Dear Cory Gunz…
GENERAL By David D. on December 22, 2008 at 1:06 pm
There Is Only One Picture Of Cory Gunz…and we intend to use it.
Let me start by saying I’m one of your biggest fans. I’ve probably written more articles about you in my time with TSS than I have any other artist. I’ve listened to you since the first Apprentice series and maintained the belief you can flip syllables like no other rapper in the game right now. It boggles my mind almost every time you spit a verse. The rapid fire delivery is crazy. Your breath control and ability to spit a whole verse without once inhaling is always a spectacle. I truly believe that you are on the short list of top MCs right now.
But I’ve been here before.
See, I thought Canibus was always one hit away and I swore by Papoose for like two years. I’ve come to learn it takes more than skill to make it. It all comes down to making good decisions. And homie, you ain’t making them right now. It was bad enough when you released that creepy home video for your “A Millie” bars… six months after you did the song. It was worse when your mixtape was a dated throwback circa 2005 when artists used to make a mixtape full of radio friendly, dumbed down songs to show labels they could make money instead of spit. It’s 2008. Wale and Charles Hamilton have proven that you can get a following with songs that show you. So why didn’t you do that?
Now you’ve opted to make a song “with” T-Pain. The “with” is in quotations because that song is obviously one of those tracks Akon and T-Pain sell with the hook intact so small artists can get a buzz. In a couple of months an established artist will probably have the same song on the radio while people say to themselves “didn’t ol’ dude used to have this track?” Of course, this would be forgiven if the song were hot:
“One more time, one more call
One more time, one more call
One more dime, one more call
One more time, one more call
…Shorty know my Black Jack game fat as Jack Black.”
That, my friend is not hot.
That’s not the guy who put Wayne to shame on his own song. That’s not the same guy who left everyone’s jaw dropped when you ripped the freestyle on DJ Green Lantern’s show. Nor is it the same MC who killed his freestyle on BET’s Hip-Hop awards. I’ve seen this shit before, Cory. And you’re acting like you want to end up like Canibus and Pap, as just another great talent that fell by the wayside.
One more question while I’m at it — why in the mother Hell do you rap about guns and drugs? Every time I play your music in the car my friends roll their eyes and say “Wait, didn’t his dad have a video on MTV when this kid was like 10?” So how did you grow up “Where shit’s like Darfur?” Either you are full of shit or you were watching your dad make money while you had to fend for yourself on the streets. If the latter is correct then that’s a fascinating story you should tell just to clarify.
Don’t look at this as some mean-spirited attack from another typer © Khaled. This is a concerned letter from a fan who wants you to succeed. Like I said, I believe you can be great. The best. But this ain’t the way to do it. Maybe you should come chill, sit down and have a Smoking Session and try to figure out what the hell you’re doing. We’re here for ya, buddy.
Sincerely,
A Concerned Fan
Previously Posted — The Apprentice Mixtapes
Posted in GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK — Tags: Cory Gunz
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21 Comments
Somebody call Cory’s people. We want answers.
Wow! Deep. I too think Gunz has greater potential he needs to tap into. I remember the first time I saw dude on the dvds. Hopefully he takes some time to let people know Cory Gunz the person and not Cory Gunz the rapid fire spitta.
I still check for Canibus.
Awesome part man. When I saw that “freestyle” with Cory in his Lambo he got me hooked. You better listin Cory cause that “fame” you take a long from your daddy will run out and then your the next Lil Romeo.
Co-siggidization.
Cory ! please drive ya career like jayz and ya rhymes like nas.
please homie, since “i’m cory” i think u can be the new one.
your first album needs to be a classic! no stupid mainstream hits!!!!
Blueprint or Stillmatic… are needed. Do ya thang like these. PEACE
“Either you are full of shit or you were watching your dad make money while you had to fend for yourself on the streets. If the latter is correct then that’s a fascinating story you should tell just to clarify.”
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As the sacrilegious youngsters used to say, “chuuch!”
I’ve been checkin’ Gunz since i heard his ol man talkin’ him up about 8 years ago. The Apprentice tapes since my datpiff days. Dude rhymes like a Brett Favre pick–strong hard and wildly all over the place.
