Blu - Gone

more heat from ya boy blu

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Music

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• Blu
• Exile
• Gone
• Hip-Hop

[eroonee804]

@qwertymac its not they're fault theyre successful though, you cant blame candy-rappers for giving their fans what they want, but you can blame the fans for not demanding more substance from their music. Either way though, i find whenever i like a song and it becomes popular, an aspect of the song is lost for me because people over-do it. if i heard blu on the radio all the time i would probably be sick of people telling me how soulful and good he is just like they tell me weezy is lyrical

[jeffy12]

lupe has nothing on blu - imo

[Idrastikk]

@eroonee804 Also when I say it is "until it is pushed upon them" - We can look at the transition of Hip Hop, we can look at LL Cool J with romance ballads mixed with hardcore lyricism and then when Public Enemy came out it was more of a rebellious political side? My point? If you asked for a political Hip Hop in 1985 when Radio was released, most people would not believe it would happen and would not know what to say, until it was pushed about them.

[Idrastikk]

@eroonee804 You can't blame the Fans at all. Why? Because the younger generation who are new to Hip Hop don't ask for more substance, because they don't what they are asking for. For example the younger generation only sees Eminem who raps about "real life" that is because of his Singles in the past few years. Honestly these Fans don't know what they want until it is pushed upon and plus they see no other Rappers to look to and don't know where to start to search for them.

[LOGIC42369]

@jeffy12 debateable! love them both!

[eroonee804]

@StealthlyElephant okay, i suppose thats true for like sorority girls and high school fan boys, but anyone that actually likes lil wayne is probably coming from a genuine place considering the amount of good material he has our there. fans of underground rap usually resent the mainstream genre and discredit it entirely, even though this is not accurate. It is true that in comparison, underground is much richer, but artists like wayne cannot be discredited just bc a lot of people like them

[StealthlyElephant]

@eroonee804 I will admit, his older stuff (Carter 1 & 2 etc) is far superior to the shell of his former self that he is. You are also guilty of being ignorant, not letting other people express their opinions on his music. All and all Wayne probably turns him off due to his recent lines like "I go so hard, they call me gosohard" and things of that nature. and he is not popular due to his lyricism, he is popular due to catchy hooks/easyto remember verses and beats.

[eroonee804]

anyone that wants to hear lupe and blu together needs to check out the all city chess club, its a group lupe put together of some of the most influential and upcoming conscious rappers in the industry

[eroonee804]

@shaqkhi lupe is more complex from a lyrical perspective but blu has a more introspective insight in my opinion. He also is more poetic than lupe and maintains a really soulful message and sound throughout almost every song

[eroonee804]

@aman00777 okay what your saying is just ignorant. first, prove to me lil wayne isn't lyrical. second, if you knew anything about the history of the rap industry you would realize that Tupac got air time because he promoted violence, misogyny, and drug dealing through his music. While like Nas and other great rappers he took an intellectual stance on the issues, the record companies exploited his subject matter because they wanted to reinforce the stereotypes of blackness through rap music