If "Ha" (Juvenile) came out in 2023

[Black Magisterialness]

The only validation that came from it was from labels grasping that there was money to be made outside of their then-established parameters. That "validation" talk is why you got the other (extreme) end of the spectrum from people like Pimp C who never let go of that condescending little-brother treatment and told everybody to kiss his backside. And he wasn't far wrong for doing it. If you're waiting on label politics and A&Rs and focus groups to tell you what music you should be making, you've already stagnated.

People keep forgetting the essence of what hip-hop has been from the start: okay, you don't want us in your thing, fine, we'll do our own thing over here. Every single time that principle has been applied, there's been growth and progress if not outright success.

I don't disagree. Just reiterating what the man himself said. If he wanted that validation or that love, then that's on him.

 

[AlbertPullhoez]

You don't like Tom Brady ha?

When he win the Super Bowl you say it's kinda shady ha?

 

[LevelUp]

 

[get these nets]

Majors were signing Southern labels and plugging them into national distribution and airplay in that era.

There were big songs out of different regions that never saw the light of day outside of their regions before Master P kicked those doors down.

This was a monster record, and I always felt the video director deserved a lot of credit.

 

[LevelUp]