you know rarely does a post leave me thinking overtime.

not losing sleep....but still had me wondering

but eh... i was kinda thinking--damn...do i want this mofo leaving here with the wrong impression of okayplayer.

only for it to get back to the outside community who ALREADY has us on some "special bus status"

when the truth is...

we all had our "smh"/ignant moments we all wallow in.

so just to let ol boy (and my touring mate for 3 months starting in feb) know that he aint alone in his "unpopular" stance. i dare all you REAL men and women to state an opinion on music that you think will be unpopular with the community (ie midnight marauders)--and wallow in it.

now granted---imma give yall 3---as a "diplomat" of the music community i also try to "work" on my issues and "understand" my indifference.

but nevertheless--

him saying his true feelings about MM was some real real shit.

it wasn't a SHOCK post.

it was real.

and on the real....i can see how it happens:

i mean Songs In The Key Of Life is timeless cause its always being held up in that light.---yall know what i mean---

when is the last time "award tour" was used in a pampers commercial?

or the last time they even showed "electric relaxations" on tv?---vh1 is under the radar so it dont count--

im just saying that its easier to love classic soul, rock and jazz cause at the end of the day when mainstream culture goes for the nostalgia in hip hop---they gonna reach for "bust a move" or "gonna make you sweat"/"things that make you say hmmmm"---

meanwhile what are the chances of a true classic like "clan in the front" getting much shine so that a newjack knows that this is a classic.

i was VERY lucky my parents turned me into a music "adult" at an early age.--but most people dont even grasp onto music until they 17--

so even though a 5 year old me could recite the liner notes of the "Songs in the key...." booklet...

i can see how a 12? 13? year old Lupe could miss a MM.

look lemme not get off track.


1. I personally feel that 2pac was NOT a dope MC. i felt he was a great PERFORMER and actor and had PASSION and FIRE. but i always dismissed him as "post chuck d". and not until Bishop did people mix the two. i feel people love "Bishop" and mistake it for 2pac.--
and what's even realer is i copped all his shit and at the very least? i respect his Mc REN period on that "Panther Power" jawn. But never has his "MC" prowess ever moved me a mountain.

yes start throwing tomatoes.


another unpopular opinion?

2. Just because you craft a beat DOES NOT MAKE YOU PRODUCER. that makes you AN ARRANGER. read records for the 70's and 80s....Rod Temperton was the "rhythm arranger" for Rock With You---i mean cats were crazy on that credit shit "vocal arranger", "string arranger", etc...

like if Rock With You were made in today's climate Rod woulda been named "producer" cause he "made the beat"---he flew to la, quincy told him "instruct the cats" and then he leaves.

that is called Arranging.

so once you man the WHOLE situation--realize the chorus is half baked and bring in a spin doctor, see the mix is fucked and spin doctor it, see the whole project through THAT is producing

not just making beats.

3. See that Resurrection post from 99---aint shit changed dun. lol---well except i bet i get more people today that care less about Res than the mofos who tried to Lupe me when i said the same shit he said about MM---and i STILL stand behind Com's Das bandwagoning

im human.

i'll work on it.


so on some REAL shit,


not no SHOCK POST shit. but from the heart---dig deep.


i dare you to point out the irony of Will and Nas crying over hip hop after their many sins.
or
jay not being a good songwriter unless someone crafts his chorus.

or PRIMO enough already!!!

ghead....

hit it.

im about to watch the time on soul train.....peace!

NO! LIST
Tom Petty
M J
Zeppelin
Springsteen
Neil Young
Eagles
Ray Charles
Madonna
Chuck Berry
South Park TV Songs
Justin Timberlake
"Food Glorious Food"
"Twilight Zone" theme
"A Boy Named Sue"
"Night Moves"
"The Situation"
"Superbowl Shuffle"

And what of it?


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I never liked Prince and I never will, no matter how much cats champion dude....I'm more of a Rick James man myself.

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>And what of it?
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>"How can you judge what I feel in me?" (c) Common
>www.myspace.com/northernarcatl
>www.worldfamousmag.com
>>ATL: Count Bass D & Collective Efforts
>Audobon Society on the 1's & 2's. Jan. 18th. @ The Earl.



lol you don't like prince lol lol lol wow.....guess you have a right not to like prince !

Plenty of prince tracks I like, I just don't search him out, or own more than one record. Only one I got is the most recent and I got that for free.


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I didnt like Barry White, Prince, Sam Cooke, etc etc.

That wasnt a shock poster either, thats me keeping it real. Well there you have it . . .

