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What would you say you do here? (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You said it yourself he is very good at generating hype in an industry that survives on hype. He was a flashy obnoxious tool when everyone was wearing Ed Hardy jeans and 3 inch round Ecko watches studded with fake diamonds. He was Mr Miami when the south was blowing up rap wise. He was the right personality, in the right place, at the right time with the right skills and right connections and he hustled.

I know I'm repeating myself saying "I think he is a tool" but that being said, I was really into rap and the scene during the era he had his come up and I know he didnt stumble into success.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Fair enough, definitely will not disagree with you cuz you sound way more informed. I found him (and I guess his era if I'm being honest) too overtly manufactured and obnoxious to really engage with. I do imagine bro worked his ass off, and yea must have been a confluence of factors, many of them his own personality traits and effort. Maybe what irks me is people regard him as egocentric and cocky when to me he seems the opposite, just extremely fragile and fake because he's hyper-aware of his own shortcomings (and worse, absolutely correct about them). I guess that describes a fair portion of "egocentric" personalities anyway though, thorny and fragile.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago

Your assesment of that era of rap is 100% spot on. That was a very braggadocious and flashy era leading up to the financial collapse in 08. Dj Khaled was music for nightclubs, it was "gangster rap" for the masses, it was radio play accessible without being edited to death... and it sold.

I dont know the man but I think it was a lot like what happens to a lot of people in entertainment, you have to fake it till you make it. Nobody wants to hear songs about how you're going to climb to the middle. But eventually at some level of success you need to stop huffing your own farts and show some humility and I dont think he ever has.