stillmatic wrote: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.
That's just stupid, while yes I know all about the mainstream and how you have to dumb you're music down, but wouldn't you actually want people to hear you're music/
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.
He's a decent lyricist no doubt, but he's definitely not a top tier rhymer. No way are his multies touching Eminem, Pun's, R.A.'s, etc. But of course multies is only one aspect of lyricism.
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.
I hope you know Hip Hop started of as 'dance' music, so there is no more 'Hip Hop' just because you speak about conspiracies and what not.
And who cares if they cosigned him, Raekwon cosigned Lil Wayne, Ice T cosigned Lil Wayne and Jeezy are they great rappers?
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.
Except they've proved time and time again that they're obviously not.
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.
Why are you making assumptions for what he thinks? And I love how you accuse him of making accusations, yet turn around and do the same thing.
What some people fail to realize is that some artists intend to be one-dimensional.
Which guess what detiorates from their overall artistry. Being versatile and not saying the same shit every track is a good thing.
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.
So he wants to use Hip Hop as some sort of medium to spout his bullshit? And yes before you hammer, I know about the contributions he made and blabla, yes he's probably a great person irl, but we're discussing music.
