I remember the great Marvelous Marvin Hagler stating that its hard to go get up & go running at 5.00am when you are going to bed wearing silk pyjamas! Same difference man. The Blast Masta KNOWS whablow...
KRS is funny people , some `bout maybe oldschool trip fail , but we all know that ain`t in jail , because tha music live`s now and tomorrow on the bail , hey !!!
@STATiSofVITALETHICS word, altho some of their latest albums.. Manifesto wasn't really dope and rae and ghost are stilling making dope hip hop but not raw, I guess times change..
This is not completely true. A rapper can be rich and maybe he was bullied or abused as a child, consequently his lyrics will probably be about feeling unwanted, or feeling ostracized. To a child that can relate to that situation, that will be the rawest rapper of all time even if that rapper never lived in the ghetto or grew up poor. Raw hip-hop will always exist because human beings are emotional by nature and true art stems from emotion and passion.
I don't really know, but personally I think that it is possible. I mean look at someone like Cypress Hill. Eminem is also speaking the truth even though he sold out
i agree with every word but i dont agree with the context....being rich will not effect whether you make genuine Hiphop-----its specifically if you have decided to pursue funds in the industry of HipHop that will effect your originality as it societially regulated (and the perfect member of society is always a conformist technically) The same industry dudes like KRS sponsored and raised from their infancy into enterprises of mass appeal... i think a little responsibility should be accepted....
HOOLYYY glad that his views are a lot like mine and im glad this knowledge is still available to the ppl and one more thing hip hop is NOT dead its just underground
this for all genres music is fading talking about money and the hood but there not even from there frauds fakes trying to make a quick buck no heart no love all this techno pop BS no genuine tracks
This reminds me of Ricky Ross the actual Ricky Ross who trafficked millions worth of Coca for the CIA in the 70s before the crack boom. Here is a REAL man who sold millions of coke for the CIA and beat his case to finally get free and where's the black media?? RR came out and did school shows telling kids why the "game" is pointless and overrated... Oh yah they completely ignore him and go watch some fat guy who calls himself Rick Ross rap about how gangsta it is to sell the gov't's product.
The reason he says you can't be rich and make raw hip hop is because he knows the game. He knows you cannot become a rich rapper talking about truth. All rich rappers are agents or puppets. They write their own songs but, only certain ones get to be released. The ones that use "nigga" "bitch" and "hoe" the most get released. The one's that encourage Blacks to educate themselves, stick together and fight oppression get booted off the album and are never heard unless on a free mixtape.
@Satansoppressed He's talking about raw Hip Hop as in gutter Hip Hop, being creative, has nothing to do w/ truth. Never post a comment about Hip Hop again.
@Satansoppressed no man he was saying as you get rich and move away from the streets and get famous you lose that hunger that makes you write real raw hip hop.
@tehgreatist While richness may be ONE factor that makes an artist turn away from being "raw", it's not the only factor.Rappers don't control radio and television.These companies are owned by rich people.They play what they'd like people to hear and use hip hop for their own agenda.Hits aren't created by popular demand anymore. People may request a certain song but, first they'd have to have heard it to even know they like it. And where did they hear it if the media never plays it?
@tehgreatist ...(continued) THIS alone, can make a rapper change directions. Knowing what to talk about can make all the difference as to whether you become the next Jay-Z or if you end up being like KRS-ONE. They are both known but, KRS-ONE is STILL known because he rose up during a time when shit still mattered. In today's society you have to be ignorant or in bed with the ignorant to ever be heard of. Common, for example, he is a very conscious rapper but, he has ignorant allies.
@tehgreatist (continued) ...these allies can help him when he needs them. When he makes a "boo boo", such as talking too much about Black love, too much about the system or saying things that make Black listeners feel powerful. It's the #1 way to piss off a record label exec. When this happens, you'll need an ignorant ally in your corner to feature on your next song. A Common and Kanye collaboration has to happen following an overly conscious release. It's an apology to the label.
@Satansoppressed i agree with a lot of what youre saying but youre making it too literal. shit like that just doesnt sell that well man. im not gonna say the radio isnt corporate controlled but its not so much blatant racism and hatred as marketing and knowing what will sell. unfortunately, the majority of radio listeners would probably find krs-one boring
@tehgreatist True, they find KRS-ONE boring but they didn't find Lauryn Hill's "Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" boring. Why? Because at that time she had allies. She does still make music. She just isn't promoted (it has nothing to do with her style changing). She lost her friends because, her style did not change.She was supposed to enter that "dark side" after "The Miseducation" and she didn't. She had babies, kept singing about truth. She was supposed to make an ignorant recovery.
@tehgreatist Lauryn Hill still hasn't "apologized" for that album. It won her 5 Grammies, world wide recognition, yet that label will never let her put out another one because of WHAT she talked about the entire time. Songs like "Lost Ones", "Everything Is Everything", "That Thing"...all catchy tunes and conscious at the same time.They won't even allow her to work with their producers to doctor her new tracks.All you hear is the live versions of her new songs which are low budget but still good.
when he says people in new school r afraid to be themselves the 1st person i thought of was officer ricky lol. and wht about ice cube? hes rich but still makes pretty raw music.
I love KRS-1 but he is wrong. If u are an artist you should be able to create good music whether u have are rich or poor. Hip Hop is the only genre of music that goes by the mantre of the starving artist is the better artist. That's Bullshit! Good music is Energy. Energy is Life. And Life comes from the rich and the poor.
@PezzodaNovanta1 he didn't mean you have to be poor he just meant that they were only motivated by the music and the art of hip hop. today money is the motivation
@rashaan6 the fact that you call me asshole shows everything about your niveau. you could write your views but the fact that you curse with no reason just makes you pathetic
@JOAOR95 Tupac was not rich he was in debt due to massive law suits and bad contracts. But Tupac didnt make his money by himself, he had uninteneded help by the media bashing him. Thats what made him th huge figure he was. The medias attention was to paint him as a devil, an evil person but the shit back fired on them
i disagree slightly with what krs one is saying, though certain artists may not be related to hip hop, what about taylor swift? she makes a lot of songs that have a lot of meaning, and TI and LIL WAYNE do too, i like the two rappers i mentioned in particular cause they are brave enough to cheat the system of corporate corruption by putting out shit songs on the radios, but having awesome rap albums with powerful positive messages and lyrics, don't judge books by their cover!
@kalai131 yea fuckin right!,"they cheat the system by making shit songs for the radio".somebodys dillusionall.or tryn to hard to dick ride! they make shit song because they dont no know any better!! THEY ARE THE CORPORATE CORRUPTION!!
I think Paris and Immortal Technique are authentic among others..but then again I grew up on Chuck D so....he spoke a lot about shit and was able to make mainstream stations that played them..but thats all changed now..where in the hell do you have any mainstream that even says anything about the truth anymore? Biggee was real though..not like 2Pac who rapped with Digital Un derground that started out in malls and shit, then he became a gangster overnight. ppl forget that shit and are stupid.
