December 14, 2005
NEXT, ROYALTY STATEMENT COUPLETS
The title track of Talib Kweli's new mixtape is another "my label sucks" tale, in the same conceptual tradition as Bun B's "The Story." I am totally in favor of this new subgenre (much better than "intimate club music," Banner's euphemism for eew-hop). I wish there was a Mecca Normal track called "I Am So Sure We Could Have Sold More, Gerard," or a Spymob track called "Star Trak, My White Ass." (Those are purely conjectural song titles; I know nothing about the business relationships between these musicians and their labels, and my gentle joshing should not imply that I do. [Hedging, what.])
Posted by Sasha at December 14, 2005 02:34 PM | TrackBack