![]() That seems to be the in thing- how many people you can murder on a record. "There are different topics besides murdering everybody. By 1993, rap had toasted to The Chronic, Illmatic, and 36 Chambers had it been released then, KMD's pointed and confrontational Black Bastards would have sounded but a wolf cry while the rest of hip-hop was taking its first sips of gin and juice. ![]() "Only in America could you find a way to earn a healthy buck/ And still keep your attitude on self-destruct," Doom would say later in "Rhymes Like Dimes". But when hip-hop got fat and gangsta and lucrative- as well as massively important, culturally influential, and- Doom kept low, disgruntled by what he saw as big-money rap's new self-importance. ![]() Foodtalk is facile shorthand, and after 15 years in the game, MF Doom has had his share of Warren G Cheezie Nachos and Master P Platinum BBQ Rap Snacks. and Big Pun and Puffy and Fat Joe and Raekwon the Chef, or singlehandedly stabilized a dying French wine town with an MTV spot and a few choice Diddies. Skeptics: name another genre that has its own brand of potato chips, or counts as heroes men named Notorious B.I.G.
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