i dont give a fuck john hates on or not i think every head has got the right to tell artists what they wanna see them doing but i got the right to call it racist/corny/played/clueless/whatever
― and what, Tuesday, 25 December 2007 20:44 (sixteen years ago) link
And there is probably a big difference between Saul Williams, who I'd imagine has a great deal of say in how he represents himself, and mainstream hip-hop. I don't mean to say that mainstream rappers are all patsies either. A Jay-Z or a 50-Cent is obviously making a very clear choice, but that choice is based largely on what will make money, and they don't seem to particularly care if that feeds a negative stereotype. It's the system, man!
No, I don't really think you'd say that - sorry dude. Wasn't really trying to call you out as much as just call the whole debate out.
― Hurting 2, Tuesday, 25 December 2007 20:46 (sixteen years ago) link
oh fuck it http://m.assetbar.com/achewood/autaux?b=M%5ea11f09b8576e606bcb5038dfdb92fb821&u=http%3A%2F%2Fachewood.com%2Fcomic.php%3Fdate%3D12242007
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 25 December 2007 20:49 (sixteen years ago) link
"mad-rutty" vs. "ultra-flamed"
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 25 December 2007 20:50 (sixteen years ago) link
And there is probably a big difference between Saul Williams, who I'd imagine has a great deal of say in how he represents himself
My Dearest Friends and Fans,
It is my greatest honor to present to you The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!, my new album produced by Trent Reznor and mixed by Alan Moulder. The wall of sound that we've created is tagged with such graffiti that a passerby would seek out doors and ways to ENTER. Once inside a world defined by dreams come true they'd find aligned with the simplest act of sharing what we treasure. Most people aren't aware of the world of art and commerce where exploitation strips each artist down to nigger. Each label, like apartheid, multiplies us by our divide and whips us 'til we conform to lesser figures. What falls between the cracks is a pile of records stacked to the heights of talents hidden from the sun. Yet the energy they put into popularizing smut makes a star of a shiny polished gun. The ballot or the bullet for Mohawk or the mullet is a choice between new times and dying days. And the only way to choose is to jump ship from old truths and trust dolphins as we swim through changing ways. The ways of middlemen proves to be just a passing trend. We need no priests to talk to God. No phone to call her. And when you click the link below, i think it fair that you should know that your purchase will make middlemen much poorer...
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love,
Saul
― and what, Tuesday, 25 December 2007 20:52 (sixteen years ago) link
During the first Lollapalooza tour, Jane's Addiction brings out Ice-T to perform a rendition of Sly & the Family Stone's "Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey (Don't Call Me Whitey, Nigger)". Perry Farrell sings the white part, Ice-T sings the Black part. Black quartet Living Colour comes onstage afterward and bandleader Vernon Reid announces "I'll never be anyone's nigger for entertainment..."
― and what, Tuesday, 25 December 2007 20:53 (sixteen years ago) link
I really hate being called whitey
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 25 December 2007 20:55 (sixteen years ago) link
I really hate Achewood
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 25 December 2007 21:34 (sixteen years ago) link
I love that story about Vernon Reid.
― Hurting 2, Tuesday, 25 December 2007 21:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Living Colour was my first show.
― Hurting 2, Tuesday, 25 December 2007 21:36 (sixteen years ago) link
i was never into living colour but that story is whats up
― and what, Tuesday, 25 December 2007 21:41 (sixteen years ago) link
ha same. Trent woulda been at that Lolla show, so it all comes full circle.
― bnw, Tuesday, 25 December 2007 22:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Well then.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 31 January 2008 16:32 (sixteen years ago) link
omg the last sentence
― HI DERE, Thursday, 31 January 2008 16:46 (sixteen years ago) link
laz112 said: I actually have this old album with Cosby and Quincy Jones. Cosby been rapping since before rap started yo. There is this one track called "Hicky Burr" he tore that shit down yo. I think it was released in 1974 or something.
― M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, 31 January 2008 16:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Got a Cosby sweater Rep it cuz it's better Follow to the letter. Yo.
― novaheat, Thursday, 31 January 2008 20:14 (sixteen years ago) link
Fingers crossed for a Jello reference
― remy bean, Thursday, 31 January 2008 20:18 (sixteen years ago) link
"They think they're hip. They can't read. They can't write. They're laughing and giggling, and they're going nowhere."
with the laughing and the giggling and the jibber-jabber night-train going to nowhere
― remy bean, Thursday, 31 January 2008 20:19 (sixteen years ago) link
He's against laughter now?
― dad a, Thursday, 31 January 2008 20:21 (sixteen years ago) link
The beef is on (maybe).
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 16:27 (sixteen years ago) link
okay at this point everyone involved just needs to stop
― HI DERE, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 16:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Dyson is that dude, but I don't look forward to his mic moment.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 16:45 (sixteen years ago) link
i saw michael eric dyson speak at my school a couple weeks ago, hes a supremely intelligent and dynamic guy and because i have a lot of respect for him i am just going to pretend that this doesnt exist
― max, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 16:49 (sixteen years ago) link
i took a class from that guy! the day michael jordan retired (the first time) prof dyson wore a bulls jersey under his tweed jacket
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 16:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Can we put together a rap album titled SHUT THE FUCK UP, BOTH OF YOU?
― HI DERE, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 16:53 (sixteen years ago) link
c'mon dan you don't want to hear cosby doing a bjork cover?
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 16:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Only if it's "Ancestors" (or whatever the Gremlin-fucking song on Medulla is called).
― HI DERE, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 16:55 (sixteen years ago) link
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=UfIBAWAneoo
― mark e, Friday, 25 April 2008 16:09 (sixteen years ago) link
omg flashbacks
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 25 April 2008 19:05 (sixteen years ago) link
ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
― Curt1s Stephens, Friday, 25 April 2008 19:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Oof they've played this a bunch on KPFA recently.
― Sparkle Motion, Saturday, 26 April 2008 06:36 (sixteen years ago) link
^^^ Sooooo 1998.
― Bodrick III, Saturday, 26 April 2008 16:30 (sixteen years ago) link