MUSIC YEAR REVIEW 2012!!!!!!!!!

Ray Cash "BY MYSELF"

Welp! Just...like...that...2012 is officially over!!!! Even tho....2012 is over, and we can never bring it back...*unless its of course the fashion, but you usually have to wait about 10 years before you can repeat a fashion trend*...we will always have the memories *sigh. Ahhhhhhh the memories! Certain memories seemed to be long lasting, while others quickly fizzled away...kinda like when you have a dream...and it melts like a snowflake. If you think you may have missed something in 2012...especially something within the creative bubble surrounding CLEVELAND....well...don't worry...let's reflect, and catch up .

BONE THUGS N HARMONY

Okkkkk soooooo...the NERVE DJ''s CONFERENCE in November was friggin awesome! It was amazing to see soooo many artists...new and old to the industry turn out to soak up, give, or speak on the music industry and the knowledge behind it....not to mention...just when everyone thought they were starving...*BOOM*...the was a fat as* spread of cold cut sandwiches, and even hotdogs...yeah...it got real. BIG HEFF locked himself in the lab with some of Cleveland's hottest artists and didn't come out til he had the summer anthem "TURN UP"...speaking of "TURN UP"...*ok ok I won't use that term again in 2013*...that seemed to be the most overused lingo of 2012..."TURN UP"...it got to the point we heard "TURN UP", n baby delivery rooms, funerals, at the library, election time, and even lil kids being put down for naps would say "TURN UP"...blame it on BIG HEFF. Young Shank dropped his mixtape DANNY GREENE...he managed to demand that these dudes out here "stop cuffing" and.."LET EM PLAY".  

2012 Model Of the Yeay JUICEY ADOIR

Dj STEPH FLOSS delivered HOT IN CLEVELAND 2...with much anticipation...and controversy...yet in the end...all the scorned artists that did not make the roster...quietly sucked it up and I'm almost positive those same people will be blowing down on FLOSS to be on the next mixtape. STREET SMART PRODUCTIONS put event promo on a whole bigger level. Strippers seemed to finally get the respect they deserve in 2012. With cameos in videos, and with a lil classy help from DJ RYAN WOLF from LEGIT PAPER...dancers were shown in a classy, sexy artistic way...in the SH8K videos...which were so hot...girls questioned their sexuality. LEGIT PAPER seemed to be reborn again in 2012...with few to no mentions of Dej Jam any longer...LEGIT PAPER got back on the grind, and RAY JR. dropped "IM WORKIN"...which is a friggin genius ass banger...all off a ringtone for the IPHONE. Alisha Lange upped her resume...as if it wasn't long to begin with...by directing and producing music videos for Caine , Bella Nae and others. PHANTASY nightclub hosted hella shows and events....the lil pirate theme never gets old. Was it just me....or did it seem like KPT and DRAFT PICK...literally toured the whole state of OHIO...and then some....I mean...sheesh....can you say "impressive".

Dj Swerve

  DJ SWERVE threw 1 of the dopest shows at ROC BAR (rip). HYDE PARKS dropped the best album this year "FIRST THINGS FIRST". Clockworkmuzik  did what they do best...crank out hits, by giving the best quality production and engineering possible. BELLA NAE...proved that she's not just pretty as fugggggg to look at but she can sing, dance...and even spit heavy bars!!!!!! MGK finally released "LACE UP", and Cleveland had never been more proud!!!!!! LACE UP...was a common term heard from people...especially when drunk and talking mess..."LACE THA FU*K UP"...gotta love it! We were introduced to video director MIKE CLUM...who shot videos for hella artist including Ray Cash,  Ray JR., and Papa Flow. The "BY MYSELF" video was by the far the most futuristic video of the year 2012 outta CLEVELAND. Wait...RAY CASH...well...RAY CASH closed out the year with his single , I think that was jus an appetizer or something but don't call it comeback jus yet...the whole city was in an uproar when he dropped the new music.. Does Ray Cash have to be so damn cool....speaking of "cool"...TROPIKANA kept her cool at the GUCCI GOTTI 

"CONCERT"...let's nots forget the city was extra pumped bout such a big event...then in typical CLEVELAND FUCKERY fashion...the show was cut short...and the crowd ended up looking like lost, confused, and misguided fans....yet TROPIKANA...attempted to hold the crowd over....til...DJ ICE...shut it down...with his uncle like attitude saying "IT"S OVA...GUCCI AINT COMING".....*I still laugh thinking about that. Not all concerts were a waste of 'TURN UP" *damn...I said it again. The BONE THUGS N HARMONY concert...was FRIGGIN AWESOME!!!!!!! And yes...all of the original members of Bone were there...and so were all of their groupies...yes the same groupies from the early 90's, just older...and yes it was crazy!!!!! But....it was probably the coolest event of the year in CLEVELAND! PURPLE FILMS delivered quality, and cemented themselves as the KINGS of videos for 2012.S/O to BRETT! CLUB EARTH was mos def the best damn club of 2012....with the combination of ratchet, fun, and even classy at times....EARTH...is AWESOME!!!!! Sure there were fights, and sure I witnessed a girl break a table...but the bathrooms were remodeled and the staff is always friendly. The damn freeways were all messed up in CLEVELAND in 2012...and on top of that 
CHIP THA RIPPER...tried to make us call him KING CHIP...and with some resistance ...eventually  fans agreed...that CHIP THA RIPPER...is deserving of the name KING CHIP. KING CHIP even made fistfuls of rings...the new cool sh*t! KING CHIP did all of this...from CALI. Even though OWEY isn't from Cleveland...he dropped hella videos back to back, and made his music visible...building his fanbase throughtout the city. BIG HEFF was all over the midwest...and in club EARTH! Man oh Man....the Ohio Hip Hop Awards were insane in 2012!!!!. Everyone turned out in Columbus for the annual event. Youngshank turned heads when he walked in...with his headphones on, BLOODSHOT...made heads turn...with their performance...they sang, danced and attempted to show the industry something new. We learned from Dj Steph Floss...."Dj's make the party".*headroll fingasnap TROPIKANA ended 2012 with her own radio show!!!!! Jam Skillet took a chance on being unique..and it worked! 

Everyone seemed to suddenly be into sushi in 2012. Some people tried to blame their sweaty face on "molly"...but we know...they are always sweaty anyways. LEGENDARY Steve Lobel...made artists put on their best...in an attempt to impress him while he was in OHIO. CUDI and KING CHIP released "Just What I Am"...and yes...its dope! Last I heard in 2012...CAINE is petting koalas in AUSTRALIA...friggin AUSTRALIA!!!! See where music can take you!!! Artists seemed to take more pride in the quality of music they were pushing out for 2012. Guys seemed to embrace the "Kid N Play" box hightop haircuts, and tho not many..they were several young men...running aroung with blonde streaks...hey..I can dig it. The females went all TWILIGHT on us and embraced those lose "claw like nails"...yikes! Some artists attempted to make a #wave...but spent almost the whole year being unsuccessful.....hopefully things will be brighter for 2013. With the Big Heff radio show starting in JANUARY 2013, and new music, fashion, and...name changes happening all the time...2013 should be an awesome year!!  Now...I will leave you with the sincere , spiritual words from the 2012 OHIO HIP  HOP AWARD MODEL OF THE YEAR  JUICEY ADOIR - "I'd like to thank the man upstairs...cuz without him...none of this would be possible....make sure you give thanks to him...the almighty....now....I just have 1 question to ask....WHERE MY BAD BITCHEZ AT?!!!!" XOXO



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