VIDEO: Boi-1da speaks on Kanye West tweet & sampling!
Via MissInfoTV!
Another clip of 1da with RealTalkNY as he elaborates on the Kanye tweet thing, which went on to inspire another F*ck That! commentary from Req.
1da points to a pretty valid irony in hip-hop. Problem is too many producers use that irony as a crutch to justify their lack of creativity. I think both emulating previous styles AND calling out those that blatantly take from another artist’s style (no matter how good or bad they do it) are part of the natural balance and checks of the hip-hop culture. If you didn’t have emulation, there’d be no creative progression; but if you didn’t have the fear of being called out for biting, there’d be even more stagnancy in the genre.
Previously: VIDEO: Boi-1da speaks on BET’s Top 10 Rappers Of The 21st Century
[…] outs to Ty Harper over at CityOnMyBack for putting me on to […]
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