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let it ruined my day.Man that John Witherspoon news ****in’ sucks
Rap About Nothing: Hip Hop Chat Thread
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People get so wrapped up in there being a huge quantifiable impact on the artists...and if there isn't they try to undercut people's stance.
I can't speak for everyone, but I know when I check out on someone or something (Kanye West, The NFL) it isn't about seeing some huge negative impact. It's just about me personally not supporting that person/thing with my attention and/or my money.
For some people, the principle has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not other people are doing the same.
So much talk about individuality, but we're still trying to delegitimize people who are making their own personal decisions because the rest of society isn't 1000% on board.
In short, to each his own.
I can't speak for everyone, but I know when I check out on someone or something (Kanye West, The NFL) it isn't about seeing some huge negative impact. It's just about me personally not supporting that person/thing with my attention and/or my money.
For some people, the principle has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not other people are doing the same.
So much talk about individuality, but we're still trying to delegitimize people who are making their own personal decisions because the rest of society isn't 1000% on board.
In short, to each his own.
Ricky D
formerly centex hogg
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Ya’ll not rocking with Kanye old **** either? It’s been a year or so for me but that’s cause there’s just too much other music I’d rather hear.
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Go to YouTube and post the actual vid
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Hahahahaha
If some old Kanye come on, I’m not mad but I haven’t gone out of my way to play Kanye in years. I was also never one of those “his first five albums are all classics” momos.
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Nah those are pretty good numbers bro, he’s in the back half of his career
It’s the biggest first week of the year in rap depending on if you consider post Malone rap or not
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The mega church _’s and hipster Christians actually raving over the album, he tapped into the zeitgeist
Bro might have just created the new Hillsong he prolly bout to start touring those big churches, they’re basically big concerts anyway
Bro might have just created the new Hillsong
he prolly bout to start touring those big churches, they’re basically big concerts anyway
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Nah those are pretty good numbers bro, he’s in the back half of his career
It’s the biggest first week of the year in rap depending on if you consider post Malone rap or not
I don’t agree, Kanye a superstar like Em and Jay. Those two are putting up double or close to it. AND Kanye has a huge Arab, Asian and white fanbase. Plus he has the Kardashian family and fans.
Also, are his numbers official cause I just looked it up on the charts to see his true numbers and his album isn’t even on the charts.
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Nah, I don't really go back to his old stuff anymore. It's just wild to hear how far he's come from Two Words Kanye to Trump Kanye. Like I said though, to each his own. I don't begrudge anyone who goes to his old stuff.
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Jay last album did 262k in its first official week bro, this is projecting 225-275k
It’s not on the charts because the new charts aren’t out yet. The sales week ends tomorrow, new charts get published Tuesday next week
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The mega church _’s and hipster Christians actually raving over the album, he tapped into the zeitgeist
Bro might have just created the new Hillsong
“... tapped into the zeitgeist” has me
Song is 15 years old at this point.
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Nobody can be canceled unless they cancel themselves...Y’all still supporting Ye whether y’all know it or not because y’all talking about him
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Him rapping and performing for a white man is hilarious
Talking about someone on a message board is supporting them? Streaming, merchandise, albums and clothes is support. Something I don’t do when it comes to that bozo
Talking about someone on a message board is supporting them? Streaming, merchandise, albums and clothes is support. Something I don’t do when it comes to that bozo
Nujavez
formerly gatorad3
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Thanks God for 68 million tax return
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It’s definitely support...you’re paying attention to him. You keeping his name buzzing. As long as ppl pay attention to him, he can take that **** straight to the bank.
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You’re reaching, not paying attention to him. I don’t know his album title or his song titles. I’m just responding to people on a message board.
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Y’all ****** so funny...C’mon man.. You know you know the name of that album at the very least...You responding to messages with the album title in it. I haven’t heard the album either and have no desire to listen to it...I **** with Ye I just don’t **** with Jesus/religion.
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People get so wrapped up in there being a huge quantifiable impact on the artists...and if there isn't they try to undercut people's stance.
I can't speak for everyone, but I know when I check out on someone or something (Kanye West, The NFL) it isn't about seeing some huge negative impact. It's just about me personally not supporting that person/thing with my attention and/or my money.
For some people, the principle has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not other people are doing the same.
