Who died and made you Kool Herc? You really deem yourself the arbiter of what communities can and can not be on the "hip-hop map" as it is termed in our discussion? I think you adequately proved my point that you don't disagree with the music on its merits but rather just want to vent your hatred of certain artists which seems to the casual observer to stem from jealousy.
Groups from East Pittsburgh in general and Squirrel Hill in particular have been making music, touring, and in general contributing to world hip-hop culture for almost two decades now. Mac Miller's success simply validates this proposition and does literally put Squirrel Hill on the map. In his videos shot at neighborhood house parties, Whiteman Park, and other locales, viewers and fans from all around the planet can see the unique flavor of hip-hop that Pittsburgh, East Pittsburgh, and Squirrel Hill/Point Breeze, Shadyside has to offer. That's a fact, you can stick your hands in your ears and scream to the walls but all of this has already transpired and then you'd just be delusional.
Now back to areas being on the "map". Inexact term of art as that may be, the ethos or rap is such that any area deserves to be on the map and arrives there when interest and notice is created in it by the music coming out of it. There is no committee that makes these choices and you ain't on it even if it did exist.
You believe your City paper's mandate is to cover local bands who do not market themselves effectively through social media? That's a narrow balliwick to be sure. Methinks that some of these bands may have you or your friends in them. I'd also point out that you predicated your hatred ostensibly on Mac's alleged lack of musical quality and then switched to the contention that him marketing himself effectively is somehow a strike against him in the great and hidden book of musical quality available I'm sure only to you. Problem is you contradict yourself there and pretty much everywhere. You must be really mad that these dudes are achieving their dreams and making more in a night than you prolly do in a month (in Wiz's case a year I'd guess). You are as always entitled to your voice, but your logic is flawed enough that it warranted a response. Finally I'd say that you should not hide behind a moniker if you're going to take a shot at someone or their community so stridently. Anyone who can google my name up here will know who I am. Its the name I rapped under for 13 years out of Squirrel Hill proudly. I took that name on 10 world tours to places like Japan and Brazil and Poland. And I'm very proud that Mac Miller is going to do his thing in a gigantic level. There's an old sephardic saying: "judge me by my flavor, not my color.." (color meaning exterior, not race) Its a good one to live by. If you want your hate to be taken seriously then you gotta hate on the merits. Otherwise you just sound bitter and ill informed.
Yeah man...I cannot countenance this hatred.Regardless of whether or not you like the music being made, (and it is your right to express yourself I am not saying that you can't) you have to realize that firing straight hatred in a public forum dedicated to these artists for this day makes you seem bitter and jealous.
A more profitable usage of your time would be making your own music and if you are the rarest of birds in 2011, a straight up fan, then why even bother showing your distaste? Let them do their thing and listen to the music you enjoy.
This is a gigantic net positive for the city of Pittsburgh and its hip-hop/electronic music scene and these cats all worked extremely hard to get to this point. Appreciate that and accept that they are gong to do their thing irrespective of your opinion.
And as a rapper myself its my opinion on a technical level that the rhyme scheme he used in the quoted section was sharp and his sylable game was on point as evidenced by the matching at the beginning and end of each bar for syllabic continuity, an important staple of lyricism.
I'm glad dude is putting Allderdice, Squirrel Hill, and Pittsburgh on the map. If you can ride with that outcome then please do. If you can't I'd say lead your life and let him lead his.
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Groups from East Pittsburgh in general and Squirrel Hill in particular have been making music, touring, and in general contributing to world hip-hop culture for almost two decades now. Mac Miller's success simply validates this proposition and does literally put Squirrel Hill on the map. In his videos shot at neighborhood house parties, Whiteman Park, and other locales, viewers and fans from all around the planet can see the unique flavor of hip-hop that Pittsburgh, East Pittsburgh, and Squirrel Hill/Point Breeze, Shadyside has to offer. That's a fact, you can stick your hands in your ears and scream to the walls but all of this has already transpired and then you'd just be delusional.
Now back to areas being on the "map". Inexact term of art as that may be, the ethos or rap is such that any area deserves to be on the map and arrives there when interest and notice is created in it by the music coming out of it. There is no committee that makes these choices and you ain't on it even if it did exist.
You believe your City paper's mandate is to cover local bands who do not market themselves effectively through social media? That's a narrow balliwick to be sure. Methinks that some of these bands may have you or your friends in them. I'd also point out that you predicated your hatred ostensibly on Mac's alleged lack of musical quality and then switched to the contention that him marketing himself effectively is somehow a strike against him in the great and hidden book of musical quality available I'm sure only to you. Problem is you contradict yourself there and pretty much everywhere. You must be really mad that these dudes are achieving their dreams and making more in a night than you prolly do in a month (in Wiz's case a year I'd guess). You are as always entitled to your voice, but your logic is flawed enough that it warranted a response. Finally I'd say that you should not hide behind a moniker if you're going to take a shot at someone or their community so stridently. Anyone who can google my name up here will know who I am. Its the name I rapped under for 13 years out of Squirrel Hill proudly. I took that name on 10 world tours to places like Japan and Brazil and Poland. And I'm very proud that Mac Miller is going to do his thing in a gigantic level. There's an old sephardic saying: "judge me by my flavor, not my color.." (color meaning exterior, not race) Its a good one to live by. If you want your hate to be taken seriously then you gotta hate on the merits. Otherwise you just sound bitter and ill informed.
A more profitable usage of your time would be making your own music and if you are the rarest of birds in 2011, a straight up fan, then why even bother showing your distaste? Let them do their thing and listen to the music you enjoy.
This is a gigantic net positive for the city of Pittsburgh and its hip-hop/electronic music scene and these cats all worked extremely hard to get to this point. Appreciate that and accept that they are gong to do their thing irrespective of your opinion.
And as a rapper myself its my opinion on a technical level that the rhyme scheme he used in the quoted section was sharp and his sylable game was on point as evidenced by the matching at the beginning and end of each bar for syllabic continuity, an important staple of lyricism.
I'm glad dude is putting Allderdice, Squirrel Hill, and Pittsburgh on the map. If you can ride with that outcome then please do. If you can't I'd say lead your life and let him lead his.