Wire Tap: If Rappers Were Characters From The Wire
EDUTAINMENT By TSSCrew on February 10, 2009 at 1:15 pm
It’s been a year and I still miss The Wire and all its characters. We said our final goodbyes in 2008 but recent endless viewings of the DVD box set had me feeling sentimental and inspired. It’s the “Who would play me in a movie?” game further realized and repurposed, i.e. which rappers would play characters on The Wire? So, without further adieu…
Charles Hamilton as Duquan “Dukie” Weems — These two have more of an uncanny physical resemblance than Blu and Bubbles. Besides their connection as look-alikes and being coincidentally homeless at different points in life, both are bright, yet can’t seem to get the formula quite right to move on to a higher level of success. Coincidentally, and both lived in the streets.
Nas as Avon Barksdale — Okay, so maybe Nas isn’t really a hustler or a gangster. But he is an older figure who has seen more dominant days, finding his way in an environment that may/may not be suited to his tastes any longer. Oh, and he evolved as the opposite of…
Jay-Z as Stringer Bell — The intelligent hustler. Does/did anyone so knee deep in their respective field have a more savvy business sense than these two?
Andre 3000 as Lester Freamon — These wise vets are intensely cerebral while having a creative outlet that helps them make money while expressing themselves. Both have also expressed discontent or disinterest with the state of their environments.
Shyne as Wee-Bey — Down to take a charge for their crews, maybe a little thick-skulled at times, but they know how to keep it real emotionally when the time presents itself. Plus, they’re both still in prison.
Papoose as D’Angelo Barksdale — Both came out the gates with mountains of potential and a bright future. But a few rough patches and where are they now?
Lil’ Wayne as Bodie — Both progressed from bouts of juvenile delinquancy to mature into effective salesmen. Bodie met a tragic ending after some rash decisions, perhaps the same fate awaits Wayne after his foray into rock?
The Game as Senator Clay Davis — One second he’s your friend, the next he’s your enemy. They may be sly and even slimy with their beef preparation, but they know how to cook that shit up so it tastes good pause.
T.I. as Michael — They both exude loads of talent and unspoken confidence, but have had some troubles with the wrong side of the law. Michael made it alive to the series end. Hopefully T.I. will too.
LL Cool J as Cutty — Old veterans who used to be known for their hard-nosed antics, but have now evolved into harmless old men who come across as a little too (radio) friendly.
Rick Ross as Bunk — Kinda chubby? Check. Present or past involvement in law enforcement? That’s a yes.
Da Brat as Snoop — “How my hair look? You look good, girl.”
Rakim as Cedric Daniels — Ice cold, measured intensity that never strays far from stoicism.
MC Lyte as Kima — A classy classic with a deep, impending voice. Lyte-as-a-rock made an easy transition from frontrunner of female emcees to color commentator of the genre, just as Kima went from Special Opps to Homicide.
Asher Roth as Jimmy McNulty — White, perpetually drunk and perfectly okay with it.
Ice Cube as Bunny Colvin — Both believe in their ideals passionately and were famous for defending them with some necessary bark. However, after growing older and more mature, they aren’t afraid to take on a role for the kids.
50 Cent as Marlo Stanfield — Masters in exaggerated acts of self-promotion for the sake of their own names, these dudes are cold hearted, and not afraid to stoop to any level in their pursuit of power, typically at the embarrassment of their opponents.
Scarface as Prop Joe — Street smart, well spoken and wise beyond their years, these two don’t favor getting caught up in everyone else’s obsession with beef. Joe tamed the hot-headed Avon and the ruthless Marlo into the co-op; Scarface somehow got both Nas and Jay to appear on The Fix. Take your pick of which is more impressive.
Killer Mike as Omar — Both are killers, have high levels of respect in the trenches, and have a pronounced sense of street justice that is difficult to argue against.
D’Angelo as Bubbles — We don’t want to retread the brilliant Blu/Bubbs mashup. Instead the role of soulful misfit who got tangled up in self-doubt and the vices of humanity is filled by the silky-bvoiced D’Angelo. Hopefully his ascent from his dark times mirrors Bubbs’.
