MTV'S HOTTEST IN THE GAME LIST.

There has been a lot of talk about this year's, 2009, MTV'S HOTTEST IN THE GAME LIST, people saying one person or the other was not meant to be on the list. If you would ask me, i think the list is on point. Nobody that is not meant to be is on that list. And, everybody that is complaining about it is not really looking at the definition of the list. It says "hottest in the game", not "best ever", or "most lyrical", or "highest selling rapper", and it also makes reference to the present time, that means you have to be hot right now. So, i just don't understand people that are saying the list is not credible and that mtv has just lost all it's credibility. That is just uncalled for, if you would ask me.

I would like to say, the only person i think deserved to be on the list and wasn't is JADAKISS. They could have just removed REAKWON, and put jada at number 10 instead. But maybe out of the utmost respect for him, they left jada out.

Below is the list;

10. RAEKWON.

9. 50 CENT.

8. FABOLOUS.

7. YOUNG JEEZY.

6. GUCCI MANE.

5. RICK ROSS.

4. KANYE WEST.

3. DRAKE.

2. LIL WAYNE.

1. JAY-Z.

So, that is the list,and there you have it. I am sure it was pretty tuff for mtv to put that together. I think regardless of how the list would have come out, it would still have offended some people. I think this particular list affects the list number of people though.

This is what JAY-Z had to say about the list;

"MTV, Thanx for this nod of appreciation," he wrote in a statement. "Although I don't strive to be 'hot' for any particular year, I thank you for the acknowledgment. My whole goal is to be recognized as the best ever. I created the term 'best rapper alive' as a sign of respect to my fallen comrades (Biggie and Tupac). I believe I've allowed a significant grace period, and I believe I would not be respecting myself if being the absolute best was not my goal, and that's why I continue to push myself until exhaustion ... salute. Sidebar: Kanye moment if I may ... Eminem?!?! I think you do the credibility of this list a disservice if you don't thoroughly explain his omission. As of this second he has the highest selling rap album of the year and a scene stealing verse on the best 'posse' cut of the year . (*Hands mic back to Taylor Swift ... and nobody was harmed, I apologize in advance.)" (Rap Radar)

You see what i was talking about, he says eminem deserves to be on the list, solely because he has the highest selling rap album thus far this year. I do not think that should be the one and only criteria, because if we really look at the rap scene presently, eminem has not done much but drop an album, and vanish after wards. An album that sold so much, and yet received the highest criticism, compared to his other albums. I go on blogs, and at least 80 percent of the people that comment on the album say they do not like it. Now, if we are to work on that alone,. you would understand why he was not on the list. I do not know the section of the population that contributed largely to the sales of the album, but i could hardly get anybody that really like the album in totality, maybe a few songs, but not in totality.
Maybe me, because i liked his display of skills, even though i do not like the fact that he is still talking about the same things (homophobic remarks, drugs, and his mom), but i am not the thousands and millions of listeners that make up the market.

Another reason why i would agree with eminem not making the list is that, asides from featuring on drake's FOREVER track, he did not guest appear on any other person's songs. He was not dropping hot video's, or doing cameos, or mixtapes, as i said earlier, he just dropped an album, and disappeared.

Now read to what the people at mtv had to say

Eminem's ranking was one of the most discussed topics at the Roundtable. His hotly anticipated return to hip-hop after a long absence drove first week sales of over 600,000 - the highest first-week of the year so far. He granted a handful of select interviews here and abroad, and was part of a massive moment with Sacha Baron Cohen at the MTV Movie Awards. But then Em retreated to the lab, where he spent the summer crafting Relapse 2. From June to September, Em all-but took himself out of the public eye, while other MCs generated week-to-week heat with mixtapes, guest appearances, performances and Web activity.


Wayne is at number 2, and this is what he had to say;

"Uhm, who's number one?," Wayne asked radio personality Tim Westwood in an interview. "Jay-Z? Nah, that's cool [me being at number two.] That's cool. That's okay, I thought Drake was gonna be number one. Eminem [is not on the list]? Who else is on the list? Gucci who? Gucci Mane? Gucci Mane was on the list and Eminem wasn't on it? [laughs] Shout-out my n*gga Gucci. [laughs]" (Tim Westwood TV)


A lot of people just kept commenting on the list, some going with it, some disagreeing, but non surprised me more than ATLANTA based producer/rapper, and C.E.O of SO-SO DEF records, JD. The one time rival of EMINEM, after eminem and DR DRE had dissed him on "say what you say"(eminem show),he surprised me when he rode on eminem's side for this one. Below is what he had to say about the list;

"WHATS UP LIFERS HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!!!," he wrote today (October 9). "TODAYS QUESTION IS ABOUT THE MTV HOT MCs LIST. MY QUESTION IS HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT EMINEM NOT MAKING IT? I PERSONALLY THINK THE LIST JUST LOST ITS CREDIBILITY BY NOT INCLUDING HIM. NOT ONLY DID HE MAKE A ALBUM THIS YEAR BUT THAT ALBUM OUT SOLD 75 PERCENT OF EVERYBODY ON THE LIST .SERGE WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO ME THE LIST AND WHY THIS HAPPENED BUT TO ME THIS IS WHY SO MANY PEOPLE KEEP SAYING HIPHOP IS DEAD. WE HAVE NO RULES AND THE FIRST RULE SHOULD BE, UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS THE RECORD BUSINESS (KEY WORD BUSINESS) THE END RESULT IS TO SELL RECORDS NOTHING ELSE MATTERS. IN THESE BAD TIMES OF THE RECORD INDUSTRY HE SHOULD'VE MADE IT FOR THAT FACT ALONE THAT HE STILL HAD THE POWER TO MOVE 600K RECORD HIS FIRST WEEK. ANYWAY YALL ALWAYS ASKING HOW I FEEL SO THERE YOU HAVE IT LOL!!!!! TALK TO ME!!!" (Global 14)

The only person that defends the list is the boss himself, RICK ROSS. Now, we can say he defended the list because, at least, he is top 5 on the list, or he had some reason for his comment, i don't know. Let's check out what he had to say;

"I don't speak on nobody that ain't on the list," Ross jokingly said. "It's called 'Get Like Me' at this point, you feel me? At the end of the day, those are people's opinions and I respect MTV's opinions. I respect those brothers over there, you know what I'm saying because I've seen 'em in the streets. If it was some motherf*ckers I never seen at these venues watching the performances, watching what's going on, I may not be able to respect it but I see [panelists] Shaheem Reid, I see Buttahman, they visible to me. When I see 'em, it's [respect] and as far as the list goes, I'm honored to be mentioned. And it is what it is and to me, I feel like the only spot that counts on the list is number one. Second means you were the first to lose. So as far as Jay-Z being number one, I totally concur, that's one of my white words. I totally agree with that because Jay-Z done influenced so many of the artists on that list. Signing Rick Ross to Def Jam, signing Kanye West to Def Jam, influencing Lil Wayne, co-signing Drake and the list goes on, so most definitely you gotta tip your hat off to Jay-Z." (SOHH)

That's that, you heard my opinion, you read the opinion of the other rappers, it's left to you to consider if the people that put up the list can be justified or not.