The Roots 10th studio LP, Rising Down, hits stores today.

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It’s a youtube vid, so click HERE to watch it. Finally, a great follow-up to “Ya’ll Should All Get Lynched.” NYOIL is making some serious statements here. Do you agree with him?

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To be fair, it’d be very easy to throw V.I.C. in with the rest of the dance rappers that have come out in the past few years. There are enough to fill up a VH1 “Where Are They Now?” special at this point. V.I.C. argues though, that he’s anything but one of those types of artists. He says he has more to him than just dance songs. He says:

“You can’t define one man by one song. ‘Get Silly’ is just the silly part of me… I do like to dance and I like to party, but that’s where the hood took it. My intent for the song, I seen a lot of colors… V.I.C. is a very colorful guy… I was talking about jewelry. You might see some jewelry that you like and you call it silly. That was the whole intent. I’m flashy like that, so ‘Get Silly’ really represents me, but it don’t define me. Cause I’m a real artist, for real…. please believe it, I’m very seasoned. I just didn’t pop up, I just got discovered.”

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Then watch V.I.C.’s video for “Get Silly,” produced by Soulja Boy.

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Outside of a few cameos, it’s been four years since Nelly’s Sweat/Suit album dropped. The game has definitely changed a lot since then. In our exclusive interview with the St. Lunatic, he talked about why he’d been gone, noting that he generally takes time off between albums, but also that he had to handle some BI with his record label, Universal Records. He said,

“I kinda had to pull a Prince move, almost. I was going through a lot with my label as far as monies being owed to me since Country Grammar. I just felt like this was the time for me to do it. Before I do another record, let’s get this straight now. It was one of those things where it was a must that it be done. It was one those things where I put out a record ["Wadsyaname"] that was never going to be on my album. But if I had to take the brunt for that, in order to make waves in order for the next artist to come along and be able to get that much ahead, and get that much of their business straight for the next time, then so be it. It’s not a hit that I feel I couldn’t overcome.”

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