15256, he is being satirical. Posted by mathmagic, Wed Aug-08-01 06:53 AM
And even if he wasn't , does consciousness equate to perfection? No it does not. None of us are perfect. We all have terrible habits but that does not negate the message. Dr. Huey P. Newton was a crackhead and smaked women around. Does that make his message any less powerful or make him any less sincere in his goals?
--------------------------------------- RAP IS SOMETHING YOU DO. HIP-HOP IS SOMETHING YOU LIVE.
"The principles of true hip-hop have been forsaken, it's all contractual and about money makin'" - Black Thought.
"Ay yo Pharoah! Why don't you explain: How did Hip-Hop get caught up in this ill rap game?" - Prince Poetry
"I'm the assassinator of Rap" - Pharoah Monche.
"Rap is business music, Hip-Hop is cultural music" - Busta Rhymes
"...Even up the ratio of Hip-Hop to that shit they playin on the radio." - Talib Kweli
"Let's say I use my gift of gab to boast and brag in every rhyme I compose. won't y'all get sick of that, cause I know I do when I hear those flows. That ain't hip-hop, you find that shit in the gift shop. But to each his own, my speech is gon', keep that shit up outta my zone." Andre 3000
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