Smart & Angry

In 1991 one of the best video games on the planet arrived to the NES system. To this day Tecmo Super Bowl stands the test of time as a game that had fun game play and and actual player attributes included into the game play. As a tribute I would like to borrow one of the ratings that was used to determine how well a player has been performing. The Physical Condition rating basically went like so Excellent(player was unstoppable basically),  Good(excelling ) Average(could go either way), Bad (play sucks on the field), Injured( player is out of commission). I thought it would be cool to use these ratings as a measure for some of the past and present freshmen class this rap season.

Excellent

Big Krit-
Return to 4 Eva gets better every listen. I don’t think this guy has dropped something that I would classify as un-listenable yet.

Jay Electronica
One verse is all that has emerged so far from the “Voodo-Man”. That verse was up to par with anything else that he has put out though and if his long awaited LP drops this year and remains on the same quality of everything he has delivered up to this point(aside from a Mountain Dew commercial and odd Paul Wall appearance) it could easily be considered a classic as well.  

Blu
Lot’s of solid music has been delivered from the Left Coast genius. A mixed version of Her Favorite Colur, J E S U S,  tracks from his major label debut NoYork! , and a few other random cameos, and jawns.

Good
Tyler The Creator
Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All ‘s leading man has really risen to the occasion. Instead of getting lost in the hype, it seemed like he didn’t even notice it.  Goblin is a good album, the Lykki Li remix was fresh, and let us not forget the killa collab with Pusha T that still has me screw faced.  His future looks good, and if he can continue to improve who knows the ceiling for this dude.


Asher Roth
Though it might appear my dude has been silent this year, you better think again. A few killer guest appearances here and there, a most likely hit single soon with Last Man Standing, and a summertime jam as well. Dude has had one of the fastest redemption's in music history . At this rate, Asleep In Bread Aisle might soon be a distant memory if dude stays the course.

Lil B

Base 4 Your Face was what made me finally take this guy seriously. The Illusisons of Granduer mixtape wasn’t bad either, I have yet to listen to I’m Gay yet, but I am sure I wont be too disappointed with the results.  I know @bobojojo hates this guy with a passion.  But, his current musical output is something to commend. One of the few artist now days that’s at least trying to do something different at least. The funny thing is the more experimental he becomes, the better the quality gets. A rare trait indeed.

::Bobojojo edit::

Um..

 Yeah he is different, making bojangle coon music

Big Sean
The overachiever on this list for sure. I  got to be honest here though, though I was  a fan of his two mixtapes installments, I initially didn’t expect too much from Sean this year with his major release of Finally Famous.  Yet, when My Last dropped it soon somehow became one of my favorite songs this year so far. His content may not be too enduring but, his album was good enough for me to continue to have it on replay. Much like the guy below I just have to give credit where credit is due. You did it.

Kendrick Lamar
I can’t deny that Section 80 was a good LP. Dude has proved his worth in the game and has carved out his own space for sure. It will be interesting to see where he goes from here.

The Cool Kids
You can’t deny the consistency of this duo. While most are still trying to score a major single, the Kids emerged this year with When Fish Ride Bicycles LP that gave their fan base another solid offering from Sir Mikey and Chuck English.

Theophilus London
Though his subject matter is rather limited(girls basically), I have to give credit where credit is due. He dropped a cool EP, and his major release Theze Are Strange Dayz(which was basically the EP+a few more new tracks) was cool as well. Guy has yet to disappoint.

XV
His Zero Heroes release this year might prove to be one of raps most slept on projects this year.

Average

J.Cole
Allegedly he is coming out with his album this year. I don’t buy everything about this guy yet. Especially with the output he has delivered so far this year. His single? The single he did with Wale? eeeeeeeee. That Like A Star jawn you released though a few weeks ago keeps you on the level side of the scale for sure.

Drake
Oh you hard(fancy) now, huh? What is this dude doing? Going to body someone now? “We don’t believe you, you need more people!”.  You had a few alright songs to start the year off with, and a hot summer single with Khaled(though it was anything but tough), and you release a generic single talking about how you going to have people snuff’d? Get the heck out of here with that talk. At this point, you need to get back to making them LL joints, stay in your lane maine!  

Yelawolf
Sad that I have to put this guy here, because dude can spit. But I don’t know of anything really that has made me check the rhyme of the Alabma native in awhile.  Will see if signing  with Slim Shadey  changes that, or puts the final bullet in a once promising career. Could go either way at this point.  


Bad

Chiddy Bang
Yeah he rapped his way into the Guinness Book of World Records, but did you hear that Peanut Butter & Swelly Mixtape??? Yeah I forgot about it too.

Diggy Simmons
The prince of a king has yet to score any buzz this year. When this year did you hear anyone recommend listening to a Diggy track?

Wale
The king of compromise himself has failed to regain any of his past acclaim, even with Officer Ricky behind him. His music is becoming less and less impressive with every release, and what he needs more than ever might be a shot of self-assurance. Find yourself my dude.


Injured

Chris Brown
There is something not right with this boy. I don’t get his behavior? Nor his music, he drops an OK mixtape last year and scores a (forgettable) hit with Dueces and then somehow gets people to buy that generic pop album F.A.M.E and instead of building on those blocks, he releases a mixtape with him rapping mostly? Not something anyone has been asking for Chris. This guy needs some help, and a trip to the hospital might be in order for sure. Or just some time away in general.

Charles Hamilton
Sonic The Hamilton has had an accelrated disappearance this year. I don’t know anyting going on with the whereabouts of this man, nor do I know if he has any more music going on. Last I heard he was in a hospital(seriously: good for him), I guess I can only wish him a speedy recovery if anything, and that he is able to pick up the pieces.

                                                                                                                                                                    So the other night I had the chance to watch the Jay-Z "On to the Next One" video. After viewing the video I decided to share it on Facebook and Twitter like any good person does with stuff they like now days on the internets. A few minutes after posting, I had a few replys saying things like  "check out the symbolism" and "symbolism=Illuminati" which I had no idea what they were talking really talking  about. The only thing I heard about this group was a brief conversation from a friend whose bible study group has been throwing the term around.  A few days later after watching numerous Youtube videos explaining the group,  and looking up the history about this "secret society" I gave bobojojo a call to share with him findings. We both had a  few good laughs after awhile after he started telling me about the celebrities that were speculated to be part of this society. Some of the names besides Jay-Z, were Oprah, Lebron James, Elvis and a lot of other of todays entertainers which you would of never of guessed to be part of this "cult". 

If I live to post another blog after these implication I will thank the lord above for protecting me against such a powerful guild in this world. 

That is a quote from the email I recieved last night from Diggy's "marketing/media relations" person. Trying to convince me that this kid did it with all by himself without any help from his family.