@snowfallzz pretty much agreed.2pac was prolific with his output.but it was all whack so who gives a fuck.its so lame that his main inspiration for doing all that shit was a FAKE east/west coast beef.HE had no proof whatsoever that biggie shot him! you know why he said all that shit?,why he signed with death row?because he was locked up on RAPE charges.his caeer was in jeapordy and hip hop was changin,he dropped all that socially conscience shit.and went gangster.ONLY IDIOTS THINK HES DEEP!
@DGK86ed only a small portion of his output had to do with his beef with biggie. while the media was popularizing an east/west coast "beef" his roots are in the bronx, his group the outlaws are from n.j., & he had red & meth on the track "got my mind made up" from his "all eyes on me" cd. pac was also never in his career a gangster rapper. he rapped about real issues affecting people living in the ghetto, experiences he had in the past or currently, & experiences of other people that he knew....
@DGK86ed cont'd; you are correct when you said he excepted his deal with death row because he was locked up on rape charges, but he never deviated from his rap content & i don't know what you are talking about rap was changing. changing into what? at that time he was such a hot commodity that even if rap were "changing" he could've rapped about anything. people wanted to hear him. his album "me against the world" which was not on death row & was released shortly after he was locked up charted #1
@DGK86ed cont'd; for 5wks while he was in prison. pac & biggie were pretty much dominating the rap game anyway at that time. also with his rape case he was about to beat that on appeal, which is the only reason he was offered bail in the first place after being convicted initially. do i think pac played into his beef with biggie a little? yes. do i think he took it a little too far? yes. with all of that being said i do not think he had anything to gain by falsly accusing someone of setting.....
@DGK86ed cont'd; him up just to make records. i think tupac was much more upset at the fact that he got shot 5x, lost a testical, & almost died, than losing his jewlery or starting any "lucrative" rap beef. the whole situation was suspect & if biggie didn't set him up i'm pretty sure he knew the dudes who did it & that's a whole other issue. i'm not getting into the debate of who was better, because i honestly dig them both; but.....
@DGK86ed cont'd; the fact of the matter is pac was already a successful rap artist "2pacalypse now" (1991), "strictly 4 my n.i.g.g.a.z" (1993), & "thug life: volume 1" (1994); & actor "juice" (1992), "poetic justice" (1993), & "above the rim" (1994) before biggie's "ready to die" dropped in 1994. tupac was a very intelligent & very talented artist. i think he deserves much more credit than you tried to give him, my friend. he was very deep & multifaceted.
@Keryha Yeah but it wasn't all about the beef like you said..even though he had a spectacular style and voice, many artists have that, maybe not as unique as Pac's but..the real debate is what is presented and what "is" real rap, or true rap. much as the essence of blues is to hard rock.. Is rock n roll anything without the blues? no. it started and ends there. But Pac was tatted Thug Life, and played that image, in his biography he couldn't even sell pot at parties he went to.=studio gangsta.
@snowfallzz t.h.u.g.l.i.f.e is actually an acronym & it basically stood for success in spite of adversity mostly referring to adversity faced by inner city youth, minorities, poor people, etc. he says this in his music & in interviews. it also is the name of the rap group he formed with his step brother mopreme & friends big syke & macadoshis. he talked about not knowing how to sell drugs & attending performing arts school, etc. pac was not a gangster so how could he be a "studio gangsta"?
@snowfallzz i want you or anyone else reading my comments to understand something. i'm not tupac's spokes person & i'm not one of these people that borderline worship the guy. i am a fan of his music as i am most rap music from it's establishment until about 2g(2k). there has been a very miniscule amount of good rap after 2g, but most of it has been trash. that being said most of what "dgk86" said to you about tupac was almost completely wrong & needed to be spoke on.
@Keryha I hear ya. And I don't have any beef with you at all. All I was and many other ppl are trying to point out is that where rap began, in it's pure nature..was about the way things were in the streets, and civil injustice. Where our black nation had no say in the white controlled press, government, the music was indeed a powerful tool to educate the new generation of youth..to the truth. Our gov recognized this and promo gangsta rap instead. Rap should empower us, gov stopped the movement.
I love KRS but when he pronounces ask, aks. That shit bothers me. It bothers me because he is a genius and when you say shit like that, it just makes him seem dumb. He knows the difference. He knows its poor english. And it almost seems like he does it on purpose. Goes out of his way to say it like that. Like he has to dumb himself down to identify with the crown he's trying to reach.
@ISpellItThc um u fail to realize where he comes from dont u, i dont kno who u are but u shud kno sometimes he may slip and say stuff like that bcuz of the way he grew up and who he grew up around thats wat he's used to doin and he's switchin it to speak proper English, like ne person that doesnt normally speak proper english, they dont always say every single English word correctly
@thaijunkie19 And your message proved my point. You are the dumbed down target audience that KRS was trying to reach and identify with. And it worked. That's how I know that KRS is smarter then he pretends to be. Otherwise he'd be intellectually out of your league and comprehension.
@thaijunkie19 And your message proved my point. You are the dumbed down target audience that KRS was trying to reach and identify with. And it worked he got your attention. That's how I know that KRS is smarter then he pretends to be. Otherwise he'd be intellectually out of your league and comprehension. I just hope you can/have learned something from him.
@ISpellItThc actually im not, im a junior in college, Computer Science is my major, i live in the hood but im not confined to it, the only dumbed down audience is the audience listening to the mainstream bullshyt that comes on the radio and on MTV, bcuz he slipped up and spoke a little bit of Ebonics he's a horrible person and he's trying to target a dumb audience? that statement in itself is preposterous, there are plenty of black intellects that speak ebonics
@thaijunkie19 Good for you, I hope you are successful. When you go in for an interview, don't say aks instead of ask. I wouldn't hire someone just for that.
@ISpellItThc thank u, but i dont understand how ppl assume that blacks or ppl who speak Ebonics or broken languages or slang, do it at all times, we kno how to switch between proper English and Ebonics just as ne other race knows how to switch between their native tongue and English, and im aware of how HR's choose ppl, i took an 8 week workshop to kno what and what not to do at an interview, Ebonics is Black culture and i wudnt change it for ne thing its how we identify with our own
@ZatoSama more like she doesn't give a fuck, cause she getting money for doing these interviews, she straight doesn't care, this is her job, recognize.
doesnt change the fact that she is full of shit does it, specially when she is listening to the philosopher himself and seems not to care.. thus my comment is spot on, recognize
@ZatoSama My point is, she could be a die hard rock fan, or heavy metal fan, she might not even listen to rap or hip-hop thus she has no opinion on what KRS is saying or what he thinks, thats my point, she might not even be slightly interested in rap music.
