it's appriciated...though he certainly isn't the first rapper or r/b artist to make such a statement. certainly he would be the highest profile artist to do so...
my only wonder is if he'll carry this forward with any energy or if this was the end of it. he's certainly in an interesting place to do so...he's not involved in any of the major rivalries, and is positioned much more on the lyrical driven range of rap. not to say his beats aren't good...but he's rapping much more like talib kweli or common than he is to even his labelmates at ROC. it's usually the "socially conscious" section of the genre, and doesn't always have the greatest traction in creating change.
his impact probably won't be in his own work, but in influencing the work he's producing for.
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