yo i just my hands on the new Immortal Technique album "Third World" and man is this shit crazy! alot of you can't stand this dude cuz you think "he's crazy" or "that muthafucka is mad" but you know what....he's honest. not like alot of these exaggerated lifestyle rappers that aint got shit to say but how they have mad money....who cares! its refreshing to hear somebody speak about world issues and is passionate about spreading a message. i cant get that shit from lil wayne or jay z. buy this album or at least give it a listen and break the monotany of the same ol bullshit....khanone
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I just want to get on my soapbox for a second and comment on your point about other rappers...it was in fact the bulk of your post.
Really..what is it about Lil Wayne or Jay-Z that you can't get? I understand if you don't like their music but I've been reading your blog for a minute (cause I enjoy it) and I can tell you have it out for mainstream ignorant rap.
So what I really want to talk to is that there's a lot of anti-mainstream rap rhetoric going around that singles out these two in particular (Jay-Z and Lil Wayne). No doubt that money is one of the motivators for making new music but is it really anyone's place to judge anyone else's commitment to hip hop? And to add to this...is it any coincidence that Jay-Z and Lil Wayne are two of the top selling rappers ever, making them amongst the richest musicians ever?
Jay-Z has been purveying hip hop since the early 90s...he was so good in the underground he got noticed in the mainstream. So he made it. There's a lot of ignorant rap out there that glorifies crime, mistreatment of women, drug-use, etc. But Jay-Z's music is none of that...
I'm just sayin man...it's our right to speak our minds...no doubt - and in the same way I think I might persuade some people to see things a different way.
It's the Roc...Holler.
...just kidding ;)