LL Cool J Chimes In On Soulja Boy/Ice T Beef….
July 23rd, 2008
I know a majority of you are pretty exhausted from all this Ice Tea/Soulja Boy foolery, but one of the OG’s has just chimed in, and surprisingly has taken the youngin’s side. On a recent episode of Rap City, DJ Q45 posed the question of “What do you think of hip hop today?” As if LL had this response pre-meditated, the GOAT quickly came to the defense of Soulja Boy and stated, “I think a lot of the older cats need to relax. You have to give the young boys their room and let them do what they do.”
With a response like that, I’m sure some of the OG’z are going to spew their hateful thoughts at The GOAT as well as Soulja Boy in the near future. But wait, it gets better, “These guys need to let these boys get out their and excel. Soulja Boy has the right to make whatever he wants to make. Nobody told Joeski Love 100 years ago he couldn’t make Pee Wee Herman, so why can’t Soulja Boy make what he makes?” Truuuu, truuuu! I remember when Soulja Boy first came out, I too, had the same pinheaded argument Ice T embedded, but then I realized, who the hell am I to dictate what someone else is doing, let alone hinder any positive process they’re trying to maneuver.
And last but not least, LL threw a lil jab at the Brisk man (Ice Tea. Not funny?? No..Ok lol), “I don’t have no problems with Ice, but Ice needs to relax. Let’s make a movie together. (Gesturing towards camera) Let’s make a movie together, me and youuuu!”
Thoughts????
Sincerely
Low “Let the young boy’s get their money, Ice” Key
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i beleive dat soulja boy needs 2 sit down an le da old cats do wa de ga 2 do bu it mit b tim da de old guys need an mit need 2 sitdown i am both sidz. bu ice tea mit b on 2 somtin becausz da bay dat calls himself ’soulja bay’ first ov all degrade women he needs 2 sit down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!das all i hav 2 sa!!!!!!!!
Soulja Girl need to chill out. He is only a 1 hit wonder.
I think soulja boy is doin a good job…so to you haters that are sayin he need to sit down, yall need to sit down. I dont understand why the older cats cant just do what they do and let the younger cats do what they do. no body said nothing when webstar came out with chicken noodle soup! everybody was doin that stupid dance.
Kelly pleeaasseeeeeee learn how to spell, and also learn to
Talk please! What the hell are you saying?? I’m lost…..
Anyway on to the topic, Soulja Boy is what he is, A Kid, and at least he’s not out here rapping about killing of selling drugs..he’s just trying to get people to dance…And I for one like him and I’m almost 30….
Yo Low…….the word is “there” not “their” man. And as far as old school vs. new school, you must remember, without Ice-T, LL, or Ice Cube there would be no Soulja Boy or anyone else. Some of these young cats are a joke and an embarassment to the hip hop industry.
I think soulj is doing a great job and don’t let people stop u
Africa 1996
What are you talking about. Souja boy even in his diss gave respect, but when a person is attacked for no reason what do you expect him to do. Let Ice-T insult him and sit back and say “He’s part of the ol skool so its alright for him to disrespect me”. You cats are quick to forget where hip hop started. bragging about what you have, fun and dancing, story telling, comedic rap. Dudes think the true hip hop only started with Rakim and ended with wu tang. Anything else and ya’ll swear its not hip-hop. Hip-hop is an exprsession of yourself, your thoughts and how you feel. Stop hating on the young man and let him get his paper. People get mad when people like soulja boy make dance songs and say that they’re runing hip hop. Forgeting that breakdancing is a element of hip- hop. So what the hell is wrong with making dance songs….. Disgruntled old cats need to shut up and sit down. Ya”ll sound how your parents sound when they used to say rap is not music. Just perpetuating the cycle.
ICE T IS JUST HATING HE NEEDS TO BACK OFF OF SOULJA BOY. ICE T JUST MAD CUZ HE AINT DONE NOTHIN AND NOBODY LIKES HIM AND OTHER PPL LIKE SOULJA BOY. SOULJA BOY IS SO SEXY AND I LOVE HIM HE MAKES GREAT MUSIC AND I LOVE THAT SONG “SHE GOT A DONK”. SO ALL U HATERZ QUIT HATING CUZ IT AINT GOING TO GET U NO WHERE. P.S SOULJA BOY U IS SO SEXY.
yall need to stop hatein on him cuz he is fine and he is the best
lynette u go sit your behind down before i exposed u and u known i will.
well soulja boy is so totally hot, cute, funny,courageous, sensitive,cute ,hot
and so to be my lover boy so to all you haters out there you gots to back off
cause there’s a new sherif in town that’s right i went there and let me tell those haters where they are going to end up, down the TIOLLETE and ice t is going to end up down the tiollete with the rest of his career if he dont stop hating cause if u my mess with my wetie you mess with me and u gone get burnt.