So much talk about individuality, but we're still trying to delegitimize people who are making their own personal decisions because the rest of society isn't 1000% on board.
In short, to each his own.
And there is nothing wrong with someone simply saying i'm good on that, that's completely fine
what i get pissed about is people thinking that their individual feelings on a situation is supposed to dictate whether or not someone gets support from a community or whether they should be allowed to be seen/heard.
This entire Kanye thing has been met with a lot of people standing on fake *** moral compasses and trying to condemn people for not feeling the same way about the situation that they do.
To top it off in the social media era people no longer care about facts and will straight up ignore and dismiss things just to continue their narrative
I'm still hearing people say Kanye is only doing the gospel album to win back his black demographic... those same exact people were just claiming a few months ago that Kanye doesn't care about his black demographic and really wants to cater to whites.....
Not to mention there's an interview from the Yeezus era when he was on top of music & hadn't done any of this maga ****... and he went into detail about how his goal is to eventually dedicate his life & career to the church... This was 5-6 years ago
I'm glad Obama spoke on this recently, but a lot of this "outrage" is really just a mechanism for people to make themselves feel better about their situation while tearing someone else down.
The Hilarity that comes to me... hearing how damaging Kanye's message is to the black community in a culture that has long accepted
Drugs, infidelity, abuse, violence, ignorance, etc etc..... We bop to those songs daily, play them ****s like it's normal
but a dude throws on a red cap.... and THAT"S where we draw the line on someone being damaging for the culture
Same **** with Jay, We support dozens upon dozens of companies that do the same thing the NFL does in terms of race relations... but Jay makes the deal & NOW he's a ****.
the inconsistencies & entitlement that comes with those who subscribe to cancel culture is hilarious.
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Just two weeks ago you were commenting about him being at Howard blaming black people
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Black people always canceling somebody and yet nothing happens
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Not rolling with this portion, but like I said to each his own. Using examples of what the black community is willing to accept doesn't absolve Kanye to everyone. In all honesty, to each his own can apply to both sides of this argument. I wouldn't get too wrapped up in 'cancel' culture. It's unrealistic and is an emotional response. The segment of the population that tries to 'cancel' what they don't rock with ain't really my people either. People are just as emotionally charged on both sides of this debate. It's not just the cancel people, but the people who speak out so strongly against 'cancel' culture that are feeding into the ridiculousness of this whole thing and keeping the fire going.The Hilarity that comes to me... hearing how damaging Kanye's message is to the black community in a culture that has long accepted
Drugs, infidelity, abuse, violence, ignorance, etc etc..... We bop to those songs daily, play them ****s like it's normal
but a dude throws on a red cap.... and THAT"S where we draw the line on someone being damaging for the culture
Same **** with Jay, We support dozens upon dozens of companies that do the same thing the NFL does in terms of race relations... but Jay makes the deal & NOW he's a ****.
the inconsistencies & entitlement that comes with those who subscribe to cancel culture is hilarious.
Here's my rule: Support who/what you like, don't support who/what you don't like. Respect other's choice to support or not support someone based on their own ideals. It is what it is.
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Some of this i agree with,
People are allowed to like or dislike whatever the hell they please, most of my discussions surrounding that moreso revolve around the thought process of WHY they dislike whatever the subject may be at the time.
And in doing that i often find that the logic behind it just doesn't usually add up..
For example on Joe's podcast today he says he can't support Kanye because of who Kanye supports
However Joe is the same guy who advocates for artist freedom, industry education, ownership, not being taken advantage of etc etc.... and then got on his platform and defended Lyor Cohen & is hella cool with a lot of these same execs that Embody everything he claims he's against.
At the end of the day we all have hypocritical actions to an extent, i just hate when someone has so much conviction & tries to paint a narrative of a person/situation w/o acknowledging all the nuances.
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Black people always canceling somebody and yet nothing happens
the one thing black people need to cancel the most (gossip/pillow talk/drama) they never will. It’s amazing how much he-said-she-said goes on in the hood. It’s downright appalling.
Be more concerned about drama, instead of running water. I hate it. My family is filled with it, smh
I’ve literally heard people with my own two ears say “yeah, love drama, I loveeeeeee gossip” s**** be embarrassing.
