just shut the fuck up and go back about your business. You don’t have to like it, but you gotta respect it.
like Usher is like winning the lottery. Usher could have chosen any woman in the world, but he chose her (we’re still puzzled too). Congratulations, Tameka, you won.
Bitch Better Have My Money Award < Remy Ma After a close friend allegedly stole $2,000 from Remy’s purse, the former Terror Squadian was accused of putting two bullets in her companion. I guess the saying is true, money over bitches.
Worst Trend In Rap The “Rockstar” Phenomena We don’t care how you dress, the tight shirts and jeans and shiny belts, all good, whatever. But please don’t pretend to know anything about real rock and roll. Some artists might, but not the ones who made “Party Like A Rockstar” and all their followers. First of all, glam rock died quick. It had a vibrant, but fairly quick run. Played out licks and lackluster chops looped on a computer will see the same fate. Maybe some of you will score a VH1 reality dating special 15 years from now, but 15 minutes from now your fake ass sound will be dead and your career will be relegated to the frat boy bars who still book people like Vanilla Ice and bill them as “nostalgia acts.” Do your homework you lazy asses, this is art, not Wal-Mart.
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Lamest Thing About The Ozone Awards Litter Have some respect for your city, someone else’s city, wherever you may be when attending an event you plan to promote at. It ain’t your home so you have no right to throw your posters, flyers, stickers, promo pens, hats, t-shirts, and whatever else into the streets as if someone else should clean it up. The destruction of the earth IS your problem, dudes. Have some respect when you step into someone else’s home or work. The good folks at OZONE spent a long time and a lot of money to produce an event that for all intents and purposes should catapult this culture to a whole ‘nother level. But no, that doesn’t matter to you. As long as people saw your six hundred 6-foot tall posters, all of which ended up on the ground in a big mess, then I guess you have succeeded. But real talk, I haven’t heard shit from any of the artists I saw posters for all over every inch of that area since I left Miami. I guess you haters lost, again.
Weedcarrier of theYear Award < Gorilla Zoe Zoe began his career carrying weed for Block and Yung Joc, but things changed for this hood nigga in ’07. One hit record and solo album later, Z-O-E has his own weedcarriers. Their names are Jody, Gee and Duke.
Worst Hip Hop Flick Award < Who’s Your Caddy Who’s Your Caddy wasn’t just one of the worst Hip Hop films of the year, it was one of the worst films, period. Big Boi starred in this Caddyshack knock off that grossed nearly $3 million in its first box office week, but it would have been better off going straight to DVD. And The Winner Is… Award Tameka Foster Getting impregnated and wed to a pop icon 58 // OZONE MAG
Internet Gangsta Award < Saigon No other artist has utilized the internet this year like the Yardfather. Saigiddy used his Myspace blog to bicker back and forth with his album’s producer, Just Blaze, tell his side of the Mobb Deep scuffle story and release a retirement statement. And he still hasn’t released his highly anticipated debut album. Even as this article is written, Sai’s Myspace page reads “Online Now!” And we have no explanation for his profile picture. Hate I That LoveYou Award Limewire As much as illegal downloading is taking a toll on the music industry, most of us can’t stop using Limewire downloading softwares. As much as it hurts to download songs and albums, why would someone pay $17.99 for an album with one good single when Limewire has all the songs available for free? You Should Kiss Weezy Award < Playaz Circle It took most rap fans a few months to realize “Duffle Bag Boys” wasn’t a Lil Wayne single. Because of Wayne’s hook, Dolla Boy and Tity Boi didn’t have to rhyme on the track and it still would have been a smash hit. For giving PC the jumpstart their careers needed, these two should kiss Weezy just like his daddy. Umma Do Jeezy Award < Rocko We know the song is called “Umma Do Me” but from listening to his song, minus a few adlibs, it sounds more like Rocko Da Don is doing the Da Snowman.
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Best Hip Hop Flick Award < American Gangster Hip Hop superstars T.I. and Common starred alongside Denzel Washington in the story of drug kingpin Frank Lucas. The movie captivated Hip Hop culture and single-handedly inspired Jay-Z to release an album.
The UPS Is Hiring Award Grand Hustle With T.I.’s impending trial and the possibility that the Grand Hustle meal ticket could face a very long time behind bars, Jason Geter and company may need to get their resumes together, just in case. Like Big said, “don’t be mad, UPS is hiring.”
Website of theYear Award Youtube.com Last year’s runner up for Website of the Year had to be the most visited, viewed, shared, linked and uploaded site of 2007. If you missed anything in pop culture, chances are you can find it on youtube. Want to see the new DJ Khaled video? It’s on youtube. Want to see people make complete fool of themselves? It’s on youtube. Soulja Boy became a household name through it and any average Joe or chick with a nice rack and a camera can use it to do the same. //