Comments on: The Bling Bubble

By: Matthew Belinkie

Matthew Belinkie — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:26:04 +0000

I always thought it was strange, him asking us to “watch him superman that ho.” Because supermanning is not a particularly interesting thing to watch. Is there ANY supermanning porn?

By: fenzel

fenzel — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:54:24 +0000

You can level a lot of criticisms at Soulja Boy (and I would enjoy reading them), but, with all due respect, I don’t think it’s fair to imply that he’s mass-produced or made his fame off the radio.

I mean, this is a random kid who named his album after the website he made himself. You gotta give him some credit for that, even if you don’t particularly support his message of supermanning hoes.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:50:15 +0000

So…you’re saying that if an atomic bomb dropped on Rap City, Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy, and other radio-friendly wastes of space would survive like cockroaches? That’s a sad note to end on.

Support local music! Support quality music!

By: fenzel

fenzel — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:14:38 +0000

The irony of course being that Roc-A-Fella staged its takeover shortly after the re-merger of Exxon and Mobil back into Standard Oil.

Roc-A-Fella and Rockefeller, running train on America!

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:27:28 +0000

Excellent work!
However, any discussion of the M&A crisis of 2001 is incomplete without a mention of that year’s Takeover of this rap shit by Jay-Z and Roc-A-Fella Records.
No video footage exists to document this event, but there is an audiotape and a file photo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAnGnevKxJE

By: Gab

Gab — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:10:33 +0000

Hm, a shared commodity. I think we women need to diversify, and more of us.

By: fenzel

fenzel — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:50:45 +0000

Actually, as in the case of most inflationary crises, when it comes to hoes, it was too much money chasing too few goods. As a wise man once said –

“Every other city we go,
Every other video,
No matter where we go,
We see the same ho.

I sitin back watchin Montell Jordan video,
I see the same WOMAN that was in the homeboy Nate video.
Then I flip the channel.
I’m checkin out the my homeboy Tupac video.
I see the same WOMAN that was in my video.
Know what I’m sayin?
And then, you know what I’m sayin,
To make that even more f**ked up,
I’m watchin Million Man March
And I see the same WOMAN on the Million Man March
That was in the homeboy Warren G video.
I mean, damn, everywhere I look,
Everywhere I go I see the same ho.
Don’t get mad, I’m only bein real.
Yeah.”

By: mlawski

mlawski — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:41:20 +0000

“Are they solid or liquid assets?”

Ewwww.

By: Gab

Gab — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:35:44 +0000

How much do all the “hoes” count toward the capital gained by bling? Are they solid or liquid assets? And does the amount of clothing effect purchase price? Positive or negative investment? Risky? What would speculators think of a rapper with more or less in his portfolio?

By: josh

josh — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:31:36 +0000

Amazing that a genre that at its best railed against the institutional racism represented by figures like Reagan actually found itself stuck in voodoo economics.

Also, the “right now at eBay” under this article reflects the falling price of bling nicely. Just $8.94 for “Iced-Out PIMP Gold Bling Teeth?” I love stagflation!