as sad as it is; homophobia and misogyny fits right in hand with what they were trying to project...it made misguided sense, lol. Kinda like Id give NWA a pass.

Besties were also refining their sound/image and were a totally different band from that point on.

Mixing D.A.I.S.Y age shenanigans and Native Tongues positivity while making a homophobic classic is a harder thing to balance, lol.

Like I said it was at the height of their powers and when the band was fully formed musically which is why such a left turn feels forced and intentional. If we were talking people's instinctive demos id feel a bit differently, but this was Tribe at their best when they dropped this ball...thats why I find it so odd...who it came from and how many signs show that they should have known better because they were further advanced then many of their peers when it came to portraying fake street imagery.