OF YOU NIGGAS HOLD ON TO YESTERYEAR AND WAY BACK WHEN. YOU ALSO LIKE NEVER WAS, AND TO MANY NEVER CAN'T NIGGAS WHO CANNOT RAP WORTH SHIT AND COULD NOT COMPETE IN SONG MAKING AGAINST THE ARTISTS. YALL NIGGAS DONT CREATE MOVEMENTS. YALL CREATE CLIQUES. SO WITH BEING SAID, WORK TOGETHER. I KNOW MY MOVEMENT IS GAINING AND BUILDING DAY BY DAY, YEAR BY YEAR, AND IT WILL BBE RECOGNIZED AS SUCH. INFINITE HUSTLE ENT. "GET BEHIND US OR GET BEHIND US" DUTCH DINERO, HYMALAYA, SHABAZZ(CEO, NO RAPPING)
And who are you?! lol R u on the shirt? lol
N I'm Da Shitter!
Boardroom? Do u deserve to be on the shirt? What have you'll done? SHIT! You'll on the shirt because of LEADERS! Ya'll ain't on shit! Mike 100's holding the group down!!!!
Da Shitter
Infinite Hustle Ent..(you'll need new artists)
I see you'll promoting V.I.C. for dat promoter Donski..
Who cares 2pay 2perform for VIC.That's a rip off scheme!!lol
No one pays to perform anymore,if anything he should be paying the artist to perform!lol
Who still pay 2perform? Dats wack!!! lol
Everyone knows that the artists bring out folks and thats how the promoter makes his money!Especially when a Nat'l Artist is involved! lol
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KUDOS TO BOSSFRESH...REAL SHIT.
*WONDERS WHY NO I.D. SPENDS HIS TIME IN ATL*
BOSSFRESH,
We know we don't support each other.
We figured that out when 2of the guys on the shirt was arguring with each other.
Where's the UNITY! Chicago has none!
We are beefing over a plain black ass shirt!
HOW GAY IS DAT??!!
N,Hotstylz wack as hell 2.
They lucked up,that's all.
But I wont knock their luck..
But didn't they leave 2 of their members behind?
That's not cool!
THEY LEFT 2OF THEIR MEMBERS!
Let's see how their next single do! lol
How long will Joc save them? lol
By the way,wasn't they chasing Hot 2Def around! lol
Nah He aint on the shirt but when fam hit the club he spent his on money on his shirts representin his team...u did all that reading for nothing...get in these clubs talk to these females network with each other im a youngin in most minds but i got the brains talent and resolve to get on...every movement has to start somewhere and when people understand that the chi will become a powerhouse with niggas tryna get condos in the trump...i dont get down wit the hipster music but if it catch my ears i will listen to it...shouts to que billah and b fat... boogz fuck wit me...my only gripe about the hipster movement is the way they expect for others to fuck with them but they dont fuck with the other dozen real movements thats goin on thru the city and in my opinion they dont embrace others thats where my conflict is...if its money to be had lets get it just know that chicago is a city that can take over niggas just gotta stop being crabs
i hate fuck boys who talk shit anonymous...im elite my dude but u entitled to your opinion
Everybody,lets start a movement and wear Barack Shirts!
Those shirts will be hot and won't start no controversy!
Chicago,lets stand up and support our 1st BLACK PRESIDENT!
FAM, AND THIS GOES OUT TO THE "THROW ROCKS WHILE HIDING HANDS" DUDES POSTING, I AM OUT EVERY NITE. I GOT THE BEST TWO EMERGING YOUNG ARTISTS IN THE CITY WHO ARE KNOWN WITH EVERY IN AND OUTTA THE CITY. THIS IS NO BLOCK LABEL SHIT, OR SOME RANDOM I GOTTA THIS GOING ON TYPE SHIT. ITS REAL OVER HEAR. I AM THE NEXT RUSSELL, THE NEXT PUFFY, THE NEXT DAME(THE ROC HAS NOT BEEN THE SAME SINCE THE FALLOUT, SIDENOTE)I SEE U NIGGAS EVERYWHERE BUT THEN AGAIN A LOTTA NIGGAS STAY HIDDEN AND DONT GO OUT. AS FAR AS ME PROMOTING THAT CONCERT FAM, ITS PRETTY MUCH WHAT IT IS. WE ARE OPENING ACT BUT ITS A RESUME BUILDER AS WELL AS EXPOSURE WHILE YOU STAY TUCKED IN CUT WITH YOUR PHLI SHIRT AND LOOKING LIKE WEEZY WITH YOUR CLICQUE, AND FURTHERMORE ITS OUR TYPE OF CROWD AND NOT SOME 48 BAR RAP NIGGAS TALKING ABOUT NOTHING OR FREE THE EARTH. I HAD AN EVENT EARLIER THIS WEEK AND WE HAD A GOOD TURNOUT BUT NONE OF YALL CLICK TYPE NIGGAS SHOWED UP TO SUPPORT THE ARTISTS THAT WERE ON THE BILL. SO WHERE IS YOUR HEAD. AND IF YOU WANNA CHECK MY FILE, "BACK IN MARCH I WORE A SHIRT THAT SAID THE NEW CHICAGO, THE NEW MIDWEST AND I HAD NIGGAS NAMES ON THERE AND NOW SOME OTHER NIGGAS COME UP WITH A SHIRT" YOU FIGURE IT OUT. THE ONE NIGGA WHO SAW ME WITH THAT SHIRT AT AN INDUSTRY FUNCTION WAS LIKE I LIKE THAT AND HE IS PART OF THE GOOD MUSIC/HUSTLE THINGY. I DO WORK. YALL NIGGAS WAITING ON A REACHBACK FROM THEM YEASTERYEAR NIGGAS. I STAY PROMOTING, I STAY MAKING MOVES, ISTAY BUILDING THE FUTURE. I TOLD YALL RAPPERS BRING ME IN YOUR STUDIO SESSION YALL HAVE A HIT RECORD AND IMAGE THAT WILL SELL.
