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There's still a lot of cats who didn't get checks that they deserve from those cats. Just because they were signing the kinds of artists that you like doesn't mean they were doing good business.
Go read some of the stories from cats like Hi-Tek on how they were trying to stifle his growth, etc...
>i mean truth be told, as many low IQ dudes as there are who
>will cry about my backpack when i say it, Rawkus had a better
>run than the Roc
Artistically, yes.
>>And most of the people on the business side of hip hop are
>>culture vultures.
>
>that's my point
>
>but i think the thing ppl are still struggling w/ to this day
>is that these are the cats we handed the keys of the kingdom
>to
>
>cause money & business mean a lot more to Rap heads than most
>if not all other genres fans
This is mainly because mainstream rap culture in and of itself perpetuates the importance of money in EVERYTHING that we do. You gotta talk about your jewelry, the expensive items you buy your chick, how many records you sold, what car you're driving, etc...
I'm not complaining about it, it is what it is, but, when the music consists of so much of that, it's hard not to expect the audience to not ALSO place a huge importance on such things. If one rapper "appears" to have more money than others, or if he sold more records than his contemporaries, that now validates him, somewhat, as THE alpha male.
But, the same thing is existent in the movie industry. It's ALL about opening weekend numbers and, because the media puts such a huge emphasis on this, you can catch many a moviegoer spouting off these numbers verbatim in an attempt to make it seem as if they have some intimate knowledge of the industry.
Same shit in the rap game. I remember one time, in Scratch magazine, Mr. Collipark was spewing off at the mouth that Kanye's Late Registration was the best album of that year because it did the most numbers. Period. No discussion. Now, this was when he was still doing numbers with groups like Ying Yang and Soulja Boy. When his run ended, was he still as adamant that sales were the only barometer?
Fact is, rap/hip-hop needs it's own Oscars. An award show that ACTUALLY rewards albums for being good, not just doing numbers. With REAL subcategories that reflect what hip hop truly is.
Not some bs where Rihanna is as likely to get nominated for best female rap artist as Invincible.
And, although it might be easy to think that folks like Pitchfork might be best to handle such a thing, NOPE. They almost always either go for in for stuff that's REALLY left field or REALLY mainstream. Almost no middle ground.
That last part was just a rant, but, it felt fitting.
Come to grips with the fact that most OKP's are of the Nut Hugger lineage, so, if you' re not part of the little cliques that exist 'round here, your posts will probably tank like Souljaboy's album sales.
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