>The comments I've heard about Jeru's show confirms what I've always felt:
>he ain't all that. Even though he's garnered a lot of press and praise,
>I haven't listened to either of his albums beacuse I felt there was
>something ugly and fake about him (perhaps it's his homophobic lyrics and
>insistence on calling out "the bitches"). Hopefully, if more people hear
>these critiques, they will realize he's the fraud he is.
Huh? Well if you've never heard his music then how would you know? There
isn't anything ugly or fake about him at all. You're taking the whole
"bitches" thing completely out of context. The song was specifically
about women who are overly materialistic and exploitative, and is not
meant to disprespect anybody else. If you actually bothered to listen to
the song "Da Bichez", you would know this because Jeru makes it very
clear that he highly respects women in general. And even if you still
didn't get it, there's a song on his second album that clarifies it
further. I will concede that he is a homophobe, which I suppose is ugly
but I can deal with it.
Gen Kanai sez:
>I'm glad I chose to pass on this concert. De La bores me and Jeru sounds
>positively abhorrent. "Da b!tches!" ??? I give no respect to a man who
>raps about that kind of stuff.
Same goes for you. I'm not saying you should like Jeru, but don't base
your opinion on second-hand rumours and misinterpretations.
flight sez:
> Latryx know how to rock the mic. Vocals were understandable and the
> beats had much bounce (courtesy of Shadow and Chief Xcel). Not many
> people there knew of em, but the crowd had their back.
I thought they were just okay (when they played Toronto)
> Jeru really disapointed me. The man is a hypocrisy personified. He
> comes out bitching about how the crowd needs to get more into it or
> he will bounce. Claiming he already got paid and that he doesn't care
> about us.
Chill... he's just encouraging people to have a good time. The thing
about 'already getting paid' is called *humour*.
> The next song is
> called the bullshit and is about all the "bullshit" that he sees in rap.
> Most notably it disses those in it for the money and not the love. I
> guess it doesn't apply to him.
Correct, it doesn't. More specifically, the songs about rappers who
promote drug dealing, crime, and excessive greed.
> Then he claims to drop a freestyle but
> its got the same rhymes he dropped in Chicago a year ago... it sounds
> freestyle (ie. sloppy, yet almost identical lyrics).
Whatever. Last time I saw him was October, and I don't remember his
freestyle word for word. I'm surprized you can...
>He then gets the
> crowd to yet "da Bitches, da bitches" and called someone out for not
> yelling it with him.
More humour and fun. I'll bet the person he called out didn't take it as
personally as you seem to be.
of course, he's not talking about the "queens" but
> the bitches. its like asking a chinese to yell, not the convienence
> store owners, but the chinks".
I don't see the parallel.. to me, the term "bitch" was never meant to
apply to all women, so it isn't inherently sexist (though it can be used
in a sexist way if you want to). I've called a few specific women "bitch"
before, but I hold women in general in the highest regard. I've also
called some men "bastard", and that doesn't mean I disrespect men either.
> anyways, shadow came on, but only had about 30 minutes because of wack
> time limitations (same thing happened the night before with atari teenage
> riot). he did some basic cutting like scratching "midnight" in and out
> or whatever. he did add some new elements to most of the tracks...
Actually, DJ Shadow was the disappointment for me. At the Toronto show,
he didn't play anything from Endtroducing or Lost and Found (the
only Shadow 12" I have) whatsoever. He just spun some other records which
were okay but nothing remarkable. Maybe you guys got a better show?
Ant
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