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2657717, ok well in this case I feel you
Posted by El_essence, Fri Feb-03-12 04:30 PM
>having studio work on guitar is one thing
>
>however taking the stage to play solo's that are being clowned
>on - that's lil wayne. I mean at the least someone in Wayne's
>camp should have said "fam you can't play". In d's case
>someone should have said "ayo, holding down the rhythm - that
>might work cause that's basic - but leave the solos alone".



>Bottom line? He's not ready for solos. That's all.
>Considering all the D posts are now dead if anything I'm just
>trying to keep the spirit alive - but I'm going to be honest
>either way so.
>
>Yes I have criticized his guitar playing - only cause they
>were pushing that as some amazing feature on Zappas level.
>Hardly.

And rightly you should.

>However like i said - if they stay away from that which is
>nothing more than a gimmick - allow the man to be himself,
>stop trying to have one man satisfy all your parliament and
>Prince fantasies (not you, just in general) then shit should
>be cool.

None of this I disagree. For the record.

>however I have also praised a healthy amount of his show, his
>voice, and his keys playing.
>
>It may be an issue of what one chooses to respond to - that's
>all.

fair enough. I was responding to how you were presenting it. And honestly had it come from someone who was blatantly trolling it wouldn't have caught my attention. Everything about your critique I agreed with except the LH/LW stuff. I can accept the Lauryn stuff if shown proof. Based on what I've personally seen, I don't see either lighting the world on fire as guitar players. But the Lil wayne thing (which you've expanded on here) just seemed extra. I'm kinda mad at myself for even getting this deep into it because, while I'm happy dude is back and like the new stuff he's put together, I'm sounding like I'm excusing his play as a stan would.