Actually I think I started this whole fiasco when made posts about artists I never bothered to check out and stuff. OKP shifted . . . everybody started becoming more honest and real. Before people were posing like some boho wisdom mathematitian who has some supreme knowledge of music.

but come on now---shit grows on people.

my point is i want people to get to a point in which they can say

they dont fuck with some shit...

but it really depends on what side of the fence you wanna be on--i'm personally a cat that loves and acknowledges a moment when someone enlightens me.

i think i got like 40% of all the music knowledge i need. and im always fishing. and not because im a musician--its cause i love having a life soundtrack.

cats who HATED prince love that i put "Girl" on they mixtapes---makes the sex THAT much better.

so even for basic shit...like "perhaps you meet a young lady and you wanna impress her" (i had such a case in high school with this jawn who was headed to juliard and was DEEP in classical music.---so i had to get in where i fit in....next thing you know we both going to see The Rite Of Spring in the park.--not to say that i know Igor's whole history---

but i just cant be that nigga that just "dont give a fuck cause they aint putting money in my pocket"

aint nothing wrong with no knowledge.

NO! LIST
Tom Petty
M J
Zeppelin
Springsteen
Neil Young
Eagles
Ray Charles
Madonna
Chuck Berry
South Park TV Songs
Justin Timberlake
"Food Glorious Food"
"Twilight Zone" theme
"A Boy Named Sue"
"Night Moves"
"The Situation"
"Superbowl Shuffle"

those accents on those poly chords are IMPOSSIBLE to memorize

no snark-o.


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Dont reply to me. Thanks.

lot of sly comments

and throw Jay in to "balance" it out

i can understand it even if i don't approve
it's just kind of funny how he "sticks by his man" (jay) when he could honestly give a fuck about the roots and he shows it... plus he fell off and was never as good an emcee as nas... but who can fight (?uest)love?

"Just cuz you wear a kufi don't mean you righteous". ?uest is probably still heated.

www.myspace.com/jayehlmusic

>"Just cuz you wear a kufi don't mean you righteous". ?uest is
>probably still heated.

nas' hot 97 rant was after they backed the camel for 'unplugged' and even interpolated "one love" during "the takeover." nas was still in the wrong/way off about them, but it wasn't out of nowhere.

but crucially they've supposedly "made up" since then and are on the same label now, and yet ?uest keeps taking shots at one of the greatest MCs of all time, even though it's jay-z who really screwed them over this year with the almost complete lack of promo for the roots.

damn you need a late pass like a mofo.
that shit was so 2002.
of course he was coming at niggas---he just got ambushed without warning.
id do the same shit.
since when i look like a grudge holding cat?
sheeeit remember the illadelph halflife campaign when we got 10 quotes
from respected mc's to endorse us?

jay was like "i dont fuck with them to much"

grudge?

nah...lol

no grudge smurf here

NO! LIST
Tom Petty
M J
Zeppelin
Springsteen
Neil Young
Eagles
Ray Charles
Madonna
Chuck Berry
South Park TV Songs
Justin Timberlake
"Food Glorious Food"
"Twilight Zone" theme
"A Boy Named Sue"
"Night Moves"
"The Situation"
"Superbowl Shuffle"

i keep up with your band and as i said i'm aware of you guys and nas "making up" in the years since. still, let's use the word you suggested--"grudge." i enjoy reading your posts but i notice a LOT of subtle and occasionally not so subtle shots at your peers, especially nas, outkast (particularly andre), and the fugees. the repeated shots over the years could be merely a competitive streak or it could be a grudge. but if the nas shit is all in good fun then i admit i was wrong. it brought a smile to my face that nas was over your shoulder reading as you replied to my message about him, even if it wasn't my finest hour. it's kind of an honor in a way. jay lost!

ive been very direct with my disdain for who ever it is...
not snide or pc.

check the resume

organix-93
(from the ground up)-94
do you want more?!!???!-95
illadelph halflife-96
things fall apart-99
(the legendary)-99
the roots come alive-99
phrenology-2002
the tipping point-2004
(the roots present...) 2004
homegrown: the beginne

if he was on Jay's "side" I don't think he would do something like that. I think you all are analyzing a bit much.

-T
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"rick ross got old african woman swag" (c)nayaa

i think ?uest is bitter and/or salty about nas but still willing to take his money and, previously, use him to lure in concertgoers and gain cred. how about that?

-T
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"rick ross got old african woman swag" (c)nayaa

it's not a sneaky shot to point out the irony of will an nas singing 'hiphop is dead'... it's stating the bleeding obvious. (will.i.am. and nas know it too)
and he just criticized jay-z's 'songwriting' in the same breath

you sound a bit ridiculous with this vendetta stuff... i mean maybe this is why questo used to only post in that bizarre cryptic style that defied quotation

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Why do you choose to mimic these wack MCs?
Why do you choose to listen to R&B?

"There are obviously many things which we do not understand, and may never be able to." Leela

*puts emceeing in a box*

if you read MY reply i said i AGREED with the comment.

95+% of the time i can decode ?uest's cryptic messages, plus i occasionally read his myspace blog, and dude takes a LOT of obvious and subtle jabs at nas and very rarely criticizes jay-z. it just strikes me as amusing and interesting; is that a crime?

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maybe i'm laughing my way to disaster...