Pure is not the right word.

I'm just using that as a distinction when the audience came into play in the process.

cats useta rhyme what they wanted to hear. cats made beats they wanted to hear and then at some point either they wanna sell records and bring the audience into the equation. that's not pure artistry to me. but I like AFKAPs argument that black music was better when it was a job lol

oh...1 thing I vehemently disagree with you about. Digable planets ain't nowhere near NY. I hated those albums and most of my boys hated it too.

1 they reused too many samples (wasn't acceptable then) and the insect analogy that coopted 5% ideology just ... smfh

but lol at that disagreement

I don't ever think NY hip hop is coming back.

we use to be blacks. these new NYers are American.
I'm talking bout values. our values weren't equivalent to Americas at large but these young ppl it's true in many ways. that's another major difference. can't be no counter culture when you ate the cheese