Scott Storch as Ziggy — Does this one even need an explanation?
Redman as Cheese Wagstaff — Who else could you see standing on the corner, smoking blunts, giving random one-liners about midget pussy? Red = Meth = Cheese, FTW!
Bow Wow as Kenard — Both demand respect from their peers. But unlike Kenard, the only thing Bow Wow is killing is Soulja Boy’s career.
Cory Gunz as Randy Wagstaff — Dad had a respectable name in the game. And the kid got lost somewhere along the way.
Eminem as Carcetti — Came out swinging and shaking things up in a Black dominated world.
Khia as Delonda — Eesh. For real. My neck and my back are killing me just thinking about being married to either.
Respect Our Fresh!
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It’s like girls promising you thomas’s when they can’t even cook toast.
probably shouldn’t have read this considering im only on episode 8… haha.
great day n nite though. i’ve already skipped 2 classes.
great minds think alike! way more extensive than what i put up.
http://iknowtheledge.com/hip-hop/charles-hamilton-dukie
TSS IS MAJOR.
that was awesome.
favorites: Storch, Face, Jay, TI, Charles Hamilton
especially Storch. whammy.
IM JUST A HUMBLE MOTHERFUCKER WITH A BIG ASS DICK
I miss the WIRE so much. Damn…
Some of these are really on point!!
Lets pray to God that Khia is a better mom then Delonda.. I wanted to kill that heffa.
Asher Roth/McNulty? … ehhhh.. something’s wrong witcha back on THAT one… i’ll come back when I have a better suggestion.
inspired to watch the whole TV series with Audio Commentary.
Good looks Franchise, I’ve always thought they looked ridiculously alike, glad to hear I’m not alone in thinking that.
And TrackStar, I only hope that Storch records another “Built Like That” for me in response.
Micheal didn’t make it out. Great Article though.
Shouldn’t Cory Gunz be Namond?
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lmao, good read.. i think Em should be McNulty, tho
Thanx for introducing us to hiphopruckus Destro.
Never heard of ya but I’ll click the link a couple times since you obviously need the attention.
pretty spot on
Yo Destro,
I googled the hell out of this because I figured someone must have done it before. That said, I ain’t never been to or heard of your site. I didn’t find anything on Google.
Anyways, no need to be bitter. You made a list, we got one too. Bottom line, we both love The Wire, and we both love Hip Hop. What’s wrong with that?
50 Cent as Marlo Stanfield
^
Sad but true.
Classic post. Meth could have stayed Meth. T.I. as Michael, you ain’t never lied.
Thanks for stealing this idea from us…
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Ahem.
1. No idea is original.
2. It’s not who does it first; it’s who does it best.
3. …and who the fuck are you? © Slick Rick
Take that monkey talk back to your blogspot.
easily one of the most entertaining reads ive seen on this site…
that Blu & Bubbles shit is hillarious
classic.gotty.ether
Brilliant!
LMAO @ hiphopruckus
FAIL
forget all this… who’s got Jada’s new joint. it’s already out on mixtape.com which means there’s a link somewhere.
amazing
Man fuck this Desthro child. Their list over there is wack as hell. Snoop as 2 Pac are you fucking serious? And Namond as Lupe Fiasco? How the hell they compiling that list? Drawing names out of a hat? LMAO.
haha dope, most of these were on point. 3 stacks as lester is brilliant.
only one I was like ehh, was Bodie…but i don’t even kno who would fit that spot, maybe Big L…
http://i42.tinypic.com/1zxm5wk.jpg
^ LMFAO
jesse h. this is classic shit.
very original & it made me laugh out loud… LITERALLY.
rick ross as bunk? hahahahaha! priceless.
all of these are dead-on.
respect ;-]
Nicely done – love the Storch comparison.
