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by Jen Boyles
RISK Art Gallery: Without Completion
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Oh, what? You didn't even know that there was a Cool Kids diss song? It showed up on NahRight about an hour ago. Recorded by Mazzi of the S.O.U.L. Purpose crew, "Lesson A" goes at two URB cover story artist in successive verses: Jay Electronica and The Cool Kids. Although he starts "Lesson A" with the obligatory "this is not a diss song," it really kinda is. He delivers some hard hitting punchlines and has a blogger-like grip on these two artists catalogs...'cause it's definitely necessary to know thy enemy. We reached out to Mikey Rocks of The Cool Kids and played him the track, here is an abridged version of that AIM conversation:
urb: sure....what up mikey?
mikey rocks: he knew "get busy"! nobody knows "get busy" lol
urb: so this dude obviously has a serious recollection of your catalog?
mikey: yea thats pretty cool I think hes a hardcore fan
urb: it seems like you guys are poster kids for this "hipster rap" backlash....
mikey: fuck that shit
urb: there's gotta be a reason dude went at ya'll though....
mikey: next [question]....lol. we knew he was gonna mention the pants
urb: so you've never met this dude? he's just offended by your internet repertoire?
mikey: nah never or heard of him...we think its funny that its all on [me] tho, really the diss is on [me], not with chuck
urb: anything else you want to add?
mikey: dude looks like jason kidd. that about it. i'll send him a copy of the album when it drops on Neveruary 32...that was funny
I heard the diss and I arrived at the same conclusion. He seemed like a fan. He knows names of songs and everything.
Posted Tuesday, April 22, 2008 @ 07:51 by jonrud00
lol @ the pix up in nahright... the dude looks constipated...
Posted Tuesday, April 22, 2008 @ 07:52 by haha
cool kids = hypebeasts. WALE > the cool.
Posted Tuesday, April 22, 2008 @ 08:17 by SWAG NY
wale is not this shit, least he wasnt in Frisco
Posted Tuesday, April 22, 2008 @ 10:54 by nope
cool kids are garbage and will be gone just about as fast as Soulja Boy Tell Em!
Posted Wednesday, April 23, 2008 @ 08:03 by astro
"Take off that keffiyeh" hahahahahaha SONNNED
Posted Wednesday, April 23, 2008 @ 08:09 by Paycheck
Mazzi aka S.o.u.l. Purpose is not dissin the Cool Kids or Jay. He is simply reacting towards the hype and surge of the hipster rap. He's just a original hip hop head that just doesn't "get it". Personally, I am a fan of The Cool Kids, Jay and S.O.U.L. Purpose.
Posted Wednesday, April 23, 2008 @ 08:09 by Kiddrae
I know both Mazzi and Jay Elec personally (I didn't even know the Cool Kids names before I heard this song) and this is a weak move by Mazzi, but it seems to have done it's job because it's on dozens of blogs.
Posted Wednesday, April 23, 2008 @ 09:44 by F.O.H.
you have to know your opponent, besides Mazzi reps that worldwide hiphop shit (check the World Rap Championships) Cool Kids are for "Kids"
Posted Wednesday, April 23, 2008 @ 10:50 by deathgrip
The Hell w them kids in Tight ass pants..MAZZI is a vet and he knows his Hip Hop!!!!
Posted Wednesday, April 23, 2008 @ 02:07 by Swagg Vil Mayor
Never heard Jay Electronica Just heard Cool kids. isnt chopped and screwed dead with Mike Joooooooooneeessssszzz. Corny slow music. and sadly too many kids are wearing tight pants. males. How are we gonna have a future? Nobody's hangin?Mazzi what up! SOUL PURPOSE is what it is. Hipstas Gentrify. Thats what it is. Try to kick out the soul and put bleach in the hole
Posted Wednesday, April 23, 2008 @ 05:25 by 2HB
Jay Electronica says "haters tryin to block my shine like Ray Bans"
Posted Wednesday, April 23, 2008 @ 07:18 by Domepiece
Mazzi been doing this for a min... he and OG in the rap shit..
