Maybe it's just me but I never saw a successfull US hip hop group do a
genuine freestyle session. When they are on tour every second of their sets
is well rehearsed. So I am already satisfied when it sounds sort of
freestylish. When it comes to political correctness in hip hop lyrics I
have the feeling that the real hypocrats are those who build their reputation
on clean lyrics and act on stage like a bunch of crazy mf's (not talking
about De La but I saw the Fugees badly beating up a desperate fan during one
of their gigs because he tried to embrace Lauryn). In his raps Jeru mocks about
many aspects of the general ill-guided attitude in hip hop which apparently
leads to some misunderstandings every now and then. If you don't like Jeru
I doubt that Premier on the decks would make all the difference.
> Could not disagree more. Jeru did the tired old audience chants in almost
> every single song! That gets old real fast. Plus, the brother should've put
> a damn shirt on - I felt like throwing a bra onstage for him. He's obviously
> no exercise junkie. Only when De La came on did the audience get hype, and
> for good reason - they were on point. Compared to them, Jeru was weak and
> wack. Jeru's sound is over - De La's on some next shit, and if you can't get
> with that, it's your loss.
Well, I'm not loosing that much. De La Soul's performance was quite boring.
Every song was basically an endless repetition of the chorus. Their last
album wasn't bad though. Jeru's set was more versatile and more entertaining.
It was probably not brilliant but imo it was the better performance on that
evening.
P.S.: If you're interested in well shaped dudes you better buy a ticket for
the Chippendale's.