Benny the Butcher not happy with how nerds have taken control of the culture

[MushroomX]

Well if he has a problem with the nerds he can just deplatform from Spotify, and YouTube.

 

[IllmaticDelta]

That's not what Benny was talking about though. That's you talking about something different Benny was talking about when the streets had a hold on the game. Tragedy's music when he was the Intelligent Hoodlum reflected the conscious era of that time not the street element that would take hold by the mid 90'. Tragedys music didn't even reflect what Benny is talking about till CNN came out with War Report.

dude, don't play dumb there's a reason why the likes of Rakim in the 1980s were spitting that knowledge while at the same time, dressing the part of a urban crack dealer: Those were two intersecting & interwoven threads of reality within the SAME local "street" population.

 

[THE 101]

 

[Plankton]

dude, don't play dumb there's a reason why the likes of Rakim in the 1980s were spitting that knowledge while at the same time, dressing the part of a urban crack dealer: Those were two intersecting & interwoven threads of reality within the SAME local "street" population.

Meanwhile Beastie Boys who looked like punk rockers were commercially bigger then Rakim and Run DMC. Fresh Prince and Kid n Play were commercially bigger then Rakim. Heavy D went platinum 3 times while Rakim only want platinum once because Heavy D was commercially bigger than Rakim. Fat Boys went platinum before Paid In Full and had a box office successful movie. And though the Fat Boys were from the hood there image was not that of street dudes. They had ( As Bernie Mac would refer it as) that 'fun rap' image. So you bringing up Rakim is irrelevant when commercially bigger artists did not have a street image look confirming the street image was not the dominant image prior to 93.

You are the one playing dumb knowing damn well that The Message song in 82 portrayed poverty and being in the streets as a goal to move away from not embrace. Hip Hop didn't embrace poverty living and being in the streets till gangster/drug dealer rap took off on a whole new level commercially in 93. Prior to that the street image was not dominant.

 

[cartierhoe]

Those same "nerds" are his whole fanbase lol

 

[WIA20XX]

This is a very hard pill to swallow for most rappers

Public Enemy opening up for the Beastie Boys - and seeing Montauk bros knowing all their songs.

Black Thought and The Roots touring the country and dealing with Becky's..

At least DOOM leaned into it.

But Griselda.. WWE stuff is a nerdy as Kung Fu and comic book stuff that the Wu was pushing. Griselda's marketing and merchandising is straight outta nerd-dom.

And if the streets was so lucrative, why even rap? Them and the Clipse and every other "I'm a trapper not a rapper"

Hey guyz, I've written some poetry and would like to recite for everyone!!!

 

[NormanConnors]

Stop it.

Benny literally said that there were cons to when the streets had a hold om the culture. He's obviously talking about when Gangster Rap really took off in 93 all thru 50 Cents reign. The conscious era of 88 - 92 did not have a street element at the forefront. You did not think of "the streets" when Kid N Play Fresh Prince and MC Hammer were running things.

All of them would put hands on you if needed though, cats weren't soft, at least not back then

 

[BK The Great]

The day they let guys like Rat 9 flourish was the day it was over. Now it’s overkill. Streets are finished. Nobody cares, the real gangstas are the politicians fukkin over the citizens.

 

[Peter Parker]

1. He needs to shave that shyt
2. Those are his fans lol
3. "Nerds have their hands in everything, gangstas wont even touch the police" - Lupe to Royce who was saying the same thing Benny is saying now

 

[Ohene]

dude dont realize the twitter nerds are the ones actually playing a guy like benny's music or going to his shows

 

[Boogie]

That nikka beard or sideburns or whatever you wanna call that shyt be cracking me up

 

[Cool Dr. Money]

The “nerds” are Griselda’s entire fanbase their the ones buying the vinyl, overpriced merch, buying tickets to the shows

 

[blockburna420]

Every dude i know including on here that listens to Benny are not street nikkaz and are usually into battle rap . nikkaz be kinda slow too.

 

[Sir Richard Spirit]

I just want him to shave those fukking sideburns.

Benny never changed since Burden of Proof. Production, flow, sideburns. All been exactly he same.

 

[NZA]

he should name names so colibrehs wont have to argue with eachother over whether or not q-tip was "street"