

you can make a lot of money and a lot of fame. “It sounds strange, but the rap game is not a game.

Think of a song like Masta Ace – Da Grind off of A Long Hot Summer, and you get the picture of what the genre is about: Being a huge fan of underground Hip-Hop at the time, and the message within those songs, mainstream music just never resonated with me. I’d heard a few songs and thought he was your typical bubble gum rapper and didn’t give it much of a second thought. I remember at the time being like “OK, now this guy is talking about something.”īefore that album came out, I wasn’t a huge fan of him. I’m gonna be honest: I cried when Mac passed.īeing familiar with his 2013 album “Watching Movies With the Sound Off” is a big reason why, and becomes the missing link that ties everything together. It was also pretty hard to sit down and write this for various reasons, but here goes. Warning: This won’t be your typical album review.
