From MC Lyte vs Salt n Pepa, to KRS-1 vs all of Queens, Ice Cube vs. Common, Jay-Z vs Nas, Pusha T vs Drake, and on and on, this beef of the moment does seem to hit the hardest. I think not only bc of the specificity of the allegations and character call outs, but also the tension between art and commerce - someone on top of the commercial mountain not feeling he gets the respect of a Pulitzer prize winning "fake activist." Echos of Jay-Z vs Nas?
One of the two has expanded the genre. Won a Pulitzer. Performed televised sets that did in fact "electrify them." Receives all the critical praise. Worked extensively with the best in jazz in Kamasi Washington (who himself along with his collaborators has expanded his genre). If I were a competitive artist, particularly one with a capital 'E' Ego...yeah I'd be hating even harder
Oh and RPM. It is hard. A practice to be sure. Seeing improvements in our practice, but even fitting in 30-45m sessions at home 2-3x per week along with the once a week visit to the practitioner (we are lucky, 1h round trip for a good level 3 practitioner/parent of a speller) is a lot.
Sure that you have heard this, but once you set up SDP through Regional Center in California...the RPM is fully covered. Maybe the same in at least a few other states? We are out of pocket for now though and yeah, $$ bills y'all :-/
From MC Lyte vs Salt n Pepa, to KRS-1 vs all of Queens, Ice Cube vs. Common, Jay-Z vs Nas, Pusha T vs Drake, and on and on, this beef of the moment does seem to hit the hardest. I think not only bc of the specificity of the allegations and character call outs, but also the tension between art and commerce - someone on top of the commercial mountain not feeling he gets the respect of a Pulitzer prize winning "fake activist." Echos of Jay-Z vs Nas?
One of the two has expanded the genre. Won a Pulitzer. Performed televised sets that did in fact "electrify them." Receives all the critical praise. Worked extensively with the best in jazz in Kamasi Washington (who himself along with his collaborators has expanded his genre). If I were a competitive artist, particularly one with a capital 'E' Ego...yeah I'd be hating even harder
than Drake's "biggest hater."
Oh and RPM. It is hard. A practice to be sure. Seeing improvements in our practice, but even fitting in 30-45m sessions at home 2-3x per week along with the once a week visit to the practitioner (we are lucky, 1h round trip for a good level 3 practitioner/parent of a speller) is a lot.
Sure that you have heard this, but once you set up SDP through Regional Center in California...the RPM is fully covered. Maybe the same in at least a few other states? We are out of pocket for now though and yeah, $$ bills y'all :-/