More Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire
To add on to my last post, this is the full response to one of my questions with Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire. It’s probably the most eloquent explanation of Waka Flocka Flame as important to hip-hop that I’ve heard, so I’m posting the transcript in full:
What do you think of Waka Flocka Flame [and that type of hip-hop]?
I think it’s ill. To me, rap should just represent people. Like, me, it’s a whole bunch of n****s that’s like me in the world. They get my music and relate to it because it’s like “oh, he’s like me.” It couldn’t just be me because I’m not the only type of person there is in the world. Like Waka Flocka, he raps for people that’s like him. Other people might like it, but they may not understand the shit he’s saying the way like somebody who really be running in cribs and getting after people, whatever the hell they be doing. The way that dude understands Waka, likes him, has an appreciation for his music, it’s needed. I might not, personally, be that n****. That’s not what I do. But I can appreciate that he’s speaking to somebody that doesn’t have a voice. And that’s really what rap is about. That’s the essence of hip-hop, is speaking for people who can’t speak for themselves. That shit is ill. He’s a representative of them n****s. It’s a bunch of n****s walking the street, crazy as it sounds, like Waka Flocka Flame, these people exist, and he’s making music for them.
