I got no problem with artists stretching and
expanding their music, testing the boundaries,
exploring new options. I think Common succeeds there
by hooking up with a different production team and
putting out an album that *sonically* sounds different
than the rest of the ish out there.
Where I have problems is when artists delve away
from the messages and ideals they stood for, the very
reason they were respected before. (If you look at my
first mesage, I never said Common did this
completely). Look at Nas for instance, "Illmatic" was
an outstanding album that had success for how organic
and raw it came off as. Then he went off in some other
direction with his following albums. He might say he
*grew*, others would say he fell off.
I think fans of underground music hold high
expectations of artists because they're constantly in
fear of money and fame turning them away from the
scene that put them up. So they critically
(over)analyze every breakbeat and lyric..
This was a long ass, rambling piece signifying
nothing but an opinion. Sorry ya'll...
-B-
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ralph Cooper [mailto:rcooper3@excite.com]
> I find that strange.
> Waiting for months for an
> album by ones "favorite artist" to come out just to
> find ways to describe
> how much one is let down cause, "it wasn't as good
> as the last one". It's
> almost like people are afraid to let each other
> grow, am I the only one who
> is seeing this?
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