So last Thursday I was hanging out with my girls for our weekly gals' night and as we started eating dinner my cousin asks me and my younger sis who our top 5 for greatest hip hop artists would be. I answered fairly quickly...
"Kid Cudi, Jay-Z, Common, Kanye & Nas. No wait! Take out Kanye and put in Mos Def. No wait! What about Biggie & 2Pac?! Can I have a Top 7?! What about Outkast? Can I have a Top 10?!"
Then my cousin kept talking about how dope Lil Wayne is. And I was like, "He's... alright." And she kept going on about his recent mix tape and how his rhymes "are sick..." So my sister and I pointed out how he's fairly commercial. Not that there's anything wrong with that, make that money, but to put Lil Wayne in my Top 5?! Noooo thank you. I'm more concerned with lyricism over commercialism, first and foremost. Then voice structure - basically, does the artist sound attractive and appealing? And lastly, beats.
My cousin stood her ground with insisting that Lil Wayne would def be in her top 5.
Ok. Clearly a case to agree to disagree but I gently reminded Jen that that's ok - it's HER top 5 and she can put whomever she wants in HER top 5. Ahaha! However, I just think that she was surprised that I wouldn't put Lil Wayne in MY top 5... or 7... or 10. Another instance portrayed via the great music debate and trying to school her might've been the death of me. It's like trying to talk about religion. Where obviously the one you favor will be what you choose and what you'll try to defend and sell. But she missed me with that Lil Wayne shit. Just sayin'...
He's not sweet makes me wanna leave the wrapper/So I walked and left the wrapperrrr
Listen well
Be swell
And remember half the time I really 'Don't Give a Shit'
XO
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