LMFAO @ Bo Jangles
A Hunting We Will Go – Kano feat. Ghetto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4yAU822WRQ
If you like the wire you might like the references in this song
“Locked it like Barksdale’s clique in the wire, via, the bars I spit”
you might find the uk accents too much but give it a look, its a great song and is packed with wire references like the Omar’s whistling sample.
Take it or leave it… For anyone that’s feeling it:
http://www.yousendit.com/download/Y2orRm85R0ZvQnMwTVE9PQ
MC Lyte as Kima — A classy classic with a deep, impending voice. Lyte-as-a-rock made an easy transition from frontrunner of female emcees to color commentator of the genre, just as Kima went from Special Opps to Homicide.
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Soooo…it’s not because of uhhh…more suggestive reasons??? I’m saying what some were only thinking
^
that too.
Yall went all the way dow to Ziggy and Namons mom?!? Well done!
^
lol
wow… thanks for re visiting my idea and putting your thoughts to it im glad im always inspiring other writers
Hip Hop Ruckus
Hits yesterday: 3 Today: 15
Great job on getting your name out. GO reread gotty’s comment.
My notes to add:
Fat Joe or Peter Rosenberg – Herc
Wale – Chris Parlow (too easy, they’re family)
Kanye West – Brandon Wright
Daddy Yankee – Reynaldo
This was a great entry!
a lotta people want to compare Prop Joe to E-40 just cause they’re large dudes and have a way with words. i can see the argument for either 40 or Face.
chris partlow = uncle murder?
or
brother mouzone = uncle murder?
or neither, i’m no good at this game.
Who’s Bird though?
CLASSIC post.
Uncle Murda could do Bird
To franchise, we don’t need to get our name out. Smoking Section is run by swagger jackers…
Yo Gotti, you’re a swagger jacker and we don’t do blogs anymore. That site hasn’t been updated in like 12 months.
To franchise, we don’t need to get our name out. Smoking Section is run by swagger jackers…
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TSS = the reason your site traffic went up by 500% today…kick rocks
who still says “swagger jacker”?
go pop your collar and get jiggy with it….youre the cambodian sidewalk bootlegger of the net
Oh and thanks for taking down the links to the stories we posted over 11 months ago just so others couldn’t see the truth. I’m gonna write each and everyone of the people who posted a comment to this story and expose you swagger jackers. This is one reason why hip hop is so saturated with unoriginality. Thanks for contributing. We’ll give you 24 hours yo to give us the credit, but yo you’ll probably not take it down. So I gonna go for it anyways. I think you’ve started some internet beef that you don’t want cuzin. And by the way. It’s on….
Kthundo, you probably wear tight pants and watch 106 and park for the latest hiphop.
hahahhahahahhhahhahhahahhaa
whats internet beef?
are you gonna $1.50 your computer screen every time TSS pops up?
are you gonna send over your slew of e-goons…ummm…i mean viruses?
lmao…the TSS herb of the year award has an early front runner
go benoit yourself
Kthundo, you probably wear tight pants and watch 106 and park for the latest hiphop.
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naw son, i get all my hip hop news from your site…i check it three times a day…im 100% of your site traffic…you should send me a thank you card
hahahhaa
Damn, now we got blog-beef??? Wooo-saaah my ninjaz, Wooo-saaah!!!
@ KThundo: LOL at “e-goons”!!!
I’ll beat somebody up if Gotty tells me to!!!
I don’t know about “internet beef”… it’s pretty much an oxymoron… But I DO know I want to request to be put on this list, Jesse, to play Fuzzy Dunlop. Please, and thank you.
<3,
Swagger Jacker No. 2 of the mighty TSS
P.S. “swagger jacker” is the most Wonder Bread shit I’ve read out loud since “marijuana cigarette” and/or “fist bump.”
Love the analogies!
If a tree falls and no one hears it, does it make a sound? No. But it probably has more comments than your posts do.
Aaaaaand… just so we’re clear on how we here at TSS feel about “internet beef…”
http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/2008/12/lessons-in-e-thuggin
…it’s for the best tambourine players and Easter egg painters in the land.
