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Beautiful. Glorious. Fuck It, You Pick A Adjective!

Many of my friends may know I have transferred schools and now go to a different high school.
In a way I am happy to get away from all the poser and bullshit that happens at my old school. But I can't say im not gonna miss my two best friends.
I feel like I have dedicated my whole life to HipHop and it really doesn't seem to pay off so far all its doing is burning a hole in my pocket.
When Muh'Fuckas was out hanging, I was out buying albums.
It seemed like I had no life for a while but nobody knows what this means to me.
People Were Wondering Why?
Because to me HipHop is beautiful. It is an art. Its a culture. Its fascinating.
I started with two albums, Little Brother- The Minstrel Show and Supastition- Chain Letters.
After this I could successfully say that I had fallen in love for the first time. I had never felt this good before.
Its like they were teaching me life lessons through rhymes and beats.
I could now say I had found what I was looking for, I had fell in love for the first time.
After my first albums it triggered something, I found myself trying to buy a album as often as I can.
My collection expanded. My knowledge was greater.
The more I pondered along HipHop the more I loved it.
Then just last year I hit a big downside. I had figured out about this game of posers.
Posers who put HipHop in a web of lies.
The clothing of HipHop, all the brands are a culture. Theres no hiding it.
But lately people who dont know HipHop are wearing shit like this. Why?!
Im questioning myself.
They try to fit in into a world they aren't.
I hate posers because I feel they take away from lifestyle. Iv spent countless of hours just looking through CD's for a good dig. Trying to find a certain in hundreds of CD's. What have they done?
Taken away from the culture. It kills me to see posers.
As I left my old school I will cherish the memories I left behind. And dwell at what I see today.
A school filled with kids going for brands not HipHop. Sadly to say at my old school they killed great brands like The Hundreds and TRUE by just being posers more importantly I feel like they take a part of my lifestyle away.
I know joy because I felt the pain. I found joy in HipHop. They found joy in HipHop clothing.
There is a big difference.
HipHop and HipHop clothing go hand in hand.
Clothing alone when you dont know shit is wack. I mean why try it?
HipHop is beautiful no matter what happens to it. But these are some of the things that take away from the lifestyle.
If you wanna go down this path like me and plenty others did, then you have to face some consequences such as having to see posers every day ripping your hard earned knowledge out. Being broke as fuck all the time.
I hate some of the things about hiphop but in the end I can't complain cause its all worth it.
"You Need Some Soul Searching The Time Is Now" -Nas

Why Is The Game Going To Retire?!

After his latest album L.A.X the game has announced he will retire.
As the album is dropping on the 26th there is hype surrounding the singles that he dropped.
A friend of mine stated, "I just don't get it, it seems like The Game is spittin nothin but fire! Why retire when you are at the peak of your career."
My answer is that The Game is sick of the bullshit in HipHop today.
In a recent interview where game announced his retirement he had stated, "I don't belong in this era, I belong in the era with Public Enemy and NWA"
The Game had also wanted to make a song about the man who had gotten violently killed by police and shot 40-50 times to show the brutality in this world.
Nobody wanted to collabo with him on that track.
The Game stated, "We can make a mixtape about how much we hate each other but we can't address the real things that are happening in life, now that's fucked up."
Shortly after he said this he broke down into tears.
As many people called Game a bitch for crying, I thought he was speaking sense. He wants to bring back the era's where artists want to do shit for the people. And people do not want to support game in this path.
The Game truly believes that this isn't the world for him anymore. And I agree he has kids now and they need him more than ever, as he needs them based on the lyrics of his song My Life you can see his attachment toward them. The Game deserves more collabo's with artists he wants and deserves to address issues that he wants.
Truly, The Game isn't set for this world right now. He is going through a lot.
At his aunts funeral his relatives were asking him to pay for everything and he did being a generous person. Game's cousin said, "Whats that on your cheek?" And pushed Game at the funeral. Game punched him and this shows how much he is going through at this moment.
Family is even going against him. He has a rivalry with his own cousin.
To sum up my thoughts I believe Game will retire but no rapper can leave the mic alone for long, take Game's enemy Jay-Z for example hes back again.
I believe Game will retire but we will hear from him again in a couple years.
After all, the Game needs The game.

sightRIZE Questions Tajai Of Souls Of Mischief/Hieroglyphics

1. sightRIZE: You had the honor of being in the legendary hiero with your group Souls Of Mischief how was that?
Tajai: It is great (We are still a group, our new album, produced by Prince Paul should be out early next year). We have a good time, we have had longevity and that is important. Plus they are really talented, no one person is holding up the group.

2. sightRIZE: Who is your favorite hiphop artist and why?
Tajai: I would say KRS is the ultimate b-boy but Kane is my favorite.

3. sightRIZE: I read somewhere that you are a vegetarian, is that true and if so what made you make that choice?
Tajai: I used to eat really badly and drink and smoke. I decided when my daughter was born (she's 11 now) that I wanted to know my grandkids, so I quit all that.

4. sightRIZE: The song 93 Til Infinity is a classic and such a tribute to the bay, how did you guys at souls of mishief come up with that?
Tajai: We sat in the studio and tried to make something anthemic. Then the video just complemented the whole thing.

5. sightRIZE: When you started did you see Hiero getting this big?
Tajai: Of course. In fact we thought we would be much bigger. I don't think anyone makes music (maybe now, since EVERYONE makes music) but before the point was to be as huge as possible and touch as many people as we can.
6. sightRIZE: Speaking of starting how did your career start like how did souls of mischief hook up with Hieroglyphics?
Tajai: We all grew up together, Souls of Mischief is half of Hiero. The other members are Casual, Pep Love, Del and Domino. We have been Hieroglyphics since the beginning of our career, we just came out with a group album after our individual albums.

7. sightRIZE: What are the inspirations for your songs?
Tajai:Life and all of its possibilities. We try to be creative but not so far out you can't relate.

8. sightRIZE: Any upcoming projects we should be aware for?
Tajai: Souls of Mischief with Prince Paul - Untitled Tajai - Rap Noir Tajai and C7 - THC Opio - Vulture's Wisdom Volume One New Hiero album coming HIERO JEANS/ www. hierojeans. com

9. sightRIZE: Anything you'd like to end with?
Tajai:Check out Clearlabelrecords. com and myspace. com/clearlabelrecords. There is a LOT of talent in the Bay.

sightRIZE: Thanks for your time Tajai really an honor to have a Hiero member on Bridging the gap.