02 Dec
”I Didn’t Even Know He Cared That Much”
6:00AM ET November 18th, 2011
Contributor : Stephen Willis
A Rocky Williform Company
Rapper Big Sean is addressing the buzz surrounding Ludacris’ “Badaboom” track, which supposedly disses Sean and fellow rap star Drake. Sean tried to downplay the dispute between he and Ludacris over who originated what Sean dubbed the ‘Supa Dupa’ flow.
“Ya’ll sure [the song] is about me? ‘Cause I didn’t hear no name or nothing, ” he said. “I ain’t got no problems with Luda, I never did. I think he’s referring to an interview I did over a year ago. Literally over a year ago. But in the interview I said he’s a legend. I respect people who is ahead of me. I respect OGs and the Gs in general. The only thing I said–[the interviewers] was telling me about the “Supa Dupa” flow. They call it the Supa Dupa flow because on Big Sean my second mixtape I had a flow on there where I was using one word to describe another word in a punchline form.”
“I feel like Drake made it more popular on the song ‘Forever.’ A lot of people thought Drake made that up and this was new, and Drake was like, ‘I could trace that back to Big Sean actually on his mixtape. That’s where I first heard it. I think that’s where a lot of emcees got it from,’” he continued. “That’s what Drake said. So people was telling me, ‘This is your flow.’ And I’m like, ‘Alright.’”
“I’m pretty sure it was done before [Luda] but I’m just saying where it came from now,” Sean added. “We talkin’ about now…I’m not trying to debate and say, ‘I was the first to do this ever.’ I’m just saying that’s just where it was between us. So [some interviewers] asked me, ‘What’s a good example of [the Supa Dupa flow] and what’s a bad example of it?’ And I think I said [Luda's] ‘balloons’ line. But I’m telling you this was over a year ago. I can’t believe this was something that’s been lingering this long…I don’t have no problems with Luda. I didn’t even know he cared that much, for a year, to be thinking about what I said in interviews…I think Luda is the best, I think he’s a legend.”
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17 Sep
”I’m Still A Fan…”
8:30PM ET August 30th, 2011
Contributor : Martin James
A Rocky Williform Company
Drake issued a thanks to Phonte of Little Brother at the BMI Awards, but Phonte called the rapper’s true feelings into question. According to Phonte, he has run into problems trying to snag Drake for collaborations. The former Little Brother rapper responded frankly to Drake’s awards speech.
“To my knowledge, [a Take Care collaboration] is not happening. We’ve made contact with each other but all of my attempts to make something real happen have led to a dead end,” Phonte said in an interview. “I saw that he dedicated his BMI award to me and while that was a very noble and thoughtful gesture, I’d much rather he had dedicated himself to finishing a verse for one of me and 9th [Wonder]‘s songs. That, to me, seems like a more tangible way of showing gratitude. But with that said, I’m still a fan and I think he’s an incredibly talented artist. When Take Care drops, he’s got my money.”
Drake issued his thanks to Phonte at the awards this past weekend.
“Well, first of all, I gotta thank all of my friends and everybody that I work with,” Drake said during his acceptance speech. “I really want to dedicate this award, real quick, to my mother who never gave me the definition of a word in my life. She always made me go look it up — and I also want to dedicate this to Kanye West, Andre 3000 and to Phonte from Little Brother.”
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19 Aug
”I’m The Reason They Even Know You At All”
6:00AM ET July 28, 2010
Contributor : Hip Hop Blog Staff
A Rocky Williform Company
Producer Prolyfic blasted hip-hop star Lupe Fiasco’s career a few days ago on Twitter. The two worked together on Fiasco’s 2006 debut Food & Liquor and the producer decided to give his two cents on what he felt were Lupe’s failings as an artist. Lupe recently responded to Prolyfic’s commentary. ?PRO!…my man…[you?re] not my manager…fall back…take all that ?advice? and further your career with it,? Fiasco said.
?You put yourself on the outside…so don’t be salty now that [you?re] being treated like an outsider?My career is mine. And I’ll proceed with it how I wish. [You?re] ignorant to my situation and why WE move how WE do. Speak what you know, not what you think you know,” the rapper continued. “Frankly you know very little. But I KNOW you lil bro, I’m the reason they even know you at all?I pray you sell a few beats the same way [you?re] selling yourself right now. When the music stops who’s gonna have a chair to sit in??
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