Srsly. I'll be on MTV and you'll see me and be like "hey, I used to be bestfriends with him but then he stopped enjoying my presence and became a thousandaire. And you'll call me up and be like "hey, throw some money my way." And I'll be like "nigga please, I've got a coke addiction to be supporting right now... pffffft."
Who watches MTV? Everyone. Who gets to hear snippets of None Shall Pass tracks? Everyone. Who finds out that Aesop is more amazing than Yung Joc and Trick Daddy? Everyone. Its a promotional scam. Not only is he making money off of the commercials, but he's getting exposure. And he didn't do anything that he wouldn't do on some underground radio station either, he was Aesop being Aesop. He didn't sell out. I'm proud of my nigga.
True. I mean, I have to admit that when Seven's Travel's was all over MTV2 I was pissed, but that whole cd and phase of Atmosphere's carreer was a giant let down. Like, they didn't 'sell out' either, they just didn't sound the same. And they started showing up on mtv and the radio and shit, so, it was like "hey, these guys changed their sound and image so they could get a little shine." But Aesop is a whole different story. He hasn't changed shit. I can say that confidently. I mean, he's changed since Appleseed, but that's more of a growing up thing. His lyrics and content are the same, his production and beats are the same, his appearance is the same. He's still indie hiphop at it's finest, he's just getting exposure. It doesn't matter if he gets ten thousand new fans... because he's still Aesop Rock and he deserves the profit and he deserves to get his word across, you know? Haha. Sorry I keep going on gigantic tangents. Its just like... this weeks topic of discussion is Aesop Rock becoming a shitbag sellout media hungry drone and
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god damnit.
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