I had the same reaction of distaste when the videos to Power and Runaway dropped. 'How pretentious could you be? Making a hip-hop video about ballet? Another one with Renaissance imagery? GTFOH'

But couldn't the same be said of hip-hop fans who didn't like De la or The Roots or even Tribe for being 'arty' when hip-hop was more meat and potatoes?

BTW, I don't know why I'm trying to die on this hill. I didn't listen to the album for the longest and don't listen to it often. Must be happy to be back on OKP talking music. Ha!