Yeah, I never got that IWW being a sellout talk, look at joints like Shootouts, I Gave u power, Take it in Blood and Affirmative Action, how are those joints sellouts? And If I Ruled the World was Hip hop, with the Kurtis Blow hook on a break beat. I will never understand that shyt, even back in 96
Yeah it was a lame argument then and hadn't changed well. But was the beginning of these wannabe A&Rs nitpicking Nas beat selection and creative direction because they wanted him to stay in one lane his whole career. To me, the whole thing where these kids who got into rap music in 2011 saying he can't pick beats and his only classic is Illmatic is born out of that bullshyt. You still got clowns like DJ Vlad pushing the narrative.
