RE: sorry, but I can't help myself.... (COMMON)

From: B. Allison (wuchip@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Apr 10 2000 - 20:37:35 MET DST

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       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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