>What have you done? Who are you? Where's your album, your
>double time flows? Oh, no one knows who you are, so shut the fuck up.



As an artist, you have to be open to dialogue that's not always going to be positive or supportive. There will be negative critique at times, as to slip into the realm of objective relativism (ie, 'It is good/important/quality, I just don't like it'...) would be do an injustice to the work, the artist, the community, and the art form in general.



One must be prepared that when one submit's their work to the world, the world might not always like it.



It would seem that it would be more fruitful to prepare oneself for the possiblity of negative critique than to throw juvenile insults.



Kweli needs to grow up and realize that he's submiting his work to the world, not his family and friends.



Andrea