Frank The Butcher – (not gonna lie, don’t know who that is) – is starting a new web series; and – “In this piece Dope Boy discusses how his fashion sensibilities have landed him in a unnecessary rap category and why he doesn’t believe in being labeled.” The music pleasing your ears, is “Bamboo Child” by Ryo Kawasaki.
Via: HerFection
I see where CurT@!n$ is going; and there are a lot of other people – artists, fans, etc – that echo his thoughts. But personally, I don’t think there’s a problem with labeling stuff, especially if it’s not really some super revolutionary shit, and rather instead, just an interesting mix of what’s already out there. Labeling just makes it easier for us to track influences, explain why or why not we like something, and create playlists and pandora stations that make sense.
To me, the problem is when the “critics”, and critic within ourselves, try to trap artists into a specific label, and fail to respect when they try something different. It’s even worse that some artists put themselves in a box, and feel that they HAVE to stay there. Great artists – like, in my opinion: KiD CuDi, Kanye West, N*E*R*D, Chester French, and some others -make it harder for us to label them, and that’s a really good thing; while some other artists stick to one thing, and do a great job at it, see: Clipse, to “coke rap”; but that’s okay too. It’s complicated, I admit.
The worst problem though, is when premature and pretty much FALSE labels, are placed on an artists for some reason. CurT@!n$ being labeled as a” hipster rapper” is one of those examples. “Hipster” had nothing to do with his music, it’s just arguably, how he dresses.
So beyond that, I say embrace your label(s); but strive to get as many sticky notes stuck on you as possible.
