To set it off you must know who Paparazzi was. He was this cat who in the 50's, would jump from bushes and catch celebrities on camera doing dirt- hence the camera sounds at the beginning of the song. The "camera shit" has been incorporated by some in Hip Hop, and generates sales where skills can't (in most cases). By "camera shit," I mean giving off a phony and unreal appearance to the rapper's audience- rapping about shit that they don't live, nor do they experience and pretending to be someone they aren't. As a result, the artist is living a lie and caught up in a world of glamour and glitz. They want personal recognition instead of letting the music speak for itself. While so much of their time is spent on this bullshit- perpetrating- the lyrics are neglected and come out sounding whack. Xzibit says this is large on the Hollywood set. "Mind over matter is the feeling that you get when you listen to Xzibit, who believes that the MC should make the street and not the street making the MC." You are supposed to control what's around you, not let what's around you control you. You can get sucked up in some shit or you can change it."

Shining the light on this issue, you can see why Xzibit is an asset to Hip Hop. Xzibit is reproducing, reinvesting and recycling only the real deal shit. "Because Hip Hop will remain while gimmicks and fads change" like pampers. My man says to those who want to be MC's, beware of the limelight and all that. Labels are after the lucci and will turn you into something other than self if you are not strong enough to maintain your art form and keep it holy. So to quote the O'Jays, "Don't let money change you." Xzibit is living proof that if your shit is tight you'll be aiight. His lyrical skills on King Tee's last album and the Alkaholiks "Coast II Coast" album are what secured his record deal with Loud records. You don't have to sell out to get put on. Xzibit says to the next generation MC's, "keep creating Hip Hop for yourself and it will come full circle." The labels will pump your shit but they are more concerned with sound scans and BBS. They are not concerned with you, so don't get caught up in the 'paparazzi.' When Xzibit comes to your town, he's representin' where he's from, on some Hip Hop shit, not trippin'. So lets build and not destroy Hip Hop, cause the explosion of the East- West shit is divide and conquer and as a result, the 'Paparazzi's' are the 85% and the real are the 5%.