Back in the day, when we were all in that glorified Kindergarten for older children, called high school, we all kind of new our place. Seniors pretty much ran the school because they’ d been there forever and they probably had a couple of kids in there that were actually old enough to drink by the time they graduated. The juniors were pretty popular too, for the most part, because during the latter half of the year, when the seniors graduated and moved on, they took over. The sophomores were just the buffer between the upperclassmen and the piss-pots, that we all call freshmen. Now, as for freshmen, they were nobody. They were new to the school and really had no support from anybody that was of any kind of importance (unless they had a jock older brother or something). But either way, they knew nothing and had to pay respect to everybody that came before them, if they ever wanted to make it to Spring Break alive. Then of course, you had the very few freshmen that came into the school that thought they were the sh*t. They thought that all of a sudden, since they were entering high school that year that they were going to be the sole force that changed the socioacademic atmosphere that has been set in place since ummmmmm……let’ s say the Romans. That obviously didn’ t work because after the first full Friday of Oct, which we liked to call Freshman Friday, all of the freshmen respected everybody above them. Thanks to the age-old acts of swirlys and wedgies.
‘It’ s just politics; they didn’ t put me on that cover because I didn’ t have a major deal. That’ s just what it was. That’ s my opinion. I don’ t have nothing against XXL, I know the game. I probably shouldn’ t be even saying this but day by day, every interview I do, 90% of the time I never say what I want to say. So f**k it. I’ m going to say what I want to say and I felt like I should have been on that cover and not when you open it up, all up in the crease and s**t man. If you read the round table interview I’ m one of the one’ s doing most of the talking; me and Wale.’ –Kid Cudi, AllHipHop.com interview
Apparently in music, that idea has gone right out the window. These freshmen have no respect for their elders and definitely take things for granted. The fact that you were featured on a magazine’ s cover is not a right, but a privilege. Just because the internet has hyped you up and made your career a little more cushioned than it would’ ve been circa ‘ 97, does not mean that you can make outrageous and straight up bullsh*t comments about the same media outlet that just made your face known to the world. Yes, the fact that you’ re being backed by one of the biggest artists in the game right now, gives you a little more privilege than the average man but the fact that you’ ve gotten this big off of ONE mixtape, is pretty much the work of the Lord. You have no album out and truth be told, your mixtape wasn’ t all that great in the first place. Maui Wowie, is kind of a Rackem’ Rack‘ s version of Shwayze.
The point of this is, being a newcomer to this game, enjoy everything while it lasts. In a business where nothing is guaranteed to you and you could end right back working at the Bape store in SoHo (thanks for the help in picking out my new Bape hoody) before you know it, you should be happy with the experience you’ re having now. Besides that, every year, they do the same thing. Take advantage of this momentum and actually make a name for yourself. Even though you think you’ re somebody, you actually have no credibility in speaking out against something that’ s way above you. Know Your Role. Play It Well. And hopefully, you’ ll end up on a cover somewhere else before the year is over.
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