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I don't think he discussed artist as presidents. He discussed himself as president. He's the one who essentially built Def Jam. That's why he used the Michael Jackson at Motown analogy. He was referring to reports of him wanting to be president.
I thought the interview was good, because you don't get one that long from him and the number of topics he addressed.
I have mixed feelings about LL, and that's sort of how it's been his whole career. Bigger & Deffer was probably one of my first rap tapes, but as a kid the climate had changed for dude I was poking holes in the cover. It wasn't cool to like him if you weren't a chick. Remember when it was mentioned how he was booed? That's where Mama Said came from, because Walking With A Panther sold and still had hit singles. Rakim, KRS and Kane had changed raps direction. But LL used to be the comebacks because when you thought he was dead he suddenly popped back up with I Shot Ya, 4,3,2,1 or Flava Remix.
Personally LL was done for me with Mr Smith, and probably for everyone else with The DEFinition.
I don't think it's as much as being like Kanye, I don't think LL knows what he wants to be.
He seems like a lot of Queens cat to me. You're doing too much. Sometimes for me he comes off like Sticky and especially Fredro.
He goes in and out of, I hung with Azee and Alpo, to I'm this good Christian dude. In your mid 40's you're doing it now? But he straightens up to make sure he doesn't offend "them", but like Barkley and Stephen A, he has no problems saying what WE need to do.
LL isn't fighting for relevancy, he's fighting for respect.
But he's done a lot of bad career choices that makes you either overlook him or frankly not want to mention him. That Accidental Racist song was the last straw.
I thought it was cool how you could tell how much he loved rap though.
I thought the interview was good, because you don't get one that long from him and the number of topics he addressed.
I have mixed feelings about LL, and that's sort of how it's been his whole career. Bigger & Deffer was probably one of my first rap tapes, but as a kid the climate had changed for dude I was poking holes in the cover. It wasn't cool to like him if you weren't a chick. Remember when it was mentioned how he was booed? That's where Mama Said came from, because Walking With A Panther sold and still had hit singles. Rakim, KRS and Kane had changed raps direction. But LL used to be the comebacks because when you thought he was dead he suddenly popped back up with I Shot Ya, 4,3,2,1 or Flava Remix.
Personally LL was done for me with Mr Smith, and probably for everyone else with The DEFinition.
I don't think it's as much as being like Kanye, I don't think LL knows what he wants to be.
He seems like a lot of Queens cat to me. You're doing too much. Sometimes for me he comes off like Sticky and especially Fredro.
He goes in and out of, I hung with Azee and Alpo, to I'm this good Christian dude. In your mid 40's you're doing it now? But he straightens up to make sure he doesn't offend "them", but like Barkley and Stephen A, he has no problems saying what WE need to do.
LL isn't fighting for relevancy, he's fighting for respect.
But he's done a lot of bad career choices that makes you either overlook him or frankly not want to mention him. That Accidental Racist song was the last straw.
I thought it was cool how you could tell how much he loved rap though.
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