Rap list rap-up! LOL

So MTV, as is their wont, makes this list of the hottest rappers. The list is fine, all things considered, although next year Pusha T better make it. Work hard, little man! Anyway, rap being what it is, and what it is is the only genre of music wherein such a list would have weight, the rap world blows the fuck up. Like the gym teacher just posted a “top ten best at dodgeball” list. Everyone’s got shit to say. Lupe rebukes his snub after making it in 08, and spits hot Fire, and it’s good but realistically this is just another Tribe Called Who track wherein he raps very cleverly and very quickly but does not produce a banger. Give this man a Neptune. Raekwon responds with a humbleness that makes me want to hug him until both of our arms hurt: guy, I forgive you for the Busta Rhymes cameo. Meanwhile, #1 Jiggaman’s acceptance speech pretty much amounts to like, “Yup,” even though the boy Sasha Frere Jones, who for some reason can’t stop mentioning Brooklyn these days, and I: both correctly pinpointed the fact that Blueprint 3 has almost nothing to do with hip-hop and that Jay is sort of a presence on the record less than an “involved party.” SFJ’s obviously biting the Glow, is what I mean. (Meanwhile, Big Boi and Gucci Mane quietly released the best rap song of 09).

Thanks to rap blogs for being so fucking funny; without you this blog post couldn’t have been possible. Coming soon: CMG’s Hottest Singer/Songwriters in the Game. Sufjan’s got that come-up!!!!! Big co-sign on that Will Stratton pick fam!!