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bishop lamont ain't really like 50 cent at all perhaps you have a misconception of his music?
That's what worries me too. So I see your point I mean I was a HUGE BDP/KRS fan,but he kinda lost me around hisSex and Violence album. He went on his anti gangster crusade and with all his preaching he lost me,the music came secondary and the message in focus.I appreciate Bishop's effort though.Anyway there's a thread about;content VS flow here
Quote from: Dre-Day on July 31, 2008, 12:23:40 PM bishop lamont ain't really like 50 cent at all perhaps you have a misconception of his music?sorry my post didn't really express what i was trying to say. using the example you used of 50 Cent - i am guessing he can be a compelling character to some because all he is is a cartoon character if that makes sense. the person he presents on the mic is part- (or total) fiction, a series of film like stories which are entertainment in which he always plays the bad a*s superhero. 50 cent is not trying to (or can't) deliver a 360 degree version of who curtis jackson is. bishop presents himself on the mic as a "real" person (whatever the f*ck that means). he attempts to deliver a message whether that be as the saviour of hip-hop, a preacher of sorts etc. but for me it is very difficult to listen to someone who is not that interesting musically where lyrically he preaches without any real sense of a personal struggle. he is just not a compelling artist for me. to me there is no soul in his music and while he is a brilliant talker i can't find him a very convincing preacher because there just seems like there sounds to me a lack of honesty somewhere in what he spits about and not enough mic skills to make up for that or carry it off (like a dude like ice cube). sorry if that sounds like hate. i am still anticipating an album if it comes but other than a couple of tracks like Translator i just haven't heard him get the balance right.
bishop Lamont ain't really like 50 cent at all perhaps you have a misconception of his music?
sorry my post didn't really express what i was trying to say. using the example you used of 50 Cent - i am guessing he can be a compelling character to some because all he is is a cartoon character if that makes sense. the person he presents on the Mic is part- (or total) fiction, a series of film like stories which are entertainment in which he always plays the bad a*s superhero. 50 cent is not trying to (or can't) deliver a 360 degree version of who Curtis jackson is. bishop presents himself on the Mic as a "real" person (whatever the f*ck that means).he attempts to deliver a message whether that be as the saviour of hip-hop, a preacher of sorts etc.but for me it is very difficult to listen to someone who is not that interesting musically where lyricallyhe preaches without any real sense of a personal struggle. he is just not a compelling artist for me.to me there is no soul in his music and while he is a brilliant talker i can't find him a very convincingpreacher because there just seems like there sounds to me a lack of honesty somewhere in what hespits about and not enough Mic skills to make up for that or carry it off (like a dude like ice cube).sorry if that sounds like hate. i am still anticipating an album if it comes but other than a couple oftracks like Translator i just haven't heard him get the balance right.
chad, to be totally honest with you and i know the dude is a legend but i could never listen to KRS1!!!!
yep,I sorta agree with. Maybe a better way to describe it is lack off passion in his delivery to be convincing?
Not sure when you came around...but if I assume you came around in the 90´s,you might have got presented with KRS as this stuck up preaching hypocrite. Which is true .But if you was around in the mid to late 80´s,how could you miss out on and not feel?;BDP; Criminal Minded and BDP; By All Means Necessary?
i came around in the late 80s and all i listened to then to be honest was west coast gangster sh*t...