MY EXPERT OPINION EP # 199: BENZINO TALKS THE SOURCE, COI LERAY, EMINEM BEEF & MUSIC INDUSTRY + MORE
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It's extremely impressive how many tangents Benzino goes on while telling a story and is still able to come back to the original story without being reminded. Lol how TF is he doing that?
I agree with Mecca, Integrity is important in a publication. Once word gets out you can be bought no one will know what's fake and truthful.
It’s a dying virtue. Everything is for sale: Radio play, promotion, and yes, even critics, might not be paid outright for a favorable opinion, but they’re sure as hell wines and dined for one. Integrity is dying
Mec is very smart, didnt expect any less from him.
Every publication in music is being bought. Billboard has been bought so much, the fans have been tricked by label marketing to believe Billboard lists are some kind of true/objective ranking of hot music at any given week. Lol MARKETING runs the world my G
Absolutely. It should be the only way. If folks don't trust you're intentions you have nothing. Anyway top comment.
@@Active_Alien I have to agree. Real comment right here.
I would have never known that Paul C. taught him how to use the sampler machine if it wasn't for this interview. Shout out to Math and Benzino and every other crew member of MEO, and R.I.P. Paul C.
Thank you Math for the Benzino interview. Glad he not only set the record straight, but expressed the truth on what happened in the beginning up to how things are now...
CAN SOMEONE TEACH BENZINO HOW TO SAY “GENRE”😅😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
I think it's a boston thing 😅😅😅
Time?
What's wrong with saying johndra😂
@@lleris74 time stamp pls
@@Rf821-hn9dz several times, but check 51:35
Zino, is 100% correct! The power that be has this industry artist scared and go crazy just to get on! Please listen to his words!
Zino I'm listening to his "Redemption" album; man, that whole thing is dope! I had to download it.
Damn so nobody asked him about the Paul Pierce incident?? Or all the shit that happened at the Source awards?? Definitely need him back. Really appropriate that he's one of the only industry guys who had the balls to speak up about Em.
I didn’t see anyone ask him anything which is weird
He is 4 years younger than Melly Mel lol. How is any of this a shock! They grew up in a whole different time and have a whole different thinking. He’s a true Teiple OG. Great interview!
They need to interview Mecca alone and just open up on all the sh*t Benzino either dodged or did bring up.
There's a line in The Departed where dicaprio says to Anthony Anderson "you're a black guy in Boston, you don't need any help from me to be completely fucked" makes even more sense now
Yeah Boston is a notoriously racist city .
Math bro, Words can not explain how happy I am to see your success and the resilience. As someone who’s been aware of your whole battle rap and music career I’ve seen you go through some ups downs and sideways situations pause…. But Look at you NOW!!! Stay focused Stay humble Stay on ya path. SALUTE TO YOU SIR It’s your time.
he has a great staff too. champ did 20 years in prison but you'd never know because he carries himself in a positive way, mecca is knee-deep in industry experience, and gat murdah gives you the hood perspective. they all contribute as well. plus the show feels real. if you love hiphop, you dont need notes..you remember everything
That man deserves his flowers Zino did a lot for the culture respect brotha 🙏🏾✊🏾
Benzino is such a smart man which I knew already! I glad yall had a chance to witness. I would love to see Benzino and Dame Dash have a conversation about hip-pop in the Barbershop! Let it all Out!
Benzino downplays it, but The Source was truly the source in the 90’s, and the rating system hugely affected album sales! Especially if you look at it as teenagers being the main consumers. In the 90’s, we were buying FULL albums at $15.99 per CD/8.99 Tape. Two albums per month was a stretch, so we trusted the “Expert’s” ratings to buy one or two albums. Now I KNEW some ratings were BS, but for the most part, it was the source!
Biggie was discovered from the Source unsigned hype segment.
Full cds ! With taxes a cd would eat up a twenty !😂
@@yeahisaidit5633 FAM 😩 New kids don’t understand! Had to sprinkle in a bootleg once in a while!
@@kar5431 Source was major!
sometimes the albums would come out before the magazine, so i would compare but they were pretty accurate on the rating
Love Zino!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He kept it one thousand in this interview.
we need to hear Benzino speak during 50 years. love this.
Mecca: you brought street tactics to a corporate office.
