>quest said that black thought's possible
>topics are limited because he
>doesn't talk about drugs, money
>or murder. and that's untrue.
>look at common. or mos
>def. or public enemy. or
>the countless rappers who talk
>about everything under the sun
>except for those topics.

but my question is. what do you care about? sometimes a mofo just wanna keep some shit to himself. im sure he could talk about a lot of things. but im sure there is a reason why he dosn't open up.

mos talkin bout the ecology is cool. and kast talkin bout a 14 year old pregnant jawn is cool. but that is where they're at in life. i for one knows that riq's life is pretty much boring. and the company he keeps (ala biggie who kept story tellin thugs around) is pretty much cats doin the same thing in life.

i admire riq for being riq. what if common became a domestic abuser (anti light) or mos started flossin his ass off (anti got)
or any life changing thing that occurs to an artist that states a end all statement. ("no matter how much money i get, im still living in the projects") it's risky.

and in this genre, if it ain't money cash hoes....

do cats really care?








the source mic ratings 1990-2001


@@@@@
-edutainment (funny in the annivrsery issue they left this out...but i have the ice cube issue when they first started rating albums)
-people's instintive travels and the paths of rhythm
-amerikkka's most wanted
-let the rhythm hit em
-all for one
-de la soul is dead
-illmatic
-life after death
-aquemini
-niggaz4life* (not reveiwed but in summer issue 92 they mentioned it as a 5mic classic)

@@@@1/2
-sex and violence
-buisiness as usual
-business never personal
-whut thee album
-breaking atoms
-death certifacate
-buhloone mindstate
-the chronic
-enter the 36 chambers
-southernplayerlisticadillacmusic
-life after death
-the infamous
-only built 4 cuban links
-illadelph halflife
-hell on earth
-bow down
-i am
-murder muzick
-life story
-classic limited edition vol 1
-guerilla warfare
-in my lifetime vol.3
-la rock familia
-ecleftic:two sides to a story
-moment of truth
-supreame clientel
-last of a dying breed
-the truth

the gag mics-
fear of a black planet-@@@1/2
da shinin-@@@
stankonia-@@@@
lootpack-@@1/2
ressurection-@@@1/2
the beatnuts-@@@1/2**
mos def and talib kweli are black star-@@@1/2
the love movement-@@@1/2
fantastic vol 2-@@@1/2

*-source never reviewed, but mentioned in summer issue that it was a 5 mic classic.

**-the only record to change a rating after printing. in the next issue they printed (in fine print that it was a @@@@ mic album)