Swizz Beats makes TI look like a cot damn fool.
I'm not a tip hater, I've been a fan for the longest time. Paper trail was dope. Even trouble man had some nice tracks. And I went to a tip concert YEARS ago that still stands out in my head as one of the best rap concerts I went to. It was a great set.
But c'mon tip... You're my dude and all but stop with this fake wannabe smart guy act man. We know you're smart. You got a label, you got a clothing line, a tv show, businesses left and right... You're OBVIOUSLY a smart man.
So why the hell you gotta try so hard to prove it with your vocabulary? It just sounds so disingenuous. So forced. It would be one thing if it flowed naturally and coherently, but my man is stuttering left and right with his answers searching for the most sophisticated words he could think of. Just be real and answer the damn questions. The interview could of gotten a lot more questions asked if we weren't waiting hours for tip to stutter his way into finding better vocabulary to answer his questions.
Swizz beats is a great example of showing intelligence and sophistication without trying too hard. My dude Swizz came into that interview with SUPREME self confidence. Dude just exuded all kinds of intelligence and had this aura of grown man status without the need to try to outsmart his audience with words.
I loved that Swizz interview and I wasn't even a big fan of his. But I just became one. He was bein as real as you can be, and to be honest that was one of the most inspiring interviews I've seen in a while.
Swizz showed exactly how to inspire, show confidence, and show his intelligence without trying to show any of it off. Just naturally comfortable with himself and answered questions straight up, with quality stories and quality intelligence.
Day and Night comparison between two intelligent men. One who feels he has to try to prove his intelligence to everyone for some kind of recognition, and one who just wants to inspire people to be better with his intelligence.