http://www.cagekennylz.com/audio/hater.ram
Track is weak to me...but you can hear for yourselves.
Also here's Truth Elemental (Brick Records) statement about the whole
thing. He pretty much confirms what I thought was true.
11/03/02: Truth Elemental <tr...@brickrecords.com> from Boston wrote:
I'm leaving that last post up, and will respond to it here. Other
sites have been locking shit down and censoring any posts that are
negative about them and/or their artists. I just want to clarify some
things. First off - neither Esoteric or 7L threw any punches at Cage.
Eso stepped to Cage on some battle shit - told him to get on stage and
put shit down right there. That would have been some shit the crowd
would have eaten up! Cage backed down and refused to battle him. 7L
twisted Cage's cap - but did not assault him. Cage is going around
saying 4 heads jumped him. Only two kids threw knots at him - Celph
and one other cat. They sent Cage flying against the bar and the
bouncers broke that shit up quick. You'll see that in the video once
it makes its rounds on the web. We didn't mean any disrespect to the
crowd that paid to see the show. My apologies to those who didn't get
to see High & Mighty perform because the show got shut down. But you
need to understand that in the last few weeks prior to the show Cage
and Copywrite were on some calling Eso out shit - dissing his skills
shit, disrespect shit, and physical threat shit. Again - Eso tried to
take it on stage, Cage refused to battle - so he's just as much to
blame for shit going down how it did. You can't blame us for coming
and repping on every level Cage brought that shit on via the net. Same
goes for Celph - Cage had dissed him and his crew in the past. As far
as the Jam Master Jay tribute goes - you mean the 5 moment of silences
wasn't enough? JMJ was a hip-hop innovator and icon, and his death was
tragic and senseless. It's a great loss. We all know that. Everyone
and their mother are doing tributes now - many from people just
jumping on the wagon. It feels cheap. I think dudes have to reflect on
that shit, and not worry about what anyone else has to say on it. The
only tribute I'll take seriously is one lead by his family, friends,
and partners. I see you posted anonymously - if you want to know
anything else e-mail me directly. This is a guestbook, not a
messageboard. Keep it strong, Truth Elemental Brick Records
Cage is a fucking bitch for not battling Esoteric at that shit. As if
he had no idea Eso was going to call him out after he's talking shit
about the cat. What the fuck is Eso supposed to do, just go to the
show and not say anything after the cat is dissing him and (allegedly)
making physical threats? Please.
I'm still not saying that everything that went down at the show was
cool until I see the video, but to me it sounds like Cage is just a
little bitch who wants to talk shit but doesn't want to back it up.
He's such a fucking wack MC anyway, his music fucking sucks and that
"dis track" is piss poor. He deserves to get served after dissing the
Boston scene as a whole. His beef was with 7L & Eso not with everyone
from Boston. He has a fan base in Boston that he sold out, and don't
forget that Eon and Ripshop did a track together on Rawkus, and
Ripshop reps Warchester for real.
~~ e ~~ n ~~ d ~~ u ~~ s ~~ d ~~ o ~~ t ~~ c ~~ o ~~ m ~~
There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. Some
kind of high powered mutant never even considered
for mass production. Too weird to live, and too
rare to die. -Hunter S. Thomson
and don't go mixing up the camps here, we all know cage and copywrite
ain't all there, the only cat that's even been implicated is cage.
don't bring eon and mighty mi into this, mang.
anyways, a collab (a shitty collab, I might add) with Ripshop two
years ago does not friendship make.
I'm not taking sides, I'm just sayin...
Or Jakki. Who would have promptly chewed him up, spit him out, and left the
remnants for all to see.
MF
: I'm maintaining cage is not a battle emcee. I've never heard cage
: freestyle, nor even try. If eso wants to start, he should have called
: out Copywrite.
cage is not really a battle emcee, but i've heard some pretty sick
freestyles from stretch and bob from the mid-90's. they were probably
writtens, though. copywrite or jakki would eat esoteric. i've always
thought esoteric was pretty wack. he has no rhythm. oops...hope celph
titled doesn't snuff me now...you know celph used to read this newsgroup
back in the day, i believe his handle was the rubix cuban or something.
todd
Cage rip that track beantown aint got talent like NYC so Face
it.........
Celph Titled is the only ill emcee bout making some
beef.................
He might as well produce it to since beats is phatier than 7L's
shiturments...
Cage fuck that track up period and weathermen together would formulate
album fillers that'll cripple BeanTown bullshit........
