I've been following the Jeru thread closely and have my 2=A2 for you =
since
i saw him play with DJ Shadow and the guys from Soulsides last night in
Philly. I've seen him before and figured, naaaa, it couldn't be all =
that
bad. I was in for a rude awakening.=20
Being into hip-hop i fully understand the fact that boasting and
bragging is an integral part of the music, but somehow Jeru brings it =
to
a personal level. I don't enjoy being told to shut up because "he's
talking now" and believe me, i don't have to "do everything he tells me
to". I'm not a knee-jerk reaction, sensitive person. A hostile comment
now and again... whatever. But the fucking guy, throughout the night,
shuts the music off and tells the crowd if they don't make more noise
he's going to go home. He must have stopped 3 or 4 songs. Apparently i
learned that i'm "ignorant" and "just don't want to have fun" because i
wasn't bouncing around throwing my hands in the air. Why don't you give
me a reason to instead of complaining the whole night!!! It's like when
you go out somewhere with an annoying girlfriend that keeps asking you
"are you having a good time, what's wrong?" uhh, relax with all that
noise and maybe you'll stop bothering me?! Doesn't continually twisting
the crowd's arm kind of defeat the purpose of everyone having a good
time? I would think it would be a bigger boost to his already swollen
ego if the crowd did it of thier own accord.=20
I really dig his music and i think he's got better lyrics than most, =
but
i'm certainly not going to another one of his shows. I buy the guy's
records, pay fucking 15 bucks to go see him and all of a sudden i
should consider myself privileged because he's going to play me another
song after he "had to sleep on the tour bus last night". wow, it's a
tough fucking life, huh. I feel so bad for the poor man. What a
conceited asshole.=20
sorry for the rant,
Argo