Syd finessed Odd Future's big break.
Back in 2010, before Odd Future blew up, Syd realized music blogs took releases more seriously if they came from a marketing firm. After getting a press release promoting Wiz Khalifa’s 'How Fly' mixtape, she created her own fake "agency."
"I created a blog, I called it a 'marketing and branding firm.' It made people think odd Future was signed to a big marketing firm, but we weren't. it was just me. So i fooled The FADER, because they were the first ones to anything OF." —Syd via Mixly (2012)
Syd finessed Odd Future's big break.
Back in 2010, before Odd Future blew up, Syd realized music blogs took releases more seriously if they came from a marketing firm. After getting a press release promoting Wiz Khalifa’s 'How Fly' mixtape, she created her own fake "agency."
"I created a blog, I called it a 'marketing and branding firm.' It made people think odd Future was signed to a big marketing firm, but we weren't. it was just me. So i fooled The FADER, because they were the first ones to anything OF." —Syd via Mixly (2012)
Dame Dash questions why Jay-Z keeps flexing that Beyoncé is his girl, calling it unnatural, and says it was cringe when Jay-Z brought out Nas during Day 1 of his three-show Yankee Stadium run.
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Black people know white folks wanna consume and be apart of our "culture". So an earnest attempt is valued more than the usual obvious vanilla ice white iverson money grab. Overall IDK why we give that film a pass.
Tropic thunder is txt book neoliberal code and context flipping. It's the shit black Americans can get down with easiest because it's oddly disarming. masculinity is defined by a white male actor pretending to be black. However we're supposed to find humor in his overcommitment
In a post civil rights era blackface can be whitewashed and ignored, stripped of its context. The evilness is now just an absurdity worthy to be joked at. we've now negotiated the insult it truly is. The joke and story arc is how funny he is in his attempt.
I was so sharp and so ready for this fight I cannot believe what has happened. The talk of me being off while walking in to the fight is nonsense. I was calm, ready, and confident. I am in shock what has taken place. The devil is literally staring at me right in front of my face here. I am not engaging. I will be at church tomorrow.
I will overcome this.
I will not be deterred.
I will return.
I'll never forget, Lupe gave me the maharishi jacket off his back at eid back in 2006. He's a good brother. Idk if folks can really understand where he's coming from.
Mugs forget when mos def was tryna do a versus 5v5 with against lil Wayne and Jay z. Ofc Jay and Wayne didn't respond but Lupe popped up and said yeah nigga what up tho? Yasiin backed down and said "yeah I could think of better things to do than write battle raps".
Lyrics in hiphop, since it's long form, carry and employ a different heaviness in relationship to the music. If you read lyrics to a rap song would a native English speaker find it profound? Idk how many Kendrick songs are like that.