OG Harry Belafonte goes in on Jay-Z. Say he sold out. damn.

[userofherb]

if ya dudes wudve watched the how FBI sabotaged black america doc goes down no1 wud be arguing in jiggas defense.

 

[OG Talk]

Harry has stripes so hopefully Camel doesn't get defensive and takes this constructive criticism to heart... Sometimes when you get to a certain level you find yourself surrounded by a bunch of yes men...

 

[up in here]

The problem is that you're asking that question in the first place and that you believe that rappers should be the leaders of the community in the first place. They are the result of society. They made it out using ingenuity and skills, but they still did not do it conventionally. They weren't ivy-educated. So why are you expecting them to give you that type of perspective when they make it out of the hood in their mid to late twenties? Often their whole growth is stunted in the first place. Notice how emcees mature and change.

Jay-Z's music is a reflection of who he is and Jay-Z the person is regarded as a positive by anyone with common sense. His music cannot be listened to these days without the back drop of the person and what he's achieved. Jay-Z has everyone in the hood wanting to be a business man. "Whether we dribble out this motherfukka, rap, riddle and metaphor out this mothafukka, second floor hospital out this mothafukka; somehow we got to get up out this mothafukka."

"I don't always want to be this drug-dealing mothafukka." If you think people don't understand that then you think people are very stupid.

But Jay's not Nas. I always felt you needed both.

wow, you completely didn't answer my question. personally, i dont think rappers should be community leaders, but i do believe music has an effect on people. also, my question still stands, would you argue that jay-z's music is socially responsible or that is socially irresponsible?

 

[Serious]

I'll bet coli cash that a certain poster shows up defending Jay

name names

 

[Gifted one]

name names

Uppin this old ass thread his name is @Harry B