I found a great excerpt that nails my sentiments exactly on this whole mess, courtesy of Method Man via HipHopDX:
“Ice-T is an OG he don’t need to be even addressing nothing like that but he felt the need to address it for the love of Hip Hop and all that and I respect that. But him being the status that he’s at he shouldn’t be addressing someone like Soulja Boy – nor should Snoop Dogg,” he said. “But (Soulja Boy) is out there like that. If he wasn’t put out there like he was the truth I don’t think anyone would have a problem with him like that. Because lyrically he’s not the truth that’s no secret.”Swap out Ice-T with Snoop Dogg, with GZA with anyone really. Point is (and the real truth) is that Soulja Boy obviously does have pull with the younger demo, but also stands to gain from taking stabs at all these pioneers.
Sources, substance, significance.
Shit, when someone can produce an Ice-T live performance pre-dating Soulja Boy's birth, that says it all. A million ringtone downloads is nice, but let's be real.
Will Soulja Boy even be relevant 12 months from now?
Ask yourself, on a cold day in Chicago, a year from now, will anyone give a fuck?
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