Iron Solomon - Rule #4081 (ft. Cassidy)

Iron Solomon - Rule #4081 (ft. Cassidy)

While the next wave of battle rappers is waiting in line to be on a Smack DVD or the next Youtube sensation, the older wave is trying to cash in on that fame, with mixed results. Two of the most famous from that era, Iron Solomon and Cassidy are synonymous with freestyle supremacy, so it's only right that the two would find their way onto a track together. Ironically, the song is about what you need to do to make it onto the scene in hip-hop, with hilarious results. Solomon and Cass made light of the drama and controversy-laced entries into the music industry with this track. 'Rule #4081' describes all of the dirt you have to have in order to be famous, and we can all point out a few rappers who've used that formula to get on top. Whether it's getting shot, a sextape or what have you, can we get back to liking rappers because they can rap, not because of the stories behind them? I know that'll probably fall on deaf ears, but hearing a song like this has to resonate for some of the rappers who follow Dear Whoever. Check out Iron Solomon and Cassidy's rulebook for hip-hop supremacy and start plotting your rise to the top...

Freestyle Friday (8/13)

It's Friday, which means freestyles. You guys know that. But it's also Friday the 13th, which means we're gonna do something a little different. Today we're going to enter..... (gasp) The Freestyle Twilight ZOOOONE. No, seriously. Today we've got Vado on VLADTV dropping off a 16 going a capella. Honestly, Vado surprises me all the time. He's got a few slick lines in this freestyle, which is a far cry from some of the simple stuff he spits sometimes. 'Slime Flu' still doesn't have a release date, but I suppose when you're going hard on the promo like V-12, you can afford some procrastination. Now, for the scary, eerie, Twilight Zone freestyle. Cassidy might as well make his next promo picture a milk carton. He has been MIA in the rap game for over a year now. You'd suppose the next freestyle he'd come out with would be pure piff... No. It isn't. In fact, that's the eerie part. Cass has slipped so far that he has to resort to using a tired, Roscoe Dash flow. -_____- I hope he's just been smoking too much and this isn't what we're going to see from here on out. Whatever the case, enjoy both freestyles, for the lines and the laughs...