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Listen. I know what the DEA is.

I know what the CCA is.

I know what the private/prison industrial complex is.

I know all about Michelle Alexanders book.

BUT...imagine kids listening to that for the first time and heading to Google to figure out those lines.

That shyt is POWERFUL.

Thats my point about "conscious rappers"

The real artists manage to slip it in there. Thats why Lupe can't get anywhere. he tries to bash you in the head with it. Kanye did more with this verse than Lupe did with his last album.

Remember that "white folks don't spend money" line in "Clique?"

Ye stays dropping jewels for open years and ya'll stay dismissing him.

Thats why I know it goes over ya'lls heads.

Plus, with someone with a username like Gil-Scott Heroin, I'd think you'd appreciate the subtlety Ye brings to the game.
 
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Listen. I know what the DEA is.

I know what the CCA is.

I know what the private/prison industrial complex is.

I know all about Michelle Alexanders book.

BUT...imagine kids listening to that for the first time and heading to Google to figure out those lines.

That shyt is POWERFUL.


Thats my point about "conscious rappers"

The real artists manage to slip it in there. Thats why Lupe can't get anywhere. he tries to bash you in the head with it. Kanye did more with this verse than Lupe did with his last album.

Remember that "white folks don't spend money" line in "Clique?"

Ye stays dropping jewels for open years and ya'll stay dismissing him.

Thats why I know it goes over ya'lls heads.

:what:

Why should grown folk praise this shyt because this nikka doing the ABC's of 'the powers that be' for kids that don't know any better? There's nothing powerful about that at all. It's the act of selling something as being 'real/rich', when in reality it's some cheap shyt from a 'legger for white folk in SoHo.

This is the nikka that's pushing this shyt -

http://www.dailycal.org/2013/07/19/...sive-plain-white-t-shirt-is-sadly-a-hot-item/ - why can't you see he doing the exact same thing in his music?
 

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Why should grown folk praise this shyt because this nikka doing the ABC's of 'the powers that be' for kids that don't know any better? There's nothing powerful about that at all. It's the act of selling something as being 'real/rich', when in reality it's some cheap shyt from a 'legger for white folk in SoHo.

This is the nikka that's pushing this shyt -

http://www.dailycal.org/2013/07/19/...sive-plain-white-t-shirt-is-sadly-a-hot-item/ - why can't you see he doing the exact same thing in his music?

I didn't say the man was perfect, but holy shyt...give credit where its due.
 
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I didn't say the man was perfect, but holy shyt...give credit where its due.

:what:

I'll tell you what - I'll give him credit for managing to capitalize on folk like you for buying into his bullshyt, in the same vein I'll give credit to a dude who pushes 99c cheap pop cola and convinces you it's the 'real thing'.
 

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I'll tell you what - I'll give him credit for managing to capitalize on folk like you for buying into his bullshyt, in the same vein I'll give credit to a dude who pushes 99c cheap pop cola and convinces you it's the 'real thing'.
http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/2013...fe-heading-up-kanye-west-founded-arts-program

I know shytting on Kanye is the cool thing to do right now, but nikkas need to stop acting like he doesn't care about black people and his art. So him opening funding and trying to get Chicago youth out of the streets with that music program he's starting is some bullshyt too right?
 
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