and posts go personal.

That concept is for people who have that much time on their hands to go and dissect it.
You keep living your dream though, but to me it seems very pathetic and immature to EXPECT Kweli to make "more mature music" or basically what YOU yourself want to hear and under the same breath to have the arrogance to talk about artistic integrity.

so now i have too much time on my hands, living in a dream world, pathetic, immature, and arrogant because i read an article and see some validity in the underlying theme of that article? Ok.

You made a remark about knowing what 18 year olds buy. Wouldn't it seem rational that the under 21 segment of hip-hop supporters are more likely to purchase Gucci Mane records than Talib Kweli records, subsequently possibly generating more sales by being more appealing to a wider audience. Didn't go that deep.

Nobody is marketing Kweli as a conscious rapper but the media. If someone did, they stopped somewhere in 2005-ish.

Which is why I'm concerned about the hip-hop I know and love. As I stated previously, with the acts who were once labeled "conscious" advancing in age, pursuing other avenues, and/or making music which conforms to the mainstream, who is going to make that type of music I know and love? It seems to me that there is a huge void in the industry. Speaking for myself as a fan of "conscious" rappers, a large portion of my income has been, and still is, invested in a music collection. We buy music. I said I would LIKE emcees approaching 40 to make music for the same segment of hip-hop purchasers, never said EXPECT. I would LIKE more albums with the same intent as HIGO. So I can't have an opinion about emcees I use to believe in and support if I don't like what they're doing now. I dont have to go that deep to know how I feel.

Just off the top, compare the guest appearances on BlacStarr and RE