I’m sorry but did dude say “11months ago”?- GET OVER IT!!!
Loved this write-up, great job!!! Luved… Andre-Lester , T.I- Micheal, still lmao at Ross-Bunk, but Meth could have stayed Cheese.
what about spiros vonda? is jimmy iovine hip hop enough?
And just so we’re clear
Lester F. = David D.
Cuz we did a Wire post and you feel left out, and didn’t mention yo name, that’s what all this about?
All I gotta say is Wuuutttt up!!!
Damn! That Kthundo comment was better than the whole Ross/50 beef!
If Barack was a character on the Wire heres what he’d say bout badnews.
http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/blogs/phlog/OBAMA_THAT_GUY.mp3
Mostly good picks, not sure about Ross/Bunk (The Bunk’s way smoother) or Brat/Snoop (Snoop way harder) but besides that most of these are genius. So which rapper is Chris?
Destro = Naymond
Gotty = Michael
HHR = Duqie running the corner
TSS = The Greeks
Jay was maybe da hustler, but Nas was a hustler too
Damn that Rick BAWSE! Ross, he has started an epidemic with these ‘Imma give you _____ hrs to do………’
Enough of the tomfoolery
J.Period – The [Abstract] Best Mixtape
. J.Period f. Prince Paul, Questlove & Randy Watson– Rhythm (Scratch Intro)
