“History of Rock written by the losers.”

I know it says Rock rather than hip-hop, but these are the same people you are dealing with.

that said, almost all golden age (early 90’s, i prolly dont even have to explain this) stuff. lord finesse. some earlier new school, big daddy kane.
i’ve been into hip hop since i was a wee kid. first album i ever bought was jeru’s sun also rises on cassette when it came out. i could drop names for days, but you get the picture. believe me my love runs deep.

i definately cannot stand how people somehow equate a love for a music with an perfect understanding of a culture. i dont presume to have some deeper understanding of black culture, black history, black existence via hip hop, but at the same time, i dont feel a sense of kinship with the fanboy #1 of mos def or talib (prolly the only talib verse i like is the one on that jaylib collabo, not for its lyrics specifically, but how it sounds, and i wont bore you with the list of crappy talib lines ‘blunts is still fifty cents, it’s intense’ ) and lemme also say i aint just straight hating on talib or mos def, but they are consistently in the stereotypical top five of white dudes who listen to hip hop. and i aint discrediting every white dude who listens to hip hop as some kind of fraud either. its just tough to talk about stuff without making blanket statements that you dont intend to apply to every individual.

but to sum it all up and kinda reiterate my words from my previous comment - i agree with the depiction presented in the post. its absurd, ludicrous, and understandably frustrating. and im probably even being nice by saying only that. hip hop to me is a beautiful common ground for all of us to stand on, its just a damn shame people gotta step in and ruin it for the rest of us. i guess i just wanted to vent some of my own frustrations as viewed from the other side and say hey, some white folk cant stand those white folks too. apologies for the wall of words.

what does it mean if you’re white and you cant stand this nefarious “white dude who’s into hip hop thinking he’s a hip hop scholar”?

who does he turn to? the brothers givin him the stink eye? prolly not.

certainly not the white kid with sandals, a bob marley shirt, sipping his michelob clutching the latest mos def b-side.

im starting to wonder if there will ever be a ground we can all stand on. I mean, seriously, i cant stand going to roots shows. wu-tang, forget about it. (ok maybe not, but i slept when they came through philly, and im not thrilled w/ 8 diagrams anyway cuz i side with raekwon and wanna hear some punch you in your face music), and shit someone fuckin save me if i wind up at a talib or common show.

i think there’s some people who agree with this by and large, but with all these statements that sweep every damn person besides themselves aside, i wonder where my family is at in all this?

Sincerely,

some funny fuckin name that turns into an acronym that summarizes my agrument