Benzino: that’s not all I brought. I was trying to be
Mecca: you were bringing in street tactics and scary people
Benzino: I wasn’t trying to
Bald guy: yes you was, you was throwing people through glass
😂😂😂😂😂😂
That part benzino said when they talking to me what they are really doing is talking to black people, now that’s deep solid faccccccccctssss , they all know benzinos saying 100% truth facts they just have to be neutral as journalists hosts 🔥🔥🔥
💯💯💯💯 They don't want to upset their boss.
Zino gets tons of hate but he has made his mark in hip hop & helped pushed the culture forward..without him there would of never been a source awards..ppl forget hangmen 3 were very successful on the production side..they was even on still stillmatic..even tho ray wasn’t lyrical his em disses were a lot better then a lot of other ppls..Tommy’s theme still bangs..give this man his flowers.
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The only reason any of Zinos disses were half good is cuz he got Math etc to write the lyrics for him. Man couldn’t even write his own words after being publicly humiliated on Nail in the coffin. Eminem buried Zino with his career 6 feet deep Period 💯
He just stated he wasn’t a rapper he was a hustler so ofc he got a ghostwriter..but those disses were still better then canibus’s, mgk’s etc. Em ended zino on the mic but he didn’t end his career..he still eatin off his ventures.
These saltines are so mad!! 😂😂😂😂😂
@@ninowaves4061💯💯💯
Despite all the hate and ridicule salute to Benzino definitely apart of Hip hop history period 💯
I enjoyed this episode, Benzino is a legend. Very knowledgeable of the culture and a real OG!!!
He's a Legend and underground Legend 💯
, he's a nobody making a name of other peoples back and he was that way long before M
I've never heard the words, ".....He's not wrong." spoken so many times in an interview. He told the truth.
A real one 4sure. Respect Benzino, one of Bostons finest
Remember being around 15 when I first saw the mighty RSO on video 📹 music box. Same time was introduced to Boston fellowship at Lake champion and Christian camp 🏕 in Glen spey NY. Met a bunch of Boston teens that were around my age which was 16. That's when I realized that Boston people were into the gang culture, Adidas, and were some of the toughest mfers that I ever met before. Started going to this camp 🏕 every major holiday weekend as well as the summer. Gained many friends till this day outta Boston. I'm from Newark,NJ. Met a bunch of brothers and sisters from Boston that help mold me and spoke highly of benzinoz influence in the city. Most of them said the same thing, dude was a real one. When I realized he was part of the source I was super proud to be affiliated with people that knew him.
Respect what Zino bought to hip hop journalism and hip hop in general.
I fuck with Benzino..I did time with his man Orangeman and Roscoe..he looked out for them the whole time I was with them..Benzino is a G..
I thought Math was done for after Diz snuffed him twice in the same minute, but he's proven to have longevity.
Benzino is right about that thing. I didn’t think that he was that deep but that’s why areas like this should be here because it’s real. Peace
Zino came here clear up a lot of stuff.
I respected him gave the culture iconic 🎁 like source magazine.
Thanks brother 🙏
5 months later he's crying out his wig on Drink Champs
Yoooo! Zino laid out the truth 1000%. 😮😂😂😂💯💣👍🏾👌🏿👊🏿👊🏿👏🏿💪🏿. This is a super super dope conversation & podcast.💯💣☝🏿
Agreed
I was pleasantly surprised by Benzino’s candid talk. Honest and factual. I have a newfound respect for him. Great interview. Mecca was the MVP on this one
Man I really wish I could get Eminem’s reaction with this type of shit. People just talk about him for hours while he’s just minding his business. I just try to think if it was me how would I feel just listening to people talk about me constantly to get other people talking about me. It has to be tiring.
what are u talking about all he does is name drop and gossip in most of his records
@@dimendkai he responds to people when he puts out records every so often but I just meant in real time listening to people talk about him on podcast constantly using his name to get people to pay attention to what their doing I’m not just talking about this interview if your a white rapper or even remotely could have had anything to do with Eminem like maybe you just met him once then the interviewer will find a way to bring up Eminem in the interview they all do it. It must be a trip for him is all I meant.
This is actually probably one of the first interviews that I can just listen to and I mean just listen and totally understand what he's talking about and I'm from the Midwest but I understand what he's talking about.... Salute
I agree with Benzino I listened to Eminem’s first 2 albums after that I stop checking.. He can rap and that’s it.
U guys dont care about the lyrics anymore these days....
Benzino was indeed a big win for the Source and he is a true OG. But did u listen to his words? Did u count how many times he contradicted what he said 5 min before ?