R u serious? The beef shouldn even b going on. Ice is a legend. But legend, rookie. W.e. It still don’t make it rite 2 talk down on somebody. B a fan of music, not a hater.
Aight, me I am the first one in the room to tell Soulja Boy (SB) to sit his wack no talent ass down. But 1 hit wonder or not you gotta respect the young brotha’s hustle. Me myself am 17 and even though I agree with Ice T about SB music I can also relate to what LL is saying as to let him do what he gone do. Right now his music is what got Hip Hop on Life Support but maybe further in his career he will mature along with his music…………at least we can only hope but if not he just gone get old and played out. These fast ass little girls like his music and him so he gone have everlasting hoe-ish fans that’s gone buy his stuff but on the contrary time is figuring him out and its mere second before this brother falls back under the radar…………hopefully.
u know wat ll iz rite ice doint hav da rite to do souja boy like dat xoxo teardrop savlife goon life
soulja boy is just a kid why the hell is ice t beefing wit a kid ice t needs ti sit the hell down
I THOUGHT HIP HOP WAS ABOUT EXPRESSIN ONESELF SO LET YUNGIN DO WAT HE DO
i agree with DJ .this picture look silly ,you have a grown ass man arguing with a teenager. True Ice-t is a legend and SOulja boy is a youngster and made one hit single but give the BOY a chane let him grow he might become and better artist
HEY AFRICA 1996, U MAY WANT TO READ WEBSTER AGAIN BEFORE U CORRECT SOMEONE ELSE, THE CORRECT WORD IS THEIR: is a possessive pronoun-which means ownership……………….
Who cares. It’s Soulja Boy. Why is he really the topic of grown people’s arguments in a forum. He’s Soulja Boy. I for one would be offend if someone asked me being a grown man about Soulja Boy. Who cares. He’s…..Soulja Boy. He’s not the first wack rapper to get money and he won’t be the last by far…..let it go…..He’s Soulja Boy………lol.
I THNK DAT PPL NEED TO STOP HATTIN ON SOULIJA BOY AND LET HIM DO HIS ON THANG AND I THINK DAT ALL THESE OLD PPL IZ GETTIN MAD CAUSE DEY CANT MAKE MUSIC LIKE SOULIJA BOY AND I BELIEVE HIM AND I THINK DAT ICE T WAZ IN DA WRONG FOR EVEN TALKIN DOWN ON SOULIJA BOY LIKE DAT AND TO TELL DA TRUTH ICE T AND LL IZ JUX HATTIN ON WAT HE GOT AND DEY DONT SO I THINK DAT ALL OLD PPL NEED TO CHILL OUT NOW DAYZ AND LET SOULJA BOY DO WAT HE DO CKUZ A GIRL LIKE ME LOVE ALL HIS SONGZ AND DONT SEE NO PROBLEM WIT IT WELL DAT B ALL I GOT TO SAY BOUT IT AND EVERYBODY NEED TO LEAVE OTHA FOLKS MUSIC ALONE AND WRRY BOUT DEY OWN YA DIGG
FROM YA GURL KIKI
Ice T is wack anyway!! Who even remembers anything he did??? I give Soulja Boy his props for his music…..I would rather hear little kids rapping about a dance then killings and gangsta related stuff. Keep doing ya thing Soulja Boy!!
ice t is jus mad bcuz soulja boy is a yung artist doin his thang and ice t all old…he needs 2 stop worryin about hip hop bcuz it is not one of his children…he hasnt rapped or made an album in about 25 years so let dat yung man do his thang wit his career and his clothin line and sneakers and cartoons. ice t take ya old as 2 some type of retirement home…and theres a rumor ice t has aids…so get ya self checked out b4 u worry bout wat otha n^ggaz doin in da game…ya diigg
I have respect for soulja boy and Ice but in this case how is a old man thats used ta the hiphop from back in his day to judge the new generations hip-hop ice needa back off and let soulja boy do his thing
Funny how a lot of people complain about everyone rappin about the same stuff like $,chicks guns etc…but as soon as someone tries something new people start talking bout it’s wack and no one wants to hear it. If ya don’t like it just change the station,channel or just don’t listen to it period!!
