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Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Artist of the Week
This week's featured artist is Pack-FM. A brooklyn emcee who sparked up a bit of controversy with his albums title track "I F*cking Hate Rappers". (featured below) In the song he calls out common for dropping, what many consider, his most commercial album to date. While i agree wholeheartedly that Common took a commercial tone for the sake of relevance some people have questioned Pack's motives. In an interview he answers his critics.
"Well remember "The Bitch In Yoo?" Common was getting at Ice Cube real hard for switching his whole style up to whatever was the flavor of the month and for being in movies. Look at Common now. I think Common is a talented writer, but he's shown that he's not above flippin' the script for the sake of relevance. [No pun intended]. "...."I don't have any beef with Common, I'm just using hom as an example. I come from a different era, where people were held accountable for things and if you felt something about someone, you said it. What good is me holding my tongue going to do? This album is me saying what i think and feel uncensored. "If you hear a name mentioned, it ain't to gain attention. My intention is the same even if I'm blacklisted." So you might hear a rappers name here and there on the record, but it's not to start a publicity beef, its just how I feel."
His album "I Fucking Hate Rappers" is in stores now i highly recommend it to those true hip hop enthusiasts
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