del tha funkee homosapien, bout ten years ago. he said something about how when he's freestyling on stage that he will just mumble some shit(not even real words) and the audience is too dumb to notice. me and my homie were smoking a blunt with him and his manager while the souls were getting tattooed from my other homie. his manager looked at him like he was fucking crazy.
i know i have others but i can't remember them just yet.
I don't find anything wrong with del's statement.
well this was back when everyone was like "heiro are the freestyle gods!!!", "nobody can fuck with them when it comes to freestyling!!!". kinda put that shit into perspective for me. i still like his first two albums although i dont listen to them much presently.
we all know by now that freestyling is pretty much just bullshit rhyming on the mic (mumbling)
see that movie "freestyle" for further proof.
right, like i said this was around 10 years ago. i dont hate the dude, just aint checking for him anymore. to tell the truth, my not checking for him has more to do with his musical output since then than anything else. his statement just really put the whole freestyling thing in perspective for me.
btw pase, you and jon need to hit up austin for some shows. i bet yall would get a good response there. i would say houston where i live but nobody goes to shows here really.
Met him after a show and he was a total dick. heard that from other people too...
Del also had a fist fight with a skateboarder friend of mine about 10 years ago because he was fucking with one of his other friends... supposidly because he was a white kid skating at his park... (I was not around at the time, so this is a 2nd hand storybut the dude is not a liar in my experience)
I engineered a some sessions with DMX and posse,I didn't like his steez before during or after. Stuck Up Rich Conceited High Speed Drivin car crashin False Identity presentin'Aggressive Pistol Packin' Brainless Whore Lovin' Crack Hed. He needs Multiple passes to nail one sentance. No FLOW at all. The meaning of PRO TOOLS FRANKENSTEIN
Not that Ive seen him live or celebrate his catalogue, but his video on the chapelle show wa n-v-t-s nuts. I thought he had an amazing live flow, energy and voice. Why the disparity??
Honestly? I've never met anyone in person that I was disappointed by but keep in mind, my dealings have almost always been in an interview context and most folks tend to be on their better behavior.
Not-in-person, obviously the whole Jean Grae thing is just plain silly and seriously makes me disappointed in her dour lack of humor.
I've never met Paul in person - just a phone interview. He's a dick?
My homie Frank was at one of his shows in NY and was with some folks backstage and walked up to him and said "yo I'm a real big fan, just wanted to say wassup" Jeru looks him up and down (dude's spanish but looks white) and says "you don't look like no fan of mine" Lame part is Frank is fuckin duder than dude, one of the coolest nicest guys I've ever had the privelege of knowing.
I still like (some of) his music though but as a person dude came off like a piece of shit.
he was probably just in shock b/c it was the first time in 10 years someone told him they were "a real big fan"...
but i'd say my giving up on him was also related to the fact that he started making terrible horrible no good records around the same time.
I met dude and he was cool as fuck. BUt yeah, horrible records man.
...this reminds me. I was once hanging out with both Del and MC Paul Barman at a show in Philly years back. Del was cool, but Paul was acting really high and mighty. I remember thinking to myself 'who the hell is this guy?'. And I also remember him asking Del: 'sooo um, when are you going to check out my act? um maybe later huh? huh?'. Del: 'yeah dude maybe next time, peace'.
del tha funkee homosapien, bout ten years ago. he said something about how when he's freestyling on stage that he will just mumble some shit(not even real words) and the audience is too dumb to notice. me and my homie were smoking a blunt with him and his manager while the souls were getting tattooed from my other homie. his manager looked at him like he was fucking crazy.
i know i have others but i can't remember them just yet.
I don't find anything wrong with del's statement.
well this was back when everyone was like "heiro are the freestyle gods!!!", "nobody can fuck with them when it comes to freestyling!!!". kinda put that shit into perspective for me. i still like his first two albums although i dont listen to them much presently.
we all know by now that freestyling is pretty much just bullshit rhyming on the mic (mumbling)
see that movie "freestyle" for further proof.
right, like i said this was around 10 years ago. i dont hate the dude, just aint checking for him anymore. to tell the truth, my not checking for him has more to do with his musical output since then than anything else. his statement just really put the whole freestyling thing in perspective for me.
I had a totally contrary experience. around the time "no need for alarm" came out and i was really into it, I approached del while he was filing records at Leopold's on Telegraph (real Berkeley headz know the deal). i told him how much i was feeling the album and he was like "yeah I basically freestyled that whole thing." i was like . In hindsight he was probably exagerating, but at the time I actually came away with more respect for dude.
really though, he was way more into talking about video games than music.
My homie Frank was at one of his shows in NY and was with some folks backstage and walked up to him and said "yo I'm a real big fan, just wanted to say wassup" Jeru looks him up and down (dude's spanish but looks white) and says "you don't look like no fan of mine" Lame part is Frank is fuckin duder than dude, one of the coolest nicest guys I've ever had the privelege of knowing.
I still like (some of) his music though but as a person dude came off like a piece of shit.
he was probably just in shock b/c it was the first time in 10 years someone told him they were "a real big fan"...
nah, this was at the height of his popularity, between his first and second albums. Shit disappointed me to no end.
Just to put this all in perspective...I don't give up on artists just because they're not Mr. and Ms. Congeniality. I mean, Marvin Gaye and Miles Davis both had reputations for being complete assholes at times. I don't like their music any less for it.
Ha - I ran into dude at The Breaks (back when Root Down was @ Pedro's) and asked him if it's true that Juice or Rhymefest or one of those "Chi Dudes" had served him.
He got all mad and shit and stormed off so I guess it must've been true.
co-sign. dude was a dick to me. i got a real black supremecist vibe ( actually from several of the good life guys but i guess no surprise there).
