Sometimes the only thing separating a Fif from a Ja is one smart move.

Pesky decisions swarm us daily in life, like a troop of blind killer bees. Most of us just swat them with the slipshod petulance of a dog’s tail. But our hip-hop heroes know better, because when it comes to running a career into the ground or digging a hole bigger than the U.S. deficit, no one knows better than rappers. Here are 13 hip-hop artists to meditate on next time you run into an occupational obstacle, for they are the ones who made modern rap’s worst career moves. (– Rizoh)

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Last night, I realized that there is really nothing new about these guys anymore. When you consider mixtapes, touring before you have a single, and (yes, Freeway) the blogosphere, your average rapper who is getting any kind of play can stop using the term freshmen after just a few months. But since the summer is here, that means that the school year is officially over, and when we come back in the fall, you’re in class with the big boys. So go ahead and drop your album on the same day as Hov and 50; you’re not a freshmen anymore.

That being said, let’s not start making our way for the new class just yet, because there is just a little more hazing to do. Let’s give out the year-end awards for the first-year (or so) standouts who actually passed a test or two this year, then maybe we can stop calling these people freshmen.

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J Smooth gives an intelligent take on the recent goings on of everyone’s favorite Sonic The Hedgehog-obsessed Harlem emcee and why Charles Hamilton is, well, Charles Hamilton.

[Raise a Freudian Slip to : Ill Doctrine]

I don’t endorse violence and I don’t know what Hamilton’s relationship with this girl is, so it’s hard to put everything in perspective. That said, this girl’s got some balls. Eh, I mean she’s courageous for reacting the way she did at 2:32. Charles gets brownie points for resisting the urge to punch back.

Update: She’s Charles Hamilton’s assistant/girlfriend. Here’s her post-knockout interview.

[Raise one to: Adam]

Rhymefest – SuperSonic (Chucky Cheese) (Charles Hamilton Diss)

Do you recall back in 2008 when Rhymefest was blabbing to anyone who would listen about how he’s so enamored with Michael Jackson? Now that he’s done professing his love Michael, ‘Fest has found a new hobby to keep him preoccupied while the suits at J Records decide on how many Lil Wayne verses it will take to greenlight El Che. So please sit back, relax, and enjoy this media-created beef between Rhymefest and Charles Hamilton.