I'm a Demigods listen that shit is sick. but they aint all emcees from
boston.
Weatherrmen madd sicker them..... Bricksrecords can front on EC
but fucking with DEF JUX is wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
that MR. LIF mention by Cage is The Truth and BeanTown knowzwhatzup!
Cage may not be Credible to his horrorcore lyrics when it comes to
getting Fried on illy, but his technique came through for his fams and
listeners.
>and don't go mixing up the camps here, we all know cage and copywrite
>ain't all there, the only cat that's even been implicated is cage.
>don't bring eon and mighty mi into this, mang.
>
>anyways, a collab (a shitty collab, I might add) with Ripshop two
>years ago does not friendship make.
I'm not trying to bring them into it, and I'm not saying they're
friends either...but dissing the whole Boston scene is weak when he
1.) has a fan base there and 2.) has some tie to cats there. I feel
what you're saying, but he dissed my city and local hiphop scene for
no reason...that automatically makes him a punk.
todd
HELLBOP THA DUSTCADET <smellzpu...@yahoo.com> wrote:
: That track is sick.... Esoteric can't battle for shit naw what i
>That track is sick.... Esoteric can't battle for shit naw what i
>mean...
No, I don't. Are you trying to say that Cage can battle better than
Eso? Then why didn't he step the fuck up at that show then? Because
Eso is good off the head and Cage isn't that's why...he knew he would
get smoked.
>Cage rip that track beantown aint got talent like NYC so Face
>it.........
Nah
>Celph Titled is the only ill emcee bout making some
>beef.................
Nope, DEFinetly don't agree with this, even if I wasn't a hardcore
Boston head.
>Cage fuck that track up period and weathermen together would formulate
>album fillers that'll cripple BeanTown bullshit........
Whatever man. He's so fucking dope he can't even get his career going.
He got dissed on Eminem's first record and where the fuck is he now?
If he's so fucking ill why does he have to call out "BeanTown
bullshit" to get publicity in the first place...PSSSH...stop
contradicting yourself.
>I'm a Demigods listen that shit is sick. but they aint all emcees from
>boston.
If Cage has beef with MC's Cage can call them out. He called out a
whole fucking city for no reason at all, especially since a big part
of his fanbase is here.
>Weatherrmen madd sicker them..... Bricksrecords can front on EC
>but fucking with DEF JUX is wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Huh? Didn't catch that.
>that MR. LIF mention by Cage is The Truth and BeanTown knowzwhatzup!
That WAS the funniest line he spit in that track...I'll give him
credit for that but the rest was crap. The shit about the twin towers
was just straight up disrespectful. He disrespected his whole city
and himself by spitting it.
>Cage may not be Credible to his horrorcore lyrics when it comes to
>getting Fried on illy, but his technique came through for his fams and
>listeners.
Whatever. I'm not hating on Cage fans like you apparently do on
Beantown heads. I just don't like his shit, I thought that track was
mad weak.
I didn't even get pissed about this shit at first. I figured that
some good music might come out of it. But now I see every Cage fan
totally disrespecting Boston, and the motherfucker calls the whole
city out himself. FUCK that shit. If you've got beef handle it,
don't cry like a little bitch and start dissing this whole city. All
you Cage fans talk shit about how bad Boston shit is, when Cage can't
even get a career going after getting dissed by one of the biggest
rappers out there now...WHAT the fuck ever. I'm not going to be a
hater like you guys are and talk shit about NYC, because I like NYC
hiphop. I like some shit coming out from EC too. Cats like Lif are
on Def Jux...I've got love for NYC. Just because two MC's have beef
doesn't mean their whole cities do, and all the Cage fans talking shit
about Boston are just playing themselves.
props...I'd shit on anyone that disses Pittsburgh, no matter who it
was. (except we got some wack ass promoters. diss them all you want.)
Did you hear that freestyle with Virtuoso and Esoteric it's like mins
long and Esoteric has to spit about (Niggaz) how disrespectiful
that... claiming oops thats some gibbisherish from his old raps......
but thats meaningiless
That Cage beef with Em was even....... Though when cage kept making
skitz about Eminem it definitely soundz like dude is on some attention
getting bit....
Though Esoteric will not be not likely even reply to HateRama.......
Cage Ripped Eso end of Story.............
Ec Allstars Vs. Demigodz wont happen cuz that would be fatal to
Demigod and their Fans.
Someone like the Last Emperor has no time to ryhme about a squad with
no chemistry or witz. (Netheir apathy or L fudge with stop L.E)
This should be a Cage Vs Eso Battle.........
