> <BR>but i challenged com <BR>>to write a rhythmic joint full <BR>>of iambic pentameters and the like. <BR>>and my man came through. the <BR>>song is ill. it's called "coldblooded" <BR>>too ill. it's his first joint. <BR>>and that'll be out in october. <BR>> <BR>for us non musician cats can you explain the concept of iambic pentameters in laymans terms?<P> so after coming <BR>>to grips with the fact that <BR>>i'm sitting in a european hotel <BR>>yet again so i can pay <BR>>my rent (which i could easly <BR>>do by doing a collabo with <BR>>dru hill, or monica). feeling dumbfounded. <BR>>because the only pleasure i get <BR>>out of making records is the <BR>>acclaim.<P>Youre in europe because most likely theres a high demand for yalls music. So somewhere in the world theres a group of us who feel yall.<P> and now i get the <BR>>feeling that those same publications that <BR>>have us on their top 10 <BR>>lists year after year, are now <BR>>gonna wimp out and act like <BR>>we never existed in their decade <BR>>end issues. it's like "yeah we <BR>>gave you 5's and all these <BR>>stars and mics and hard rods <BR>>(black tail). and you make records <BR>>like no one else. but since <BR>>you made no impact....."..... <P>Fuck 'em, as long as you know that you didnt sell yourselves out musically it doesnt matter what a magazine thinks. Real people know the time and always will(the whole okayplayer family). You possibly never will make the mtv impact, but yall have changed the face of live performances. Theyre looking to give acclaim to those who have sold well over the years, not yall who they contribute to being slept on. So to them its like "yeah yall make good music, but yall just are starting to get exposure, what kinda dues have the roots paid?" If only they knew.... Let them catch the vapors in a few years, especially after voodoo drops, everyone is gonna wanna know who the roots are. Lets see which hip hop albums make the top 90 albums of the 90s, and then we will see what a joke Spin is. They cant deny that yall are dope, but they still wanna front. I swear though if yall dont win best live show, I will find a way to let the source personally know that theyre on some bullshit that I cant get arrested for. Peace<P><BR>