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03:20 PM on 01/08/13
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How could it possibly be a race thing? What does race have to do with writing?
He was probably referring to the pairing of your outrage at the CNN article with the .gif you posted. It could be interpreted as sending a message I hope you don't want to send.
03:25 PM on 01/08/13
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I believe, as to most literarily scholars and critics, that there is an objective element to critiquing writing.

Man, gotta love the not-so-subtle attempt to just paint me with a broad brush there. I wouldn't have had the same reaction because Dylan is a better writer than Nas, not because of the music they play - the music has little to do with the lyrical capabilities ...

I answered it with my first post.

I'm actually curious to see who you would qualify as the greatest lyricists of all time.

Interesting. I actually would have thought you'd be more of a McCartney guy than Lennon, so that's cool (I prefer Lennon).

Jay-Z is another of my all-time favorites, and damn I'd have to think long and hard about Rakim too. Paid in Full has some of my favorite lyrics ever.

I'm more of a Harrison guy myself.


ZING!

I didn't know Bruce Springsteen was going by the nickname "Nas" now

Haha.
03:25 PM on 01/08/13
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I don't know anything about hip-hop, but I do think the CNN guy meant the best lyricist of all time in hip-hop, and didn't write "in hip-hop" because he thought it was implied.
03:35 PM on 01/08/13
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Girl, I know you want dih dihhhhh. I am Kendrick Lamar.
03:39 PM on 01/08/13
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If it's not a race thing, it's just an anti-hip-hop thing that the notion that Nas could be the greatest lyricist of all time is "stupid". Ignorance either way.
03:39 PM on 01/08/13
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I don't know anything about Nas. I just find it funny that CNN would feel the need to say something like that. But hey, I got my laugh for the day. Especially from that gif.

But yeah. Music is indeed subjective, and I see no harm from that statement. I assume I would disagree, but I guess that's what these things are all about.
03:45 PM on 01/08/13
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I don't know anything about Nas. I just find it funny that CNN would feel the need to say something like that. But hey, I got my laugh for the day. Especially from that gif.

But yeah. Music is indeed subjective, and I see no harm from that statement. I assume I would disagree, but I guess that's what these things are all about.
Shut up.
03:46 PM on 01/08/13
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He was probably referring to the pairing of your outrage at the CNN article with the .gif you posted. It could be interpreted as sending a message I hope you don't want to send.

If anyone is interpreting anything like that ... that's their own weird ass racism at work or some other deep seeded issue. No idea how someone could logically draw any such conclusion.
03:47 PM on 01/08/13
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I'm actually curious to see who you would qualify as the greatest lyricists of all time.

I posted 8ish earlier in this thread that were my "favorites." A "greatest" list would take more time and study.
03:48 PM on 01/08/13
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Will do. Thanks for your input.
03:49 PM on 01/08/13
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"i'm not a racist you're a racist for thinking that!"
03:50 PM on 01/08/13
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If it's not a race thing, it's just an anti-hip-hop thing that the notion that Nas could be the greatest lyricist of all time is "stupid". Ignorance either way.

Genre/race/creed/religion/whatever doesn't matter in the slightest when it comes to writing. Also the tag "stupid" is used to tag weird/random/not-news/whatever items on the site for searching.
03:50 PM on 01/08/13
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I buy it, I believe you. I am Kendrick Lamar.
03:51 PM on 01/08/13
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"i'm not a racist you're a racist for thinking that!"
Anyone thinking anything in this post has anything to do with race is out of their fucking mind.
03:55 PM on 01/08/13
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Anyone thinking anything in this post has anything to do with race is out of their fucking mind.
You honestly don't understand how people could correlate your first post in here with race considering how you first reported this article and your general course of action every time there's a news post about someone of color?
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