>Did you hear that freestyle with Virtuoso and Esoteric it's like mins
>long and Esoteric has to spit about (Niggaz) how disrespectiful
>that... claiming oops thats some gibbisherish from his old raps......
>but thats meaningiless
What freestyle is that? I've heard a LOT of fucking Virt and Eso
freestyles and I've never heard Esoteric say anything like that. I
think you're confused money.
>That Cage beef with Em was even....... Though when cage kept making
>skitz about Eminem it definitely soundz like dude is on some attention
>getting bit....
And he's still doing it now...calling out the whole Boston scene just
to get attention...that's some bullshit right there.
>
>Though Esoteric will not be not likely even reply to HateRama.......
>Cage Ripped Eso end of Story.............
What are you talking about? You don't even give the cat a chance to
reply and you're already saying he ripped him? LOL.
>This should be a Cage Vs Eso Battle.........
I AGREE 100% WITH THIS...Cage is the one who felt he needed to
disrepect a whole hiphop scene because he had beef with ONE fucking
rapper.
ok, this happened at a High Times showcase. in NY at that. cats did not pay to
see rebel alliance or demigodz. Cage might've wanted to keep the focus on EC &
not give those fools the time of day....and save the shit for another
time.....tru dat, steppin down from a battle is questionable, but when you
physically threaten someone, you gonna have to expect retaliation.
as far as dissin a whole town, that shit aint right. what i'm wonderin is how
none of this escalated on tour with Mr. Lif & Fakts One. Cage & Copy tore it
down indeed down here last month.
i see no one mentioned Camu chased Celph Titled & Esoteric until they called a
cab. i wasnt there, but neither were 99% of ya'll. if someone comes at me on
some internet shit, i'ma hold my own or do my best cuz i know i got enemies out
there ! Cage is a fairly big cat & i dont understand 100 % why he didnt
react.... maybe he wanted to keep shit with EC & High times movin? i dont
know, but i understand where you comin from Endus......we had that problem when
bitch ass nelly came down here for that trl show last year & him & his boys
talked shit about raleigh & cats brought it to em....
the saga continues......
peace!
-mysterio (nc)
(i dont have regular access so it might take a minute to respond)
playin the leelow for years...
...nesta...
Most of you can't even comprehend what I am saying to you
Even in my human form the message I'm relaying
One good thing about music
When it hits you feel no pain
>whassup ya'll, its ya boy Mr. E-O comin live from NC.....its been a long while
>but you dont know.....nevertheless, i thought i'd drop a few cents / questions
>about this.
I feel what you're saying, the whole situation is just sketchy. I've
dropped my thoughts on this already, but if anyone is interested
here's Esoteric's response to this whole shit...I think he handled it
pretty well considering the circumstances...
First of all, I want to officially endorse Michael Moore’s “Bowling
for Columbine.” I haven’t seen anything as perfectly executed in a
long, long time. This is eye-opening shit for any sleeping American.
He really, really nails it. How can you go wrong with cartoons linking
the KKK to NRA? PLEASE SEE IT.
I wasn't going to address it, but since the stories are getting so
twisted, I have no choice. We came down to NY to do a show and let
people know that we weren’t going to stand for any bullshit. Cage got
what he deserved. He was online saying I was running my mouth with “no
skills to back it” and told me to “tighten up my cadence.” I figured
someone as “crazy” as Cage wouldn't be so blissfully corny, but I was
wrong. Since he was dissing my music, I figured we could battle on
stage. That would settle it, and give the fans a show at the same
time. Then I read (online, again) that he is planning on “handing out
speed knots.” So I figured maybe he wants to fight, especially when
his hypeman “Copywrizzle” was talking about what is and what isn't
“gangsta.” Does anyone see the irony in that? For those that didn't,
talking shit on a message board is NOT “gangsta.”
When Cage popped up behind me in the crowd I challenged him to a
battle. He said no. I asked him again. He said no. He still wanted
drama though. He got it. I didn’t throw any punches, nor did I try. He
knows who hit him. There was NO 4 on 1 or 3 on 1 or anything like
that. He must have been really fucked up on drugs to think I swung at
him. I never went near him, and if this video is floating around,
you’ll eventually see that. No one held his arms back, and if they
did, I definitely wouldn’t stoop to hitting him while defenseless. No
one wanted to hurt him really bad, just remind him not to talk shit
when it's not justified. This happened because Cage and Copywrite said
personal, untrue shit about my family, popped shit about physically
fighting, and dissed us publicly on more than one occasion. I wanted
to do it lyrically. They didn’t. We came 4 hours from Boston to do a
show and let these cats know it’s not a game. Mission accomplished.