Krs 1 is right, the only real artist I think is Eminem, he raps about real shyt and he still gets hits. Rap used to have a meaning, now everyone is rapping bout big screen tv's Blunts 40's, and Bytchz…
I`m pretty sure he means if you don`t follow trends and allow your self to flourish/ be creative in what you believe is right....Like truly be your self- you can open your self up and be more open to critique. But it`s important to be individual, especially in hip hop/rap. It`s a true independant form of expression. Why follow a set of rules? Especially when it`s driven by a seperate set of values? I think he means hold on to what`s true to you and allow that to come on through in what you do.
I think his point is not if you earn a lot, your music becomes shit... He is saying when the artist are given this much money they often lose the power of which songs/lyrics that are allowed on their CD. The music videos today are all the same because the people who control the artist are the once that control the image of that artist.
Before music was a tool/weapon to express yourself about problems and the solutions of your life... not money, bitches and commercial thing to make more money
So, KRS-One lives check to check & has to decide whether to pay all his bills,or let some slide 'til next month? I like him, but in this case I think he's full of it. I KNOW his bank account balance has plenty of digits in it.
@mothafraker Ur a dumbass. Your one of those poeple who like to twist up a few words, see hes just making a point. KRS is real, yeah of course he wants wealth hes a human being... hes tryna say that real and true music with actual messages are primordially made by those who struggle.
@DonLeon505 No, he's being a hypocrite. Is Dre stugglin'? Is Eminem? Jay-Z livin' in a box? What he's trying to say is that main stream success makes you a sellout. Especially if you're black. I've been listening to interviews like this way longer than you have. I know what to listen for. Also it doesn't help your argument when you start with an insult. To quote Dennis Leary "you're 15 yrs old. You you don't know shit, about shit. Pull up your pants"
@mothafraker Fuck off, Im glad Im 15 and understand hip-hop more than ur ass. KRS-ONE here is speaking about a broad subject, and your trying to pinpoint his words to where you think hes saying all mainstream music isnt real. Most of it isnt, but some is. Hes talking about how real music STARTED with those you struggled.
@DonLeon505 Yeah,you're right. I don't know anything about music, I've only been listening to AND studying music for over 30 yrs. Including when rap became popular in the late 70s to early 80s.
KRS 1 Has never changed over the years.I commend him on staying positive and full of content despite the ups and downs and promises of a corrupt and Non Moral Industry.This one is for you KRS ONE!!
I guess it depends on your view of "raw hip hop". I've seen KRS one make strong statements like this and then backtrack it to mean something else. KRS one is a very smart dude but he's not always right. Sure the Ying Yang twins aren't raw hip hop but they were making the same kind of music before they were rich...and let's be honest; that comment was directed at rappers like the Ying Yang twins.
@yewtoobdewd It was directed more towards lil waynes bitch ass and drakes bitch ass. Ying Yang Twins aren't even that main stream. Nobody really listens to them.
KRS 1 is a BITCH........jelouse mother fuker....u aint god.....bitch...just as tupac said it.... all u old rappers..trying to advance...its all over now nigger take it like a MAN.......... FUCK KRS 1
@ralstongregory If it weren't for KRS, you're wack ass 2pac wouldn't have even been rapping. KRS is a fucking pioneer. He's right. New school hip hop's dead (at least most of the mainstream). And get off Pac's dick, he wasn't lyrical. Live with it. Faggot, get the fuck out of hip hop. You don't know what this shit is obviously. If you were standing in front of me i'd punch you out nigga.
@ednoroirika And man, I don't want anyone thinking i'm a hater. I mean, i think Pac was a good MC. The passion the dude put in his rhymes was immense. And the subjects he spit about were ahead of his time. But his flow was predictable and his lyrics weren't on point. It's all love, i'm just tellin the truth dawgg.
@Maradonarules10 Oh, I know ! It's not even about hate. I'm just observing and I'm worndering were all this Pac is the greatest is coming from? When he was alive you just never heard that! They never gave Pac an award or a Multi million selling plac for his music until he was dead. Pac was good, I'm just saying keep everthing in perspective.
@Maradonarules10 why? he is not a complex lyricist i consider complex lyricists 2 be nas rakim canibus kool g rap etc his lyrics and rhyme schemes have a lot of meaning 2 them just like tupac also like tupacs most of the time there still simplistic
@intent100 Tupac isn't a complex lyricist. hell he isn;t one of the best lyricists but his emotion is what makes it seem that he is a complex lyricist
@intent100 I really don't respond to ignorance, i just ignore it. Have fun with that life of yours. I will say this: In terms of lyrics, KRS had a HUGE impact in the late 80's/ early 90's. If it wasn't for him, most of the MC's of today wouldn't even be here right now. KRS-ONE's def. the second best MC of all time (behind Rakim obv.) His rhymes are DEF. not simplistic. Nice try though. Don't believe me? Have you even heard Criminal Minded? Check Survival Skills See if you still disagree with me.
@Maradonarules10 how can it be ignorance if its my opinion?! and yes lyrically like tupac he was simple and predictable but had passion and meaning imo and his def nothing saying who the greatest is or the 2nd best is all opinion
i really respect krs and usually agree wit wut he got to say but can't on this one. i think that ppl remember the hard times even when they make it. maybe not every successful rapper and not for very long, but look at biggie, pac, nas, rakim, and many other rappers. sure many rappers' stuff do get weaker as they get more successful. sure comfort does corrode a musician's quality sometimes. but i think there's examples of rappers that held onto their struggles. and i'm sure krs isn't xactly poor.
im 14, but i wish other would relize this, i cant say kids today dont know hip hop being i am one, but i can say majority of teens my age dont know, and be it rich or poor, he is right, youth today only follow trends, there not them self, there only walkin around lookin glike the other person, (i dont, i dont like new skool, and the fashion trend now) but wut he says is true, the money thing, well i dont know about that, i have some debats on that i can tell you that.
Todays culture is based around having 'making other people think you have a highly disposable income whether you do or not' as a hobby and lifestyle. What other interest do most people have these days? Facebook?
Die niggas, niggas love dying, they love it! They watch dying on tv, THEY LOVE IT!!.......DIE NIGGA DIE NIGGA DIE NIGGA DIE NIGGA DIE NIGGA.....SO BLACK FOLKS CAN TAKE OVER-------by Too Short--------Good Vid
look ass authenticity don't pay the fuckin real bills in the 2000's..krs just fuckin upset cause aint no one into his kinda shit no more..nigga your ass almost fifty get out the fuckin arena..lil wayne got your ass beat nigga..lil fuckin faggot wayne sellin more records than your ass..an you just jealous cause youre like how the fuck this lil gold tooth dick suckin nigga done did this shit?