Ha - I ran into dude at The Breaks (back when Root Down was @ Pedro's) and asked him if it's true that Juice or Rhymefest or one of those "Chi Dudes" had served him.
He got all mad and shit and stormed off so I guess it must've been true.
co-sign. dude was a dick to me. i got a real black supremecist vibe ( actually from several of the good life guys but i guess no surprise there).
That's funny since a friend of mine (white woman) was hanging out with him on a photo shoot and he kept trying to tap that.
isn't that every rap dude? ESP. the ones who have songs about not fucking with women who aren't black... i'm not naming names, but i've heard stories...
Del also had a fist fight with a skateboarder friend of mine about 10 years ago because he was fucking with one of his other friends... supposidly because he was a white kid skating at his park... (I was not around at the time, so this is a 2nd hand storybut the dude is not a liar in my experience)
lol @ del in a fist fight with anybody. dude is like five foot nothing and 80 lbs soaking wet.
I've only had good experiences. Sam Beam was as humble as he comes off on record. Edan was dude. Howard Tate was cordial & signed my LP. Bo Dud was spacey but a real gent. Sage smoked me in ping-pong, but was nice about it.
On the (ostensibly) literary tip, I went to a Dave Eggers book signing soon after "A Heartbreaking Work" came out. In retrospect, it should have been no surprise that he came off like a totally self-absorbed prick that I wanted to kick in the nuts right under the signing table. But I liked the book until then. I guess he's too busy making fun of foreigners trying to speak English or editing Icelandic literati anthologies to stop masturbating. A real urethra.
Paled in comparison to Arundhati Roy (long hair phase) in person. I tried to plan out some kool line while waiting in queue, but just breathed an "Idon'tknowwhatelsetosay,sothankyou" thing as she looked right into my eyes and straight through the back of my head. Sweet Lord God.
I'm not the biggest Big Star or Alex Chilton fan but when I met Chilton I wanted to smack his rude ass. What a fucking prick! (For your information) His shit smells better than yours. If I was a big fan, meeting him would have crushed it.
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dude has his own plane?!
right, like i said this was around 10 years ago. i dont hate the dude, just aint checking for him anymore. to tell the truth, my not checking for him has more to do with his musical output since then than anything else. his statement just really put the whole freestyling thing in perspective for me.
btw pase, you and jon need to hit up austin for some shows. i bet yall would get a good response there. i would say houston where i live but nobody goes to shows here really.
that was the most shocking revelation for me in this whole thread too! how can dennis miller afford his own place??
Saafir.
first dude that popped in my head.
on the other hand, I have that picture from the station with me, you, jlee, empanadamn and 'tigo with the whoridas.
good shit.
Met him after a show and he was a total dick. heard that from other people
too...
Del also had a fist fight with a skateboarder friend of mine about 10 years ago
because he was fucking with one of his other friends... supposidly because he
was a white kid skating at his park... (I was not around at the time, so this is a
2nd hand story
Funny cause he has about a 98% white fanbase
you sure he wasn't just on acid???
I never really got along with those little fuckers...
Not that Ive seen him live or celebrate his catalogue, but his video on the chapelle show wa n-v-t-s nuts. I thought he had an amazing live flow, energy and voice.
Why the disparity??
Percee P is one of the nicest dudes i've met.
Not-in-person, obviously the whole Jean Grae thing is just plain silly and seriously makes me disappointed in her dour lack of humor.
I've never met Paul in person - just a phone interview. He's a dick?
he was probably just in shock b/c it was the first time in 10 years someone told him they were "a real big fan"...
co-sign. dude was a dick to me. i got a real black supremecist vibe ( actually from several of the good life guys but i guess no surprise there).
co-sign. barman was a dick to me.
That's funny since a friend of mine (white woman) was hanging out with him on a photo shoot and he kept trying to tap that.
I had a totally contrary experience. around the time "no need for alarm" came out and i was really into it, I approached del while he was filing records at Leopold's on Telegraph (real Berkeley headz know the deal). i told him how much i was feeling the album and he was like "yeah I basically freestyled that whole thing." i was like
really though, he was way more into talking about video games than music.
nah, this was at the height of his popularity, between his first and second albums. Shit disappointed me to no end.
Ha - I ran into dude at The Breaks (back when Root Down was @ Pedro's) and asked him if it's true that Juice or Rhymefest or one of those "Chi Dudes" had served him.
He got all mad and shit and stormed off so I guess it must've been true.
no contradiction there, odub - but that's for another thread!
I'm sure they both did at some point
isn't that every rap dude? ESP. the ones who have songs about not fucking with women who aren't black... i'm not naming names, but i've heard stories...
lol @ del in a fist fight with anybody. dude is like five foot nothing and 80 lbs soaking wet.
On the (ostensibly) literary tip, I went to a Dave Eggers book signing soon after "A Heartbreaking Work" came out. In retrospect, it should have been no surprise that he came off like a totally self-absorbed prick that I wanted to kick in the nuts right under the signing table. But I liked the book until then. I guess he's too busy making fun of foreigners trying to speak English or editing Icelandic literati anthologies to stop masturbating. A real urethra.
Paled in comparison to Arundhati Roy (long hair phase) in person. I tried to plan out some kool line while waiting in queue, but just breathed an "Idon'tknowwhatelsetosay,sothankyou" thing as she looked right into my eyes and straight through the back of my head. Sweet Lord God.
I met Dave Eggers a few times and he drew funny pictures for me at a garage sale and a book signing, he was super cool.
PASE ROCKA, I'm bummed I missed Scribble this year, when are you gonna holler at SD?
This surprises me not at all. Based on his memoir, eggers totally sounds like someone who'd treat a cool lady a lot better than a cool dude.