2. Cannonball Adderly / Excursions Intro
3. J.Period f. De La Soul – Excursions (Tribute Remix)
4. Aquarius Interlude #1: Welcome
5. Q-Tip f. Busta Rhymes – Getting Up (DJ Scratch Remix) (The Renaissance)
6. Behind the Scenes: Ghetto Origins [Produced by J.Period]
7. What the Fuss f. Stevie Wonder (Shook Remix)
8. Queens Represent (Interlude)
9. Mobb Deep f. Nas & Q-Tip – Give Up the Goods (J.Period Remix) [Produced by Q-Tip]
10. Apache – Gangsta Bitch [Produced by Q-Tip]
11. ATCQ – If the Papes Come (Intro)
12. ATCQ – Check the Rhime
13. Behind the Scenes: Don’t Walk Away (Interlude)
14. ATCQ –Award Tour
15. Behind the Scenes: Award Tour (Interlude)
16. Hot Butter (Interlude)
17. J.Period f. Dres – Jazz Pt. 2 (Tribute Remix)
18. Behind the Scenes: We Got the Jazz (Interlude)
19. J.Period f. Blu– Jazz (Tribute Remix)
20. Skypager: Bob Power & Big Daddy Kane (Interlude)
21. Q-Tip f. Jay Dilla – Let’s Ride
22. Behind the Scenes: Bob Power You There? (Interlude)
23. Q-Tip – Vivrant Thing (Remix)
24. Q-Tip – Move (The Renaissance)
25. Q-Tip – Breathe & Stop (J.Period Remix)
26. Respect to Phife Dawg (Interlude)
27. J.Period f. Consequence & Kid Cudi – Buggin Out (Tribute Remix)
28. ATCQ Consists Of…
29. Behind the Scenes: The Native Tongues (Interlude)
30. De La Soul f. Jungle Brothers, Q-Tip, Monie Love & Queen Latifah – Buddy (Remix)
31. Respect to Ali Shaheed Muhammed (Interlude)
32. Q-Tip f. Busta Rhymes – N.T.
33. A Message From Talib Kweli
34. J.Period f. Questlove, Talib Kweli & Randy Watson – Youthful (Tribute Remix)
35. Q-Tip f. Amanda Diva – ManWomanBoogie (The Renaissance)
36. Chris Rock: Men vs. Women (Interlude)
37. De La Soul f. Q-Tip – Saturdays
38. De La Soul f. Q-Tip & Phife – Saturdays (Remix)
39. Q-Tip – She Likes to Move (J.Period Remix)
40. Dee-Lite f. Q-Tip – Groove Is in the Heart
41. Beastie Boys f. Q-Tip – Get it Together
42. Behind the Scenes: What Is Kapelka? (Interlude)
43. J.Period f. Skillz, Questlove & Randy Watson – What? (Tribute Remix)
44. Behind the Scenes: Busta Rhymes / Scenario (Interlude)
45. Busta Rhymes – Scenario (Unreleased Demo Tape)
46. Behind the Scenes: Hood R.I.P. (Interlude)
47. Hood – Scenario (Remix)
48. Aquarius Outtro
49. Behind the Scenes (Bonus): Reinvention (Kamaal the Abstract – A Million Times)
http://rapidshare.com/files/196489543/jperiod-qtip-v1-final-new.zip
http://www.zshare.net/download/554105576122b438
Greumsy Greums aka Marlo Bell aka Stringer Stanfield !!! OWW
Hey, did the Wire ever have a mixtape or soundtrack? That would be appreciated folks.
^they had a CD come with the box set at best buy, i think we had it in the strays at one point…it might be in the search
This dude destro actually said “internet beef”
“and by the way, it’s on…”
What a square.
@ TSS Braintrust, Gotty and Jesse H…keep yall heads up fam. whoever desro is, it’s not even worth yall time signfying his bullshit with a response.
TSS will always be major…word to any negro with a gi joe codename as an alias.
some cats never learn…and as steve harvey recently said “..a dog don’t park at a parked car”.
Kind of like if Wu-Tang members were in the NBA…
http://thegrip.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/if-wu-tang-members-were-nba-players/
lol, this dude can’t be serious.
Some of these are alright but I dont see myself agreeing with a lot of em, really just cus of the descriptions.
And this “beefing” thing is retarded. Gotty went about it the right way.
Rest of you look just as childish dissin each other, I blame Hip-Hop for that though.
ugh
wayne as boadie!
boadie was the realest dude on the wire
wayne is a f*&$ boy
yall are lame for that one
everything else is pretty fresh though
McNulty is The Streets, as Mike Skinner is also perpetually drunk, has simple needs, doesn’t meet his potential, etc. Also, McNulty is played by a Brit, Skinner is a Brit.
The Grip ftw!
Oh and thanks for taking down the links to the stories we posted over 11 months ago just so others couldn?t see the truth.
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Lol, who’s he think we are… Google?
We forgot my man Slim Charles too. I say either Memph Bleek or Juelz as the ever faithful #2
Oh and thanks for taking down the links to the stories we posted over 11 months ago just so others couldn?t see the truth.
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Lol, who’s he think we are… Google?
We forgot my man Slim Charles too. I say either Memph Bleek or Juelz as the ever faithful #2
Great effin’ post.
CHam as Dukie = Bullseye lol
These fools think they’re about to e-attack my goddamn inbox & flood the comments lmao…
Yo TSS,
I think you should give us at hhr some credit for that idea you “swagger jacked” for the Wire article because if you don’t, I’ll expose you cats. This is a promise. Got an issue with that, get at me anytime. Especially Gotti!! Actually though, if you dont’ care what we have to say, I’ll probably still drop the hammer. It’s on kid…
Destro
edNchief
Hiphopruckus.com
So there you go.
There’s Destro’s site. Call him Corey since he’s friendly e-thug. If you want to contact him,
hiphopruckus2007@yahoo.com
Here’s the cc’ed emails as well. I’ll assume that they all want their 15 minutes in the spotlight for such a brilliant idea…that NYMag beat them to first.
Dec. 3, 2006 — http://nymag.com/arts/popmusic/reviews/24987/
timbnews@aol.com,
sanabria.javier@yahoo.com,
flo.montana@gmail.com,
tommy@tommydanger.net
So again, that’s them. Here’s their 15 minutes…and they have an originally “stolen” idea that they want you to know they came up with 2nd.
And dear Mr. Fairley,
Don’t body yourself Mr. “edNchief”
Leave me alone little boy, I’m busy.
