i was just talking to a parma how i appreciate UGK international player anthem not as a model of perfect behavior but it shows , a rare thing, a process of maturing a differentiating oneself from friends ego may still be “low functioning/big pimpin”
as a hip hop artist what i’m thinking about is how “low functioning/high value” is sold to us/nighaz/consumers/young people- not just internet personas but so much entertainment models transactional interactions
even old rappers that have wives and children “know” that it’s not entertainment(that sells) to rap about those realities;
much less to entertain in a way that would make young people look up to them *because * they had settled down and put whatever immature behaviors they used to do in the past
i like how kendrick and his wife and family were in the “they not like us” video drawing that contrast between him and Drizzy, the weirdo playboy
i was just talking to a parma how i appreciate UGK international player anthem not as a model of perfect behavior but it shows , a rare thing, a process of maturing a differentiating oneself from friends ego may still be “low functioning/big pimpin”
as a hip hop artist what i’m thinking about is how “low functioning/high value” is sold to us/nighaz/consumers/young people- not just internet personas but so much entertainment models transactional interactions
even old rappers that have wives and children “know” that it’s not entertainment(that sells) to rap about those realities;
much less to entertain in a way that would make young people look up to them *because * they had settled down and put whatever immature behaviors they used to do in the past
i like how kendrick and his wife and family were in the “they not like us” video drawing that contrast between him and Drizzy, the weirdo playboy
You just said a mouthful and then someeee. It is absolutely a transactional thing. And a carefully curated narrative.