Come on yall Soulja boy is no rapper, so stop calling him a rapper….he’s a cross between a comedian and a clown…call him what he is he appeals to the kids under 16, give him some room he’ll be gone by 2009.
First of all to love hip hop is to understand where it came from and all the changes it has gone through. The younger generation dont know Joeski Love, Gucci Crew, Fat Boys. These artists made good music that was fun with beats to move to. Soulja Boy does the same thing. Instead of clowning on the young man for making his money, we need to be addressing more serious issues at hand. Aids is killing our people at alarming rates, prisons are overcrowded with our sisters and brothers. Mothers raising families alone. Come on my people!!!! Let the young one get his grind on.
aight all dis “beef” in general is dumb…..but i guess hating never dies nd prolly never will…….honestly the OG’z of da game need 2 take a step back nd let these young cats do wat they do…..if people still bumpin da OG’z music along w/ da young cats music then that means u BOTH have the same fan base…..jus leave it alone nd live nd let live….ya digg?!?!
ll is right! hip hop is not just one type of music. There’s crunk hip hop, concsious hip hop, story tellin type hip hop, all kinds…. so whats the problem.
i think LL is right the old cats had their time now let the young dudes do what they do, however Ice-T have a right to his own oppinion and young dudes like solja boy just have to respect that.. after all if it wasnt for the old school it wouldnt be no new school.
I agree with LL Cool J, who they to tell young artist now what they can and cannot make. From what I seen and heard as an older female, the kids now days are loving it, even some of the older people like it too. I am over 30 and have kids of my own and I see nothing wrong; mainly because there are no explicit lyrics or cussing. ice T does not have to listen to the young boy music and neither does any other older cat out there that disagrees with the music he is making. Ole school sit down, you had your shine now let someone else. Do what you do and let them young ones do what they do, ok
STILL NO COMMENT??? BET Y’ALL AIN’T SH*T!!!!!
HE’S MUSIC COOL EVERYBODY ELSE GOT MUSIC WITH STEPS INVOLVE
SO WHY CANT HE, DID ANYONE HAD BEEF WITH THEM AND HOW CAN A ADULT HAVE BEEF WITH A CHILD PLEASE STOP IT
i think soulja boy is doing well and cute
Every generation has their time and their moment to shine! I agree with LL on this one. I still love Ice T, but he should do like his name and “chill”. Soulja Boy is doing is thing, making his money and many people love it. When his time is up on the lime-light, so be it. I’m sure Ice T was told to sit down too at some point in his younger career by someone older and wiser, but he kept doing his thing…
I personally do not like much hip hop, but I feel that there is a tactful way to give anybody advice. If Ice-T would have went to Soulja Boy in a more tasteful manner none of this craziness would be going on now. You do not tell a youngster to go eat a d*ck, and you are suppose to be an adult paving the way for others. Soulja is somebodys child trying to make things happen for his family like everybody else. How do you think that makes his mother feel? We as older people have to be very careful what we do and say because we never know how the younger generation is looking up to us. You think you can tell somebody to go eat a body part and they are going to respect you…..No..they are not. Repsect goes both ways and certainly there is no respect in this. It’s not what you say, but how you say it. I just pray that this foolishness is over soon. And as black people we have enough against us lets not add anymore than we need. Both parties should “man-up” and apologize to one another and Ice-T should go first ( remember you have a son too and you would not want anyone dogging him out….what goes around comes around). Peace and 1 Luv.
