52. "Here's a few reasons why posts like this seem whiny & entitled" In response to In response to 0
>am i the only one that thinks he should keep more of his >stuff in the vault? i feel like he releases 2 or 3 albums >every year.
1. You have every opportunity to preview an album before you purchase it nowadays. If you don't like it, don't buy it. Chances are many people are whining about projects they downloaded for free.
2. The concept of "tainting your legacy" is largely meaningless in hip-hop. When your career is over the fans & critics will talk about your best work and how it impacted them. The few new fans that actually care about hip-hop history will listen to those ballyhooed albums and skip the rest.
3. Albums sell less and less nowadays. When you don't have the major label machine behind you it pays to be prolific. People whine about Mos not putting out enough music despite his quality control being spotty, but Kweli puts out a project every year and somehow it's a problem.
3. Consider that maybe you were a fringe Kweli fan to begin with. I like Kweli with Hi-Tek, Kweli w/ Mos & Kweli w/ The Roots more than I like Kweli by himself. I can accept that I'm not a part of his core audience so I can't give him an objective opinion on what to do.
Of course this post doesn't apply to everyone, some of you guys are really fans of his and believe that he isn't utilizing his talents to the utmost. Hopefully if he logs on to chat with us again you guys will share some of your ideas with him.
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