He always does that. Atleast he admits he was wrong, takes a big man to admit it.
@@wildangel3571 he just don’t like the whiteboy… sorry everyone can’t agree with you
I agree he bias but they both Legends zino is salty as tho
You just deaf
good. eminem albums aren't worth spending your money on.
Zino trying to steer the narrative as soon as the damn interview starts, without them even asking him anything.😂😂
Maybe they should do the source podcast or just start something all over but a podcast
Zino IS hip hop whether you like it or not. I'm from Boston and know the history. Almighty RSO were dope, the Made Men were dope. Hangmen 3 produced for Nas, Cormega, Raekwon, Prodigy etc. Hate him or love him he helped create the Source magazine. People just talk shit over the Eminem bs and I'm white.
Happy Bday Champ!! Shoutout Math and the whole MEO crew❤💪🏾
Benzino is 💯% right about that stillmatic beat, Its 🔥🔥🔥
Never knew zino had a hand in that
Zino a legend in this game. And culture!
You kidding right?
I got a new found respect for Zino. Glad he was able to finally tell his story without letting the emotions get the best of him.
I remember seeing Benzino in one of the source magazines early days…💯🔥🇧🇧🙏🏿💙🇧🇧
Zino deserve his flowers
He has points that are key to the hip-hop conversation very needed
Yes
"Real niggaz dont die" is probably nwa's hardest tracks. the sample used, mc rens flow, all of it. he definitely right about having it on repeat for hours
This was a good interview. From what he said his opinion on EM is based on his growing up and experiencing a lot oa racism. But it's a little unfair to lay all of that on EM. The contradicting part is that he gives a lot of credit for his growth in the business to some white people who he had great relationships with.
He never blew up, Em blew up. He resented that. He thought he was the better rapper, but everyone who don't have shit in their ears knows better. This was a very fluff interview. They handled that man with kid gloves.
Anybody who’s gonna take a shot every time benzino mentions Eminem, you may die of alcohol poisoning.
Salute Kings and happy G Day to my boy Champ and many more!!!!! Legendary interview 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
This guy is the OG Stan.
I'm from Boston Ray a real gangster sold bricks was driving Benz before rap that's why we called him benzino he was riding brand new shit diamond rolex.all that shit facts.
Maths laugh is wild yo!! 😂😂😂😂
Great episode, Mecca still thinking about the guy that was wearing the wire he almost punch out lol.
Benzo was on point. They wanted the numbers.
This was a great episode real and powerful
I met Benzino in front of my building and the only thing I regret is not taking a picture with him. Word is bond, he came off to me as a solid dude who loves his kids that's it. The guy's a legend.
Salute my brother 🙏🏾 💯 Greatest show in the world world world world world #HOFFAFAM #MEOFAM Happy Bornday to Champ
Omfg MATHS LAUGH BE KILLING ME 😂😂😂😂😂
But I have to give it to Math big respect! Ben tried to bring color in the mix and Math was like I didn’t look color I didn’t know what color he was hearing him rapping and killing it big respect 🫡
Bruh when benzino said he listens to nail on the coffin had me on the floor 😂
Title should have been… Benzino speaks about Eminem for 2hours
Didn’t they ask him questions about him d head?
It was a great conversation, why you hating
I still have the first source when it was a newsletter black and white. Thanks to Tatiana Davis and Halfpint
Benzino speakin facts👏🏾! 🔥 interview!
AMAZING INTERVIEW.
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"The zeesta" that's stuck i my head 😂😂
Benzino funny af 😂😂😂😂
First off I am a college graduate. Mr. Benzino please don’t confuse my trying to better my life with being a real hip hop head. I am 52 going on 53 and I’ve been here since its inception. My cousin was one of Queen Latifah’s first managers.
You have a dislike for Eminem however don’t confuse your dislike for one person and allow it to place a wide paradigm over a group of people.
PEACE ☮️, BLESSINGS AND LOVE ❤️ my BROTHER.
