Slightly off of the beaten path, but I see rhymes and I react. Props to
Essential, but...
I don't know, E, that shit seemed wack to me,
My favorite part? Seein' the Mighty Mos Def on TV.
MTV's about the music, so what's with the skits and shit?
How 'bout some battle coverage or some crab and stab tips?
Humor's well and good, to relax, release and unwind,
but what they're doin' is simply caterin' to our soundbite minds.
To Words(worth), I give props, and all emcees for freestlye flows.
Exposure's dope, I know, but they're just tossin' brothers bones.
A real Lyricist Lounge brings hip-hop culture to the masses,
Let's be honest, those fools forget we don't have a damn thing to laugh at.
Get back to House of Style, TRL and Real World capers,
overexposin' Puff and other slaves that chase the paper.
If you must establish cred while not lettin' the loot diminish,
then loop the cipher at the end and let that shit rock for thirty minutes!
Russ
Ronnie L. Reese
Senior Evangelist
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"First there was sound. Then there was light."
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Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 03:38:08 -0700 (MST)
From: dopejazz@webtv.net (Rick Martinez)
Subject: Lyricist Lounge show on MTV
"Well, let me explain. Kid on what I've seen tonight.
many MC's, with the Lyrical ease bringing us a phat show, I-ight.
Kind like MAD TV meets Yo MTV, did you see Mosdef flow easily,he was
gettin' bizzy.
Think of a place, where there is no race division, just a media mass
collision.
You do the mathmatics, their style was gettin' drastic.
On the top of their domes, flowing to heavy plastic.
One scene was the joint you see, 4 MC's on a flight coming home simply.
Until mass turbulence shook the shit up like 007 with a dry martini.
They had to confess, because of the mad stress.
Telling each other of cheating on a brother, doesn't mean that it wasn't
your mother.
One of them gave in on being the "gay" rapper. Damn, that was the
funniest skits I've seen since the porno title "Slapp her in the
Crapper".
Well, if you are challenged to turn on MTV, on Tuesdays see. This show
is da bomb and I'm not getting paid money, for this freestyle summary.
The Lyricist Lounge Show can run Endlessly!!!"
A little sumthin, sumthin from Essential.
UniverSoul/ Urbanite/ Pure & Wyze
http://djessential.iscool.net
Essential's Real Audio Mix @
http://www.swell.net/reg/locals/essential/
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