Well, The Source has hit ROCK BOTTOM. No, not the 200th issue with Cube on which was pretty LAME-O in itself or the 100 Pac and Big tributes (seriously though how many of those tributes can you put together) but they're certified deadbeat status. They've filed for Chapter 11 which means if the Source had a whip, the repo man would be on his way to snatch that shit back.
All jokes aside, it's kind of sad because The Source used to be the definitive magazine for hip hop bar none. It was the only magazine nationwide that properly dealt with hip hop in a way that was not too stiff or dry but not too "Tyrone from the block" with its language. The shit was hot!!! John Blaze shit. It used to make us mad when they overrated an album (lil kim's "5 mic" shitbag) or underrated an album (supreme clientele 4 or 4.5 mics). And when they gave Jay's Blueprint and Nas' Stillmatic 5 mics we all had orgasms. Now they're broker than Pookie after he beamed up at the carter. This officially is the BEGINNING OF THE END. THE BIGS ARE GONNA PICK UP SOME OTHER EDGY GENRE AND DISPOSE OF ITS RED HEADED STEP CHILD THAT'S NO LONGER A CASH COW.
Now it'll be left to assrags like XXL and Rap Pages to hold it down. I never fucked with XXL from the beginning b/c it wasn't the Source but I guess I'll check it out after all their blogs are straight.
RIP THE SOURCE
