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I want to make it clear that I have the utmost respect for Bun B as a rapper and as a role model in general for conducting himself with a certain self-respect that many egotistical rappers fail to do these days. His open mind to new artists, the way he continues to make great music and the way he has gone about continuing to keep the limelight on his longtime friend and partner Pimp C (R.I.P.). This unquestionable loyalty and the way he has honoured Pimp’s legacy with his music has been truly admirable, and refreshing in contrast to the tiring Tupac ‘unreleased’ records and the shameless marketing that Diddy uses with Biggie’s name.

However, when it was revealed that Bun B’s latest offering had received the once-coveted 5 mikes, it hardly made a splash. What was once a well respected hip hop magazine, has, over the years, been brought down, both by ignorant leadership from Benzino to controversy with their reviews.

I’m not going to suggest that Bun B has made a bad album, if anything it is quite good, even if in my opinion it isn’t the classic The Source suggest. The problem is The Source simply isn’t credible anymore. It failed to move on with the times, competition has eased past it to the point where if they decide if an album is classic, nobody seems to take note like they once did. Perhaps it was to do with the fact they considered the Naked Truth superior to Marshall Mather’s LP, perhaps it was Benzino’s foolishness to keep going at Eminem and in doing so making himself look like the hip hop equivalent of a punchbag, or maybe it was the emergence of fresher, more interesting publications and the rise of the internet. 

Whatever it was though, the bottom line is that when The Source passes judgement on new music, nobody is paying attention.