You could’ve did better.
Ziggy!
Yo on the real, it’s all good. You can call me what you want. You can even put my government name out there. I don’t care. I got it on facebook. I’m not hiding behind my alias John Notty. I just like to use it cause it’s dope. On the real, seems that your toneon your site is totally different than the one you sent me a few minutes ago to my personal email. Who’s the internet thug again?
From:
This sender is DomainKeys verified
“john.gotty”
Add sender to Contacts
To:
sanabria.javier@yahoo.com
Cc:
“Corey Fairley” , “Flo” , tommy@tommydanger.net, “BadNews”
Let me state my/our side clearly.
- In no way did we “copy” your post. Frankly, I wasn’t aware of your post until “Destro” posted it in the comments.
- However, I do think you all did well with it just like I think we did quite well with ours. Both use different rappers & a different approach.
- I’ve studied & taught literature on multiple levels. The very thought that an idea in writing is original is far off base. History shows that.
- The whole idea of “we’re going to expose you” is comical. Expose what? A similar idea? I showed you a similar article that appeared before yours or ours, minus pics. So did you steal your idea from there?
- Respectfully, I’m really not going to trouble w/this because I stand 100% firm that our writing was inspired but us & us alone. With have nothing to benefit or lose in this situation.
Bickering via the internet is not my or our M.O. We’ll continue writing in our lane & I can hope that you all will do the same.
gotty just gave him the….
“go thaaaaaaaaaat waaaay” (c) Big Pun
somebody send some Aloe Vera to him ASAP!!
Emails?
Right.
Pay Corey no mind. I dug around w/Gmail’s nifty search feature to see who these Hip-Hop Ruckus characters are. He’s been a fan of ours for some time it seems…
Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 11:48 AM
What’s Up Fam, this is Cboi..EditorNChief…HipHopRuckus.Blogspot.com. Just wanted to know if you would like to do a link exchange between the smoking section and hiphopruckus. If you do, we will be more than welcome to feature features from your site that you would like to get additional exposure…in addition to your link be #1 on the HipHopLinks section of the website. If interested, please feel free to write us back at this address.
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Number one?!?! Really?
Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 8:59 AM
Yo TSS,
Keep up the good work and all. Just wanted to let you all know that I changed sites from the blogspot to my own site about 7 months back. the new site for hiphopruckus.blogspot.com is located at hiphopruckus.com. Could you change the direction of the present link you have on the site? I will add your link to the link pageon hiphopruckus.com in like an hour or so. Get at me.
Corey F
edNchief
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Corey likes our good work it seems.
In the end, go visit their site. That’s all they really want.
Visit to see an original idea…that they “stole.”
Go figure. Guess I should have add’em to the PNC’s sooner lol.
In the end (and since this is a Wire piece), “our name is our name.” Don’t come around trying to sling unfounded bullshit in attempt to sully our name mainly off a coincidence kid.
Ahem…
and he nicely left out the references to Shakespeare & Plutarach as being victims (or perhaps perps) of literary theft. Mark Twain attested to the fact as well.
But he left all that out lol.
remember — hiphopruckus.com
From:
This sender is DomainKeys verified
“john.gotty”
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To:
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You know, the same fire that was in your original email that you used when you were defending your team, that’s the same one employed by me here.
If the situation were reversed and you knew in good faith that you did nothing wrong, how would you respond?
I think i got under your skin.
Nah, you’ve got your minions sending corny emails so i figure i’ll play along for a few mins. I’m just having fun now lol. Y’all are our number one fans so might as well give you some attention & traffic.
remember — hiphopruckus.com
Corey Fairley,
You really gotta just let this thing go. I Googled around to see if there was another article that did something like ours. Any of them that I was aware of, I gave shout outs too (Bubbs/Blu). In the original intro i wrote for the piece, I linked to “If Wu-Tang Members were NBA players.”
I’ve done a handful of articles on this site inspired by other articles. In every one of them I cite the source if I deem it necessary (I also have a Facebook, welcome to the club, and all of my articles are posted on a note in my profile if you doubt my source-citing ability).
