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Ya Tupac and DMX were "emotional" about things that were cool to be emotional about. Teenage pregnancy. Loved ones lost to homicides. These are all glamorous things to be emotional about.So rappers weren't emotionally vulnerable before?
DMX? Tupac? Biggie?
My God, Ja Rule was on some love tip crying in videos.
Come on dude
Some of you must have a limited knowledge of rap.
I already discussed the lane that Kanye opened up as far as a perception and marketing standpoint, but emotionally vulnerable
Next dudes are going to say Kanye brought soul samples to rap.
Kanye? Being insecure about his appearance? Realizing that working at The Gap was beneath him? Struggling with balancing materialism and success? How is any of that cool? Glamorous? Face it, before Kanye, the only emotion you could show in Hip Hop was when your homie got capped or when Brenda had a baby.......hood co sign things.....you couldn't show any sensitivity or emotion or vulnerability to the common things that common men go through while maturing.....
And the amazing thing is Kanye had no PR person telling him what to do. He had no producer telling him what kind of content to make. He did it all.
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