JoLovesMCA
10-19-2012, 03:52 PM
MCA was a dude who was having a great time with music and hip-hop and then became a dude who was having a great time with music and hip-hop from a more mature standpoint where he wanted to see it change the world. He gave his all. –Chuck D
That quote pretty much sums up my exact feelings on Adam and the band. :cool:
I really like what Chuck D had to say about hip hop today. He said Jay Z was a good person but doesn’t like who he works for. Are rappers now more interested in the image rather than the message? I guess that can be said about any genre of music but do you agree with him?
Rappers should just be able to perform what they create and satisfy the people that like and love them. Now, rappers perform and give a half-assed show, or don’t even show up to all the areas that they’re magnified. I hate the majors. I like Rick Ross as a person. I like Jay-Z and Kanye West as people. But I hate the companies that they record for. I hate the radio stations that play 100 percent national-sponsored hip-hop music. And I hate Viacom for being a fucking one-trick pony. They’re the major, dominant TV company. BET is a part of Viacom. They think that just because they own BET, they can buy and sell black people at their whim. Put my HATE in capital letters.
Just curious since so many of you here know a lot of about hip-hop...
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/10/19/public-enemy-s-chuck-d-on-25-years-the-election-music-slavery.html (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/10/19/public-enemy-s-chuck-d-on-25-years-the-election-music-slavery.html)
That quote pretty much sums up my exact feelings on Adam and the band. :cool:
I really like what Chuck D had to say about hip hop today. He said Jay Z was a good person but doesn’t like who he works for. Are rappers now more interested in the image rather than the message? I guess that can be said about any genre of music but do you agree with him?
Rappers should just be able to perform what they create and satisfy the people that like and love them. Now, rappers perform and give a half-assed show, or don’t even show up to all the areas that they’re magnified. I hate the majors. I like Rick Ross as a person. I like Jay-Z and Kanye West as people. But I hate the companies that they record for. I hate the radio stations that play 100 percent national-sponsored hip-hop music. And I hate Viacom for being a fucking one-trick pony. They’re the major, dominant TV company. BET is a part of Viacom. They think that just because they own BET, they can buy and sell black people at their whim. Put my HATE in capital letters.
Just curious since so many of you here know a lot of about hip-hop...
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/10/19/public-enemy-s-chuck-d-on-25-years-the-election-music-slavery.html (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/10/19/public-enemy-s-chuck-d-on-25-years-the-election-music-slavery.html)