As I stated earlier, I had no knowledge of your article. I have no doubt in my writing abilities or the limits of my own creativity, and would have no reason to blatantly swipe an idea and call it my own.
As it’s always been pointed out, your original article was also borrowed (whether you knew about it or not, you haven’t addressed), and you’re holding a double standard if you claim that we owe you “props” or whatever.
At this point, you really seem to just have your hand out for some hits with your e-thug on your sleeve looking for a rumble.
You got your hits. Now give it a rest.
LMAO!!!! Incredible post! I LOVE IT!
I haven’t been to this site in over 3 years when I first started blogging and looking for link backs. I only found out about this article from a fam of mine. The only reason I came to the site was to state my case for the old blogspot site that I don’t update anymore. And yo, i don’t care about getting traffic that’s was not my intention. On the real, If you look at the trail of comments from top to bottom that you’ve posted on this article, I think it’s clear to see who’s a little perturbed…
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Name: DestroTheBiggaFigga
City: W.Columbia, SC
Role: Silent voice of HHR…
http://hiphopruckus.com/the-hip-hop-ruckus-crew
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So much for silent voice…
For real tho, Gotty jus young buck’d you with those e-mails hahahaha…I visited your site tho if that makes you feel better…
Gotty jus young buck’d you
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lol
I think it’s clear to see who’s a little perturbed…
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lol, let me help you.
I have no intentions of letting you herbs come @ me sideways via email or attempt to disgrace the Crew or this site. If that’s signs of being “perturbed,” I’ll be that.
For me, nothing left to be said @ this point.
Yall seen this shit?
http://hiphopruckus.com/the-hip-hop-ruckus-crew
Check out his “factoid”
LOL…JOKES
TSS is MAJOR!!!
Destro : TSS
=
Amanda Diva : nahright
is this dude really serious?
corey- please get a life. You even give internet thugs a bad name.
Corey is on land
TSS is on a boat
Hey, did the Wire ever have a mixtape or soundtrack? That would be appreciated folks.
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@ DS
I got you son! Two soundtracks actually.
The Wire: And All the Pieces Matter — Five Years of Music from The Wire
http://www.amazon.com/Wire-Pieces-Matter-Years-Music/dp/B000YDOOT6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1234315586&sr=1-1
http://rapidshare.com/files/84123538/VA-TW_ATPTM-FY__OST.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/84127336/VA-TW_ATPTM-FY__OST.part2.rar
The Wire: Beyond Hamsterdam: Baltimore
http://www.amazon.com/Wire-Beyond-Hamsterdam-Baltimore/dp/B0010DJ1BU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1234315586&sr=1-2
http://rapidshare.com/files/84127339/VA-TW-_BHB_OST.rar
This cat is giving the original Biggga a bad name. Gotty good job on the etherization of this cat.
Found this link on LYN… a few weeks back. Seems like a good spot for it.
http://leaveyournineathome.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/the-corner-miniseries/
If you enjoyed The Wire, you may want to get this.
The Corner is like the bud of what would later bloom into The Wire. Based on the book “The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood” by David Simon and Ed Burns, Simon and David Mills turned the story into a TV series. Made in mock observational documentary style it’s the portrait of a family and their friends and street buddies in West Baltimore, in the midst of drug-slingers, crackheads, crime and poverty. You could say that The Corner is one aspect of the many that later got incorporated into the big picture that is The Wire. And a lot of the actors from The Corner got different roles for The Wire again — and sometimes you wouldn’t believe the career steps they’d made in the meantime. 6 episodes of goodness.
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I think Omar shoulda been DMX…looks wise…
Jimmy McNulty = asher roth
is WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY off
Jimmy McNulty is tough
asher roth is baby soft
@BigFonz: good looks on the links
@Gotty: word! I been lookin for links for “the corner” for mad long
this post has all the makings of a classic: the wire, beef, good downloads, and an appearance by Greums!
