I had bitched him out on youtube but then said later "you aren't such a bad guy" which left him confused. Was I a troll, he asked.. lets find out shall we?
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So I listen to hip hop, but I seem to have a bone to pick with the majority of it because of it's game of one up's menship and machismo. Its a crying shame that people feel so powerless in a world run by capitalist scum on top of their pyramids of power, that the culture they fill their lives with is about emulating the jack booted thugs at the top but just on the black and grey market side of things.
I get it. They tell the world "money is the way it goes and that you can't do shit". Some people break the law and make it big others just listen to people singing songs about doing the same. Robin Hood popped into existence for a reason too.. I get it. It doesn't mean I gotta like it or listen to it.
quite a while ago I stumbled on nerdcore hiphop and went on a downloading spree (of the legal variety for the most part). I stumbled onto the ryhme torrent collections and started to pick thru the good and the unprofessional. I say unprofessional instead of bad because for the most part everyone donating to the ryhme torrent albums tried real hard and have their hearts in the right place at a minimum. Some people's work got me out on a hunt to find what I could find. Turned out I stumbled on a old fashioned ftp kind of webpage full of YTCrackers files. I Dunno if he was making it available on purpose or someone messed up YT's html, but geez did it remind me of the old crappy days of da intarwebs when so many files were just left lying around idiotic obtuse directory trees (made so by the old 8.4.. glad thats gone!).
So I see YTCracker tryin to sing about how great he is and shit so I lump him in with the mainstream gangsta rap tenatively. I then find a sub directory with other files worked on by YTCracker and it turns out he works with more than just nerdcore but damned if I didn't see nothing but a bunch of braggards trying to make up for with words what they can't do (or can't feel good just doing) in their life.
Ok but that was a while ago, and I wanted to check up on the nerdcore rap scene since I started collecting nerdcore youtube vids recently (march09). Going thru vids by the artists I narrowed my radar down to, I see vids for YTCracker recommended off to the side by the youtube bots. I decide to see if my opinion of YTCracker is justified since I have a short memory and I always like to form my opinion on facts not vague impressions. I get the same vibe off of the music and I get the drunken idiot vibe off the fan base posting about the vids so I decide to post insults like a jack ass (the anon aspect of the net brings out the ass in peeps).
But here is the thing, some fans respond like jerks but on their second replies to me they are actually level headed, while others were level headed from the start. Also people come out of the woodwork talkin about how nice he is in person. Hm. This got me thinking so I investigated his vlog styled posts and you know what? he's not the devil. go fig. But then what the hell? I decide to reavaluate my reasons to hate and diss YTCracker.
inner dialog went like this (good vs evil):
g: ok so YTCracker is a bragard.
e: uhm MC Frontalot is a bragard.
g: ya but Frontalot is being an ironical smart ass. If you were meant to believe it I wouldnt like it.
e: uhm ok but MC Chris is a bragard.
g: ok ok. He's not even as clever as Frontalot but he IS sarcastic too.. uhm.. for the most part.
e: ok but if YTCracker is a nice person in the reals then cut him some slack.
g: I would but he still drives me nuts with rage.
e: you got issues.
g: shut up.
e: you think a rapper must be self effacing to be good.
g: no, but doing nothing but self promoting kinda sucks.
e: there are some bands who chant their own name, driving your girl nuts, yet you like them alot so..
g: ok ok ok you're right... Maybe its the frat nerd aspect.
e: frat nerd?
g: ya I knew a girl who dated one once. He was a engineer working on robot vision who was a huge Doctor Who fan but he still hung out with socially competant people and did not suffer the pain of being different.
e: canada doesnt have frats..
g: Its just an expression.
e: So you think for nerds to be nerds they have to maintain status in the social underclass so to speak.
g: No.. uhm, maybe?
e: Ok so thats a yes.
g: I'm going to poke your eyes out you know.
e: uhm good luck - I'm in your head.
g: oh ya.
e: so its the lack of humility huh.
g: no, I think I realised it's the lack of content devoid of self promoting.
e: no I bet its the 'wigger' thing.
g: AcK! shut your mouth! I'm not racist and I have no probs with hip hop culture.
e: yes you do, you think taking the bragging out of hip hop would make it evaporate.
g: no I don't. I would still have jurassic5, Digital underground, SweatShop Union, Jesse Dangerously.. uhm.
e: Having trouble thinking of anyone else huh? Remember you'd only get half the lyrics from those bands too.
g: crap
e: I win.
g: Oh I know! I associate gangsta rap (but not hip hop) with the thug culture that is the bully and jock type that is the enemy of the nerd. To watch someone self identify as a nerd but act like the bully is gonna set me off.
e: and make you act like a bully.
g: fuck you and the brain you rode in on.
e: Let's end this schizo conversation and go play madworld.
g: now theres an idea I can't argue with.
