I only say “old head” because people usually call older people bitter when they critique current rap, especially women hip hop. It’s interesting to see how disappointed he was with hip hop being violence from men and s***from women. Usually the older rappers who are respected like him don’t speak out against the youth but man bruh was disgusted lmaooo. RIP KA

Kinda whack imo (as a topic), and Rap about Rap is even more played out to me today than "just violence and sex"

But outside of that RIP goat

Love that song

It didnt feel like a bitter old nigga, it felt like an earned scolding that you just gotta learn from lol

Do we still have no known cause of death?

cease all them jewels in your teeth if you ain't spittin' none

Probably my favorite song off that album, the beat is perfection and he’s spitting facts

yea his disappointment w the world and trending depravity felt more palpable than usual.

probly still too taboo to insinuate and even more disrespectful to speculate, but until cause of death is divulged... i'll jus say it's sad to hear him progress to that point given the tragedy to triumph trajectory of his earlier work

lmao hell yeah he did go full old head on that
love it
just wish it was not his final album dam

Great album from a great artist

RIP

I feel like his complaints about thot rap are about as measured as they can be, coming from a despondent old master of the art he’s trying to take to task In the song. Maybe thats hardcore cope but I didn’t find it all that egregious

Oh I wanna state that I feel everything he was saying lmaoooo. Idk if it seemed like I disagree but I feel em. Somebody as old as KA can remember when there was some semblance of balance in mainstream hip hop vs now mainstream and a lot of youthful hip hop has kinda fell down the Debauchery hole

I remember finding this song funny cause I first thought “this nigga sound like me talking about hip hop” lmaoo

Totally valid to confine your thoughts to a concept track this way. I'm more irked when J Cole does it as a career signature when he could just lead by example instead. I'd still rather an artist grow little crotchety and opinionated than stuck in arrested development forever. Ka is one of those rappers who actually did "drop knowledge" and it wasn't just about rap.

Do these guys ever question their own perspective though? They themselves change as the world changes. There were sexually explicit songs by women and songs about gang violence the whole time. Most people who listened to them probably didn't get their p**** eaten by Ludacris on the 50 yard line or spin the block on an op. It's almost like music doesn't actually cause these things to happen.

Raps about Rap is one of the most whack played out s***s for the longest now that does nothing lol

RIP to the underappreciated legend. He earned every right to say this.

Rapping for rapping's sake is a fundamental building block. You take that out and you get guys who simply cannot rap.

I personally love the album and message.

I did not see it as him being bitter. I think the state of hip-hop and its overwhelming negative influence on black people, especially within the culture, is something that was weighing on him for some time, and he felt that it was the time to address it. Hip-hop and his community has always been something very dear to him.

And for the people saying hip-hop has always been like that, I’m sure he was aware. He was very self-aware of the fact that his music was not for everyone. I believe he just wanted to send the message out to those who took the time to listen to his music and put out a message of learning and guidance out in the world.

if yall listened to this album he sounds lowkey depressed all the way through it. not just over rap, over religious life, his community, other stuff i cant comment on due to cacness. straight up says nothing goods gonna come to his people, outright dark outlook on some of these songs

im not here to speculate but i do hope him dying is not related to the content of the project if you understand what im saying

Rapping for rapping sakes is not the same about a Rap subject literally being about Rap in itself.

A few lines in a verse or a freestyle? Cool. A whole song? Nah.

It means or helps nothing while being disconnected from most listeners.

Now songs like I Used to Love Her that aren't played so straight are a better way of doing it, to me.

He didn't exactly make upbeat music