Irv Gotti: I told Nas I wanted him to stop making Conscious music, make more Ignorant Gutter music

[Neuromancer]

It Was Written is easily the Greatest Hip Hop album of all time

Can confirm.

 

[ThrobbingHood]

One thing I always wondered about a platform like "Earn your Leisure" is that they just had Robert Smith wealthiest Black person in the United States and founder of Vista Equity Partners (private equity that specializes in investing in software companies) and these guys have participated in Bloomberg Business panels plugging their podcast and mission.

Why do they have this type of ignorance and worst elements in their platform? Is it a way to portray their authenticity to a certain segment of the community? You are a business/finance platform you literally have merch labeled after a balance sheet statement (ASSETS OVER LIABILITIES) why are you having ignorant hip-hop/rap personalities in your platform with ignorant hood stories. If the show had been about understanding the business of rap or music then I am all for it.

But this ain't it especially after the momentum these guys have built.

But on the flip side, people who came to watch Irv who aren’t familiar with Robert Smith and his ilk, will now be aware of him and others. Nothing wrong with cross pollinating your audience.

 

[Frangala]

But on the flip side, people who came to watch Irv who aren’t familiar with Robert Smith and his ilk, will now be aware of him and others. Nothing wrong with cross pollinating your audience.

The point is the podcast has branded itself as a "finance/business" podcast therefore conversations and topics on the podcast should reflect the mission statement of the podcast and its subject matter. Robert Smith is just an example because he is the wealthiest Black person in the US , and it is even more valuable to introduce this person to those who do not even know him and have him share his path toward financial success because he is operating in a world that 95+% of Americans don't know about let alone Black people but that's beside the point.

Earn your leisure is a business and finance podcast, they can have anybody of more or less notoriety than Smith but as long as conversations is about business and finance like these guys have marketed themselves and are getting on platforms such as Bloomberg because of their finance/business podcast so "cross pollination" is irrelevant. If people want some hood/ghetto war stories, there is plenty of content for that (i.e Drink Champs MDWG etc...).

If Irv came on there to talk about the business of rap and entertainment, then it would not be a problem that's why I am saying the person who is on the podcast is irrelevant whether it be Robert Smith, Irv Gotti, some random guy or gal who runs the most successful lemonade stand in history. The most important part is the subject matter and content of the conversation which is business/finance. Your audience can get the hood BS somewhere else, you have marketed yourself as a business/finance podcast, and it has opened doors because of it so stick to that. That's my point instead of making some "hood authenticity" play. it ain't it.

 

[Frump]

It was Written was probably more “ignorant” then Illmatic that’s why purists didn’t like it as much at the time

This dude should never open his mouth again only bad things happen when he does

 

[Frump]

SMH at this suburban Holis Queens nikka trying to push Nas to make ignorant goon music



First Irv wanted to flex on poor Baltimore residents and now this dumb shyt


Anyway this thread reminds me of "Quick to back down" which is pretty much a ignorant street record which dropped a decade after illmatic

Ehh Hollis has a lot of legendary street dudes from they’re and isn’t that suburban except maybe in a nyc context

Irv is just a cornball. Has nothing to do with where he’s from