Comments on: Artist Spotlight: Blaq Poet http://kevinnottingham.com/2009/08/19/artist-spotlight-blaq-poet/ We run deeper than the underground Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:24:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Ominous Red http://kevinnottingham.com/2009/08/19/artist-spotlight-blaq-poet/#comment-44435 Ominous Red Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:50:18 +0000 http://kevinnottingham.com/?p=18439#comment-44435 I understand that. My frustration I guess was more with Poet. Gone are the days of having a dope album and letting it do all the work for you. Artists need to understand that they are a main factor in selling their work. If an artist can't get excited about his own work and want to talk about it, why would anyone else want to hear it? I guess maybe sprinkle so youtube goodness in the articles. Maybe that can help. I searched for a bunch of Poet stuff and found things that I didn't know existed. Like the Ain't Nuttin Changed Remix with MC Eiht or the All Hells Breaking Loose track. That kinda stuff I think would maybe push people over into buying and supporting him that may have been sitting on the fence. Others wise, great stuff. Like this site always produces... Keep it up. I understand that.

My frustration I guess was more with Poet. Gone are the days of having a dope album and letting it do all the work for you. Artists need to understand that they are a main factor in selling their work. If an artist can’t get excited about his own work and want to talk about it, why would anyone else want to hear it?

I guess maybe sprinkle so youtube goodness in the articles. Maybe that can help. I searched for a bunch of Poet stuff and found things that I didn’t know existed. Like the Ain’t Nuttin Changed Remix with MC Eiht or the All Hells Breaking Loose track. That kinda stuff I think would maybe push people over into buying and supporting him that may have been sitting on the fence.

Others wise, great stuff. Like this site always produces…

Keep it up.

]]> By: Kevin http://kevinnottingham.com/2009/08/19/artist-spotlight-blaq-poet/#comment-44430 Kevin Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:27:57 +0000 http://kevinnottingham.com/?p=18439#comment-44430 We definitely hear you Ominous Red. It's unfortunate, but a good number of interviews we do actually turn out this way. We have gotten interviews back that we have just chosen not to run because the responses were so ridiculously short. This one was borderline, but we decided to put it out there anyway. There's only so much we, as interviewers and writers, can do. We definitely hear you Ominous Red. It’s unfortunate, but a good number of interviews we do actually turn out this way. We have gotten interviews back that we have just chosen not to run because the responses were so ridiculously short. This one was borderline, but we decided to put it out there anyway. There’s only so much we, as interviewers and writers, can do.

]]> By: Ominous Red http://kevinnottingham.com/2009/08/19/artist-spotlight-blaq-poet/#comment-44426 Ominous Red Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:02:30 +0000 http://kevinnottingham.com/?p=18439#comment-44426 I wasn't trying to be negative about the interview. My point was, there are a lot of fans of Screwball and Poet and when you finally get to hear the cat outside of the few times you get to hear him spit, you wait to hear some insight into what has been going on with him and the rest of the group. He didn't really expand on shit. Could you talk about your relationship with DJ Premier and how you guys came to have such a tight bond? - Yeah... we met in the 90's. What? Fuck does that tell me? That was a great time to expand. Where were you guys? How were you guys introduced? Why did you guys fall out of touch? You guys had some great work on the 2 Screwball albums. Are you going to be the flagship Premier artist and drop like 5 classic albums with Primo? Why so long to come out with more work? Are any of the other Skrewball members on your album? Why not? Are they releasing solo projects with Premier? Why not? What can we expect on this album? Boom Bap. Really? I had no idea. Your just working with the king of Boom fukn Bap. SO no one would have guessed that. I just think this was a missed opportunity to get some hype about his album going. I would like to see more work from guys from Screwball and giving 3rd grader interviews ain't going to help. I think the window is wide open for Primo and artists like Poet to just fukn rip into the scene and rule for the next 10 years. I wasn’t trying to be negative about the interview.

My point was, there are a lot of fans of Screwball and Poet and when you finally get to hear the cat outside of the few times you get to hear him spit, you wait to hear some insight into what has been going on with him and the rest of the group. He didn’t really expand on shit.

Could you talk about your relationship with DJ Premier and how you guys came to have such a tight bond? – Yeah… we met in the 90’s.

What?

Fuck does that tell me?

That was a great time to expand. Where were you guys? How were you guys introduced? Why did you guys fall out of touch? You guys had some great work on the 2 Screwball albums. Are you going to be the flagship Premier artist and drop like 5 classic albums with Primo? Why so long to come out with more work? Are any of the other Skrewball members on your album? Why not? Are they releasing solo projects with Premier? Why not?

What can we expect on this album?

Boom Bap.

Really? I had no idea. Your just working with the king of Boom fukn Bap. SO no one would have guessed that. I just think this was a missed opportunity to get some hype about his album going. I would like to see more work from guys from Screwball and giving 3rd grader interviews ain’t going to help. I think the window is wide open for Primo and artists like Poet to just fukn rip into the scene and rule for the next 10 years.

]]> By: Thomas http://kevinnottingham.com/2009/08/19/artist-spotlight-blaq-poet/#comment-44394 Thomas Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:57:49 +0000 http://kevinnottingham.com/?p=18439#comment-44394 Blaqprint is a good album. I have some Preem and Poet samples to put up....oh well...next week. Blaqprint is a good album. I have some Preem and Poet samples to put up….oh well…next week.

]]> By: Sean Deez http://kevinnottingham.com/2009/08/19/artist-spotlight-blaq-poet/#comment-44377 Sean Deez Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:08:48 +0000 http://kevinnottingham.com/?p=18439#comment-44377 lol i tried the reactions I've gotten from this are pretty much negative comments again poet... so, whatever. We try to give shine and give readers a chance to learn more about an artist, if they don't care, why should we lol i tried

the reactions I’ve gotten from this are pretty much negative comments again poet…

so, whatever. We try to give shine and give readers a chance to learn more about an artist, if they don’t care, why should we

]]> By: eA http://kevinnottingham.com/2009/08/19/artist-spotlight-blaq-poet/#comment-44323 eA Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:16:33 +0000 http://kevinnottingham.com/?p=18439#comment-44323 That's terrible.. those answers, I mean. Better than nothing, though... That’s terrible.. those answers, I mean. Better than nothing, though…

]]> By: Kevin http://kevinnottingham.com/2009/08/19/artist-spotlight-blaq-poet/#comment-44246 Kevin Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:53:42 +0000 http://kevinnottingham.com/?p=18439#comment-44246 Yeah, this could have been a great interview. A lot of artists don't put time into their answers, or just chose not to completely answer them. Props to Deez! Yeah, this could have been a great interview. A lot of artists don’t put time into their answers, or just chose not to completely answer them. Props to Deez!

]]> By: Psymun http://kevinnottingham.com/2009/08/19/artist-spotlight-blaq-poet/#comment-44194 Psymun Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:35:28 +0000 http://kevinnottingham.com/?p=18439#comment-44194 DOPE DOPE

]]> By: Ominous Red http://kevinnottingham.com/2009/08/19/artist-spotlight-blaq-poet/#comment-44184 Ominous Red Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:29:55 +0000 http://kevinnottingham.com/?p=18439#comment-44184 I would have loved to hear a solo Hostyle album too. He had the best vocals to me. But I def like Poet's work and wish there was more of it. He gives a lot of short straight assed answers. LOL I would have loved to hear a solo Hostyle album too. He had the best vocals to me. But I def like Poet’s work and wish there was more of it. He gives a lot of short straight assed answers. LOL

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