I went through USMC Boot Camp with a guy from somewhere in L.A. and he COULD freestyle. No music, no beat, no prep, no writing, no NOTHING. You’d say, “Do a line about that canteen.” and he’d give you two minutes right off the top of his head without but a moment’s hesitation. This kid prepped that crap. Closest he got to freestyle was a Tony Hawk game.

I started listening to Ice T in 1987 when he was on his promo tour for “Iceberg” and yeah, if you can’t tell, I’m a suburban white boy. Ice T had a message that rang. Learn, get out of the ghetto (I can’t relate but I can understand, there’s a difference), stay away from gangs, drugs, crime, boost yourself, be honest, do not backstab the people that help and support you, be loyal, freedom of speech. That’s the foundation on which he writes and performs. Yeah, he has some harsh ones but there’s a valuable message in an Ice T album. He writes social commentary in his raps.

What’s Soulja Boy got? “Just Got My Report Card”. Throw some D’s on it because even THAT is too high for him to attain on his own.

Without guys like Ice T, Ice Cube, Rakim, Public Enemy, NWA (yes I know Cube is a member), Grandmaster Flash, Kool Moe Dee, and a couple dozen others, this little punk wouldn’t have a career, he’d be getting D’s and F’s and he’d be a disgrace to his parents.

Don’t really agree with Soulja Boy being a revelation (he’s definiteley a symptom of our decline into “Idiocracy) but the article is still pretty interesting from a phenomenalogical standpoint.