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02.16.06 10:58 PM
how stop snitchin' opened a marketplace
this is not a post about the stop snitchin' t-shirts. nor is it a post about scarface and the game's song, "i never snitch". though in many ways it's heavily related to the two.
so there's the hate it/love it popularity of the original t-shirts. then we're introduced to scarface's song with a likely co-star in the game, who now sells his own branded stop snitchin/stop lyin t-shirts and a cd at theblackwallstreet and has also released a dvd of the same name that's available for download @ mixtapetorrent.
there are probably more movers and shakers using stop snitchin as a genre than i know about, but one case of marketing in this regard that is quite audacious is lil troy presents ... paperwork: subject "scarface" : g-code violation. and here's an example of the paperwork that lil troy says he has to prove that scarface broke the g-code. dirtysouthrap.com reported the back story to this beef back in september and i know i'm not breaking the story, because sohh interviewed lil troy about this back in septemeber.
the first amusing point of this is that scarface would come out with a song that boasts he doesn't snitch, when lil troy allegedly has paperwork to proved otherwise.
the second point, and i find this one a tad bit befuddling, is that beef has taken on this new face of whether one is a snitch or not and there's a business being made of it.
(an aside: stop snitchin shirt makers have now launched start peace shirts in response to the stop snitchin backlash and an agreement with boston's mayor - 'Stop Snitchin' Shirt Makers 'Start Peace')
technorati tags: hip-hop beef | stop snitchin | scarface | the game | lil troy
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*freestyle*
the same dudes with tee shirts that say "don't snitch"
quickly switch when their moms is found
two to the dome in a ditch
they drop and they twitch
screaming "why" at a high pitch
they cry and they bitch
begging witnesses "please snitch"
the same dudes when the streets are all peace
khakis creased be on the corner with their sounds blasting "fuck the police"
but oh when there's beef, and real thugs be hugging their piece
them little boys be at the precinct trying to hug the police
the same dudes that'll scream out bitch
at pretty women in denim who keep walking and simply won't get with'em
be ready to bang when the same language is spitten
at women they love, funny how they see such a difference
the same dudes who will write in their poems
let's save our families by treating our ladies right and truly loving'em strong
be the main ones doing'em wrong
fist to her cheek and kicks to her dome when they're all alone in their home
and the same dudes critiquing you hard
thinking they hard
sitting way across the room straight peeping you hard
will hear you spit and start seeking you hard
begging "sign my cd" staring in awe like "damn, you hard"....
contradictions!
posted by hardCore | February 17, 2006 1:26 PM #
Heh, is it snitchin' if you're using it to sell your wack beef DVD or is it just advertising and thus part of the game?
Hip-hop-onomics is on some graduate level shit right thurr.
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| February 17, 2006 2:40 PM #