If I quote myself, you'll call me an egoist.
If I quote you, you'll call me an antagonist.
If I quote people, whose words I admire, I'm showing off.
Some of us just aren't as
capable of being as original as you.
If I had quoted an MC expressing something similar with slang, how "inteligent" would you think I was trying to make myself appear then?
Peep this: i ain't trying to be all in your grill and shit. You made some comments, I did the same. The only sarcasm was the "sorry your ass hurts" part, but you gotta admit that shit was funny.
Don't matter whether poets write it down (oh yeah, and they do recite their own shit, too, ya know), or spit it on a rap record. It's all the same. Histories used to only be passed down via spoken word, complete with the language nuances, dialects, slang, and colloquialisms of the day. And guess what, genius-boy, when people finally started to document that shit by writing it down, nothing changed. Same old nuances, same old dialect, same old slang, and so on.
1. Most people don't read slang.
2.Most people don't speak proper English either, including me...
3....but most people still are open to things and have valid points to give you about music and...
4....writing things out in giberish is going to turn people off.
My responses:
1. True
2. True
3. I agree
4. What you call "giberish", I call expressive, emotive, articulate, and far more engaging & interesting to read than any of the shit that comprises what the English you think we should all be writing looks like. I know, I know, today's slang & various dialects are derivatives of that very same English, but I'd rather drive
mycar, complete with all the non-standard modifications I love so very much than just a car because it is "the original" (style) of automobile.
"Different 'flaves' for different slaves."
-DJ Dolo-
<There you go. I quoted myself. Derivative of a pretty cliched saying, but all mines, nonetheless. Or, did I just sample & remix someone else? Hmmm...>
There is a thing called commercializing. I know its not a popular word because it is usually associated with "selling out", but the point is to reach as many people as possible.
Did you ever think that we (who write in the manner you think so stupid) don't give a shit if people who aren't into the music or culture understand it, or not? Did you ever think that those who do really get into the music end up ADOPTING a lot of that verbiage & dialect, even when writing (to those who they know understand) - including white, surburban folks, country boys in country, and hillbillies on the hill? Rap music & Black American culture didn't ask to be commercialized for anybody for any reason. Nor did DnB, House (of any flavor), or any other style of music. Funny thing is, it happened, anyway. Go figure. And, before you get too stuck in this whole thing of "gibberish," remember this:
More than likely, the person who thought it'd be "cool & hip" to have some thirty-something, White American housewife "scratching" dj-style on her stovetop to show that the 409 side gets cleaner than the Brand-X side was probably not a b-boy (of any race). There was a time when The Gap didn't give 2 shits about urban kids buying their shit, so they didn't market to them. There was a time when Wrigley's didn't need to turn the grocery store into a rave with a girl dj scratching Doublemint over the bar code scanner. There were no commercials with 50-somethings "Celbrex-ing" over watered down, keyboard demo-styled R&B. Oh yeah, let's not forget MTV playing straight r&b and radio hip-hop in every damn show/interview/snippet they air - even if it's a Black Sabbath flashback interview or Coldplay outtake. There was a time when mainstream America didn't think that shit was cool at all. But still they ride...
By your implied set of what "should be" standard, uh, I mean "commercialized," we should all be using whatever lingo country music fans use, as that's the largest portion of the radio (and thusly fans?) stations in this country. Sorry doc, I ain't a new country fan, and do my best to never give directions that start or end with "down the holler," or call people "buddy roll." No probs from me for people who do, though. Like I said, Different 'flaves' for different slaves.
Sometimes, pandering to the lowest common denominator
isn't the best way to get your point across to the people that matter TO YOU. If you wanna know "what time it is," and effectively communicate, then maybe you need to learn a little how the locals speak. I mean, I'm
not gonna learn Spanish simply because every other store in my neighborhood (city?!?) is owned by Spanish-speaking people and many don't even have signs of any sort in English. At least not until Spanish becomes our 2nd official language. And, I'd be first in line to vote against it. Don't ask me why, you already know. Mind you, when I lived overseas, I became fluent in a couple languages
because I had no choice if I wanted to effectively communicate with the people around me.
Besides, don't you know that speaking a language is one of the first steps to being able to read it? You're halfway there if only you'd try...
Dude didn't ask you to correct his written grammer
about his track or whatever, only the fucking track itself. Pushy ass... Wish I could
be as right as you
think you are, even half the time.
Finally, before you start correcting cats on the how's & why's of good writing, pass the goddamn class yourself.
All that to say, either bob your head, or just bow down.
Respectfully,
DJ Dolo