CrowleyHead
Well-known member
@ Rubberding;
When I talk about quality, I don't mean qualities of content, I mean Louie's music sucks to me these days. But if he gets rich and doesn't die, more power to him.
But why the fuck should I be expected to revoke that consideration if he is a flawed human being? I can not like someone and not believe that gang violence can serve as a form of karma. The judgements on the morality of the art, the artists... it gets difficult considering the positioning of the listener. Which is why I have a horrendous time trying to consider writing for certain websites who do things like, make lists of "Top 10 things YG can't do because he's a Blood!". Like its fucking comedy that the kid felt the need to join a gang when he was young.
An overwhelming majority of rap's audience don't really have to feel the impacts of what you're pointing out, which is a problem. But is the problem of the music really the fact that its introduced to all these issues, or that these social plagues are allowed to fester and become practically indoctrinated in urban communities through America and a great deal of the west and it becomes something to communicate about? I don't disagree that one has the potential to perhaps avoid the ease of strictly embodying this violence, and if you're that kind of person its not mockable, but I have too much of a luxury to find comfort in judging the people who haven't avoided the habits, for whatever reason.
When I talk about quality, I don't mean qualities of content, I mean Louie's music sucks to me these days. But if he gets rich and doesn't die, more power to him.
But why the fuck should I be expected to revoke that consideration if he is a flawed human being? I can not like someone and not believe that gang violence can serve as a form of karma. The judgements on the morality of the art, the artists... it gets difficult considering the positioning of the listener. Which is why I have a horrendous time trying to consider writing for certain websites who do things like, make lists of "Top 10 things YG can't do because he's a Blood!". Like its fucking comedy that the kid felt the need to join a gang when he was young.
An overwhelming majority of rap's audience don't really have to feel the impacts of what you're pointing out, which is a problem. But is the problem of the music really the fact that its introduced to all these issues, or that these social plagues are allowed to fester and become practically indoctrinated in urban communities through America and a great deal of the west and it becomes something to communicate about? I don't disagree that one has the potential to perhaps avoid the ease of strictly embodying this violence, and if you're that kind of person its not mockable, but I have too much of a luxury to find comfort in judging the people who haven't avoided the habits, for whatever reason.