@scruffyrunkin Youre right by your definition of things, You will never be able to make sense of a decent worl you'll never know as long as you think lil wayne is the idea of success. Making a bunch of money without offering a service or product worth having is one thing,but the fact thats hes helping the world become more like you people want it to be, and less like KRS wants it to be, thats biblical prophecy in the making.
@AndrewKH85 yeah but the funny thing is..krs one gets 4 dollars in royalties and lil wayne only gets .75 cents , most of which goes to pay back advances and child and bitch support...so krs one still talking shit when he says you can't be rich and make raw hip hop. he richer than lil wayne fag ass. and when the hell the last time krs slept in the fucking park and lived in a group home?? it's all about the fucking benjamins baby..dont let no one fool u. u want sence read the the holy books
True as fuck. What he said goes for alot more than just the music though. Eveeryone around me is trying to live in this hyper-sexual culture, i'm not doing it. I'm sticking to authenticity, and actually being who i am. People don't like it? People can walk the fuck off.
this is the TRUTH....krs is oe of da greatest ever
Oldschoolrap91 1 day ago
can i get an amen!
bigbear197708 4 days ago
I love TRUE HIP HOP but Krs one can be a Hypocrite sometimes he said Lil Wayne was the best rapper right now WTF !!!
TacoDude915 2 weeks ago
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u btchesss Krs-one is the legend of our sport thet we call Hip-hop,50 cent is a pieace of shit compare to him learn ur history boy,,,,
smokrov3 3 weeks ago
he is a real philoshopher
collieman4202 4 weeks ago
Deep!
jmontes81 1 month ago
Yes a bit like Rocky!
yusuf1608 1 month ago
full of shit
BigStickyNugs 1 month ago
ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE WHO SPEAK THE TRUTH AND TELL IT LIKE IT IS..
WATCH THE VIDEOS ON MY CHANNEL, I TELL IT LIKE IT IS. TYKES
tykesraps 1 month ago
yyeeeaaaaaa!!!!!!krs 1
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I remember the great Marvelous Marvin Hagler stating that its hard to go get up & go running at 5.00am when you are going to bed wearing silk pyjamas! Same difference man. The Blast Masta KNOWS whablow...
PhflyDan1 1 month ago
I AM MYSELF :)
whonotmeyou 2 months ago
KRS is funny people , some `bout maybe oldschool trip fail , but we all know that ain`t in jail , because tha music live`s now and tomorrow on the bail , hey !!!
Edgarich 2 months ago
rza and wu tang were rich as fuck and probably still are and they make dope hiphop
STATiSofVITALETHICS 2 months ago 2
@STATiSofVITALETHICS word, altho some of their latest albums.. Manifesto wasn't really dope and rae and ghost are stilling making dope hip hop but not raw, I guess times change..
Clownface125 2 months ago
This is not completely true. A rapper can be rich and maybe he was bullied or abused as a child, consequently his lyrics will probably be about feeling unwanted, or feeling ostracized. To a child that can relate to that situation, that will be the rawest rapper of all time even if that rapper never lived in the ghetto or grew up poor. Raw hip-hop will always exist because human beings are emotional by nature and true art stems from emotion and passion.
ScottyHenderson1 2 months ago
I couldn't hear anything
tanejahs88 2 months ago
I don't really know, but personally I think that it is possible. I mean look at someone like Cypress Hill. Eminem is also speaking the truth even though he sold out
GogghyTV 2 months ago
i agree with every word but i dont agree with the context....being rich will not effect whether you make genuine Hiphop-----its specifically if you have decided to pursue funds in the industry of HipHop that will effect your originality as it societially regulated (and the perfect member of society is always a conformist technically) The same industry dudes like KRS sponsored and raised from their infancy into enterprises of mass appeal... i think a little responsibility should be accepted....
TheGreatDeciever55 2 months ago 2
Word
doomizz 3 months ago
he is mad because he cant make money.lol
razag911 3 months ago
HOOLYYY glad that his views are a lot like mine and im glad this knowledge is still available to the ppl and one more thing hip hop is NOT dead its just underground
headbangaboogie1 3 months ago
THATS WHY PEOPLE WONDER WHY RAPPERS CHANGE THEIR STYLE
TheSupervegata 3 months ago 2
this for all genres music is fading talking about money and the hood but there not even from there frauds fakes trying to make a quick buck no heart no love all this techno pop BS no genuine tracks
slicer8x 3 months ago
this man is telling the truth.... no lies..
69gracita 3 months ago
KRS. An example of "The Truth".
MystroMusicMan 3 months ago
This reminds me of Ricky Ross the actual Ricky Ross who trafficked millions worth of Coca for the CIA in the 70s before the crack boom. Here is a REAL man who sold millions of coke for the CIA and beat his case to finally get free and where's the black media?? RR came out and did school shows telling kids why the "game" is pointless and overrated... Oh yah they completely ignore him and go watch some fat guy who calls himself Rick Ross rap about how gangsta it is to sell the gov't's product.
TheCanucksfan21 3 months ago 3
I love to hear him speak.
ilykepink 4 months ago
the society doesn't axe them to be authentic
drrjtco 4 months ago 3
trend? hmmm hes right! fuck it, its snapback time lol!
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KRS-ONE IS MY TEACHER
unloadses 4 months ago
KRS-ONE IS MY TEACHER
unloadses 4 months ago
krs,,,,always real...
prospit 4 months ago
The reason he says you can't be rich and make raw hip hop is because he knows the game. He knows you cannot become a rich rapper talking about truth. All rich rappers are agents or puppets. They write their own songs but, only certain ones get to be released. The ones that use "nigga" "bitch" and "hoe" the most get released. The one's that encourage Blacks to educate themselves, stick together and fight oppression get booted off the album and are never heard unless on a free mixtape.
Satansoppressed 4 months ago 32
@Satansoppressed He's talking about raw Hip Hop as in gutter Hip Hop, being creative, has nothing to do w/ truth. Never post a comment about Hip Hop again.
HybridD91 4 months ago
@HybridD91 Here we go with the young and dumb. Not worth debate. Have a nice life.
Satansoppressed 4 months ago
@HybridD91 -Actually the satan dude is right.
beatmakersuniversity 4 months ago
@Satansoppressed no man he was saying as you get rich and move away from the streets and get famous you lose that hunger that makes you write real raw hip hop.
tehgreatist 4 weeks ago
@tehgreatist While richness may be ONE factor that makes an artist turn away from being "raw", it's not the only factor.Rappers don't control radio and television.These companies are owned by rich people.They play what they'd like people to hear and use hip hop for their own agenda.Hits aren't created by popular demand anymore. People may request a certain song but, first they'd have to have heard it to even know they like it. And where did they hear it if the media never plays it?
