Amadeo wrote:Immortal Technique is an idiot who will forever remain in the underground because:
A) he's stupid enough to burn all bridges with major labels by dissing them all the time
B) he's not talented enough
C) to the people outside of his fanbase, he's just white noise, one of the many idiotic voices yelling "Government did 9/11!" without any evidence to back it up. No, the tone of your voice, the cuss words you use, or audio clips of Bush talking, won't convince me.
Sometimes rappers are underground for a reason. Immortal Technique is a good example.
Not every rapper intends to be on the mainstream. Immortal Technique's music would never be given the proper treatment in the mainstream too, this isn't no Bob Marley music, it is Public Enemy on acid making music.
As for your points
A) Burn his bridges? That only applies if he had any intention to do any business with them in the first place. Universal and Warner Music have still offered him record deals however, which just goes to show they don't really care about anything other than money. Immortal Technique makes more money than the vast majority rappers on major labels, because as through Viper he runs how the compact disc is handled and he recoups the majority of the fee, and given his loyal fanbase, that as well as his huge touring recepits from so many countries worldwide makes him amongst the top earners in hip hop if you adjust the earnings and put them in perspective. Tech N9 is indeed the same.
B) Not talented enough? Why ? Because you say so? The rhyme schemes and delivery he has in his songs put him amongst the creme de la creme of hip hop when it comes to talent. There's no heavy beats at play here, no big hooks here, no autotune here, no dance music here, no lovey dovey love music here. It's pure talent and has co-signs from those who are the heart of Hip Hop history, such as Chuck D and KRS One. Chuck and KRS know a little about talent, so forgive me if I side with them here.
C) To anyone outside of their base they're just white noise. Just as Eminem is white noise and is just another idiotic homophobic misogynist rapper, just as Nas is another black male who encourages violence, just as Tupac is another thug who encourages drug use and crime, just as Jay-Z is another pretender who talks about nothing but money. You wanna see what the common denominator here is? That the perception of these people outside of their fanbase is bullshit. So thanks for contributing to that. Your analysis of Technique fits right above with those perceptions. You hear one or two songs and make a judgment without having any proper understanding of the artists music and what they're talking about. Perhaps you can't understand the intelligence in Technique's rhymes, perhaps you don't relate to what he's saying, because for one it's nothing at all but just simple accusations.
What some people fail to realize is that some artists intend to be one-dimensional. Immortal Technique is that type of rapper. For example, you think KRS One turned from a rapper with street rhymes like Criminam Minded to a rapper who discusses afrocentricity and socio-political knowledge in Edutainment? Did he somehow forget his street savy lyrics overnight? Of course not, it's because chose a new direction to take. It was his movement that we wanted to focus on. You think he couldn't write songs like he did before because Monday turned into Tuesday and 1990 turned into 1991? Of course not. Technique is the same, he's shown he has the capacity to do different type of songs. But he sees the bigger purpose, he sees he's more than just a rapper here.. He's a teacher, so he chooses to focus on the one aspect of his music that gives him the most satisfaction.
