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lol. Since when has being conscious equated to record sales. How many platinum albums have common, kweli, mos had. Conscious rap doesn't sell. If ur trying to sell records the last thing u would do be conscious. If we was trying to sell records he would do chick songs like wale, drake, big sean... As far as calling women ******* who doesn't? Common does, tupac did. That doesn't dilute their message. Tupac did songs like "i get around" and "temptation" then turned around and did "Dear momma" and" Brenda's got a baby". If you don't like his music or think it's boring that's one thing but for u to sit here and act like him visiting ferguson was for show is ridiculous. Where was all the other rappers, athletes... during the ferguson riots.
Common and Kweli will never do anything for attention. Cole did that's the difference. The Ferguson visit showed he was trying to connect himself with the situation for attention. Why did he take a picture just standing where Michael Brown was killed? Shouldn't he have kept all that private? Cole is in the mainstream right now so there's no need for him to make himself look like Malcolm X. I wasn't saying calling women ***** wasn't conscious. The biggest problem with Cole is that he plays up the volatile stereotypes about black people while trying to convince the masses that he's smarter and different than everyone else. You may even hear a gun line from him once in a while so I don't get why people think he's a different breed of rapper.
Common made my favorite rap album of all time Be. Cole could never make something as heartfelt and real as that album cause he's too full of ****. He should of never positioned himself as a savior for 'real people'.
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