tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6011834419662563584.post35150135452521824..comments2023-10-24T01:40:31.335-07:00Comments on A People's History of Hip Hop: The OriginatorAbe Beamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02555083249178098320noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6011834419662563584.post-31395776422691705522009-02-23T06:48:00.000-08:002009-02-23T06:48:00.000-08:00Did it ever occur to you that maybe your sense of ...Did it ever occur to you that maybe your sense of their critique is a little simplistic and decontextualized as well? Not to mention, like most of your critiques on music, highly arbitrary but refusing to recognize it as such?T.R.O.Y.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18239325123578033116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6011834419662563584.post-20156498039540507932009-02-22T16:20:00.000-08:002009-02-22T16:20:00.000-08:00Yeah I know De La fucked heads up I read that chap...Yeah I know De La fucked heads up I read that chapter of "Check the Technique" too. I have a problem with simplistic critique. When something is inherently "wrong" without actual backing it annoys me. (A majority of "Stakes Is High") I called out "Buhloone Mindstate" which was inaccurate because I love that album and there are more obnoxious references in the De La catalog I just wanted to point to something Paul did that contained criticism and I really enjoyed. The post was kind of a personal Prince Paul retrospect. If you scroll down on this page you'll see at least two posts that take issue with simple critique and reactionary response to so called biting. Even Prince Paul, one of Hip Hop's most iconoclastic figures had his references and influences and I find that type of hating repugnant. I clearly respect Paul greatly but to say he's beyond even the mildest criticism is ridiculous. To me anyways.Abe Beamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02555083249178098320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6011834419662563584.post-43345880750419575392009-02-22T12:25:00.000-08:002009-02-22T12:25:00.000-08:00You seem to have a real beef with any artist who d...You seem to have a real beef with any artist who dares critique "gangsta rap." What is behind all of that?<BR/><BR/>It seems to me that De La and Prince Paul critiqued lots of different styles of rap, and not just "gangster." Basically, anyone who was a style biter, bland, ultra conformist, or just unskilled.<BR/><BR/>Also, they used to knock so called 'gangsta' niggas out when they were on tour and ignorant goons assumed that they were pussies because of their music.T.R.O.Y.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18239325123578033116noreply@blogger.com