"You haven't been hungry since 'Supreme Clientele'"

It's 2:07am right now and I got the Ipod on shuffle. "The Champ" by Ghostface is on. If you haven't heard it, knowledge yourself. If you don't already know, Raekwon's "inspirational speech" was taken from the fight when Rocky was about to take on Mr. T. Anyways, when The Chef said, "you haven't been hungry since 'Supreme Clientele'", it got me thinking. I don't think many of these artist out now are hungry and could possibly be on Atkins or something. Artists are just getting so used to the taste of that money that they are forgetting (or forgot) what it was like to spit a hot 16. Now, don't get me wrong, I love money just as much as the next person, and fuck you if you say otherwise cause you know how good it would be with some extra pesos in your pocket. My problemo is that these 'artists' are missing the big picture. Now I remember when the music had stories and tales, "inspired by true events" and even the ones that weren't but were of relevance to the audience and gave them something to work with. Wordplay. I'm tired of hearing about how all these rappers spend their money at the bar on ugly bitches, or cars and houses that end up getting repo'd in 2-5 years (shoutout to MC Hammer). There is no way that the EPMD's, the Rakim's & the Tribe's would survive now in the way the rap game is going cause it seems so taboo to rap about how you gots to chill, how we got the jazz, or how to get paid in full.

Now don't get it twisted. I don't think all is lost. I'm not like a lot of people who gave up on you hip-hop. I do believe that there are those working to revive this dying artform. There are story tellers that are on the come-up trying to make a name for themselves for the right reasons. The New School. Cudi, Wale, Lupe, Asher, the class is growing. Only time can tell where things will go. Wale says it best "This is only for the hip-hop lovers, if you want that bullshit, turn on the radio".

At least let me tell you why i'm this way hold on.