i retract my statement "my only gripe about the hipster movement is the way they expect for others to fuck with them but they dont fuck with the other dozen real movements thats goin on thru the city and in my opinion they dont embrace others thats where my conflict is"...this is a problem thru out the city if niggas a learn better we'd earn better...pay attention cause the FLORIDA and ATLANTA MOVEMENTS weren't flukes nigga sat down made a plan and got on there grind...i will be the first to say and this coming from a 21 year old... I WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH ANY AND EVERY ARTIST/PRODUCER/DJ/PROMOTER/CLOTHING DESIGNER/etc., cause thats what its gon take to get chicago on the level of NY LA ATL AND MIA...instead of sending the money out of state lets keep the money here...and thats food for thought
AND ALSO THE NIGGAS ON THE SHOW BILL ARE HOT MANURE OTHER THAN DUTCH DINERO, HYMALAYA, QUE BILLAH, AND JDP
and to show u how fake niggas is when i was 13 i was submitting tracks to the go gettas...im 13 wit kanye sittin in my crib on my momma new white leather couch wit a nice gold rolex... or i knew really doe real name warren when he was the district manager for the lark and when glc was tryna pull bitches at the lark now niggas see a nigga grown up and act brand new...but that made me stronger and now GLC and REALLY DOE are GLC and REALLY DOE....SWIPE MY CARD...Clap yo Hands...the nigga who made the haterville beat i use to design shirts wit... if bleek couldnt get from under jay who think they bout to get from under Ye...damn youngn
Bossfresh? A resume builder? U performing @ Sub T with a 18 and older crowd and a wack promoter is not a resume builder.lol
Dat's a money scheme and Chgo artist is so thirsty that they'll do any and everything! Don't nobody care about V.I.C. and about you performing for him! Chgo so thirsty!!!
U selling how many tickets?20 or 30???
U paid for the artist to come!!Dat ain't no resume builder,that's a scheme and u stupid enough to fall 4 it! Actually 20 artist fell 4 it! WOW!
U couldn't pay us to perform @ that bullshit..The promoter wouldn't ask us 2perform at that shit! lol
They know who to get!!!
U CANT SHIT NOR TALK ABOUT GLC!
Da shitter
PSA
I'm glad everyone that so called hates The Boardroom are spendin at least the 5 minutes it takes type up your comments thinkin' about us. Let's us know that we on your mind.
This shits been goin' on for over a week. I love it.
And anyone who thinks any of us is garbage, do a song about it, diss us and post it. Lets see what YOU got, homie.
Matta fact
http://www. zshare. net/download/15606935165e30a9/
boom, here's somethin' to go off of
aight ivy league... its all good... thanx for the clarification of ya statements.... anyways YO PROLYFIC! check this link out i think this song is a bout u http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6-wu7cDo9o
hahahaha i know im petty as hell... oh yeah and FUCK UNITY!!! survival of the fittest..lol
HiiiOOOOO!!!
Jeff Jones??? Who are you again? lol
Oh yeah,that's right.U r apart of Boardroom!
I'm bout 2check dat shit out NIcca and see what ya'll on!!!
If I don't like it,I'll hit ya right back on it....
Do that.
And who are YOU again?
oh yeah...your ANONYMOUS
first i aint talkin down on neither one of them niggas like i said i will work wit any and every my point is niggas dont reach back but so far and that has gotten us no where
Hey Jeff
I guess you'll are going to make a dance to Money Maker!lol
I'm so sick of Tony Baines.. He's wack!
The quality and sound could be hella better and why does Mike 100s kick off majority of the songs?!
I just don't know about u guys...
Tony Baines beats sound so much alike.It's alright to switch the styles up a bit!Just keep it dope and fresh!
Straight Up is cool
Dinero,what are you talking about and who are you talking about? lmao
Thanx for the opinion
Those are all ruff mix and the money makers is a joke song...no dance.
CHURCH!
And Tony Baines is FAR from wack, but thats your opinion...
Man Dat Nicca music sounds all the Fucken same..
Let's take a donation 4 TONY BAINE'S NEW EQUIPMENT!
He gotta get better..We tired of hearing that same bullshit! Dat shit only last 4 so long!!! Prolyfic ain't had shit out since Lupe left him(lol),Boardroom needs 2hit him up! Prolyfic bought need the money w/his ugly azz!! lol
But 4real Tony Baines cool and all but that Nicca music all sound the same.I can pop in Boardroom,Mayheim and Ivy League and everybody shit sound damn near the same or similar!
TONY BAINES DONATIONS!!!!!!!!!
Everybody from now on,PAY TONY BAINES!!!
He will NO LONGER DO FREE BEATS!
He needs new equipment 4 a better and different SOUND!
Upgrade Nicca!
Da Shitter