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>>You make salient points…but Mach would probably ask why
>you
>>don't give that same advice to Hermes or Gucci?
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>Gucci isn't art though.
It is, in a way…but whatever, its not hard to make the same argument for "Art". I mean, art is very expensive and often exclusive to people of wealth and/or influence. You can't just go cop a Basquiat, as Jay-Z loves to remind us.
I mean, I get it- and trust me I
>wouldn't expect anyone to debate him on his hustle.
No, I get it. I think it's fair to ask questions, just like it would be fair for him to not care
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>I'm just not comfortable with hip hop records that can only be
>purchased by folks with a lot of spare cash and/or kids that
>are probably making poor financial decisions lol
Reasonable.
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>I guess I don't like the idea of hip hop being divided by
>class like bags and fashion and shit.
Yet, like all art in our hyper capitalist society, it clearly can be.
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>I'd just be curious to see him address a couple of those
>points/questions.
He would probably say something similar in a lot more words and with an unusual but intriguing allegory thrown in.
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>>The price is not part of the conversation by accident.
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>Word. And it probably helped build his buzz at first. I
>guess my point though is, he seems to value his art...yet his
>pricing distracts from his art.
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>Not only does his pricing take over the convos about him, but
>his shit gets bootlegged.
One might say that you can get a fake Gucci bag, or a printed copy of a Michelangelo, so what? Does that somehow remove the value of the real Gucci bag, or detract from the owner of the real Michelangelo?
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>>Not saying his approach can't be criticized, but that is the
>>simplest answer to your question.
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>Like I said, I wouldn't want anyone to try and convince him of
>anything. I'd just be curious to hear/read his response.
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>But he's done 3 interviews in like 4 years or whatever so I
>won't hold my breath haha.
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Agreed.
And again, I think there is nothing wrong with asking those questions, but I also think he kinda has answered them already if you really listen to his music and peep how he conceptualizes Mach Hommy as an entity. I'm from the lost black tribe of Israel, the Yos
http://coolehmag.com/frontEnd/
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