There has been a lot of drama this year surrounding HIPHOP. That shit we love. Is it a negative influence on our youth? On women? On society as a whole? Is it the cliche ‘reflection of society’, as it already exists?
Will I be cliche and say that maybe HIPHOP has become a combination of all those things? **existential is my forte**
Art, after all, is open to interpretation. Good, bad, indifferent, no matter what an artist’s intentions are the individual is free to interpret their own meaning from the work. (Hey Pepa swears she thought ‘Push It’ was about DANCING!! /sarcasm)
Given all that, the point at which ‘art’ and ‘reality’ diverge is in the everyday actions we as free thinking individuals make. Choice. More…
I didn’t watch the show last night, so I missed where Tip said that the inspiration for Low End Theory was N.W.A.’s Straight Outta Compton. But he reiterated that point to Info today:
“…it was listening to NWA’s “Straight Outta Compton” that inspired us to make “Low-End Theory,” and years later, I spoke to Dr. Dre and he told me that hearing “Low-End Theory,” inspired him to make “The Chronic.”
I just have to say, wow, that is crazy. I had no idea that SOC was such a huge influnce on Tribe. Those two albums are directly responsible for making me into the rabid hip-hop fan that I am today. Just this past weekend I spoke on how I was more into the hardcore N.W.A. type of shit until Tribe hit, so it’s beyond ill to hear about that connection nearly 20 years later.
You think if he took those glasses off he could have gotten one of the most recognizable verses in hip hop history right?
I don’t know. On one hand, I can see why you are defensive. Sometimes the hip-hop “purists” can be a bit overzealous with their love for pure hip hop.
***BTW, what the fuck is “pure hip hop?” Do beats and rhymes go through some desalnization plant and only the purest shit come out to be bottled for the masses? Talib Kweli is hip hop but so is Soulja Boy (the next nigga that says he wasn’t rhyming about sneakers and broads at 16, I’m cockin’ on his bitch ass)
But I think what you fail to realize is that WE KNOW people fuck up lyrics all the time on stage. WE UNDERSTAND you weren’t necessarily the biggest ATCQ fan, and WE ACCEPT the fact you didn’t own Midnight Marauders. The arrogance is what kills me (and a lot of other level minded folks) who’s willing to say, “aw my nigga Lupe fucked up.”
The arrogance to not take responsibilty for your fuck up…
I’m not saying niggas should bow at the feet of Fife, Tip, and Ali (and that fourth nigga we never talk about), but please understand that hip-hop in the early 90’s consisted mostly of Gangsta shit, and pop shit…Tribe and the whole Native Tongue fam created a lane where some regular niggas can rap about shit on their mind without it killing like 3 niggas a verse, or being too commercial (British Knights anyone?). That SAME lane you proudly spits your bars in. So while I get the fact “you didn’t LISTEN” to Tribe, ATCQ is in his DNA…Now you won’t listen to one of the 10 best albums of out generation because it ain’t your shit…
Award Tour? Electric Relaxation? Oh My God?…for real yo?
You and my nigga D. McNabb need to get some type of foot/ mouth removal classes. No. 5 said at some point he didn’t want to be considered “just a black QB…” But you are, that’s what makes you…you, Mr Potato Head. You are the reason some lil dude continues to practice passing drills, so he can be the next “McNabb” or Vince Young.
Now some young kid who just wants to spit some inciteful shit looks up to Lupe, it’s because he sees that he didn’t have to kill hella niggas on a song to get a deal.
In the Vibe.com interview Lupe goes as far as to say:
Lupe aired out his grievances exclusively to VIBE concerning the backlash to the revelation that he missed out on Marauders. “[Tribe] didn’t sell 10 million records, so why would people think they had a blanket on the world like that? MC Hammer was way more popular to me than Tribe Called Quest.”
Clearly, you are wildin out. Sure MC Hammer sold 25 million copies of on album, so his world wide appeal is obvious, but a group like the Roots sell out every show they do as well, and they’ve only gone gold once. Sohh… if we use that same argument you used there, why would you bother to sell records? I mean more folks buy Young Joc than they do you….I’m just saying…
It’s Going Down>Kick Push?
Get it together, homie.
*UPDATE*
So here’s why I don’t fuck w/ Vibe…apparently, the words Lupe used were not a response to the backlash written since the Hip Hop Honors, but taken from an article written a month ago…Lupe called Kay Slay and cleared the shit up…
And yes ihadno, Superstar is flames…I was bumpin that shit real tough this summer.
so, you KNOW you’ve been chosen to do the tribute to Tribe Called Quest. Not only have you NEVER listened to Midnight Marauders, but you also manage to fuck up and flub the verse…
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