I feel like Lord Jamar right now, lmao... *rant sequence engaged*
To any negative comments about my post (too many to pick), that's not my opinion on what it should be, but that's how it is now. I get what Kanye is saying, but he's doing it poorly. He's a jack of all trades, but a master of none. He got critical reviews on Yeezus (LOL @ taking a critic's word over an actual person's), but in reality the people ain't fuckin with it. Then you have people like Kendrick, Cole, Drake (hate that I gotta add him), and all these other new cats that actually catch the PEOPLE'S attention in a positive way, whether or not the critics like them. And they sell, so people are buying the music legitimately. I just so happen to mention Em and Mackelmore, who are white, which was an example of my point that white people can take shit from us so easily. I'm not saying it's happened, this is still our shit. Hip hop, positive or negative, will be always be synonymous with us.
The problem is, we don't support our own people, and other people don't give a fuck about us. We don't go out and buy their records, some rightfully so (get to that later). Next thing you know, you look up, and two of the highest selling artists are white (Em pending). Why are people buying more Mackelmore albums than Kanye albums, even though Kanye's is supposedly better? Cuz people, black, white, whatever... buy music they like. Hip hop is prolly still one of the highest selling genres, but it's at its lowest point sales wise (not dictating the greatness of the music btw, can't stress that enough). And just like the 80s, and just like the 2000s... the highest selling artist is white. And why is that? I'm sure there's more than 1 million people in the world so a hip hop artist not named Eminem, Jay and Wayne can crack platinum. Cuz we don't buy our records. I mean, look at rock. Elvis didn't just take rock, it happened over a period of time. While black people abandoned rock in the 70s, groups like Pink Floyd and Rush kept making innovative music. Now, when people think rock, they don't think just Elvis. They think the Beatles, Floyd, Rush, Metallica, Nirvana, etc. Cuz those guys kept pushing the envelope and even starting their own subgenres and eras. And that's not a judgement call by the critics, who initially shitted on them in the first place. That was cemented by the people. Yeah, we have Jimi Hendrix, George Clinton, Nile Rogers and a few others, but it stops there.
Kanye is our Jimi Hendrix. Son changed the game over and over. But he and people that fuck with him think because Yeezus got accepted by the critics, it's accepted by everyone. It isn't. The public is shittin on Kanye. Musically and personally. And that's not my opinion, I think Kanye is dope, even when he is wack. I grew to like Yeezus and I think he should push those boundaries, that's what I'm rooting forBut look at the comments in Kanye posts on the IC alone. Look at the comments on Worldstar. Look at comments in every article about Kanye. Fuck the internet, talk to people on the street. Ask people you don't know about him. Hip hop heads, regular people, casual listeners, whatever. He barely cracked gold this time for a reason. As of right now, the PEOPLE (once again, not me) think he sucks.
My thing is this... I understand Kanye. I think what he's doing is dope. I think he did help make rap the prime culture of America and parts of the world. I believe he can push us and himself to the next level. He is the first person in the mainstream, especially mainstream rap, to discuss true spiritual freedom, but he's doing it half assed. He at one point replaced Redman and Em as my favorite rapper up until just now when MMLP2 and Red's new mixtape came out, and for good reason. As much I said I like Yeezus, he could've done waaaaaaaaaay better, and I think MMLP2 and The Heist are better albums... fuck it, sue me. I don't give a fuck what the critics or other people think. And a lot of people feel the same, doesn't matter if they're black or white.
To any negative comments about my post (too many to pick), that's not my opinion on what it should be, but that's how it is now. I get what Kanye is saying, but he's doing it poorly. He's a jack of all trades, but a master of none. He got critical reviews on Yeezus (LOL @ taking a critic's word over an actual person's), but in reality the people ain't fuckin with it. Then you have people like Kendrick, Cole, Drake (hate that I gotta add him), and all these other new cats that actually catch the PEOPLE'S attention in a positive way, whether or not the critics like them. And they sell, so people are buying the music legitimately. I just so happen to mention Em and Mackelmore, who are white, which was an example of my point that white people can take shit from us so easily. I'm not saying it's happened, this is still our shit. Hip hop, positive or negative, will be always be synonymous with us.
The problem is, we don't support our own people, and other people don't give a fuck about us. We don't go out and buy their records, some rightfully so (get to that later). Next thing you know, you look up, and two of the highest selling artists are white (Em pending). Why are people buying more Mackelmore albums than Kanye albums, even though Kanye's is supposedly better? Cuz people, black, white, whatever... buy music they like. Hip hop is prolly still one of the highest selling genres, but it's at its lowest point sales wise (not dictating the greatness of the music btw, can't stress that enough). And just like the 80s, and just like the 2000s... the highest selling artist is white. And why is that? I'm sure there's more than 1 million people in the world so a hip hop artist not named Eminem, Jay and Wayne can crack platinum. Cuz we don't buy our records. I mean, look at rock. Elvis didn't just take rock, it happened over a period of time. While black people abandoned rock in the 70s, groups like Pink Floyd and Rush kept making innovative music. Now, when people think rock, they don't think just Elvis. They think the Beatles, Floyd, Rush, Metallica, Nirvana, etc. Cuz those guys kept pushing the envelope and even starting their own subgenres and eras. And that's not a judgement call by the critics, who initially shitted on them in the first place. That was cemented by the people. Yeah, we have Jimi Hendrix, George Clinton, Nile Rogers and a few others, but it stops there.
Kanye is our Jimi Hendrix. Son changed the game over and over. But he and people that fuck with him think because Yeezus got accepted by the critics, it's accepted by everyone. It isn't. The public is shittin on Kanye. Musically and personally. And that's not my opinion, I think Kanye is dope, even when he is wack. I grew to like Yeezus and I think he should push those boundaries, that's what I'm rooting forBut look at the comments in Kanye posts on the IC alone. Look at the comments on Worldstar. Look at comments in every article about Kanye. Fuck the internet, talk to people on the street. Ask people you don't know about him. Hip hop heads, regular people, casual listeners, whatever. He barely cracked gold this time for a reason. As of right now, the PEOPLE (once again, not me) think he sucks.
My thing is this... I understand Kanye. I think what he's doing is dope. I think he did help make rap the prime culture of America and parts of the world. I believe he can push us and himself to the next level. He is the first person in the mainstream, especially mainstream rap, to discuss true spiritual freedom, but he's doing it half assed. He at one point replaced Redman and Em as my favorite rapper up until just now when MMLP2 and Red's new mixtape came out, and for good reason. As much I said I like Yeezus, he could've done waaaaaaaaaay better, and I think MMLP2 and The Heist are better albums... fuck it, sue me. I don't give a fuck what the critics or other people think. And a lot of people feel the same, doesn't matter if they're black or white.
