Posted by CHRONICA707 on 11/21/2003, 3:40 pm, in reply to ""They Are Still Commercial..." - YOU NEED TO CHECK YA SELF."
MAN KIM MATHERS IS KILLING CHILDREN LEFT AND RIGHT ANS SO IS GWEN STFANI.. PLEASE STOP THIS INSANITY...
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: : just have to represent the underground cats
: some commercial cats got some skills but they
: are still commercial so no love to them.
: This is an ignorant statement on your part.
: So let me get this straight: You're
: basically saying that cats like Eminem,
: Common, Kweli, and Mos Def to name a few
: get no love just because they're finally
: seeing airplay??? Damn if it were me I'd
: be giving the radio stations that are
: putting these cats on rotation props
: because they aren't secluding themselves
: to that jiggy bullshit. It's about time
: the typical mainstreamer can say "Oh
: yeah I have" when asked if they have
: ever heard of Reflection Eternal. And one
: more thing, it makes the airwaves more
: diverse in that talented emcees are
: finally getting the spotlight they have
: deserved all this time.
: The term "commercial" can be good
: or bad. On the "good" side,
: more heads are getting a chance to peep
: the music that would have been restricted
: to an audience like the underground. On
: the flip side, getting caught up in the
: mentality commercialism can be bad (hence,
: switching up your style to appeal to the
: hip poppers).
: peace
: D'949
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