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Styles P. and Jadakiss are two of the best lyricists in the game. Period.

Remember the days of the Lox's 1998 platinum-selling debut album Money, Power, Respect? Then came the shiny suits depature of Bad Boy which was followed up by the successfull 1999 Ruff Ryders Ryde or Die Vol. 1. Kiss' 2001 solo debut, Kiss Tha Game Goodbye , went gold, and his follow up, the 2004 critically-acclaimed Kiss of Death went platium. No sounds of the 4th quarter Kiss My Ass he spoke about last spring. Typical.

Jadakiss is a dope MC who spits that fiyah consistently. He has enough clout to stand on his own two feet, but when conjoined with Styles and Sheek, there's no magic, other than the constant mixtape hustle which is, without a doubt, heavily embraced by the streets. But after a few weeks, mixtapes, unless a classic, only become an addition to the collection sitting atop the stereo system. With that said, D-Block can be respected by the streets all they want, but the truth is that mainstream is the key to success.

Kiss has already established and proven himself as a solo MC, but it seems that he can't hold the weight as the centerpiece of the group. But it's not as if Kiss has much weight to carry; standing next to them, Sheek and J-Hood look like two mediocre MCs. As much as I want to, I just don't believe that D-Block will ever see success equivalent to the buzz they created with the earlier Lox. It's been years and it hasn't happened yet. For situations like these, I always use Benzino as a prime example.

Styles has it in him, but he's not coming with it. It's unfortunate that Styles hasn't been able to put his versatile ability on national display due to failure of creating a song commercial enough to branch outside of New York City. Recently, his for-the-ladies "Favorite Drug" got some airplay in NY, but it can be presumed that there wasn't enough national mix-show radio promotion because the buzz quickly died out before it even began to bud. In addition to this, label politricks and extensive blackballing has held down the Yonkers-bred MC so badly to the point where people don't even believe his now stone age-old album, Time is Money, is even coming out in November. It was previously slated for release fall 2005, then experienced a slew of other false release dates before they stopped promoting it completely. Then, Styles is back and set for release October 2006. After another push-back, you can make that November 2006.

I don't see things getting any better for the kid.

But why should I be surprised? I'm not. I have to keep telling myself that lyrics are out and gimmicks are in. There's no way around it; the most garbage MCs always find a way to sell records. These days, the MCs possessing the most lyrical dexterity are always labeled "trash."
Posted by SOHH Reckless at September 14, 2006 04:36 AM
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1ST NIGGAS !!!!! THANKS EDITIOR HOURS

D-BLOCK COULD IF NIGGAS IN THE HOOD REALLY STOOD UP FOR NIGGAS AND COP REAL HIP HOP...NIGGAS SHOULD OF BEEN BEEFIN WHEN " IM BLACK " COULDNT GET PLAY ON THE RADIO. BUT NIGGAS HAVE NO PROB REQUESTING " PUSH IT " BY RICK ROSS...THE GAME IS JUST FUCKED UP RIGHT NOW.

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Posted by: mIZE2 at September 14, 2006 05:20 AM

Oh, now Ive been saying this shit for ageeeesss, and thats on the real. And hol up: SECOND!!!

Jadakiss and SP are the shit, not many dudes can touch them two... Damn, as a duo, the killed fiddy on Shots Fired...

Sheek stepped his shit up times a million tho... If that After Taxes didn't outshine most rap CD's of last year... Shit I dunno...

Posted by: RJ at September 14, 2006 05:38 AM

I feel for D-Block. As good as they are, they wont ever make it big on the mainstream because they are TOO REAL for the mainstream. Kiss is one of the best lyricists out there and he cant even sell that much. Sad.

Posted by: semi at September 14, 2006 05:42 AM

niggaz shouldn't fuck with 50.

Posted by: D-broke at September 14, 2006 06:18 AM

Top 5 postee!

Posted by: NYStateOfMind at September 14, 2006 06:20 AM

As hot as D BLOCK are, that bitch 50 cent was right when he said d block r only big in a 5 block radius in NY.

Posted by: dopeman at September 14, 2006 06:21 AM

All of d block are good.
Amazing lyricists. Nobody from g unit would be able to keep up with these boyz.
But truth be said - they not sellin -
but why?

the game is FUCKED UP right now, u got niggaz snappin their fingers, leanin and rockin, singin bout grills and stunnas - FUKK OUTTA HERE, NOBODY WANNA HEAR DAT SHIT.
Real hiphop is dead its true, otherwise cats like d block would sell.

is it image? is it content? maybe they too ghetto to market mainstream? they need a couple of individual collabos with some more mainstrem artists.

Yo and i know these niggaz been boyz for life, but for real, DO U THINK THESE GUYS ARE JUST HOLDING EACH OTHER BACK????????????????????????????????

hmmmm..

Posted by: L!VE FROM LONDON at September 14, 2006 06:22 AM

D-Block...Jadakiss still got it in him, Styles if interscope ever stop delaying the album (shit must be garbage) However he got a 4th quarter Nov release. Going against Nas/Jay-Z is a setup for failure. The LOX did the number when they were on Bad Boy. It's time for a new breed. If u in the game for 12+ years and still ain't reach your prime....

Posted by: NYStateOfMind at September 14, 2006 06:23 AM

SOHH u should be ashamed of yourself, putting has-benzino and d block in the same sentence. ASHAMED!

BENZINO CELEBRATES BEING 49 THIS WEEK!

Posted by: dopeman at September 14, 2006 06:24 AM

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