Satansoppressed 3 weeks ago
@tehgreatist ...(continued) THIS alone, can make a rapper change directions. Knowing what to talk about can make all the difference as to whether you become the next Jay-Z or if you end up being like KRS-ONE. They are both known but, KRS-ONE is STILL known because he rose up during a time when shit still mattered. In today's society you have to be ignorant or in bed with the ignorant to ever be heard of. Common, for example, he is a very conscious rapper but, he has ignorant allies.
Satansoppressed 3 weeks ago
@tehgreatist (continued) ...these allies can help him when he needs them. When he makes a "boo boo", such as talking too much about Black love, too much about the system or saying things that make Black listeners feel powerful. It's the #1 way to piss off a record label exec. When this happens, you'll need an ignorant ally in your corner to feature on your next song. A Common and Kanye collaboration has to happen following an overly conscious release. It's an apology to the label.
Satansoppressed 3 weeks ago
@Satansoppressed i agree with a lot of what youre saying but youre making it too literal. shit like that just doesnt sell that well man. im not gonna say the radio isnt corporate controlled but its not so much blatant racism and hatred as marketing and knowing what will sell. unfortunately, the majority of radio listeners would probably find krs-one boring
tehgreatist 3 weeks ago
@tehgreatist True, they find KRS-ONE boring but they didn't find Lauryn Hill's "Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" boring. Why? Because at that time she had allies. She does still make music. She just isn't promoted (it has nothing to do with her style changing). She lost her friends because, her style did not change.She was supposed to enter that "dark side" after "The Miseducation" and she didn't. She had babies, kept singing about truth. She was supposed to make an ignorant recovery.
Satansoppressed 3 weeks ago
@tehgreatist Lauryn Hill still hasn't "apologized" for that album. It won her 5 Grammies, world wide recognition, yet that label will never let her put out another one because of WHAT she talked about the entire time. Songs like "Lost Ones", "Everything Is Everything", "That Thing"...all catchy tunes and conscious at the same time.They won't even allow her to work with their producers to doctor her new tracks.All you hear is the live versions of her new songs which are low budget but still good.
Satansoppressed 3 weeks ago
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ASK* you stupid nigger
PetiteFeet69 4 months ago
WORD UP!!! :D TRUUUTH! :)
Yohko86 4 months ago
Yea, KRS One is talkin about you Wayne and the rest of YM, and you Rick Ross and your gay group (some dope tho), and you Wiz Khalifa
kobe24mvp81 4 months ago
real talk
ASGxZ 4 months ago
when he says people in new school r afraid to be themselves the 1st person i thought of was officer ricky lol. and wht about ice cube? hes rich but still makes pretty raw music.
TheTomruch 5 months ago
I love KRS-1 but he is wrong. If u are an artist you should be able to create good music whether u have are rich or poor. Hip Hop is the only genre of music that goes by the mantre of the starving artist is the better artist. That's Bullshit! Good music is Energy. Energy is Life. And Life comes from the rich and the poor.
PezzodaNovanta1 5 months ago
@PezzodaNovanta1 he didn't mean you have to be poor he just meant that they were only motivated by the music and the art of hip hop. today money is the motivation
GAHILBLE 4 months ago 2
i dont agree about the being rich and still makin raw hip hop part but everything else were good points
matt2ookold 5 months ago
titties gotta squeeze themselves
inhalefarts 5 months ago
@rashaan6 chattin shit
HenchMc 5 months ago
@rashaan6 the fact that you call me asshole shows everything about your niveau. you could write your views but the fact that you curse with no reason just makes you pathetic
tevfikfikret67 5 months ago
krs is 100% right and im 17
therealbrooksie 5 months ago
NAS- "Hip hop is dead"
a13solute 6 months ago
KRS Won
primaledge 6 months ago
WURRRRDDDDDDDDD
AhShiNig 6 months ago
he's the truth
15551cue 6 months ago
RAP is something you do
HipHop is a lifestyle ;)
LeroyVriet 6 months ago 3
fuck lil wayne
zzzzJAGJEETzzzz 6 months ago
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FINALLY A RAPPERS STANDING UP AND SAYING THIS ABOUT FUCKING TIME
illastate111 6 months ago
Does this guy admit that he's gay or is he still in the closet?
fearguis 6 months ago
THAT'S NOT TREU JUST LOOK AT TUPAC HE GOT RICH AND HE MADE RAW RAP UNTIL THE END
JOAOR95 6 months ago
@JOAOR95 Tupac was not rich he was in debt due to massive law suits and bad contracts. But Tupac didnt make his money by himself, he had uninteneded help by the media bashing him. Thats what made him th huge figure he was. The medias attention was to paint him as a devil, an evil person but the shit back fired on them
Bossblack13 6 months ago
@JOAOR95 No he didnt, Tupac was easily the most commercial rapper of the 90s, if you cant understand that, you cant understand the KRS.
OhAyeBro 6 months ago
@OhAyeBro yeah but have you heard TUPAC's lyrics i meanjd his gangsta and underground shit
JOAOR95 6 months ago
@JOAOR95 IT AINT ABOUT BEEING GANGSTA......
LeroyVriet 6 months ago
@LeroyVriet i know it is 'bout keep it real...rap is 'bout show the reality
JOAOR95 6 months ago
@LeroyVriet i know it isn't about gangsta it is about show the reality...
JOAOR95 6 months ago
can i just say one thing?....
thank you Lord for giving us KRS one. the world is lost and we need light
projectpat18 7 months ago 48
@projectpat18 No YOU are lost --You need light.
Illuminated7 4 months ago
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remember you must learn
MegaBobsquare 7 months ago
You must love KRS1!!
SuperPhdiva 7 months ago
i disagree slightly with what krs one is saying, though certain artists may not be related to hip hop, what about taylor swift? she makes a lot of songs that have a lot of meaning, and TI and LIL WAYNE do too, i like the two rappers i mentioned in particular cause they are brave enough to cheat the system of corporate corruption by putting out shit songs on the radios, but having awesome rap albums with powerful positive messages and lyrics, don't judge books by their cover!
kalai131 7 months ago
@kalai131 yea fuckin right!,"they cheat the system by making shit songs for the radio".somebodys dillusionall.or tryn to hard to dick ride! they make shit song because they dont no know any better!! THEY ARE THE CORPORATE CORRUPTION!!
DGK86ed 7 months ago
@kalai131 you are obviously a fuckin idiot or a huge troll
sebasb27 7 months ago
I think Paris and Immortal Technique are authentic among others..but then again I grew up on Chuck D so....he spoke a lot about shit and was able to make mainstream stations that played them..but thats all changed now..where in the hell do you have any mainstream that even says anything about the truth anymore? Biggee was real though..not like 2Pac who rapped with Digital Un derground that started out in malls and shit, then he became a gangster overnight. ppl forget that shit and are stupid.
snowfallzz 7 months ago
@snowfallzz pretty much agreed.2pac was prolific with his output.but it was all whack so who gives a fuck.its so lame that his main inspiration for doing all that shit was a FAKE east/west coast beef.HE had no proof whatsoever that biggie shot him! you know why he said all that shit?,why he signed with death row?because he was locked up on RAPE charges.his caeer was in jeapordy and hip hop was changin,he dropped all that socially conscience shit.and went gangster.ONLY IDIOTS THINK HES DEEP!
