>Kweli...man all we want is good music. I know I'm a broken
>record here, but it can't be said enough. Posts like this,
>will only feed the Kweli hate brigade. Most of us hear what
>you sayin and appreciate your candor. But you gotta watch your
>tone yo...cuz there are some who will feel condescension
>emanating from this. And that's the LAST thing you wanna
>portray; arrogance.

you must not read all the kweli hate on here... he could've said a LOT more. the golden rule 'treat people how you want to be treated' is nowhere to be found in post like 'kweli sucks', 'kweli has fallen off', etc... he could have said a LOT more. there's a lot of darts being thrown at him, and it takes a strong person (which all okayplayer artist are) to handle it. in my opinion he's being real nice to those who post without thinking first

>And alot of cats buying this music
>ain't caked up to begin with. So for their money, they want
>quality. No pun intended.

if you think an artist's material has fallen off with his/her last couple releases, why would you buy his next cd without getting the word from the streets first?, and plus, you probably know somebody who can get it off the net before it hits the shelf anyway, so this point makes no sense

>Yes you have to write for yourself.
>But you share it with the world for that exact reason. To
>share. To share your thoughts, fears, love, hate, and life
>expereiences with people who are going thru the same thing.
>When I listen to Be, I'm on a soul trip. Common is from
>Chicago, but I'm from Baltimore. Two different cities. But we
>have the exact same issues in the community. So although he's
>writing from his perspective, it's still an open letter to
>everybody going thru it. "...that's why I write freedom songs,
>for the real people" © Common. So yeah man, we DO want to
>hear YOUR experiences. But not at the sake of coming off as
>self righteous. Cuz truth be told, if a whole bunch of kids
>from the suburbs bought your music, but nobody from the hood,
>how would you feel? Would it matter? Would it still be "I
>write for myself"? Of course not.

come on man, do you really think that the hood would COMPLETELY abandon kweli? like he said, if you dont like it, cool, somebody else will buy it. and i'm pretty sure kweli would want his music to be heard inside and outside the hood, inside and outside the country too. listen to artist like jeezy, wayne, and cam if you want to listen what the hood or the majority of the hood is feelin

>You want your music bangin
>in apartments of single black mothers, in the headphones of
>niggas on the bus who tryin their hardest to stay legit, in
>black communities, to anybody in the struggle regardless of
>race.

how you gon say niggas this, black communities that, and then say to anybody in the struggle regardless of race lol... why not just say the last sentece lol anyway...

"The hood is where my heart is at" - Kweli/Beautiful Struggle/Around my way... this might be one of the songs you skipped or albums you didnt care to listen to.

>That's what we want. Good music. You got it in you
>brotha.

are you his pops or something lol

>You got a gift. Shake the negativity off and get it
>poppin.

i think he's always done that, listen to Right About Now/Roll off Me

peace