Remember back in the day, when being a fan of a musician or group was HARD WORK? You had to actually go to a show, purchase an album from the store, or pay somebody to make you a mixtape or burned cd? And you took it personal when somebody else was singing ‘YOUR song’? You had to know your shit, or somebody would call you on it. FAST.

I remember when Jay-Z’s “Vol. 2, Hard Knock Life” dropped. I knew all the words to all the songs within the first week of its release. Where I’m from, its generally noticed that people catch onto hot music and trends fairly slow, as opposed to larger cities… So it was no question: when the lead single, “Hard Knock Life” dropped, everybody was on Hov’s nuts. Okay cool. But hardly anybody I knew actually went out and purchased the album when it was released.

Then, Jigga dropped “Originator 99″ as a late single, and EVERYBODY and their baby’s mom’s brother was bumpin that shit. The “sleepers.” It gave me a ‘youo-no nothin about that shit’ attitude… I mean, don’t get me wrong.. When its hot, its hot. But the bandwagon music listening crowd used to PISS me off.
However, the bandwagon listening crowd has been eclipsed by a new group of young leeches… The Google Search Fans. You know a few. I used to date one. They try to act like they know whats up with a particular artist or group, but in actuality, they can only name songs, lyrics, group members, and tracks by searching for them on google.com… Or, they try to put you up on some underground artist they JUST found, and say something like, “OH MY GOD… You’ve NEVER heard of _______?”

I love technology, I love music, and I love for people to learn about shit. But these people are fakin the funk harder than a new can of AXE Body Spray. After P.E. class. With a teacher who takes his job a little too serious.
Later bitches, TTYN.