Min./Rev. Michael D. Emanuel
college graduates dont do enough for the inner-city. nothing wrong with bettering your own individual life and your family, but what about the kids in the ghetto who have potential? but they never met an intellectual before or a college graduate. its more black people graduating from college than ever nowadays, but very few of them do anything to spread positive influence. you guys raise money to throw lush events for your frats and sororities, but other than that, college graduates are our leaders...but they use all their resources/income to benefit white america's economy. they don't think it's their responsibility to collectivize and then use their massive resources to do something to help destroy ghettos and create good neighborhoods.
you guys tend to live in the suburbs, therefore it's no positive influences in the ghetto. imagine if a kid could absorb some influence from college graduates/professionals instead of rappers and gangsters? yeah you can better your life, but once you make it, you're supposed to assist. black frats/sororities can gather millions from their members, but they spend 0 of it on improving the ghetto or creating opportunities for those who are disenfranchised. if your tax money is going to white schools or suburban schools and suburban communities, then that hurts. the taxes payed by our college professionals could literally turn ghettos into great neighborhoods......you guys could help raise the property value of our ghettos. but ya'll rather live in the suburbs and give those communities your taxes.
my dad has been teaching middle school for 40 years and he has never witnesed a frat/sorority or college professional come talk to the kids at his schools. why? because black people become successful then turn into the elite. only their kids will have the benefit of receiving your connections/resources. you can't save everybody, but it's sad that frats spend millions per year on parties but spend nothing on uplifting these terrible schools or even doing somethig as simple as doing events in the ghettos.
Ima street nigga / college drop out zino told the truth
Great interview, for real!!!!!! This has serious replay value.
Well said and top comment.
Benzino said its not fair that eminem game the system but this is the same dude that gave more awards and mics to all the no limit crew cuz master p paid the most for advertising in the source
Math has such a unique laugh. He cannot help but make me laugh. Anyway Great interview. I haven't ever really listened to Benzino's side of the story before. I actually like the guy. I guess I had preconceived Ideas about him because of the media driven narrative at that time. I just think it's about time Zino gets his props. He's mature enough to admit when he was definitely out of pocket.. Not just because he has a talented daughter who happens to be a little hottie neither, lol 😊, Respectfully of course., Anyway I wish him all the best for the future. He's in the Hip Hop history books for sure. Great stuff Math and his team. That's why he cannot lose right now.
Benzino gives great interviews. He did a lot in The Source. I'm not a fan of him going at Eminem, but he said great points about that matter. He even said he likes Stan and Lose Yourself, two big Eminem songs.
Great comment right here. Keeping it facts.
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Man, this is my third time trying to finish watching this interview. I really tried but this guy's thinking sounds skewed. Math kept asking him, why are you blaming EM for how the media responded to him? His anger was and is misplaced.
You’re the only one out of thousands
Zino is right about Em. I remember when he first dropped… it was pretty strange how Em just got such acceptance. I never saw any other artist have that,, and there was technically more great music than what Em was putting out..Bad Boy/Death Row/Murder Inc/Cash Money/No Limit/So So Def etc. 💯
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Slim Shady LP and Marshall Mathers LP production was far different than the stuff we were listening to in the 90s, at the time. Honestly, I didn’t love it.. but Em could rap, so it played over. It did kinda bring in more of the pop crowd. He was rapping about NSync and Brittany Spears. 😂
That being said, The Eminem Show was a dope album all the way around.
@@timbumper7629I feel like kamakaze is like the unofficial emenem show 2.. dope album aswell
His first album, Infinite, was pretty solid though. Before Dre.
@@timbumper7629 I remember something off that album where he said I'm flipping shit like I'm in a toilet with a spatula 😂. This mf
Damn Zino is schooling a lot of people who don't know the early stages of hip hop and the state of mind of the people who ran and continue to run hip hop. I'm glad someone is finally allowing him to talk uninterrupted. I definitely understand him more being that he grew up in racist ass Boston. Today black people don't even like to play basketball out there. This is the same Boston that took a 💩 in their own ⭐ Players bed, stabbed a black kid minding his business with the american flag. So i get it 100%
Living in Boston now. Even white folks talk about how racist it was. But dude needs therapy to let some stuff go.
@@jdfromthed Zino is speaking from hindsight. He's explaining what once was, not what is. I don't think therapy is the cure for all things that has happened to you in life. Sometimes you have to just find ways to create more self love or learn to give back. There's great power in giving to those who deserve it.
