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.
Facts
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
Lil yachty doesnt know tupac songs and doesnt need to but is very much a dope artist and great student of the game…
No. Just no
Man the real story should be who the hell is Lil Yachty or Anderson Park?
This just in ………..Lil Yachty and Lil Uzi Vert are the same nigga
Tell em, Paak!
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.
Oh yeah? but you forget nobody gives a fuck about what you think
Im wanna run train on yo ass mouf an pussy three car garage!
Go do society a favor mix saltwater into a blender and stick your dick into it
I’m a hip hop head and I do know that Lil Wayne and Birdman started hip hop in 1999.
Correction hip hop started in 1979 with SugarHill Gang….it was hip hop before birdman and lil wayne
Hiphop started with sugar hill gang?? Nah bruh, try again smh…
DJ Kool Herc..
Grandmaster Flowers
Ooh, you right.
What cereal brand do i have to buy to see your label on the back of it?
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 .
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.
Stay Wavy!
@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
If you can’t name 5 BIG and PAC songs then you need to be exiled from the culture permanently
Who the fuck is anderson park?
Paak is dope, check him out.
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
Anderson paak said he fucked a flashlight he cant get no bitches