Is SPIN really circling the drain?

all PR is good PR. good for lupe and good for spin.

i kinda want to hear the album. i've never listened to one of his albums.

see it worked!

i'm boycotting spin for using the word mansplain.

Mansplain is a horrible horrible word.

it's certainly not a word that men should use in order to justify long-winded explanations

spin thing kinda sucks. read the whole thing. i'm with lupe. if you already obviously hate someone your hatred of their new thing isn't gonna read very well.

I am a man and I shave my mansplain

i think it's more that lupe's idea of "having a conversation about bitch" is everyone praising him and thanking him for writing a song where he tackles the word "bitch." and sure, it's laudable enough, but once someone criticized his execution he was more or less done with the "conversation" part

i just have a problem with the execution of the criticism.

That's what's so disgraceful. His ego is showing.

just disgraceful

i don't think brandon hates lupe, either

For a song about different perspectives it's pretty locked into its own perspective.

i think it's more that lupe's idea of "having a conversation about bitch" is everyone praising him and thanking him for writing a song where he tackles the word "bitch." and sure, it's laudable enough, but once someone criticized his execution he was more or less done with the "conversation" part

maybe part of it is that this is the second time a white guy employed by spin has felt compelled to tear lupe new one about his attempt to address his own culture?

i think there's something rock paper scissors abt the whole thing. no one comes off well here.

yeah that too.

both kinda juvenile. no offense to Juvenile. oooh, he called him a backpacker. snap! in 2012...

maybe part of it is that this is the second time a white guy employed by spin has felt compelled to tear lupe new one about his attempt to address his own culture?

― i know your nuts hurt! who's laughing? (contenderizer), Friday, August 24, 2012 1:22 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lupe fiasco is not a woman tho

well i'm glad these two were able to start such a valuable dialogue

The women have spoken. They want to be referred to as ladies.

http://blogs.suntimes.com/awards/Australia%20Jerry%20Lewis.jpg

the song and the review are both not the best

lupe fiasco is not a woman tho

not defending the "mansplanation" angle, and i don't care for the lupe track

writer might want to think about the implications regarding other types of explanations delivered from a position of relative privilege tho

or not

Eh, it was a pretty fair critique.

it was disgraceful

tut tut

lmao this song

I guess I'm the one who feels disgraced. I really really enjoyed The Cool.

yeah it was a fine piece

im not going to get any more involved in this discussion for probably obvious reasons but I don't think that the response he got was ideal & that might have had something to do w/ how it was written.

would "the rain in spin circles mainly down the drain' be funnier?

idk im bad at display names

in memory of paul robeson! that video is insane. just watched it.

now i really don't want to hear the album. but that was...something.

if you change the title and take out the "lady better" part and uh rhyme better it wouldn't be...oh never mind.

"bitch bad" is a pretty dope song imo

though obviously the whole "lady better..... GREATEST MOTHERHOOD" party is cringeworthy

no shots, but when I saw #BoycottSpinMagazine was trending I figured it had something to do with br@nd0n s0d3b3rg lol

should have had trina do a guest verse.

he wants nicki minaj for the remix

m not going to get any more involved in this discussion for probably obvious reasons but I don't think that the response he got was ideal & that might have had something to do w/ how it was written.

― The rain in Spin circles mainly on the mansplain (D-40), Friday, August 24, 2012 2:01 PM (44 minutes ago) Bookmark

lol @ the idea of lupe fiasco (or pretty much any rapper, for that matter) taking into account the quality/effectiveness of a press slander when losing their shit over it & starting an internet boycott rally

yea brandon's entire persona is inherently/purposefully inflammatory most of the time but lol

this is a really good dissection of why the song and its message suck

http://daintyblackpegasus.tumblr.com/post/30109701002

also

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBhXr1U-E78

did somebody really say that "99 Problems" "sensitively deconstructed" the use of the word "bitch"? that is my main question here

have quibbles w that daintyblackpegasus piece, but the gist is otm

did somebody really say that "99 Problems" "sensitively deconstructed" the use of the word "bitch"? that is my main question here

― steven fucking tyler (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, August 24, 2012 2:11 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

no fucking way....also i mean i know this is corny and and old man rap to say but it's really annoying that no one ever gives credit to ice-t for the damn line in the first place.

Brandon Shackelford 3 hours ago
As a person named Brandon, I'm offended that a person named Brandon would write this biased and dismissive article over a great song/video.

this has sent major shockwaves through the brandon community, it's all over twitter

i liked when someone commented calling it a "b.s. article"