@@jdfromthedlet WHAT GO?? White people pretty much OWN RAP all around now, R&B too. THAT'S what Benzino was warning against so many years ago. Neely Fuller Jr. says "If you don't understand racism/white supremacy, what it is and how it works, everything else you 'understand' will only CONFUSE YOU"... Racism pretty much said when rap came out that it wouldn't last 5 years, fresh off the campaign to "kill" disco, another BLACK invention. So to "Let some stuff go" is to ignore the obvious that Black folks apparently are SCARED to discuss openly and honestly. If racism ain't letting US go, then we shouldn't let shit slide either. Have you ANY pride or fight in you?? 🤨
Benzino speaking facts about EM and the industry
No he’s not. Bro said em is great because racism lmao
He said nothiiiiing! He danced around every question running off random ass tangents all over the flipping place. Says it's not about race, then later says, white people feed us, now they're taking our music too. He sounded like a complete hypocrite. Then they ask him who started it, he says he did and then tries to down play that he dissed him, saying it wasn't a diss and tries to front like he couldn't remember the line. Shouts to you Mek for knowing the wack ass line and putting him on the spot. And then when pushed on it, he acknowledges that it was a diss... Like, this interview only made him look worse than he had already portrayed himself. Smh
He sounds all the way around like a hater
@@nellioclark7571you're a sensible ass mans
When he said take the lyrics out... I was like wtf 🤯
Good interview this was fire
back in the day, it seemed benzino was REALLY hating on Eminem, coupled with the MANY conflict of interest having a rap magazine, being a rapper IN your own magazine, calling him and not the organizations out, it was all an mess.
This interview gave us a lot more insight into his mind and the state of the Source, our iconic magazine for Hip hop
Top comment.
Social media n TV can make anyone think a certain way
Sick episode. Gotta be Top Ten. Well played!
Chasity gotta wagon!!!
I ain't wanna say nothing but she baaaaad asf🤣🤣🤣
Respectfully
I knew it!!!
Is Chasity Meccas lady?
Time stamp @johnathanbrigante2349?
Such a good interview, the W1, W5 part had me in tears 🤣
We need more Source stories.
W's???? WE WINNING 😂😂😂😂. ✌️
Finally the Zeesterrrrrr let’s go Boston shit 617
That was an excellent interview.
Benzino is right. MURS talks about this from the artist's perspective on Talib Kweli show. I went thru the same thing as an MC in my city
Ive been waiting on the full interview.ima have to look into being a member
DidI miss it or they didn't ask Benzino about the backstage fight with the L.O.X ???????
Awesome episode!!!
The Biggest city in South Dakota actually is heavily Hip Hop influenced, even as far back as the 90's
The only thing I didn't like about this interview it is knowing that benzino calls himself the Zeester😂 this interview humanized him for sure. That Eminem conversation has to happen sometime.
That Eminem conversation happens every time Zeester gets interviewed. 🤣 He was half of the biggest Hip Hop magazine of all time, but the only thing he has to talk about is race or Eminem.
As someone from Boston, I watched RSO closely and they always seemed to be one step away. The one in the chamber song caused a lot of controversy with powers that were. Later on I would hear people say Benzino turned his back on Boston and didn’t really know what was happening in the local hip hop scene. But he’s still a pioneer none the less. E Devious from RSO/Made Men was dope, he’s a hip hop fashion pioneer and held his own on tracks with the Lox and Mobb Deep. Also love that Benzino shouted out his CV heritage. He really was that guy in 4 corners/Boston.
I felt like they dropped the ball NOT asking more questions about the RAP RACIST HOUR. They kinda glossed over that, unless they edited it out. Iovine and the gatekeepers making money off of Eminem made sure those FULL TAPES were buried and probably destroyed.
He had a black girlfriend and she broke his heart so he made the song, not justifying it but just saying
He was a kid that’s all it is
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So you think the RAP RACIST HOUR consisted of him just talking about his BLACK GIRLFRIEND??? Sounds like they spoke on several topics and had several RACIST RANTS. @@ALLNBAGOLDSTANDERD
At 21 you are a fully aware human
1:05:42 he brings up toy Hamilton and Elvis. But Eminem didn’t get anyone’s rapping style from someone. Hip hop and rock n roll is two different monsters. You can copy a singers style or a guitar riff and beat and make it your own. You get influenced by your favorite artist and might mimic a song that sounds similar. But in hip hop you can’t do that. You might be influenced by another artist. But you can’t bite someone’s lines and pass them off as your own. Anyone in hip hop would be called out for saying a line someone else say. Even ghostwriting is frowned upon in hip hop. So this analogy doesn’t make any sense. Eminem and Elvis is only identical in peoples eyes because both with artist who made it big doing black music. And to some bigger than most black artist. People start calling them the best or king and that’s where everyone started to complain
You missed the point. The comparison was about the media promotion. Not their singing style.
