00:00When I listen to music today, I think that quantity has came in and quality has gone.
00:15You know, it's like that basically happens anytime something, you know, becomes, you know, commercial.
00:23I will say one good thing that I've noticed that it's become very, very lucrative and I think that's great.
00:31You know, I love to see young cats, you know, doing their thing, making money.
00:34But at the same time, you know, you have a fan base that, you know, really want to hear good music.
00:41And, you know, I don't, you know, I don't like to see, you know, people get, you know, cheated.
00:47And at the same time, also artists, you have a lot of artists that basically become one hit wonders
00:56because they didn't really take the time to make quality music as, you know, they just instead, they just followed the trend.
01:03And, you know, it was a hot single and that was their career, you know.
01:07And I mean, that's not good. You want to see cats.
01:09I want to see somebody, you know, 25 years from now talking to AdSense.
01:16When networks and magazines rank MCs, I don't even really pay attention to that.
01:28Only thing I ever really looked at was the Kumo D book when he had the 50 greatest MCs.
01:35I paid attention to that for the simple fact that Kumo D was there from the beginning of hip-hop.
01:41Kumo D understands what an MC is.
01:45My five favorite MCs of all time, I would have to say myself, Rakim, Nas, KRS, probably G Rap.
02:01Oh, just because of the lyrical skills.
02:04But I did, I would like to make an honorable note of Biggie, you know.
02:08I mean, it's kind of hard to put him in my top five because he wasn't around long enough.
02:13You know, I mean, like, you know, the people that I name have had, you know, body of work that's been, you know, around for, you know, decades.
02:21You know, but I just, I feel like had Big lived, he definitely would have been one of the greatest MCs ever.
02:29Because, I mean, you know, before he left us, he was just extremely like, you know.
02:34Let's not get it twisted.
02:36It's not that back in the days, it wasn't degrading to women.
02:42Because back then you had Luke Skywalker, Ice-T, N.W.A.
02:49You had a lot of groups that had songs that, you know, had degrading lyrics to women.
02:54The difference is, back then, Ice-T, Luke Skywalker, N.W.A., they didn't get no radio play.
03:03So, therefore, this wasn't what was in the forefront.
03:07This wasn't what played on the radio all day for the young kids to hear all the time.
03:14As opposed to today, the more negative your music is, the more airplay you get.
03:22See, if, I mean, I just feel like if radio stations and record company execs took more responsibility,
03:29it could revert back to, you know, where we want to have some conscious rap
03:35and we're not going to play your video if you're speaking bad about women.
03:38We're not going to play your video if, you know, you're promoting violence or drugs.
03:43You know, someone has to take a stand.
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