Mos Def on current rap: "I don't think we need more Crack Commercials"

[hex]

At this point in my life I'm ready for nikkas to admit this shyt is social engineering and apologize to C Delores Tucker. Ready for mf to admit that in spite of knowing it's poison, nikkas are too sheepish/ too addicted to the poison to ever change anything.

I was with you until this.

THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Label Tied To Time Warner Sues a Critic of Rap Lyrics (Published 1995)

www.nytimes.com

The suit accuses Time Warner of conspiring with C. DeLores Tucker, a vocal critic of the company's involvement in gangsta rap, to make a distribution deal with Marion (Suge) Knight, the chairman of Death Row. If Mr. Knight agreed to tone down the lyrics on his albums, the suit contends, Ms. Tucker pledged to arrange for Time Warner to pay him $80 million and distribute his records.

Mind you, she owned stock in Time Warner.

C Delores Tucker was essentially tying to extort Death Row. Not to mention she tried to sue Pac's estate, claiming his music ruined her sex life.

Her intentions might've been pure initially but at some point greed took over.

Fred.

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

This is honestly one of the things that bugged me most about this genre since I was a kid.

nikka this is just rhyming words. You can rhyme words and make a song about anything. So why is 90% of the songs about selling drugs and killing [specifically] nikkas?

Imagine being a kid in the early 2000s. On the white radio stations you'd hear a song that's on some "fukk you mom, this is my own life" Linkin park shyt, next song would be on some love shyt, creed singing about wanting to be rockstar, a song about crushing on some chicks mom, rage fueled metal music, avirl lavine singing about her crush on a skater boy etc.

Then I turn to the rap station and it's: A song about killing nikkas and selling drugs. Another song about killing nikkas and selling drugs. Another song about killing nikkas and selling drugs. A song about how the rapper is richer than me and will fukk my bytch because he kills nikkas and sells drugs. No way black music is simply this creatively bankrupt

When I was a kid I bought the bs explanations of "These are our stories!" or "this is art imitating life!". Then when I became an adult I ended up learning just how many of these rappers were straight up lying in their lyrics and interviews.

At this point in my life I'm ready for nikkas to admit this shyt is social engineering and apologize to C Delores Tucker. Ready for mf to admit that in spite of knowing it's poison, nikkas are too sheepish/ too addicted to the poison to ever change anything.

Yea

 

[MikelArteta]

Abomination

 

[ISO]

Responsible, honest drug SELLER music is okay in moderation. Reckless drug USER music is a real problem.

Same shyt

 

[Doobie Doo]

I'm sick of Mos Def biching about current hip-hop while releasing subpar low quality sounding music

 

[Kenny West]

I was with you until this.

THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Label Tied To Time Warner Sues a Critic of Rap Lyrics (Published 1995)

www.nytimes.com

Mind you, she owned stock in Time Warner.

C Delores Tucker was essentially tying to extort Death Row. Not to mention she tried to sue Pac's estate, claiming his music ruined her sex life.

Her intentions might've been pure initially but at some point greed took over.

Fred.

Extort? Conspire? Did you read the link you posted before you sensationalized this to a level that would make the fags at TMZ blush?


C Delores Tucker "conspired" aka pressed the record label to offer a monetary incentive to Suge to tone down the content of albums they were already distributing. Not only did it fail, nothing about this insinuates a payout to Tucker nor an avenue where she would have her palms greased. And no, owning shares in the company is not some gotcha here.


With all due respect, you need to STFU on this one. You really a white dude out here trying to muddy the waters and throw shade onto a lifelong black icon in defense of your entertainment in listening to black people rap about killing and disrespecting each other. It's about a bad a look as someone could ask for optics wise.


You need to fall all the way back and the nikkas (if they're even black) who dapped you need to jump off their nearest bridge

 

[hex]

Extort? Conspire? Did you read the link you posted before you sensationalized this to a level that would make the fags at TMZ blush?


C Delores Tucker "conspired" aka pressed the record label to offer a monetary incentive to Suge to tone down the content of albums they were already distributing. Not only did it fail, nothing about this insinuates a payout to Tucker nor an avenue where she would have her palms greased. And no, owning shares in the company is not some gotcha here.


With all due respect, you need to STFU on this one. You really a white dude out here trying to muddy the waters and throw shade onto a lifelong black icon in defense of your entertainment in listening to black people rap about killing and disrespecting each other. It's about a bad a look as someone could ask for optics wise.


You need to fall all the way back and the nikkas (if they're even black) who dapped you need to jump off their nearest bridge

So she tried to sue Pac's estate over lyrics impacting her sex life....for what?

Rap critic sues Shakur's estate for defamation

Federal prosecutors are trying to determine if convicted drug dealers contributed funds that were used to launch Death Row records, sources say.

www.latimes.com

Like I said, her intentions may have been pure initially but she was looking for a pay day. This is completely separate from the validity of her message.

Fred.

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

Lemme guess, you’re 40+ right?

Lemme guess you not just gone dodge the fact you posted that dumb ass lying ass post?


You definitely don't listen to shyt foreign ass mafukka.

 

[TrapHouse Rock]

rappers who complain about gangsta rap rather than just make dope shyt been the bane of my existence since 1996

I love em' but the roots/de la started that dumbass trend. Pac was right these conscious cats just come off as player haters

 

[b. woods]

bruh, i legit do not understand that shyt at all.

i be seeing threads on here about sales and i be looking like "why is this important to y'all?!"

you'd think these nikkas was these artists' wives looking for the rent money the way they be counting their (sales) money

Ammo for them to use in "Stan Wars", Stomach

 

[I love Latina women]

Ammo for them to use in "Stan Wars", Stomach

It’s true tho