M.I.A: "I Don't Wanna Say Jay-Z Sold Out, But..."
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M.I.A. has shared her thoughts on the difference between Jay-Z and Nas in a recent interview.
The rapper/singer explained that both of the rap stars took different routes to success.
She told Complex Magazine: "Jay became the biggest representation of rap music who's still alive, started dating Beyoncé, everything was so much bigger and better with Jay-Z. I hope people don't think that that wins.
"The fact that Nas didn't become all this sort of stuff changes people's perception about the music and the work he achieved in his lifetime. I don't wanna say Jay-Z sold out, but I just feel like we have to wait another 10 years to see what happens.
“Jay-Z's ambition was to become like Frank Sinatra, a household name all over the planet, and own a casino in Vegas and stuff like that. And I think Nas was really sticking to knowledge. I still think the biggest point about hip-hop is in there somewhere, what happens to those two artists."
Personally, I think Jay-Z SOLD OUT!! Yeah yeah, he's the the no.1 torch bearer but I just can't help but think that he could have done so much more than just wear suits and have breakfast with billionaires... Discuss.
The rapper/singer explained that both of the rap stars took different routes to success.
She told Complex Magazine: "Jay became the biggest representation of rap music who's still alive, started dating Beyoncé, everything was so much bigger and better with Jay-Z. I hope people don't think that that wins.
"The fact that Nas didn't become all this sort of stuff changes people's perception about the music and the work he achieved in his lifetime. I don't wanna say Jay-Z sold out, but I just feel like we have to wait another 10 years to see what happens.
“Jay-Z's ambition was to become like Frank Sinatra, a household name all over the planet, and own a casino in Vegas and stuff like that. And I think Nas was really sticking to knowledge. I still think the biggest point about hip-hop is in there somewhere, what happens to those two artists."
Personally, I think Jay-Z SOLD OUT!! Yeah yeah, he's the the no.1 torch bearer but I just can't help but think that he could have done so much more than just wear suits and have breakfast with billionaires... Discuss.
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done so much more like what?
does it matter what you or m.i.a. thinks?
that ? has provided a life for his family that few people will ever experience
what else is there to be done?
save the world?
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She ain't lying so if the shoe fits then wear it, so jay can't do no wrong if nas does something y'all blow ? up to epic proportions!
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... if I remember right, a great portion of these ? get in the game to make money, what else is should they be doing
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Her(?) point is that image (swag, as the ? call it) is more important to some hip-hop fans than the actual music.
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This chick sure has alot of opinions about everybody for some reason......I liked that violent lil video, for the song I cant remember the name of, but only time I ever hear this chicks name is when she's talking bout somebody else, she was complaining about Lady Gaga one week, Rhianna the next week, now she's speaking on Hip Hop like some kind of Expert.......Maybe next week she'll review the new AC/DC record for us, cause Metal fans are just dying to know how many stars she gave it
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sutterkane wrote: »This chick sure has alot of opinions about everybody for some reason......I liked that violent lil video, for the song I cant remember the name of, but only time I ever hear this chicks name is when she's talking bout somebody else, she was complaining about Lady Gaga one week, Rhianna the next week, now she's speaking on Hip Hop like some kind of Expert.......Maybe next week she'll review the new AC/DC record for us, cause Metal fans are just dying to know how many stars she gave it
Don't you know? She's got a new album out soon -
Brian Corleone wrote: »Her(?) point is that image (swag, as the ? call it) is more important to some hip-hop fans than the actual music.
where did you get this?
i didn't read that nowhere
either way
don't nobody owe nobody nothin
so if a ? is taking care of his family
? what any and everybody else got to say -
dontdiedontkillanyone wrote: »Don't you know? She's got a new album out soon
I shoulda figured.......Maybe Lady Gaga will respond and they can have a "Who's more desperate for attention" battle, Maybe a Mud Wrestling match, that should get her in headlines -
Okay Jay is taking hip hop to massive levels dining with billioniares, owning clubs & NBA franchises, and selling out everywhere in the country and he SOLD OUT????? I swear some you muthafuckas are to small minded to achieve anything in life. Why not go for it all if i have the ability to achieve isn't that the main goal in life? I'm not knocking Nas in anyway for choosing to drop educate the masses everybody is not the same and our hustles aren't either. But at the end of the day is all about achieving your goals and I say both are successfully doin that. Props to both!!!!
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fortyacres&amule wrote: »what does this hoe know............
she should stick to making garbage
tell 'em................... -
What is she actually saying i don't understand she does a good job beating around the bush
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Well, Arular and Kala are eons better than anything Jay-Z has ever released.
