~ THE STATE OF HiP HOP ~
"How y’all gone stand by and let our music turn into pop techno cornball ass music?"
"We don’t own our music no more. Come to think of it, did we EVER own it? When I say own our music , I’m not talkin 'bout the artist, I’m talkin bout the people … let me be quiet. I wanna hear from the young people? Easy for me to complain about this techno pop because I have a taste for something else, but how do you feel?"
"These rappers ought to be ashamed of them damn selves!
I'm talkin' 'bout the m.c.’s rappin' over this euro pop techno music. I believe in pimpin' the system, BUT DAMN not like this! I like the idea of no distinction in race when it comes to music, but SOULkeepers, YOU don't give up the boom, bip and the hump for the payday! I love house and techno as a side dish, But now it’s served as the main course AND that’s ALL you gone get!"
"I L♥VE MUSiC PERIOD."
"It's more than painful for my generation to see. Just strange to me. Yes, no one wants to be poor again. "Artists" have to sacrifice integrity of their music sometimes to make ends meet...this is understood."
"But got damn now, if you’ve never tasted good p*ssy then how gonna know you're satisfied with asshole?
(that’s terrible ain’t it.) lol!"
By: MiSS ERYKAH BADU (via Twitter)
