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21448, Why can't the Roots be critiqued?
Posted by nahymsa, Tue Aug-22-00 07:16 AM
If we're judging who does what for the community..everybody should be judged by the same yardstick. Positive words with nothing tangible to back them up can be seen as inaction. There are positives & negatives to both types of artists.

>THOSE KIDS AIN'T THINKING "OH MASTER P
>IS GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY" THEIR >THINKING, 'WOBBLE WOBBLE OOO SHAKE IT SHAKE IT'

Its not just kids that listen to P or use him as an example. Mos Def was in the Source talking about how the native tongue types should align themselves like JayZ with Rocafella & P with No Limit. Clearly, P was a positive role model in that sense, he set the example that Mos recognized as progressive. Also, I personally know 2 brothas (former drug dealers) that opened barber shops and more than a few white collar execs that SITE Master P as inspiration in terms of his approach to business (something they also rhyme about in those No Limit records). Give credit where credit is due.