I AGREE WITH LL COOL J, & ALTHOUGH I RESPECT ICE-T FOR HIS ROLE IN HIP HOP, I MUST POINT OUT HIS & ICE CUBE’S HYPROCRICIES. DURING THE 1990′S WITH MC HAMMERS REIGN, BOTH ICE-T & ICE CUBE ATTACKED MC HAMMER, BECAUSE THEY FELT THAT MC HAMMER HAD SOLD OUT BY GOING HOLLYWOOD; ICE CUBE DID A VIDEO( WITH THE LATE GREAT DR. ABDUL KHALID MUHAMMAD) ATTACKING MC HAMMER, & ICE CUBE STATED THAT “REAL HIP HOP WOULD NEVER GO HOLLYWOOD”. WELL ICE CUBE WENT FROM N.W.A, LYNCH MOB, TO GETTING HIS A@@ WHIPPED BY BAMBI IN ONE OF HIS MANY FAMILY FRIENDLY MOVIES, & ICE-T WENT FROM HIS FAMOUS RAP SONG ENTITLED “COP KILLA” TO PORTRAYING A POLICE OFFICER ON TELEVISION FOR MANY YEARS(WHAT’S UP WITH THAT ICE-T?). BOTTOM LINE, ICE CUBE & ICE-T(WHO IS OVER 50 YEARS OF AGE, & SHOULD BE CONCERNED MORE ABOUT AARP MEETINGS), SHOULD STOP CRITICIZING SOULJAH BOY(REMEMBER HE’S 17 YEARS OLD), DIRECT THEIR CRITICISMS TOWARDS RACIST AMERIKKKA , RACIST POLICE OFFICERS, BLACK ON BLACK CRIME, & RACIST, PUNKA@@ DEVILS LIKE BILL O’REILY, HANNITY & HOLMES, DON IMUS & THE LIKE. ICE CUBE & ICE-T, ” GROW THE HELL UP!!!!”
let tha young catz get thier money right without h8in’..
ice tea should leave souja boy a lone because ice tea we dont love him.
i think that ice t is wrong 4 saying wat he said soulja boy is only 17 and hes 40 he told him 2 eat a d*** thats really wrong 4real if i was soulja boy i woulda treated him badly.but ice t did apoligize but he’s still wrong.
DeVaShIa AkA LiL dC
ll is right. He is not dissin anybody and LL has grown steps and bounds as a man. Ice t need to chill. Ice is right about how the state of hip hop is suffering. Soulja boy music if for the kids. I dont particuarly like his music but I can respect his hustle.
I THINK SOULJA BOI IS DOING GOOD.. HE SHULD JUST LET SOULJA BOI BE ITS NOT LIKE HE HAS A SAY SO IN WAT SOULJA BOI DOES..
THIS WHOLE ORDEAL WAS NEVER A REAL BIG DEBATE TO ME.
SOULJA BOY IS FOR THE YOUNGINS AND ITS A GOOD CHANGE BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY WANTS TO HEAR HARDCORE GANGSTA RAP ALL OF THE TIME. ESPECIALLY WITH CRIME SPEWING ON THE REGULAR BASIS. YOU CAN LOOK OUT THE WINDOW IN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS AND GET LYRICS THEN AND THERE. TIMES ARE CHANGING NOT EVERYONE LIKES THE VIOLENCE THAT EVERYONE IS SPITTING. AND NOT EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR MUSIC WITH A MESSAGE. BUT MAJORITY OF THE PEOLPE NOWADAYS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN AND PARTY AND THATS WERE PEOPLE LIKE SOULJA BOY COME IN. HE AND ARTIST LIKE THEMSELVES ARE THE MEDIAN.
I think the love of my life James Todd Smith (aka LL) was very right. Stop hating on kids, the boy is just trying to do something positive. I bet if he had a video holding guns, and talking dirty Ice T would think he was cool then right? I love to see my children get up and dance when they hear the “clean version” Yes it has a derogatory meaning but the kids see someone jumping around acting like a kid who looks like a kid. Besides I love Ice T too but maybe he should look into his own negatives before judging other people, maybe his acting skills. My son says tell Ice T to pick on someone his own size!
MAN THATS RIGHT SOILJA GIRL IS A 1 HIT WONDER
love your songs lil wayne i love A Mili and i like both lollipops song
a mili is the hotest song in the world and so is lollipop and the remix of the lollipop
Well on the real I think Soulja Boy is silly I mean what happened to hiphop it use to make you think about life in your hood and surrounding nowadays hiphop is just hippop to me there is no real meaning to it but how a girl body look and a stupied dance anyways I really don’t like ATL music some of them take things from TEXAS and start using it like they know what is up PIMP C made it clear they are tryin to look like us talk like us smell like us and drive there ol’schools like us with the candy paint so soulja boy needs to make a real record now that stupied HIPPOP music cause it is WACK!!!!!!!!!!!
Hmmmm…..Superman that h&e……..Yeah…….”Tight lyrics for the street” Don’t think so!