DGK86ed 7 months ago
@DGK86ed only a small portion of his output had to do with his beef with biggie. while the media was popularizing an east/west coast "beef" his roots are in the bronx, his group the outlaws are from n.j., & he had red & meth on the track "got my mind made up" from his "all eyes on me" cd. pac was also never in his career a gangster rapper. he rapped about real issues affecting people living in the ghetto, experiences he had in the past or currently, & experiences of other people that he knew....
Keryha 7 months ago
@DGK86ed cont'd; you are correct when you said he excepted his deal with death row because he was locked up on rape charges, but he never deviated from his rap content & i don't know what you are talking about rap was changing. changing into what? at that time he was such a hot commodity that even if rap were "changing" he could've rapped about anything. people wanted to hear him. his album "me against the world" which was not on death row & was released shortly after he was locked up charted #1
Keryha 7 months ago
@DGK86ed cont'd; for 5wks while he was in prison. pac & biggie were pretty much dominating the rap game anyway at that time. also with his rape case he was about to beat that on appeal, which is the only reason he was offered bail in the first place after being convicted initially. do i think pac played into his beef with biggie a little? yes. do i think he took it a little too far? yes. with all of that being said i do not think he had anything to gain by falsly accusing someone of setting.....
Keryha 7 months ago
@DGK86ed cont'd; him up just to make records. i think tupac was much more upset at the fact that he got shot 5x, lost a testical, & almost died, than losing his jewlery or starting any "lucrative" rap beef. the whole situation was suspect & if biggie didn't set him up i'm pretty sure he knew the dudes who did it & that's a whole other issue. i'm not getting into the debate of who was better, because i honestly dig them both; but.....
Keryha 7 months ago
@DGK86ed cont'd; the fact of the matter is pac was already a successful rap artist "2pacalypse now" (1991), "strictly 4 my n.i.g.g.a.z" (1993), & "thug life: volume 1" (1994); & actor "juice" (1992), "poetic justice" (1993), & "above the rim" (1994) before biggie's "ready to die" dropped in 1994. tupac was a very intelligent & very talented artist. i think he deserves much more credit than you tried to give him, my friend. he was very deep & multifaceted.
Keryha 7 months ago
@Keryha Yeah but it wasn't all about the beef like you said..even though he had a spectacular style and voice, many artists have that, maybe not as unique as Pac's but..the real debate is what is presented and what "is" real rap, or true rap. much as the essence of blues is to hard rock.. Is rock n roll anything without the blues? no. it started and ends there. But Pac was tatted Thug Life, and played that image, in his biography he couldn't even sell pot at parties he went to.=studio gangsta.
snowfallzz 7 months ago
@snowfallzz t.h.u.g.l.i.f.e is actually an acronym & it basically stood for success in spite of adversity mostly referring to adversity faced by inner city youth, minorities, poor people, etc. he says this in his music & in interviews. it also is the name of the rap group he formed with his step brother mopreme & friends big syke & macadoshis. he talked about not knowing how to sell drugs & attending performing arts school, etc. pac was not a gangster so how could he be a "studio gangsta"?
Keryha 7 months ago
@snowfallzz i want you or anyone else reading my comments to understand something. i'm not tupac's spokes person & i'm not one of these people that borderline worship the guy. i am a fan of his music as i am most rap music from it's establishment until about 2g(2k). there has been a very miniscule amount of good rap after 2g, but most of it has been trash. that being said most of what "dgk86" said to you about tupac was almost completely wrong & needed to be spoke on.
Keryha 7 months ago
@Keryha I hear ya. And I don't have any beef with you at all. All I was and many other ppl are trying to point out is that where rap began, in it's pure nature..was about the way things were in the streets, and civil injustice. Where our black nation had no say in the white controlled press, government, the music was indeed a powerful tool to educate the new generation of youth..to the truth. Our gov recognized this and promo gangsta rap instead. Rap should empower us, gov stopped the movement.
snowfallzz 7 months ago
Very true statement!
righteousemusic 7 months ago
its as simple as that.
WuTangChillaBee 7 months ago
Awesome. Some words of wisdom from the mighty blastmaster himself. Much respect for KRS-1.
Chuloloc 7 months ago
krs 1 has a point music these days is bullshit, new school has no value//--------->X.
daxcaliber 7 months ago
Statements such as these are the reason why I appreciate KRS-One
thinkforasecond 8 months ago
Real words from my man KRS-One, preach on its getting taught,
TheHiphopHead11 8 months ago
Respond to this video... real nigga speaking the truth
ahmed12345678900 8 months ago
fuck mainstream garbage, underground mudafucka!
satansapussy 8 months ago
tellin it like it fuckin is!
JosephCee 8 months ago
I love KRS but when he pronounces ask, aks. That shit bothers me. It bothers me because he is a genius and when you say shit like that, it just makes him seem dumb. He knows the difference. He knows its poor english. And it almost seems like he does it on purpose. Goes out of his way to say it like that. Like he has to dumb himself down to identify with the crown he's trying to reach.
ISpellItThc 8 months ago
@ISpellItThc um u fail to realize where he comes from dont u, i dont kno who u are but u shud kno sometimes he may slip and say stuff like that bcuz of the way he grew up and who he grew up around thats wat he's used to doin and he's switchin it to speak proper English, like ne person that doesnt normally speak proper english, they dont always say every single English word correctly
thaijunkie19 8 months ago in playlist Mainstream Sellout Music Sucks
@thaijunkie19 And your message proved my point. You are the dumbed down target audience that KRS was trying to reach and identify with. And it worked. That's how I know that KRS is smarter then he pretends to be. Otherwise he'd be intellectually out of your league and comprehension.
ISpellItThc 8 months ago
@thaijunkie19 And your message proved my point. You are the dumbed down target audience that KRS was trying to reach and identify with. And it worked he got your attention. That's how I know that KRS is smarter then he pretends to be. Otherwise he'd be intellectually out of your league and comprehension. I just hope you can/have learned something from him.
ISpellItThc 8 months ago
@ISpellItThc actually im not, im a junior in college, Computer Science is my major, i live in the hood but im not confined to it, the only dumbed down audience is the audience listening to the mainstream bullshyt that comes on the radio and on MTV, bcuz he slipped up and spoke a little bit of Ebonics he's a horrible person and he's trying to target a dumb audience? that statement in itself is preposterous, there are plenty of black intellects that speak ebonics
thaijunkie19 8 months ago
@thaijunkie19 Good for you, I hope you are successful. When you go in for an interview, don't say aks instead of ask. I wouldn't hire someone just for that.
