Big Daddy Kane was basically washed at like 25, how did that happen?

[Supa]

The messaging was always there though.

On Tribe's first joint, Tip was definitely talking about being "a proud Nubian" and how "his skin is brown" and because of that, he's gonna disrupt the status quo. Pos was talking about freeing the black man's mind to help him elevate on the first album, and how we have to stop seeing ourselves as what other people define us as, and realize that our goals are closer than we know. De La's sh*t was more coded than Tribe's, but their whole thing was about having pride in blackness.

Back then, the whole Native Tongue was about paying homage to Africa and black heritage. That's why Pos said they chose to wear African clothing and black medallions because they wanted to take a stance against people thinking they had to rock gold chains and Gucci, as rappers. So them, Tribe, Jungle, and Latifah intentionally wanted to give respect to African culture with how they spoke on things. They didn't always put it in every song, but it was there and what they were about as people, at the time.

Listen to 3 Feet High again. Wasn't really any pro black aspects to the music. De La wasn't rapping about that. They had Africa medallions but they weren't vocally pro black. They just had some conscious messaging.

Latifah was more on that wave visually and in the music. Tribe and Jungle Brothers more than De LA.

I think pro black I think PE, PRT, X-Clan, Paris, and more radical music and visual representation. Brand Nubian and a few other groups were on that 5%, knowledge of self wave which was pro black but not as full on with it. They'd still party and have fun. Pro black groups were on message all the time.

 

[I love Latina women]

Post his fall off, can y’all name 3 good songs off of each of his albums from Taste of Chocolate to Veteran’z Day????

 

[Gains]

tried to go pop

then tried to go hardcore