Title: Rob Lee of Baltimore

Whatever happened to doing something great for a title? I mean you have the prince of this and the queen of that but none of these elite people have done anything. I’d rather have a title of where I’m from like the namesake of my now defunct elementary school – Charles Carroll of Carollington than being the prince of portly, I’m just saying. Some of these people just give themselves titles because they’re egotistical and pretentious. Others are given a title by some governing body or an ass with a big mouth. Think about it – watch a NFL game on CBS – and the commentator breaks to a live read on one of the crappy shows they’re pushing like NCIS: LA. Is this show great? Is James Todd Smith an excellent actor? My answers two both of these queries would be two letter words ending with an “o”. The best new, you fill in the blank, and that shit’s fine but I think its misleading because they’re been many times when a show is the best new whatever because it’s the only new whatever- it’s the best by default. Like when a boxer gets a vacated championship because the current champion has to go to jail – he’s not the best, he’s just in the right place. And we all know that boxing is shitty – but look at other spots – MLB doesn’t give the Baltimore Orioles the championship because the Yankees, Red Sox, and pretty much any other team isn’t playing. The season would be cancelled first.

Are these titles based on opinion, statistical data? Because the stats are fucked - Nielsen ratings for TV programs as skewed to the heartland of America – that’s why shows like Joan of Arcadia or any other religious-oriented shows get canned and everyone you speak to likes it – its audience acclaimed. This is why UPN CW can create these racially irresponsible shows, that’s why wrestling gets the rating it gets. That’s why BET and TV One doesn’t have any new, fresh and positive ethnic entertainment – its usually the reruns of Good Times, that we all love. I thought once blacks got control of something they’d at least do some positive with it. Secondly, I watch and enjoy wrestling but a lot of the gimmicks, Cryme Time or Kofi Kingston for instance, are very racially irresponsible. Every black dude is not a street thug or hustler – just most of them and every “Jamaican”( because the dude playing Kofi is actually Ghanaian) doesn’t party and go “Boop, Boop, Boop” I’m just saying.

But back to the titles, I hate when someone calls themselves the queen of … , in music, its lame. If yer a good artist let yer tunes speak for you. Why do you need that false entitlement? Back in the day we had titles which meant nobility or one’s job. I’m the duke of… or Commander… so why should these hacks who get a break in the entertainment world get a title. I’m the “Prince of Preteen Rap” – get the fuckouttahere or “child, please”. As much as I don’t care for his plays, movies and tv shows – Ol’ Tyler Perry doesn’t have a title and I can respect that. I think he came from something and became great at what he does over a time and he may actually be deserving of a title. Here’s one – “Master of creating shit that everyone other than Rob Lee will like” – maybe its too long but I’ll work on it. Let’s move beyond that going forward – the king of rock, the king of pop and queen of soul can keep their shit they earned it but if you’ve been selling records for 5 minutes, yer not royalty yer a fucking musician. Now sing you fuck!!!