I Gotta Say This...

[Abstract83]

I apologise for contributing to yet another grammies complaint thread. I gotta get this off my chest. I'm listening to GKMC and thinking. Yo this album wasn't too preachy and it wasn't extremely gangsta. Had a lot of substance and lyrics. Plus it was some what radio friendly. I feel like it pleased all hip hop fans with a balance of everything. I might be reaching but I feel like this album represented hip-hop the best way that it could with this era we are in now. I think were all mostly upset not because of validation but because we dont have a big enough platform to represent us as a collective. We do have BET etc but we dont have our own indy/mainstream representation of hip-hop. I'm talking since 07' its been bullshyt music and we finally have an album (along with LIG and others) that can show all of us (not just whites) that its good music out there. I know I'm generalizing but this is my opinion. Wish we had a network of our own that speaks on Indy/mainstream music. Its so many gems being put out year after year that a lot of us hip hop heads miss out on. By constantly being fed the same shyt (love and hip hop/BET) its hard for younger kids to see theres more to rap than what we hear/see on a regular basis.

 

[The_King_of_Everything]

I apologise for contributing to yet another grammies complaint thread. I gotta get this off my chest. I'm listening to GKMC and thinking. Yo this album wasn't too preachy and it wasn't extremely gangsta. Had a lot of substance and lyrics. Plus it was some what radio friendly. I feel like it pleased all hip hop fans with a balance of everything. I might be reaching but I feel like this album represented hip-hop the best way that it could with this era we are in now. I think were all mostly upset not because of validation but because we dont have a big enough platform to represent us as a collective. We do have BET etc but we dont have our own indy/mainstream representation of hip-hop. I'm talking since 07' its been bullshyt music and we finally have an album (along with LIG and others) that can show all of us (not just whites) that its good music out there. I know I'm generalizing but this is my opinion. Wish we had a network of our own that speaks on Indy/mainstream music. Its so many gems being put out year after year that a lot of us hip hop heads miss out on. By constantly being fed the same shyt (love and hip hop/BET) its hard for younger kids to see theres more to rap than what we hear/see on a regular basis.

Your right breh. Thanks for posting.

 

[L. Deezy]

Pos rep

 

[Loud Still Coolin]

 

[Milk N Cookies]

We need that network, nothing but good sh1t; non bullsh1t.

 

[The_King_of_Everything]

Macklemore is the anti-Kanye. His text to Kendrick saying that GKMC should have won Best Rap Album feels like the polar opposite of Kanye's usual award show antics (who can forget when he walked out of the 2004 AMAs when he lost Best New Artist?). But I'd rather our pop stars have the blazingly honest conviction of a Kanye, rather than the smarmy faux-modesty of a Macklemore. As Carrie said, "Bro… isn't your attempt at humility undermined by your decision to post your text on social media in an awkward, self-congratulatory way?"

Even pitchfork is going in damn

 

[ChemicalBk]

That outlet is the internet

 

[Abstract83]

That outlet is the internet

That's true. I just want it to be bigger than that. Something that can get people to buy music again.

 

[Grand Champ]

Real ass thread, but people are not gonna pay attention to it unless its some Tmz gossip BS. Back to the topic, I would love to see something like that. We need another Rap City or something. Its a lotta good music out there.

Edit - Diddys Revolt would of been the perfect platform for that type of show described. Hip-Hip needs a video show to showcase up and comers as well other rappers that dont get a lot of play

 

[The_King_of_Everything]

Real ass thread, but people are not gonna pay attention to it unless its some Tmz gossip BS. Back to the tolic, I would love to see something like that. We need another Rap City or something. Its a lotta good music out there.

You right breh