>This is the term most of
>these artists embrace or associate
>themselves with when they are
>trying to distance themselves from
>mainstream hiphop. Everyone's quick
>to say they are not
>"conscious" when they do negative
>shit . They are so
>called intellectuals, yet they use
>the word nigger. This is
>a good question but no
>one will answer it.
>

I've never heard a single Okayartist refer to themselves as conscious, nor have I heard them say they were trying to distance themselves from "the mainstream." if anything, I've heard Mos and Com deliberately distance themselves from the "conscious" label.

look… can you just let a nigga live?