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Topic subjectRE: I do think this song was way more extreme than all of the other
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2971844, RE: I do think this song was way more extreme than all of the other
Posted by HIM, Fri Aug-26-16 07:03 AM
>Rap songs that used the F word, or said things about
>homosexuals.
>
>Like, no other rappers seemed to have an ENTIRE song about it,
>with five different rappers taking turns bashing them. Gotta
>admit, it was pretty extreme.

True dat.

The thing is, everybody was talkin' about "Keep It Real", "Dont Bite", "Be Original".
Rappers were ALWAYS trying to push the envelope. Rappers always claimed to be "CNN for the streets" and always claimed to "Rap about reality" and "Rap about what I see" so, it's no shocker that they would have tried this concept out. They were doing what had not yet been done. They were doing what Tribe did. Being trailblazers. All the greats have had to make some duds and get out some of the bad ideas in order to get to the golden ones.

It just so happens that Tribe(or more likely Tribe's handlers/bosses) were not promoting Tribe as a "shock" act, so the concept was squashed. An nope, it totally would have in NO way fit that or any of there albums and it would have certainly ruin what eventually became a masterpiece.