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12681047, well, she's mostly rapping on her album
Posted by blackrussian, Fri Dec-19-14 05:20 PM
plus she's not the first to sign a deal with a major & then struggle with the particularities of it.

i don't really see her putting blame on others as to why she herself as an individual isn't breaking into the mainstream, and i'm not sure she's even all that interested in that. she's pointing out why certain people are privileged within that system of who is mainstream and who is not. IMO she sees iggy as a symptom of a larger problem. It's really no different than many activists and academics, so why is her voice less valid?

>on here by majority of you lol...so theres that.
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>- Iggy isn't hip-hop mainly for the fact that she's white?
>Fucking utter stupid garbage. If we are gonna listen to either
>of the two and see who is closer to sounding more like other
>rappers that are currently out (not to say that is a positive,
>thats another discussion) Iggy is the only one sounding like a
>rapper. I always considered Azealia Banks in the same
>alternative lane as Theolophious London and Cudi. Neither who
>I think are rappers, they are more singers who happen to rap
>sometimes. Let's stop pretending she is a rapping and the rest
>of yall really stop pretending you know more than 3 of her
>songs lol Because if you did you would know that she is not a
>rapper.
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>- She signed a major label deal. Nobody forced her. She wants
>her freedom but trying to get on that MAINSTREAM level of
>competition? Then learn to work that world. She doesn't. Its
>like any other corporation, they are willing to invest in you,
>you have to give something in return. Its not here is some
>money do what the fuck you want. She thought she was already
>on some Beyonce or Hov status to start doing whatever the fuck
>she wanted, and btw even those two cant bullshit around in
>that world. Yonce's last album got ripped apart by the label
>and she had to go rework it......and it was the smart move.
>People pretend they understand what they are doing when they
>sign to these majors yet its always clear they don't. The
>labels job is to make money, white artists who are good enough
>are proven to make money. Not because white people at these
>corporations WANT them to, they dont care who makes them money
>as long as you make them the most money. Why do they know that
>white artists wiill make them money? Because white people buy
>their records, go to their shows, buy their merch. We all sit
>and complain a concert is too white, or we brag that the last
>album you bought was Kendrick. Well why the fuck do you think
>Iggy is nominated for a Grammy but not someone like YG or
>GIbbs/Madlib. Don't say WHO should be in replace of Iggy if
>you didn't buy their album, go to their show or show some sort
>of monetary support. Thats the equivalent to not voting in the
>next election and then complaining when a dumb fuck gets
>elected 2 times. Foh. Iggy has fucking smassssssh hits. Her
>album was shit, but lets not pretend that 1. There were many
>good rap albums from black or white artists to replace half of
>the list or 2 That smash hits don't count. They do. You have
>dumb ass Peter Rosenberg saying he didnt think Fancy was
>hiphop enough lol It is. It clearly is. It just wasnt the type
>of hiphop me, you or Peter give a fuck. Majority of the shit
>out you guys don't like anyways unless its somewhat of a 90s
>type or artist so it doesnt really matter who gets nominated
>cause more times than not, its not "you're kind of hiphop".
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>- She blames EVERYONE else but herself for not breaking into
>that mainstream world and she is butt hurt when she see's her
>peer or her competition Iggy do it. She blamed Pharrell who
>was making hits with everyone at the time while they were
>working and the song they made was a dud. Remember she tried
>to call him out on Twitter? LOL stupdity. It's his fault YOU
>don't know how to make a smash? Oh word? foh, no sense of
>taking responsibility for her own moves.
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>I don't expect any of you to read most of what I said but
>thats your choice. It was for the people who were asking for
>it. Do with it what you will. *shrugs*
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