ISpellItThc 8 months ago
@ISpellItThc thank u, but i dont understand how ppl assume that blacks or ppl who speak Ebonics or broken languages or slang, do it at all times, we kno how to switch between proper English and Ebonics just as ne other race knows how to switch between their native tongue and English, and im aware of how HR's choose ppl, i took an 8 week workshop to kno what and what not to do at an interview, Ebonics is Black culture and i wudnt change it for ne thing its how we identify with our own
thaijunkie19 8 months ago
mayb this explains why canibus is still on top the game
MoralDecay 8 months ago
He just said some real ass shit!
imaculentconcept 9 months ago
she's like "i seee".. no you dont
ZatoSama 9 months ago 52
@ZatoSama more like she doesn't give a fuck, cause she getting money for doing these interviews, she straight doesn't care, this is her job, recognize.
souled33 7 months ago
@souled33
doesnt change the fact that she is full of shit does it, specially when she is listening to the philosopher himself and seems not to care.. thus my comment is spot on, recognize
ZatoSama 7 months ago
@ZatoSama My point is, she could be a die hard rock fan, or heavy metal fan, she might not even listen to rap or hip-hop thus she has no opinion on what KRS is saying or what he thinks, thats my point, she might not even be slightly interested in rap music.
souled33 7 months ago
@souled33
He aint only talking about rap, recognize
ZatoSama 7 months ago
@ZatoSama she doesn't have a fucking clue!!! lol
omarphi215 5 months ago
even from old school just few are intelligent as krs
krum1valeriev 9 months ago
Krs 1 is right, the only real artist I think is Eminem, he raps about real shyt and he still gets hits. Rap used to have a meaning, now everyone is rapping bout big screen tv's Blunts 40's, and Bytchz…
nickluvzmely 9 months ago
@nickluvzmely What about IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE and LOWKEY.
akscldn 8 months ago
So is it ask or axe?
RagnarOdinsson 9 months ago
The 2nd to last sentence he said is quite significant.
countgreg95 9 months ago
Real talk..
Mulladuck 9 months ago
Im just curious about what he meant when he said that there's even consequences to being yourself.
marblefloor206 9 months ago
@marblefloor206 some1 will or can 4 no reason be jelous of u 4 bn u! U get it?
blkmskgm 9 months ago
@blkmskgm Oh, Ok! It all makes sense now lol. Thanx man
marblefloor206 9 months ago
@marblefloor206 Really? thats such a simple topic. Prejudice and discrimination, those two words lay it all out
DonLeon505 9 months ago
I`m pretty sure he means if you don`t follow trends and allow your self to flourish/ be creative in what you believe is right....Like truly be your self- you can open your self up and be more open to critique. But it`s important to be individual, especially in hip hop/rap. It`s a true independant form of expression. Why follow a set of rules? Especially when it`s driven by a seperate set of values? I think he means hold on to what`s true to you and allow that to come on through in what you do.
bootyshakerzz 9 months ago
I think his point is not if you earn a lot, your music becomes shit... He is saying when the artist are given this much money they often lose the power of which songs/lyrics that are allowed on their CD. The music videos today are all the same because the people who control the artist are the once that control the image of that artist.
Before music was a tool/weapon to express yourself about problems and the solutions of your life... not money, bitches and commercial thing to make more money
weedtilidiedude 10 months ago
KRS-One is a perfect example of how he is wrong right here.
JM1993951 10 months ago
So, KRS-One lives check to check & has to decide whether to pay all his bills,or let some slide 'til next month? I like him, but in this case I think he's full of it. I KNOW his bank account balance has plenty of digits in it.
mothafraker 10 months ago
@mothafraker Ur a dumbass. Your one of those poeple who like to twist up a few words, see hes just making a point. KRS is real, yeah of course he wants wealth hes a human being... hes tryna say that real and true music with actual messages are primordially made by those who struggle.
DonLeon505 9 months ago 4
@DonLeon505 No, he's being a hypocrite. Is Dre stugglin'? Is Eminem? Jay-Z livin' in a box? What he's trying to say is that main stream success makes you a sellout. Especially if you're black. I've been listening to interviews like this way longer than you have. I know what to listen for. Also it doesn't help your argument when you start with an insult. To quote Dennis Leary "you're 15 yrs old. You you don't know shit, about shit. Pull up your pants"
mothafraker 9 months ago
@mothafraker Fuck off, Im glad Im 15 and understand hip-hop more than ur ass. KRS-ONE here is speaking about a broad subject, and your trying to pinpoint his words to where you think hes saying all mainstream music isnt real. Most of it isnt, but some is. Hes talking about how real music STARTED with those you struggled.
DonLeon505 9 months ago
@DonLeon505 Yeah,you're right. I don't know anything about music, I've only been listening to AND studying music for over 30 yrs. Including when rap became popular in the late 70s to early 80s.
mothafraker 9 months ago
@mothafraker who cares how long you study music for krs is wayyyy cooler than you
Dougalastyle 9 months ago
KRS is very smart!
rdecaserio 10 months ago 3
KRS would make an awesome dad
NormlTrevr 10 months ago 3
@NormlTrevr his son shot himself in the head...
HipHopMaintainer 9 months ago
KRS 1 Has never changed over the years.I commend him on staying positive and full of content despite the ups and downs and promises of a corrupt and Non Moral Industry.This one is for you KRS ONE!!
ESSENCEOFEACHTHING 10 months ago
@66weedsmoker stupidass get tha fukk outta her if yu gnna hate u low self human being!! fuckn hate punkass haters like ur fagetass..
signoe310 10 months ago
you see why we call him THE TEACHA
tevfikfikret67 10 months ago 64
@tevfikfikret67 But there are people who say he sold out and I dont know why?
groundpounder35 5 months ago
i think mya angelu might be his mom
joseph561000 11 months ago
dead rappers get better promotion prob go diamond when i throw your head in the ocean
ricmccray 11 months ago
@MrDustock bahahahaHa best comment ever
jimmymcnulty789 11 months ago
I guess it depends on your view of "raw hip hop". I've seen KRS one make strong statements like this and then backtrack it to mean something else. KRS one is a very smart dude but he's not always right. Sure the Ying Yang twins aren't raw hip hop but they were making the same kind of music before they were rich...and let's be honest; that comment was directed at rappers like the Ying Yang twins.
yewtoobdewd 11 months ago
@yewtoobdewd It was directed more towards lil waynes bitch ass and drakes bitch ass. Ying Yang Twins aren't even that main stream. Nobody really listens to them.
