“I’m an ex-con, I’m a vagabond, I’m the president’s pawn in a chess game and if you look a little closer…man it’s you too..” – David Banner, “X-Ed”.

My first introduction to David Banner was the song “Like a Pimp”. I was intrigued by Banner not only because the aforementioned track was so sonically powerful but also he happened to be from Jackson, Mississippi. I was curious to see what would be on the mind of anyone living in that oppressed, racist, gang-ridden state. And as you watched the video to “Like a Pimp” you saw right off the bat the KKK imagery mingled in with defiant images of black power. It became apparent that below the surface of Banner’s pimpology was a strong desire for him to also sneak in his critiques on American’s racist power structure.

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“No more Ms Nice Bi**h, ni**az done flipped the script and got on some shiest s**t, selling their souls when love is priceless, they kicked me when I was down and stuck in a crisis, I kept it all in and now I’m about to erupt..” – Lil Kim, “Slippin”.

“I’m going to jail for a year. Does that make sense?” Lil Kim asks. “You’ve got people convicted for gun charges that don’t do a day..”. Obviously frustrated on her situation, Lil Kim blasts the justice system. A system she swears is out to lock up as many hiphop stars as possible.

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“I’m ahead of my time, sometimes years out…So the powers that be won’t let me get my ideas out…” – Kanye West, “Gone”.

“George Bush does not care about black people.” This is the Kanye West comment made on live national TV (later censored out on the West Coast broadcast) during a Hurricane Katrina benefit relief telethon that I heard one late morning as I was waking up from another drunken Friday night in yet another foreign country in the comforts of yet another luxury hotel.

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“You ni$$az just write, I recollect….” – Young Jeezy,”Thug Motivation 101″.

Young Jeezy in da house…”That’s Right!!!!!”. Straight out of ATL is Young Jeezy (aka “The Snowman”) here to give us the very surprising LET’S GET IT: THUG MOTIVATION 101. Right now in Georgia you won’t here much else besides Young Jeezy. While I’m sure a few folks are still playing that T.I., Young Jeezy has pretty much taken over ATL, GA and soon the rap world. Once in a while a hiphop album comes out that just catches you off guard cause you buy it having low expectations but instead you get some of the best quality hiphop you’ve bought in ages.

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