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Whoever said Nay needs to throw out their Young Jeezy CD.
Yay.I appreciate Immortal Technique because I think he represents a great deal of what hip-hop was founded on, and that is a means of expression for the disenfranchised; kind of like Chuck D said it's the "black CNN". They need more hip-hop artists like Immortal Technique, but most of them remain independant because most the major hip-hop labels are not owned (or their parent companies are not owned) by black people, but often they are owned by wealthy Jews such as Clive Davis, Lyor Cohen, Jimmy Iovine, the list goes on forever. This is nothing against Jews in general, but if hip-hop started partly as a mechanism for oppressed groups to express themselves and inspire self-esteem and community activism; you don't want somebody else on top of you defining who you are. For example, since Robert Johnson sold out BET to Viacom (also owned by Jews) they got rid of Tavis Smiley and their news program BET Tonight and they added Uncut, basically they've turned it into a soft black porn network.Anyway, I don't always agree with Immortal Technique's point of view, because at times (although not often) he also speaks against Muslims. Still, he has a right to express himself, and hip-hop is one of the greatest vehicles for self-expression ever created.
And BTW, when hip-hop started it was all about having fun, not politics. That's a typical backpacker myth.
Quote from: Tha Spirt Ov Allah Clarence 13Xtra Tha Fatha (Iz Active) on May 08, 2006, 07:10:46 AMAnd BTW, when hip-hop started it was all about having fun, not politics. That's a typical backpacker myth.Very true, hip hop was all about fun when it came out...it didnt start getting really political til the mid to late 80's
Quote from: d-nice on November 27, 2006, 02:45:33 PMI will believe Detox when I hear a single for it and have the album in my hands.but what if you loose your hands before Detox drops?
I will believe Detox when I hear a single for it and have the album in my hands.
Quote from: Luke on May 08, 2006, 11:22:15 AMQuote from: Tha Spirt Ov Allah Clarence 13Xtra Tha Fatha (Iz Active) on May 08, 2006, 07:10:46 AMAnd BTW, when hip-hop started it was all about having fun, not politics. That's a typical backpacker myth.Very true, hip hop was all about fun when it came out...it didnt start getting really political til the mid to late 80'sso what;cha sayin? rap shouldn't be political? look into the old Bambaataa interviews and see his opinion about that