Niggas want to talk integrity, the reason that everyone had artistic integrity back then is because the A&r said you had to be nice. YouTube is the A&r today, and guess what the people who pay for the music would rather you have a story then be nice on the mic in a lot of cases. Either that or do something different to set yourself apart, because everybody wants to be different and be in their own lane so that’s why a lot of these kids are doing.
From that era to now the fundamental question has changed from can you spit to are you real.
Like I said, let the little homies rock, they are navigating the landscape as best they can. And to keep it real they didn’t get out of control because they were born that way.
And I wouldn’t even say that they are out of control, I see a lot more kids in decent situations today then there were when I was young.
But for the sake of argument. If you want to see why a crop is dead, don’t blame the corn, blame the farmers.