I think he’ll end up like twista (i grew up near him and brat)–he’ll slow down his delivery, write a handful of actual songs, of which one or two straight bangers that cross over–songs that’ll come out of nowhere probably in a down quarter for everyone else, then he’ll try and repeat the formula try to put some “crew” on (speedknot mobsterz, anyone), which will be a disaster then he’ll fade from sight.
Blame Corey’s management. Young’un shoulda been on. And…
Either you are full of shit or you were watching your dad make money while you had to fend for yourself on the streets. If the latter is correct then that’s a fascinating story you should tell just to clarify.
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I think the Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz album went copper & I don’t how much ghostwriting for Shaq pays, but I’d wager a bet & say young Gunz grew up pretty normal. Advance money only stretches so long.
^naw, homie. Shaq is his Godfather. AND Shaq’s albums went plat like 3 times or somethng. That should guarantee at least a lil chedda
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so thats why cory was shaqs hypeman when he was freestyling kobe “tell me how my ass tastes?”
^lol, yea, that was Cory’s show I think. And shaq went up on stage
I knew Shaq was Corey’s godfather, but Peter did write for Shaq (at least on the “Can’t Stop The Reign” album). Corey grew up in the PJ’s in the Bronx, so either Peter put that money away for a rainy day or he overestimated his shelf life as an MC & blew it all on some dumb shit lol.
I co-sign with the post, but the stuff being whispered in his ear by the suits must be mighty tempting. I’m still amazed by how few units Scarface, Q-Tip and other critically acclaimed artists are moving these days.
Gunz 2.0 must be looking at the Akon track and thinking “Hmmmmm….” I mean, your respect won’t pay his mortgage. We all want an artist to stay as pure as possible, but a good chunk of heads MUST be talking and not buying. Otherwise, how can these albums brick when they are supposedly so good.
Don’t give me that Limewire/Torrent/Download mess either. Sure there’s leakage, but not enough to dig into sales that hard.
I still remember Ghostface bitching about how he had more friends on his MySpace page than record sales for his last album. THAT’S real talk.
Rappers are going to start asking for receipts.
http://www.yourfavoritewhiteboy.com
after hearing the apprentice, i always took gunz as a kid trying to go mainstream… so it only makes since to me to see him hook up with a t-pain… and i honestly can’t see him blowing up… my attention span couldn’t handle the 100-miles-a-minute flow of the apprentice… gunz has skills, but a full album of that flow doesn’t go over well with me…
One more question while I’m at it — why in the mother Hell do you rap about guns and drugs? Every time I play your music in the car my friends roll their eyes and say “Wait, didn’t his dad have a video on MTV when this kid was like 10?” So how did you grow up “Where shit’s like Darfur?”
LOL.. this is the answer we need.
Didn’t Peter Gunz lose all his money when they got sued for not clearing that Spyro Gyra (sp?) bassline sample? I could have sworn that I’ve read (or seen on some hood dvd clip posted on youtube or something) that Corey grew up in the jects and that his pops is rumored to be affiliated with Bloods himself.
Didn’t Peter Gunz lose all his money when they got sued for not clearing that Spyro Gyra (sp?) bassline sample? I could have sworn that I’ve read (or seen on some hood dvd clip posted on youtube or something) that Corey grew up in the jects and that his pops is rumored to be affiliated with Bloods himself.
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Don’t know anything about Spyro Gyra, but I’m pretty sure Steely Dan sued and won all royalties on Deja Vu.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUKCQfLY7nQ
Don’t know anything about Spyro Gyra, but I’m pretty sure Steely Dan sued and won all royalties on Deja Vu.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUKCQfLY7nQ
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Nevermind, they were threatened with a lawsuit and had to pay $105,000 in royalties. I bet that was as much as they made on the song.
http://books.google.com/books?id=SBgFUjjzOu4C&pg=PA63&lpg=PA63&dq=steely+dan+lord+tariq+clearance+fee&source=web&ots=_hAy0JTWAB&sig=m8FKgxpxK6RgUz3w0Lhx6bVU_1U&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result
according to that book, Gunz & Tariq made zero from Deja Vu after all their recouping/re-upping and fines…
gotta luv the music biz.
you;d think that would drive young cory to find more original beats if nothing else.
My bad, I meant Steely Dan but I knew they got jerked.
my poopoo hurts……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..