According to this brilliant comic! (thx ninoy)
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Tom Breihan used to be someone I somewhat respected...until he started TALKING SHIT ABOUT ME! Then I knew that he couldn't possibly be as cool as I thought he was.
That was waaay before I found out he was a horizontal-striped 6'-10" "dork".
On another note, Jeff Chang came to speak at a hip hop class at San Francisco State, and I asked my lil' cuz to give me feedback. He said that homeboy walked in with a plaid button-down tucked into very high-sitting pants and a brown leather belt.
Yes, people. If you consider them to be YOUR Hip Hop Saviors, then you're better off DEAD.
Bravo, Dustinland, Bravo.
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I read his piece--what did he say "bad" about you?
if you think it's about what you wear versus what you know/what you've lived, then you've got much to learn young jedi. jeff chang's got more hip-hop in his tweed jacket and high-waters than you'll ever have in your entire lifetime. and that's not hating, thems the facts.
disappointed in you, being pinoy from the bay and clowning jeff like that. ask Shortkut, he knows.
ah, goodbye to fact checking. it was a black belt.
HAHA.
Love it.
Jeff, I've read your book, "Can't Stop Won't Stop" cover to cover.
With all due respect, it's a very real critique about street cred vs academia, something that all hip hop journalists, and readers, should be aware of.
Of all the hip hop scribes, you are my favorite. Glad to see you have a sense of humor about the situation.
Crunkster, you clowned him more than I did. I don't think that even Mr. Chang himself would make such an ambitious claim. There is no barometer of who is "more hip hop" than whom.
Cultural anthropology is very touchy. Some bring forth groundbreaking information. Some litter tin cans and impregnate the indigenous women.
And they all have their own opinion.
And me being "Pinay" and family with Shortkut has nothing to do with asking those questions. We all should.
Thanks for reading, Jeff. Huge compliment.
crunkster is the homie, but i never wore tweed.
gotta say he's definitely right about the high-waters tho. at the national hip-hop convention in 2004, i was rocking triple 5 soul long shorts with tube socks. the florida delegation couldn't believe it.
if rs doesn't work out, then holla and i'll get you to advise me on getting some new gear.
i intended to hype chang (as he's defended my honor a few times) but i see now he's already interjected his two cents here. it's good to see you have respect so my aforementioned intended comment is now moot.
figure while im here i'll leave a comment. why not? everyone else is doing it...you've done amazingly well for yourself at a young age. no doubt you've got a long sucessful career ahead of you. i mos def cannot knock the hustle. in this day and age no one is going to knock on your door and put you up on game. you've got to be a go getta (rkelly ref not intentional)so props on seeing the score and going for the gold.
but as a woman in this game who's worked pretty fucking hard to get where i am i can speak from experience when i say take it easy on the ego. don't get me wrong, confidence is key. without it, you will get stomped out and walked on continually...but there is a fine line between confidence & swagger and ego & alienation. i'd hate to see your professional progress fall to the wayside because you get a little to wrapped up in securing your "shine" and defending your "truf" in my experience one's work speaks volumes about one's legitmacy. i guess what i'm trying to say is, i'd like to see you spending less time "defending" your hip-hop-hoodnessand more time writing dope pieces about the artists who are breathing life into this shit we call hip hop.
bay all day....
Just to point out the obvious contradiction - you can't try to invoke "street cred" in one breath and then turn around and say, "There is no barometer of who is "more hip hop" than whom." Obviously, you have a scale of who's realer than who.
In any case, Jazzbo wasn't defending Breihan (I don't know if anyone would). Seems to me he's wondering why you're going after someone like Jeff whose work makes your work possible.
i like talking about what jeff wears. he's got rad style. i miss seeing him cruising the streets of chelsea in the ill yellow columbia goretex.... aight!
*laugh* I love how this has turned into a "let's reminisce about Jeff's fashion disasters" thread.
In any case, I'm not one to throw stones. Somewhere out there must be pictures of my "vest" phase.
OOF.
Oliver,
Is it too late to say that I'm a huge fan of your writing too?
HAHAHAAHAHAH
Okay, when it comes to staying "hip with the kids", I will be at your service.
And when I need my stories to be edited and critiqued, you and Jeff are King.
Vests, huh? We'll work on that ;)
look. gore-tex is an excellent fabric. and it was not invented by al gore.
since were talking about hip-hop fashion faux pas... i hope i haven't discredited myself by being an active horizontal stripe wearer. i can't front, h&m's got that decently priced work-appropriate attire.
but vests and gore-tex... not a good look.
"active horizontal stripe wearer"
Hey, who doesn't have an Ernie shirt in the wardrobe? Just saying.
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