Posted Thursday, April 24, 2008 @ 12:51 by M.O.
Lighten up folks, they were due for some backlash. Lets see what happens (opens bag of popcorn and waits).
Posted Thursday, April 24, 2008 @ 08:13 by Michael Cardigan
To impose Mazzi is a fan in such condescending way implicates that all their fans are played too... and they are.. If Mazzi said it, then there is light to shed to why. Because when it comes to this hiphop culture, these cool young goats and j-electried are no way close to the echelon Mazzi belongs in. I never seen or heard of j-tronica nor cool young goats let alone them being identifed as something serious and respectable in this game here called HipHop.
Posted Thursday, April 24, 2008 @ 10:01 by Bboy J-Rox
how come urb turned into a fagazine??
Posted Thursday, April 24, 2008 @ 01:49 by herbhead
haha... this guys wack... cool kids.. chitown all day... he didnt rhyme half the time.. and should know... inglish isnt from chi... get ya shit rite...
Posted Friday, April 25, 2008 @ 04:51 by young live-starters dj's
If you read the Miss Info quote from Mazzi, he says that one of them is from Detroit... & unless you are def, he rhymed the whole way through...
Posted Friday, April 25, 2008 @ 05:39 by BOBO
People forgot that hip hop started out as party music not street music. People need to start realizing hip hop is not just one type of sound. It is a complex musical form that keep on evolving. I guest Afrika Bambaataa is next to get dissed? Oh wait maybe S.O.U.L. Purpose is to young know about the history of Hip Hop.
Posted Saturday, April 26, 2008 @ 05:22 by Tarik
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Posted Tuesday, April 29, 2008 @ 04:46 by yessirr
Mazzis a dope MC his got skill and his new album is crazy... This dude has done some shit 4real... from what i hard this guy dont sleep and knows a hell of alot abour REAL Music, I never hard of Jay Electronica, or the cool kids. so shows how fare they got with there music if i know who S.O.U.L. Purpose is. Keep doing ya things mazzi....
Posted Saturday, May 03, 2008 @ 04:25 by Hazard
Mazzi's a BITCH!!....and he's ugly. mad cuz mikey rocks has more girls than he does.
Posted Wednesday, May 07, 2008 @ 11:08 by Bang Bang Fluff
mazzi fucked up when he mentioned THE CHI.... ITS ON NOW!!!!!...lol HiiiOOOOO!!!
Posted Wednesday, May 07, 2008 @ 11:57 by MIC TERROR
Another Chicago MC responds http://rubyhornet.com/index.php/blog/new-post/26-blog/485-mic-terror-responds-to-qlesson-aq-video-stills
Posted Tuesday, May 13, 2008 @ 11:57 by Berk
uh-oooooooooooooooooh...let them flood gates open jo...get em...it aint one who caint be touched...
Posted Wednesday, May 14, 2008 @ 01:17 by EL
it's always gonna be a battle of the conservatives and liberals. if people make music that others enjoy, it's all good. beef is wack... to be a hater is to give props essentially.
Posted Sunday, May 25, 2008 @ 03:06 by thevastdifference
in rebuttal to "Lesson B" mazzi should know that fashion is just fashion. it always recycles itself. flared jeans from the 70's came back in the 90's. so 80's comes back in the 00's. fashion and knowledge of music are two separate things.. they just sometimes are caught in the act together. fu*in mazzi.. thinks he's the last word and sh*t. Q-tip is right.. they just rocked what was fly. if we rock retro J's.. so what? that sh*t will always be fly, espcially for us chicago heads. if you're gonna diss, diss the hipsters themselves who don't know their culture and rock the shit because it's hip. but at the same time, it opens them up to what hip hop's history is.. it should spark an interest and it's giving homage. the people who take it as a fad.. will disappear regardless. don't diss our MC's, our DJ's.. they know their history no doubt. and if someone says theyre too young, it's homage and they're paying respects. the only thing conservative backpacker hip hop heads are doing is holding back the evolution of music.. let hip hop expand.. let it breath.. let it reach out.
Posted Sunday, May 25, 2008 @ 03:31 by thevastdifference