Talib Kweli Diaper Rash
faux_rillz
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Dude should be glad he never achieved any real celebrity, as he's clearly unable to cope with the small measure of it that he does possess. Love the ass-hurt over the phrase "doo doo on a stick"...http://talibkweliblog.com/
April 12th, 20062006 is becoming the year that hip hop realizes its mortality. It used to be like a superhero, with crossing over and selling out as its kryptonite, but it???s not that simple and romantic anymore. Superheroes don???t die, and hip hop has always been too fresh and new to be affected by the rest of the world.. Sadly the almost back to back deaths of hip hop icons like JDilla, Professor X and Proof have me reeling. I am overwhelmed, I can???t keep up. Rest in peace Proof, and my heart goes out to everyone in Detroit hip hop. I???m in cincinatti right now, working with Hi Tek, and we are coming with some exciting things. We don???t have enough songs for a Reflection album yet, but Tone did 3 joints on the Beautiful Struggle album, and he???ll probably do more on eardrum. Shout out to everyone at Pratt and at GW university, I had a great time this weekend??? I got shows in NY coming up, so I am looking foward to see how some of the new songs work on the crowd..I am getting ready to tour with the Roots, which is always a challenge because of how tight they are.. I???ve got to figure out what I can do to make my show memorable..Black Thought is the ultimate MC, and every night I???m going to have to keep the stage hot enough for them to come out..I love it though, touring with the Roots taught me how to perfrom, especially on the OkayPlayer tour..and speaking of Okay Player.. I gotta address this..I???m new to blogs and websites and all this computer stuff, and one reason is because of a bad experience I had in a chat room on OKP years ago(I haven???t been in a chat room since). I hate the idea of people who are or could be annonymous passing judgement on you and being mean spirited just because you try to share your music with the world.. People say that the industry doesn???t give artists like myself enough props, but the real hate always comes from so called fans who visit this site slash community. A fan suggested recently that I visit the OKP boards and show some love to the fans, because they really support me. I said cool, she???s right, I can???t not go on there because of something some asshole said 6 years ago, lemme check it out. The first thing I see is M1???s album is terrible. The person who wrote this bullshit and everyone like them should be ashamed of themselves. They spend a lot of energy talking about why they didn???t like it, and why does OKP support this artist.. Then someone else mentions how me how the music me and mos def are making now is doo doo on a stick, if i got the quote right..and you know what, y???all can miss me with all that shit. I do this for a living, like for real, not pretend over the internet. I really get on stage and travel and go to the studio and buy albums and pay producers and start labels, on top of raising my family and trynta be active in the community. Sometimes the artist on OKP don???t get the respect that they give the fans. I haven???t heard M1???s entire album, but I???m down by law, and I now music well enough to know that it CAN???T be terrible.. That???s not because he???s family, it???s because I study the game, and I know what he brings to the table. Personally, I like the first dead prez album more than the second, but to fix my mouth to say it???s terrible would be a travesty. I???m sure stic and M like their second album better, that???s how it usually goes. There is nothing constructive about the criticism. M1 has given his heart soul flesh blood and art to OUR people. He doesn???t deserve this hate, you asshole. What have you done? Who are you? Where???s your album, your double time flows? Oh, no one knows who you are, so shut the fuck up. If we can???t even get constructive criticism on a site supposedly representing us, why would we wanna be involved..With that said, Dan and everybody at OKP do a helluva job..When I participate, it???s because of how hard they work. But just before y???all get all opinionated, remember that m1 is not an idea, he is a person, who has given everything he can to make our lives and music better. But y???all wanna shit on him. The way I feel, nobody writing that stuff can outrap m1, so they just jealous. Mtulu, congrats on the sucess of your project..I will listen to it and tell you in person how I feel. I love that the people of NY demanded your record be added to the playlist. You said turn off the radio, and they came to you, thats beautiful. Sorry in advance if I come off bitter or arrogant. I just seen Proof got shot, and heard someone talking about getting his album because of it. You have artist who are alive trynta make a difference, and they get taken for granted..It upsets me sometimes, but we keep pushing.. one love, thanks for letting me vent..Kweli
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bottom line.
dont go on internet message boards when youre famous. especially if youre over sensitive to criticism. not good for your well being.
Whay hasn't this been thought of before? I'm sorry for saying your album was shit DM & Cee-Lo, I now understand that you are people not just an idea.
Could we have a Talib "Doo doo on a stick" graemlin?
THY MIND GARDEN NEEDETH PRUNING, YOUNG TALIB
Well, I wouldn't want you to miss out on this gem because of the overly long and gratuitous nature of Talib's post:
even better is his "I don't make music for the fans" follow-up post, where he calls the evil doo-doo poster a...
I never thought I'd say it, but Faux and Talib have something in common. Both of them know what an album sounds like without listening to it.
Tho, it would be fun to pull a Jay & Silent Bob and ask at the door "Are you user ******* and did you say on ******** board...?"
Fuck, I need some sandwiches. I'm hungry
We study the game...
but are you down by law?
[Bsides] doo doo on a stick >>>>>>>>> Kweli's career [/Bsides]
haha
LOL.
I do this for a living, like for real, not pretend over the internet.
I'm fairly certain that Talib, the child of academics, was probably the first kid on his block with a computer.
Didn't he have some line about how "every Huxtable girl was fuckable" or did I imagine that? Yes, my headwrap is showing.....but that always creeped me out. Sorry if I am thinking of someone else!
seems to me that statements like this: "Oh, no one knows who you are, so shut the fuck up." is more of a "slap in the face to the whole community" than anything else.
Yeah, that's one reason why his attitude is such a bad look--he has no real excuse for his lack of sophistication and his inability to take the online world with a grain of salt.
Not to mention, he pretty much owes his career to the internets--it's not as if Black Star or RE was exactly embraced by radio.
Here is is, the worst shit ever. When you read it try to imagine a complete lack of flow. Its not hard to do based on the lyrics. No mention of the Huxtable girls but that could be a different track.
he does make some shitty music though
I don't normally talk down on dude cuz he's got a few songs I like
But his last album was a PAINFUL listening experience
How's this coming? I will not rest until somebody implements it.
do you now [sic] enough about music to make this statement?
Was it as painfull as when you had to listen Illmatic?
but yo, I don't even check for dude's albums.
What, exactly, do you check for?
Those club banger singles be puts out?
Material as good as the Black Star LP, but as you can tell that hasn't happend and probally won't. I mean aside from "Fall In Love" joint with Just Blaze and the older joint with Kanye, I ignore Kweli.
but yo..who cares what I think.