“Saigon is Dead”
Photo © Rizoh
Well, that’s according to Saigon himself. The drama king has said in his latest MySpace post that he’s done with rap. His reason? The media made him do some “contraversial” things and then took advantage of the “contraversy” by reporting on it. He somehow insinuates that the media even played a role in his altercation with Mobb Deep.
Sai in his own words: “I cant take turning on a computer and seeing my name being thrown around in all kinds of ways, Its not good for me, and not good for these writers…”
“I did a interview on Shade45, the interview was 2 hours long mind you, we talked about EVERYTHING from what we need to do as a people to get on track to economizing and everything but you know whats on all the so called media outlets in boldface as the headline, ‘Saigon Disses Whoever’…You know what part of a 2 hr interview people replay? Me saying something about someone…If I woulda said, Ill slap John Hardy Hawkins for his role in the Slave trade, they would never put it in boldface or re run it 1000 times, but If I say Ill slap a rapper or something, Its the headline news of the day….Thats ass backwards to me so Im done.”
“Im not a rapper anymore, Im done.. Im back to being regular me…This shit is too fake for me, I found myself getting caught up in the bullshit but now Ill gladly walk away…”
Read the rest of his long ass post on Saigon’s MySpace page.
This entry was posted on Monday, November 19th, 2007 at 10:28 pm and is filed under Saigon.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
| 1. |
seth Says:
wow…that sucks.
you know he’ll be back but for now, that sucks.
|
| 2. |
Gmoney Says:
how funny would that be if he really quit ???
|
| 3. |
J to the AAP Says:
Could be quite a strong statement if he actually does quit. It also might catapult his album to a classic and his status to legendary if the album as any good (which it probably is). Imagine ten years from; “remember Sai’s album, man, such a pity dude quit, shit was hot.” It’ll be a sort of a HipHop myth.
But this whole quitting thing, like the release of the actual album, I’ll believe it when I see it.
|
| 4. |
dpgc Says:
If the album even gets out. I thought I heard that it got pushed back (on nahright) and at the end of his post it sounds like he’s talking about actually making it the greatest story never told. What a shame it would be if that album never gets dropped.
|
| 5. |
Etcetera Says:
I like the cunt..But come on..Give us a fucking album already!!!…..Emo Rap….The Young & The Restless
|
| 6. |
was u saying something? Says:
if saigon cant handle how media works then he needs to stop doing interviews. he did the interview for publicity. he needed the publicity (any publicity) not shade 45. he should be glad anything he said was in boldface and/or replayed anywhere…
i hope he does retire. he wont be missed.
|
| 7. |
Mr.White Says:
Like he didnt know this shit was gonna happen. This is the MEDIA goddamnit !!! remember Pac ?
-What do you feel when you hear a record like 2pac’s new one ?
-I love 2pac’s new record
-Right but don’t you feel like that creates tension between east and west ? He’s talkin about killin people, I had sex with you wife, and not in those words , but he’s talkin about I wanna see you deceased , ..
- I loooovee that man
You know what I mean, if you wanna be a rapper, you just now they be talkin shit about you. Handle your biz Sai
|
| 8. |
yaboy Says:
sai is the truth.
‘wasyousayingsomething’, kill yourself.
|
| 9. |
moneda Says:
I don’t blame him. Hip-Hop music isn’t really an avenue to release a message meant to induce change anyway; and there are other ways to get paid.
|
| 10. |
Saigon - The Moral Of The Story « WildStyle Says:
[...] Saigon stopt ermee, het is al bijna weer oud nieuws maar het geloven lukt me nog steeds niet helemaal. Hij heeft zijn buik vol van quotes die uit hun verband worden gehaald of de focus op beef die gelegd. In het kort, hij heeft totaal geen zin in de media meer omdat velen op een volgens hem verachtelijke manier te werk gaan. Het officiële debuut “The Greatest Story Never Told” hoeft wat Sai-giddy betreft niet meer uit te komen en de titel mag als “self-fulfilling prophecy” gezien worden. Daar zal de platenmaatschappij waarschijnlijk anders over denken, evenals Just Blaze die geen commentaar geeft. Hij heeft het dan ook wel druk met zijn nieuwe Nike Transformers patta. [...]
|