Hey from being a Wire fanatic, I thought Jamie Hector based a lot of the character on 50 Cent.
I know a lot of people that agree with that sentiment.
to the tune of SHOOK ONES:
“there’s a war goin’ on online no man is safe from/
you can browse, but you can’t hide forvever/
from these.. PC’s we done took/
you typin’ wit your head down scared to look/
you’re shook.. cuz there’s no such thing as keyboard crooks…”
internet beef. gotta luv it.
let’s keep it in cyberspace, ya’all.
remember pac & big.
LET..
THE SHOW…
GO!
its over.
^^
I meant to say “Survival of the Fittest” LOL
I better put this blunt out.
@ Bigga tha OG
At first I thought that was you mockin the HHR dude. I was like Bigga done straight went Black Canseco and made a “beef transcript”. LMAO
Classic post
spot on
LMAO.
I read back through all the e-beef and its funny cause I C L E A R Y remember when that dude came through asking for a link.
Dude, simple fact is you didn’t study your Art of War/Dummies Guide to E-Beef enough. Worse yet you posted up the email Gotty™ sent yoou and it made you look weaker than you already were looking. Might I suggest that next time you feel slighted.. you not drop a loud comment but take it to the writer. All you did was make TSS look more major to those of us here..
BTW .. you know rap and the music it is based on takes samples of whats around it and creates a vision all its own right… Right?
I’d like to thank all those that dissected my words and “put me on blast” sortof. And yo, it was just extra motivation. See you in 3 years.
good fun.
Incredible! GREAT post….
Well done!
pusha-t as slim charles. no-brainer.
Rza = avon, for real ; I think of rza when I see Avon, I think they have a very similar behavior, gesture, I don’t know.
Yeah, I can see 50 as Marlo for one reason, they both talk without moving their lips.
Great post.
I’m not sold on Game as Clay tho…..
and Bow-Wow for Kenard? I was thinkin Jadakiss…
good call on RZA geo
haha that was so on point props due
Omar should be someone else; not DMX or killer mike, just can’t think of someone but I know killer mike shouldn’t be compared!!!! Any Suggestions?
E-40 COULD HAVE EASILY PLAYED PROP JOE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pretty good. Woulda changed a few, but others made me laugh @ the resemblance explanations (Shyne, MC Lyte to name two)
C’mon… Chris Brown is a dead ringer for Michael (not to mention the Black Power Ranger, too, only much more deadly)
hahahaha this is brilliant
a+
A Hunting We Will Go – Kano feat. Ghetto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4yAU822WRQ
If you like the wire you might like the references in this song
“Locked it like Barksdale’s clique in the wire, via, the bars I spit”
you might find the uk accents too much but give it a look, its a great song and is packed with wire references like the Omar’s whistling sample.
Take it or leave it… For anyone that’s feeling it:
http://www.yousendit.com/download/Y2orRm85R0ZvQnMwTVE9PQ
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what a track, i’m lovin’ it yo.
These are all pretty much on point and hella good/insightful and enjoyable, but I feel like the Asher Roth/McNulty one is so lazy it’s borderline racist. I’m thinking a possible replacement would be R. Kelly/McNulty – Both undeniably do good work, but are morally questionable in their personal lives. Both are simultaneously exiled/revered in their professional capacity. Both seem to understand familial happiness and connection but have a weakness of boning recklessly, etc… The hate/love parallel is strong for me.
Good shit though, funny. The 3000/ Freamon is dead on, and the Scott Storch one – man, I feel like you just linked exactly the thinking I felt but couldn’t out a finger on in that one. Thanks.
Any chance in adding Rawls, Herc, Burris, Landsman? Obviously all cops and thus harder to connect, but there’s gotta be some folks.
Quick addition to the Kells/McNulty parallel – with Trapped in the Closet and the Homeless serial killer, it’s clear that both have some serious/hilarious skills at constructing elaborate fiction.
genius!!
Kool G rap as Chris, for sure.