I have to c/s her. -
Punisher__ wrote: »Well, Arular and Kala are eons better than anything Jay-Z has ever released.
I have to c/s her.
lmao who ??? you how can you co sign this ? i'm a nas fan but who wouldn't want the success jay has ? "Jay became the biggest representation of rap music who's still alive, started dating Beyoncé, everything was so much bigger and better with Jay-Z. I hope people don't think that that wins. how does it not win ? Then she said we gotta wait 10 more years to see what happens lmao really so when jay 52 and nas what 45 we should see who's had the better career ? saying ? like this she should live up to her name and become m.i.a go take care of that kid -
Okay Jay is taking hip hop to massive levels dining with billioniares, owning clubs & NBA franchises, and selling out everywhere in the country and he SOLD OUT????? I swear some you muthafuckas are to small minded to achieve anything in life. Why not go for it all if i have the ability to achieve isn't that the main goal in life? I'm not knocking Nas in anyway for choosing to drop educate the masses everybody is not the same and our hustles aren't either. But at the end of the day is all about achieving your goals and I say both are successfully doin that. Props to both!!!!
Cosign, I'm not a Jay-Z fan but he has done alot for hip hop in terms of it's image, I mean who would have thought a rapper could go from dropping albums to owning NBA teams? -
What is she actually saying i don't understand she does a good job beating around the bush
She's got a habit of talking contradictions and chatting ? . As much as I like her albums you do get the impression all the stuff she talks about about is a muddled and hollow contradiction. You do realize she's also married to a millionaire
Edit: On another note, what she said about Lady Gaga and her image not even matching her music which is just 90s Dance music is correct -
Yet M.I.A. lent her vocals to HIS song and perfomed HIS song on an award show.
Yet she sticks her face on various magazines and uses her songs for Honda commercials, which totally goes against her so called belief of resisting the status quo.
I can never take what this chick says seriously. She talks just for the sake of making noise and she constantly contradicts herself. Jay-Z was never the type of rapper Nas was anyways. -
Punisher__ wrote: »Well, Arular and Kala are eons better than anything Jay-Z has ever released.
I have to c/s her.
If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, does it make a sound
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WHOA people.. I dont think she dissed JayZ.. lol.. calm down.. We don't know what questions was ask so we can really read this in context... She was just speaking on the different routes they took jeez people..
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SCRATCHOFF wrote: »WHOA people.. I dont think she dissed JayZ.. lol.. calm down.. We don't know what questions was ask so we can really read this in context... She was just speaking on the different routes they took jeez people..
I'm not trippin on what she said actually i'm trippin on cats that say he sold cuz he is mad successful. I'm just tired of black people giving the impression that if you are a success u a sell out -
If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, does it make a sound
lmao
I laughed, but don't disrespect me like that. -
I'm not trippin on what she said actually i'm trippin on cats that say he sold cuz he is mad successful. I'm just tired of black people giving the impression that if you are a success u a sell out
Dumbing down your ? for a bigger hit is selling out. -
You say he sold out, I say he merely turned into a capitalist egomaniac
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I see no one refuting the paths she was talking bout. Always tho shoot the messenger...
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I see no one refuting the paths she was talking bout. Always tho shoot the messenger...
Right because what she said was True.. it wasn't meant as a diss -
M.I.A. has shared her thoughts on the difference between Jay-Z and Nas in a recent interview.
The rapper/singer explained that both of the rap stars took different routes to success.
She told Complex Magazine: "Jay became the biggest representation of rap music who's still alive, started dating Beyoncé, everything was so much bigger and better with Jay-Z. I hope people don't think that that wins.
"The fact that Nas didn't become all this sort of stuff changes people's perception about the music and the work he achieved in his lifetime. I don't wanna say Jay-Z sold out, but I just feel like we have to wait another 10 years to see what happens.
“Jay-Z's ambition was to become like Frank Sinatra, a household name all over the planet, and own a casino in Vegas and stuff like that. And I think Nas was really sticking to knowledge. I still think the biggest point about hip-hop is in there somewhere, what happens to those two artists."
Personally, I think Jay-Z SOLD OUT!! Yeah yeah, he's the the no.1 torch bearer but I just can't help but think that he could have done so much more than just wear suits and have breakfast with billionaires... Discuss.
She is right about the bolded, though.
Biggest doesn't always mean better. And just because Jay continues to commercialize hip hop and make it a hot commodity in mainstream arenas, doesn't give the genre as much credibility as it does water it down.
