Anderson .Paak: “Don’t Be Cocky You Don’t Know Hip Hop History”

    Anderson .Paak is speaking out against willful ignorance.

    In a tweet posted on Saturday (August 27), the 30-year-old made a callout to anyone who steps into Hip Hop without knowing its history.

    “Don’t be cocky in the fact that you don’t know anything about hip hop history. Real artists are students of the game first,” he wrote.

    Though he didn’t mention Lil Yachty by name, the message could be seen as a response to Lil Boat, who made headlines this past week for unapologetically admitting he couldn’t name five Tupac and Notorious B.I.G. songs. In an interview with Billboard, Yachty added, “But if I’m doing this my way and making all this money, why should I do it how everybody says it’s supposed to be done?”

    Yachty is the most recent champion of a new generation of rappers more concerned with what’s happening now than with what’s happened over the last 40+ years. The Atlanta rapper was born in August 1997, less than a year after the deaths of Pac and Biggie.

    Paak’s most recent album Malibu album definitely pays tribute to the classics, merging influences from older Hip Hop, as well as from the sounds of jazz and funk.

    In his 4.0 review of the album for HipHopDX, Andre Grant wrote: “Malibu is jazzy, but not in the acid jazz way that was K. Dot’s To Pimp A Butterfly. The rhythms are sumptuous and contextual; the songwriting honest and playful. Anderson .Paak and his sunlit septum piercing may be just be gearing up for a breakout 2016.”

    The saying goes that if you don’t know your history, you’re doomed to repeat it. Something many older Hip Hop fans might not think is such a bad thing.

    Check out the tweet below.

     

     

    27 thoughts on “Anderson .Paak: “Don’t Be Cocky You Don’t Know Hip Hop History”

    1. that describes most hip hop listeners or today. they just think drake or lil wayne started it lol. now i like to slide my cock in a girl as i rap lil wayne. it makes her pussy dry up and it feels like your fucking a butthole so its like anal with your girl. I’m high

    2. Lil yachty doesnt know tupac songs and doesnt need to but is very much a dope artist and great student of the game…

    3. Hahaha my Facebook status earlier this week read: If you claim to “live and breathe” hip-hop, you better be able to talk about its origins, know a wide, WIDE variety of music, be able to name what sample came from where more often than not, and respect the pioneers, otherwise, you’re just fronting.

      I tend to agree with Mr. Paak here.

      1. Correction hip hop started in 1979 with SugarHill Gang….it was hip hop before birdman and lil wayne

    4. next month is da month i finally got my death date picked. imma drown myself like a slave in the river or lake. and i do it straight sober, life is hell for me. fuck this fail life shit. imma be finally dead. good bye hip hop. agaraphobic internet hip hop fan since ’08. it was good while it lasted. since 18 ain’t no progress in life just miserable fails in life. imma drown with weight so my body can never be found. i don’t want to be clowned after death. don’t call it suicide it’s self deliverance. peace to tha gods and earths. #tbm #adiym .

      1. Sounds like you’re trapped in a burning building and you’re choosing to jump instead of facing the fire. I get it but, you can still feel and be great if you learn from your mistakes and try again. I’ll miss you.

    5. @last dayz you better not do it man Life is a bitch so stick your dick in the ground man. Used to be suicidal but it aint worth it. Your stronger than that you just dont know

    6. If you can’t name 5 BIG and PAC songs then you need to be exiled from the culture permanently

    7. that’s a true statement by Anderson…gotta know your history and if you cannot name a Biggie or 2Pac song you are trash….and your music is trash

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