SAMSIZZLE123 11 months ago
KRS 1 is a BITCH........jelouse mother fuker....u aint god.....bitch...just as tupac said it.... all u old rappers..trying to advance...its all over now nigger take it like a MAN.......... FUCK KRS 1
ralstongregory 11 months ago
@ralstongregory If it weren't for KRS, you're wack ass 2pac wouldn't have even been rapping. KRS is a fucking pioneer. He's right. New school hip hop's dead (at least most of the mainstream). And get off Pac's dick, he wasn't lyrical. Live with it. Faggot, get the fuck out of hip hop. You don't know what this shit is obviously. If you were standing in front of me i'd punch you out nigga.
Maradonarules10 11 months ago
@Maradonarules10 I agree with you. If pac was still alive today he wouldn't get half of the props he'd getting dead.
ednoroirika 11 months ago
@ednoroirika And man, I don't want anyone thinking i'm a hater. I mean, i think Pac was a good MC. The passion the dude put in his rhymes was immense. And the subjects he spit about were ahead of his time. But his flow was predictable and his lyrics weren't on point. It's all love, i'm just tellin the truth dawgg.
Maradonarules10 11 months ago
@Maradonarules10 Oh, I know ! It's not even about hate. I'm just observing and I'm worndering were all this Pac is the greatest is coming from? When he was alive you just never heard that! They never gave Pac an award or a Multi million selling plac for his music until he was dead. Pac was good, I'm just saying keep everthing in perspective.
ednoroirika 11 months ago
@Maradonarules10 krs one was never all that lyrical either
intent100 11 months ago
@intent100 Ha. Ha. Ha. haha. Good one.
Maradonarules10 11 months ago
@Maradonarules10 why? he is not a complex lyricist i consider complex lyricists 2 be nas rakim canibus kool g rap etc his lyrics and rhyme schemes have a lot of meaning 2 them just like tupac also like tupacs most of the time there still simplistic
intent100 11 months ago
@intent100 Tupac isn't a complex lyricist. hell he isn;t one of the best lyricists but his emotion is what makes it seem that he is a complex lyricist
darthsasuke554 11 months ago
@intent100 I really don't respond to ignorance, i just ignore it. Have fun with that life of yours. I will say this: In terms of lyrics, KRS had a HUGE impact in the late 80's/ early 90's. If it wasn't for him, most of the MC's of today wouldn't even be here right now. KRS-ONE's def. the second best MC of all time (behind Rakim obv.) His rhymes are DEF. not simplistic. Nice try though. Don't believe me? Have you even heard Criminal Minded? Check Survival Skills See if you still disagree with me.
Maradonarules10 11 months ago 4
@Maradonarules10 how can it be ignorance if its my opinion?! and yes lyrically like tupac he was simple and predictable but had passion and meaning imo and his def nothing saying who the greatest is or the 2nd best is all opinion
intent100 11 months ago
@ralstongregory WHAT?
MrMartin085 10 months ago
KRS ONE IS THA TRUTH!!!
smoothrasin 11 months ago
skinny jeans, jerking swag lol . all bad trends. keep it real
LEZTHEGOON 11 months ago
i really respect krs and usually agree wit wut he got to say but can't on this one. i think that ppl remember the hard times even when they make it. maybe not every successful rapper and not for very long, but look at biggie, pac, nas, rakim, and many other rappers. sure many rappers' stuff do get weaker as they get more successful. sure comfort does corrode a musician's quality sometimes. but i think there's examples of rappers that held onto their struggles. and i'm sure krs isn't xactly poor.
jjoshyjj 11 months ago
@jjoshyjj all the rappers u named are old or old skool. this is a new generation were talking about
skywalkerjpratt 11 months ago
@jjoshyjj i agree with you a bit but remember pac and biggie murdered very young...
duronski 11 months ago
true say
FiswaT 11 months ago
that's trueeeeeeeee!
trujilloking 11 months ago
case in point: lil wayne.
hungry, relentless, raw... he gets famous off of one album that happens to make it big, and boom... instant garbage.
theblackmanOyeah 11 months ago
im 14, but i wish other would relize this, i cant say kids today dont know hip hop being i am one, but i can say majority of teens my age dont know, and be it rich or poor, he is right, youth today only follow trends, there not them self, there only walkin around lookin glike the other person, (i dont, i dont like new skool, and the fashion trend now) but wut he says is true, the money thing, well i dont know about that, i have some debats on that i can tell you that.
296jayce 1 year ago 4
Todays culture is based around having 'making other people think you have a highly disposable income whether you do or not' as a hobby and lifestyle. What other interest do most people have these days? Facebook?
AndrewKH85 1 year ago
Die niggas, niggas love dying, they love it! They watch dying on tv, THEY LOVE IT!!.......DIE NIGGA DIE NIGGA DIE NIGGA DIE NIGGA DIE NIGGA.....SO BLACK FOLKS CAN TAKE OVER-------by Too Short--------Good Vid
diezelish 1 year ago
tha best rapper alive
ThaRealBotticelli 1 year ago
He sounds like a cross between Jesse Ventura and Whoopi Goldberg in a nice way. I like listening to him, He seems very thoughtful.
jetszombie64 1 year ago
@jetszombie64 that is the most accurate-in-a-fucked-up-way description of a person's voice I have ever read.
helikestv 1 year ago
look ass authenticity don't pay the fuckin real bills in the 2000's..krs just fuckin upset cause aint no one into his kinda shit no more..nigga your ass almost fifty get out the fuckin arena..lil wayne got your ass beat nigga..lil fuckin faggot wayne sellin more records than your ass..an you just jealous cause youre like how the fuck this lil gold tooth dick suckin nigga done did this shit?
scruffyrunkin 1 year ago
@scruffyrunkin Youre right by your definition of things, You will never be able to make sense of a decent worl you'll never know as long as you think lil wayne is the idea of success. Making a bunch of money without offering a service or product worth having is one thing,but the fact thats hes helping the world become more like you people want it to be, and less like KRS wants it to be, thats biblical prophecy in the making.
AndrewKH85 1 year ago
@AndrewKH85 yeah but the funny thing is..krs one gets 4 dollars in royalties and lil wayne only gets .75 cents , most of which goes to pay back advances and child and bitch support...so krs one still talking shit when he says you can't be rich and make raw hip hop. he richer than lil wayne fag ass. and when the hell the last time krs slept in the fucking park and lived in a group home?? it's all about the fucking benjamins baby..dont let no one fool u. u want sence read the the holy books
scruffyrunkin 1 year ago
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scruffyrunkin 1 year ago
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True as fuck. What he said goes for alot more than just the music though. Eveeryone around me is trying to live in this hyper-sexual culture, i'm not doing it. I'm sticking to authenticity, and actually being who i am. People don't like it? People can walk the fuck off.
Peace
ViccieB1993 1 year ago