LL Cool J is the most adorably, fine hunk on the planet. He can say anything and it makes sense because he is an educated Black man with morals and respect for himself, his wife and his family.
ll cool jj is right soulja boy could do any music he wantsif its such garbage why was it a hit
Ice-T is a 1-hit wonder…
well this is a sensitive discussion. well i guess i could say that soulja boy is doin his thang and that’s cool. he’s making his money and living a better lifestyle now. but what gets to me is that i see soooooo many real talented MC’s out there and they aren’t getting no deals. they aren’t getting they’re names put out there at all. what hurt me was the last BET awards that i saw and seeing soulja boy get video of the year and at the same night seeing a legend like common get his first award in 14 years. that disgusted me. i never see a krs-one video or track or anything being played on television but he only gets a 2 minute recognition during the award show. how could a man soooooo respected and soooooo great at what he does, get 2 minutes and a guy like soulja boy is on tv all the time. i mean do your thing soulja but it just sickens me how these legends in hip hop aren’t getting the respect they deserve. it reminds me of the movie brown sugar. all these new so called MC’s are like the rap dalmations in the movie and everything is soooo comercialized. they say the game ain’t the same……. well why ain’t nobody doin nothing about it. watch out ya’ll im comin. lookout for exile mind!!!
All I kno is, ppl been talkin down on Soulja Boy for his new song “Donk”. . . I didn’t kno that many ppl wasn’t feelin him! Cuz I love tha song, personally! I mean, tha beat is what goez tha hardest! . . . Regardless of tha fact that he’s juz repeating himself ova&ova thru tha whole song . . . !
& When I hurd him & Ice-T wuz . . . beefin!!?! & Soulja Boy’s response 2 Ice’s remark about Soulja bein “tha sole reason for killin hip hop” or whateva . . . It’s juz senseless 2me. A new generation of hip hop exists. & u can’t be mad @that.
If he really don’t like what’s takin ova right now, then do sumthin about it! Come wit sumthin . . . !!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I really agree that the oldies have gotta get over themselves on this one, dont get me wrond, ice-t is still so cool but unless heh can come up with something that will rock in our day and age. souljaboy will take the cup again.
just grow up everyone
What is Monica talking about? This article is not on Lil Wayne’s songs, it’s on Soulja Boy and Ice-T. Honey realize who the artists are, then comment. Okay sweety. LOL.
I am a mature lady. I, too, thought Soulja Boy was a cute you ng man with a cute little song, that made everyone want to get up and learn the dance. That was until I realized what the song was about,, and the disrespectful references to young ladies. Yes, he has the right to record what he wants, and let’s face it people are buying it; however, I find it to be very unfortunate that this is what society seems to want. I wonder if Regis and Kelly and Ellen Degeneres know what they were featuring on their shows and dancing to. I think not. Just an opinion. Blessings.
Soulja Boy in da’ club
go sit down you F’n thug
make some money like Ice T
now superman that G
Sit down yung’n and learn from your elders!!
I am beginning to think the whole thing is some screwed up publicity stunt
this thing with ice-t and Soulga Boy….
At first the whole Soulga Boy song is trash…until Jimmy Kimmel was the only one doing tha dance thats when it kinda came to a head…
LL is an Icon and one of my idols…and I see where L is coming from about letting the kids excel…but I honestly think…no…believe that the enterainment factor now a days are on the brink of total trash..reality shows,artist with no real talent,trashysongs playing a hundred times on the radio..all the cussing and violence…I can’t believe the music public are seriously buying into this disrespect.
Guess I am a OG…although I sing R+Bhip-hop …perform and entertain people
I still whole those values…
Hip Hop is like a recipe. Every generation is either putting too much of something into it, not enough of something into it, or their experimenting and waiting for a reaction from people. Anyway, it’ll never be as good as it originally was. But then, every now and then someone comes along and gets it right. In conclusion, “to each his own”, we all have different tastes. Everybody is not going to like the same thing. What’s good to some, may not be good to others.
I mean they’re…..my bad
I love Ice T and used to listen to a lot of his music but no one has a right to tell anyone else what to do in the music industry. If you want to make Soulja Boy sit down make some better music than he does and turn the ear of the fans. That’s the only thing you can do. It’s like Ice T is telling Soulja Boy to stop living his dream, stop making money, and stop trying to be famous and good at his style. Did Ice T let the police tell him what to do when he made the song “Cop killer”? Hellllz no. Ice is my boy but don’t be a hypocrite O.G.