Now to clear up some rumors for the hateful. Pay attention: I didn’t
grow up rich nor am I rich now. I never went to prep school. My father
is not a millionaire. He is a teacher, and has nothing to do with the
finances of Brick Records or any other label we have ever been
affiliated with. That is just ludicrous, but I understand how haters
love to make shit up. I was born in Beverly and currently reside in
Boston. I recorded “Speaking Real Words” with Inspectah Deck in person
and many of you saw us rock it live together. You’re gonna fuck around
and make us do a part 2 (with a video). I can’t believe people are
still talking about that shit. I also can’t believe I have been driven
to the point of having to address this pettiness online, but it’s a
real slap in the face when I read things from people that are so
untrue. You should all feel silly. Don’t believe everything you read
online, especially about rap groups and record sales. People from my
city know the deal. I am an emcee. I do what an emcee is supposed to
do. I try to live up to everything I say on record. I don’t talk about
guns I don’t hold, shit I don’t own, or people I don’t rob. I talk
about what I do. I take no shit, I rip mics, and I battle at the drop
of a hat. That’s that. Please stop spreading lies and living in fear.
Go out and enjoy yourself. Peace to the High & Mighty, CMJ, S.O.B.'s,
and High Times magazine. We are sincerely sorry for fucking up your
night.
Be on the lookout for the 7l & Esoteric DVD project that we currently
have in the works. This will include videos for Word Association,
Headswell, and Mic Mastery, lots of live footage, and a whole bunch of
other silly shit.
-Esoteric
AMMENDMENT TO THIS ENTRY:
I wrote all this before I heard the dis track from Cage. My stance has
not changed. At first listen I was blown away at how terrible it was.
At second listen I was checking for anything deeper than what was on
the surface, because I figured there had to be. There was nothing. I
tried listening to it a THIRD time but I just couldn't take his voice
anymore. I feel bad now because he's self-destructing. Just picture
him all mad recording that shit. It's sad. I don't think it's worth a
reply but maybe I'll see what 7L has lying around.....
-Esoteric
Ayo ESO you stay pett. I sure your gonna reply to that harsh diss by cage.
North Carolina eat a dick........
>It's a Strecth Armstrong Freestyle
>with Esoteric,Virtuoso, and MR. Lif approx. 10:49 mins long.
Aight, I'll give you that. I never even noticed that shit
before...you must be listening to my man hella close to have heard
that shit. You can hold it against the cat if you really think
there's something to that shit, but it sounds like he just had a rhyme
from some old song in his head and it just popped out under pressure.
He even stifles it as he says it...so whatever. I know for a fact
that the cat doesn't rep that word and isn't a racist.
>Ayo ESO you stay pett. I sure your gonna reply to that harsh diss by cage.
LOL, that was harsh?
: North Carolina eat a dick........
all right, motherfucker, you're not my favorite incoherent, dusty-ass
poster anymore. north kackalack runs shit, bitch!
todd
let's not get carried away.
mc paul barman reps the 919, after all.
: let's not get carried away.
: mc paul barman reps the 919, after all.
fuck that shit. he's a carpetbagging yankee.
he's jewish and went to brown. that ain't kackalack.
yaggfu front and lords of the underground, baby.
todd
i rep where i reside. plain as that.
what you got against NC though....someone gave you some bad dust down here ?
i played the low not by choice if you feel me....when i last dropped some posts
in 2000 i think it was, my pc crashed right after that..(dont mess with
methodus.com)...got evicted soon after and stayed in hotels doin the damn
thang til i got hemmed 9 days after 9 11! been out for a few months now
...and if ya'll cats remember, it was not related to that housekeeper at motel
6 taking my winning MSU cap !!
its all g.
peace!
-mysterio (nc)
>Mr. Nesta !
>long time no hear from also!
>man you still in VA?
hmmm, no, and i never was...i was in chicago, now nyc. maybe nesto's from va?
people confuse us sometimes for some strange reason...
anyway, damn, sounds like you been thru some drama. stay w/ us when you ain't
on the run from the feds.
a e i o u.
my bad man !
>stay w/ us when you ain't
>on the run from the feds.
no doubt !
good to see some familiar cats still around.
peace!
-mysterio (nc)