Stop it, Em was heavily inspired by Treach from Naughty by Nature and Pacewon from the Outsidaz. When you listen to Infinite he has that AZ/Nas feel.
I was a huge fan of hip-hop before Eminem, but his presence in the conversation made it ok for me as a white person to appreciate something that I felt I wasn't culturally allowed to appreciate growing up white in Brooklyn. Eminem made it ok to be white and like hip-hop for me. I appreciated ZIno's points but I don't agree with some of them.
You know what Big Ben right I remember when he first came out. The marketing they did for m&m was out of the ordinary. They we’re interviewing famous hip hop artists and white kids saying white people can rap to. Missy Elliott was in one of the interviews I’ll never forget that
I lived in the hood in 99 when that "hi my name is" song came out. the kids loved it but the grown ups didnt. back then mtv was the gold standard of youth pop culture, and eminem definitely was used as a tool by corporate interests. em deep down is a hiphop head and he probably realizes he was a tool..but its not his fault. 2 and a half years into his career, he released a movie about his life that was deemed an instant classic. it had so much promotion. good movie, but em was definitely being positioned as the goat as soon as he came out
Am not a fan of M, don't hate his stuff but I wouldn't call myself a fan and he is defiantly a true hip-hop head and one of the best lyrists plus certainly the best one in the mainstream, everything he does can be traced back to the 80's from LL to G Rap Kane and the R. Hip-hop has always been looking for the white MC, most buyers of music are white so it makes sense. even Chuck D tried to sign Vanilla Ice
Great ep! Knew it would be. Took a break but I’m back
I’m shocked. Mecca made it seem like he was like sway in the morning for the source and that is not the case. But yet he has so much anger and vitriol for the experience. Then when zino said it was mostly a great experience until Eminem he admitted it was mostly good.
As a white 41 year I started listening to hip hop when I was about 10 years old I was obsessed with wu tang, snoop. Nas, 2pac, mobb deep, el p, and countless others. When I first heard Eminem was white I wouldn't even give him a chance. When I finally listened to him I realized he was the truth
Am white and I got 10 years on u, came up in the 80's listening to Ultra Mag, Rakim, Kane and G-Rap, when I first heard M I was like he's dope but I don't like his voice and that's never changed, he's still dope and I get why he's so big and can listen to lots of his work and love it, but he's big cause it's a combination of 80's lyrical skills and him being white cause the majority of consumers are white, in fact as soon you sell over 30 thousand it's white, everyone been looking for the M since the mid 80's and the closest thing with credibility before M was 3rd Bass - don't forget Chuck D tried to sign Vanilla Ice. Consumers really want to relate to there stars more than anything
@terrytees I don't believe it's him being white that caused the album sales. I am white and didn't want to listen to him because he was white. It's because he is entertaining, funny, and witty. 2pac, jay z, DMX, 50 cent, Drake, Lil Wayne just to name a few have done quite well with album sales without being white (maybe not drake included lol). Eminem isn't even my favorite rapper but he's in my top 5. All I'm saying is, let's not pretend it's because he's white.
For me personally canibus second round k.o. Is the best diss song
Benzino really downplays Em’s grind to get where he is today. Benzino wasn’t in the clubs battling every week trying to noticed. Em was. Most of the time, he was the only white dude in there battling. Benzino was actually the privileged one because he decided he wanted to be a rapper and he had some money, so he became a rapper. Then he wasn’t good at it. He would have been dropped from a label quick with his skill base and record sales but having money, he wasn’t able to keep his sad rap career going. We act like Em paid his way to get into the rap scene like Benzino did. Sure, once Em got with Dre, a lot of doors opened up for him but that doesn’t take away the years of him being in the clubs battling every week to try to get noticed.
50 said it best when he said “ The fact that there is a white artist that does it better than black artists, it is what it is”. There are some black people in country music, I don’t see white people flying off the hinges lol.
50 cent saying that simply because he is applying the 48 laws of power. Law #1 Never outshine the master. Since Eminem put 50 cent on he has to say that to stay in his good graces. And it has been paying off handsomely. The reason why 50 cent was part of the super bowl was because Eminem requested for him. Do you think Eminem would request for him to be included if he did not refer to eminem as he does?
I respect Zino! One of the greatest contributors to Hip Hpp