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AlecLinton — Hip-Hop's CEO?
Published: 2007-07-06 04:33:12 +0000 UTC; Views: 18954; Favourites: 226; Downloads: 555
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Made this in response to an HP ad where Jay Z claimed he was hip-hop's CEO.Jay embodies none of the four elements.
if i may quote the MC One Be Lo, "Big cars, clothes, and chains, that aint hip-hop."
16x24/ oil, acryilic, block ink, stencil, and collage on canvas.
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I cant believe I'm still getting comments on this piece... 5 years later! Wow, thanks guys.
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its really dope bro, do you mind if i use it for a mixtape?
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i like jay,but ur point makes perfect sense in everyway.and the pic is freaken awesome.
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Unreasonable Doubt. How ironic I was listening to that when I saw this haha
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Very strong piece here. Love that you quoted OneBeLo. Great emcee.
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Interesting piece..Keep doing your thing. [link]
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Very Interesting.... www.megaspect.blogspot.com
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hello there may I use this picture in the background of a film I am currently making?
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amazing. I agree, he is definatly not the CEO of hiphop.
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I am a big Jay-Z fan (I know you don't care) and this piece is fantastic. I love what it is saying and how it says it. It says alot about the state of Hip Hop. Well Done.
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i really don't give a fuck who likes jay z, who doesn't like jay z, or whatever. Its my art, and my opinion. Once again, opinon. For all of those who've shown love, much thanks. But for those of you trying to say you'll teach me what hip hop is, shut the fuck up. Music and art have a lot to do with opinion, i don't think jay z embodies what hip hop was or should be now, that's my opinion. If you disagree, great, you too are entiteld to your opinion, so go make your own piece of award winning art to manifest that opinion instead of trying to talk shit about my painting. and once again, for all of you showing love, thanks alot.
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I forgot about this one.
I wanna set it straight, I'm not talkin shit about your work. I jus assumed that since you didn't turn the comments off on this deviation that you were interested in hearing people's opinions.
Without attacking your right to your own opinion, I'd like to know, from one hip hop stan to another, just what exactly you think hip hop is supposed ti be and why jay-z in particular is so detrimental to it. Is it just the fact that he's famous or is there something else?
To me he's not as good a rapper as 3 stacks, and as good as reasonable doubt was, Illmatic was better but he's way above all the lil waynes and gucci manes out there.
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He's only got love for the Rap industry, not the Hip Hop culture.
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i painted this when i was 16, i've actually grown to really like some of jays stuff over the last year or so (not his stuff released in the last year, his general stuff), i mean ill always be a die hard nas fan, but your right, he's making alot better music than most of the stuff out there on the radio. i have no problem with his fame, in fact i love when artisits i like get the lime light they deserve. i know alot of underground heads who hate it when thier favorite artists get attention, but when you think about it thats kinda fucked up. if you love a particular artist, you should be down with other people getting to know and love them too. so it really has nothing to do with fame. i guess it just upset me that j was moving in what i feel was the wrong direction a few years back, but the blueprint three made me second guess that. jay z was one of the first artists i listened to when i first got into hiphop, then i gradually got on some conscience upper level shit, but i mean grownin since i was 16 alot of views change and shit, and i'm still not down with jay hova bein seen as hiphops CEO but you do have some valid words yourself.
one.
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I think only mainstream hip hop heads ever considered Jay z as the CEO.
I used to get caught up in that Nas vs Jay-Z thing but the fact is, both have made good music and both have done shit to make me shake my head. Like the Blueprint 3, highly disappointing album.
And as far as Nas, he can make good music but the gimmicks are gettin pretty old. I almost didn't cop the untitled album after I heard about the title dispute thing. He tried to play it up like it was all about expression and black freedom thing and all that, but I saw through it. It was the same thing as that "hip hop is dead" thing. He knew he didn't want lil suburban kids walkin around "what up, yo did you hear that new Nigger album?!!!??! That nigga Nas is the shit, yo!" lol
Like I said both are good artists, but far from the best. Their just well known. You wanna hear some real hip hop listen to MF Doom, Madlib, The Roots, A Tribe Called Quest, People Under The Stairs, Mos Def, Goodie Mob or Outkast. Hell listen to Eminem's very 1st album he released before he got signed. Listen to ATLiens (Outkasts' best album is one of their most obscure)if you want some true hip hop.
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This isn't bad as far as artwork goes, but I can't agree with you about Hova. People like him offer hope to young minorities living in a racially biased society. For a lot of us its either rap, play basketball, sell drugs, or die before age 30.
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No, the only song in which he really tried to show respect to the people he used to be with, was on Hard Knock Life, and I still get sick listening to his 1st line. He only speaks about himself and he's way to scared to leave money alone and make some real Hip Hop. He talked about NY recently, without even mentioning where he himself came from, only the bright lights...
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...the word usage on
"Jay embodies none of the four elements.
if i may quote the MC One Be Lo, "Big cars, clothes, and chains, that aint hip-hop."
is awesome ...simply awesome...but i really cant agree on "NONE" ... he is the emcee xD
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man this is intense.
I love the texture in all the red. it adds a lot to it. and the concept is great. I love that quote
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Great piece of art but...wow no respect for the Jay-Z jab, dude has alot of songs with meaning.
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no dis respect kid but if you want to learn whats hip hop write back and i tell u
listen to the gray album let it open your eyes there obviosly closed
no cars cloths or xchains attached
"it's the rock"
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i respect the idea but jay is a kid who grew up poor and became rich by spitting lyrics (thats hip hop) and his job is a rapper, rappers are cocky, y are complanig about this and not the fact that he calls himself j-hova (jehova) pick your battles by the way hip hop pillars are :
breakers
mc's
graffete
and dj's
if not him who represents best for that
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What do you think man? I could name a few:
-Rakim
-KRS-One
-Big Daddy Kane
-Public Enemy
-LL Cool J
-Gang Starr
-EPMD
-Run DMC
Etc.
Jay-Z only cares about making money, and he's actually using Hip Hop for it, showing absolutely no love for the culture and its people.
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i usually hate materialistic rap but i cant help liking jay-z, besides all his songs aren't like that.
look at this excerpt from Lost One
Hov had to get the shallow shit up off him
And I ain't even want to be famous
Niggaz is brainless to unnecessarily go through these changes
And I ain't even know how it came to this
Except that fame is
The worst drug known to man
It's stronger than, heroin
no big cars, clothes, or chains.
still though, mad respect for the stencil real well done, specially with the money i think over all its a good representation of what rap is going through.
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I like the image...
dissing Jay and also being a hip hop fan...
hmmmmm
tough
he is regarded as one of the greatest rappers
and i agree he is
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fucking. awesome.
hip hop deosn't need a CEO.
and if it did it'd be someone like sage francis, el-p or aesop rock.
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I completely agree and your piece speaks louder than words. Jay-Z is just a business man running the rat race. His voice is annoying and his albums WAY overrated.
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