ROACH REPORT: “DEAR MAMA”
Remi Ma has officially been sentenced to eight years for shooting her friend over a couple racks. Not to mention her jailhouse marriage to Papoose got postponed because he brought handcuff keys to the jail . What did brah think he was going to do, set the bird free? DMX got arrested for the second time this week, and his mug shot screams out one word, Crack! I think rappers need to really stay in the house or spend more time actually RAPPING at the studio because it’s obvious that we can’t be in public without getting into some shit. But when I think about it, getting into some bullshit is the story of the last six years of my life, and I’ve only been rapping for about two. Maybe it is beyond our control.
Anyway to my real story for the week…
Sunday was mother’s day, and so off top I was with my mama. On the way home from going out to eat with the beautiful lady that brought baby Roach Gigz into this world, 2Pac started playing from the radio.
“Dear Mama” , was instantly turned up in the used “new” car my mom recently bought (thank god for insurance). The first verse was muffled by her talk about how much she loves 2Pac and how great he is. By the time the second verse came along though the car was quiet and we were all focused on the words of the greatest rapper to ever live. By the end of the song my mom was almost in tears, presumably getting the feeling that I was the one delivering the message on the song since there were many obvious similarities, as well as differences in the stories Pac and I share with our single mothers. All that could go on in my own head was damn, what happened to rap like that?
My thoughts were interrupted when KMEL mistakenly played Kanye West’s ballad for his mother immediately after, which got turned off after my little brother insisted we turn it off because it was ruining the feeling of the song we had just heard. I got to admit, as much as I respect the man, the song kind of sucked. The truth and feeling that 2Pac gives was just not there, shit, it isn’t anywhere in hip-hop for that matter. Money money this, shoes shoes that, bet you can’t buy this hat! It’s all I hear, and being young myself, growing up in this clutter of crap, I can’t claim that I haven’t been influenced by and added to the problem. I don’t agree with Nas, Hip-Hop isn’t dead, but it is “Jockin’ on they b!#$ a$S” and unfortunately no song out now will ever be able to be played over ten years later and make a mother cry, it just ain’t happening. Shout out to Plies though, I respect dude and he is the closest I have heard.
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When you say that Plies is the closest you have heard to “Dear Mama” you’re probably right. However, in my opinion, he is not the best rapper next to Tupac. I just want to make that known. When you say that you don’t agree with Nas when he says that Hip Hop is Dead, your are one of many ,making a huge misconception.When Nas said “Hip Hop is Dead”, he did not mean it in a literal way. He’s just saying that Hip Hop is not real anymore, that it is so COMMERCIALIZED, it is a BUSINESS now. He is talking about the lack of originality now in Hip Hop. If you had listened to the song, and not just read the title, you would have understood this. He also has a song at the end of his album titled “Hope”, signifying that Hip Hop can be kept alive. Tupac was one of the rawest rappers of all time, especially his first two albums, before the west-east coast beef started. Peace and Happy Momma’s Day to all mothers out there.
Tupac’s Dear Mama is a song that goes str8 to the heart. “even as a crack queen mama you always was a black queen mama!” nothing can top that song for mother’s day!!!
I meant crack FIEND lol
what is a crack queen any way? I just made something up!