(AllHipHop News) Drake and Future’s collaborative mixtape What A Time To Be Alive has received some mixed reviews from the public so far. Cleveland artist Kid Cudi seems to feel the project is mediocre, and at least one blogger has called Drake’s latest musical move awkward and ill-fitting.
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Not everyone is down on what Drizzy and Future Hendrix created. But one Complex writer’s attempt to school “real rap fans” on why they need to “stop hating” on WATTBA backfired when he decided to mention Lupe Fiasco and Talib Kweli in his article.
Angel Diaz wrote:
What exactly is that “real” sh*t then? Turn up music isn’t “real” hip-hop? How so? Was the genre not invented at a g###### party? Isn’t music about having a good time? I’m dead tired of you cats, man. You make my head hurt. Can’t be listening to Talib Kweli rap off beat and Lupe Fiasco deep cuts at BBQs. I, too, was once like you, but come on, don’t nobody wanna hear that sh*t all the f*cking time.
Fiasco saw the piece and fired back on Twitter. The “Adoration of the Magi” rhymer called out the website and the writer, telling Complex to “keep Lupe name out that f*cksh*t” and “stop using real mc’s names in vain for likes.”
Lupe even had an exchange with Diaz on the social media platform. Kweli also addressed the issue on his Twitter timeline.
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Read Lupe Fiasco, Angel Diaz, and Talib Kweli tweets below.
Keep Lupe name out that fuckshit…don't make SLR you clowns…FOH @ComplexMag
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) September 22, 2015
If n##### don't like that s### then they don't f###### like it..stop caping for a backstage pass I f### with both dem n##### @ComplexMag
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) September 22, 2015
Learn not to intercede on behalf of n##### who don't give two s#### about you @ComplexMag and stop using REAL MC's names in vain for likes
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) September 22, 2015
#DefendRap f### @ComplexMag
Noah you really need to filter your bloggers…makes you look f###### suspect dawg
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) September 22, 2015
Here we go. Did I call you and @TalibKweli wack? https://t.co/qfX4DNeVlx
— This is Ange7 (@ADiaz456) September 22, 2015
Don't mention our names with b####### Angel you aint did enough in rap to muddy the names of n##### who keep it alive @ADiaz456 @ComplexMag
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) September 22, 2015
Your article was distasteful and unnecessary and it was f###### wack. Speak your peace but don't involve us b#### @ADiaz456 @ComplexMag
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) September 22, 2015
I'm supposed to be scared cause you called me a b####? I gave your last tape a good review too. U didn't tweet that https://t.co/abNk319ymO
— This is Ange7 (@ADiaz456) September 22, 2015
Fear is weak emotion feel how you wanna feel B####…thanx for the good review…but you a butch for that article @ADiaz456 @ComplexMag
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) September 22, 2015
Sorry typo…I meant b####… @ADiaz456 @ComplexMag
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) September 22, 2015
No respect for the foundation or the vanguard…that's why you ain't never gone be s### #DefendRap @ADiaz456 @ComplexMag
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) September 22, 2015
Let me tell you an origin story. Hypebeasts and groupies pay attention…for the next few tweets….
— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) September 22, 2015
When I met Future, the first thing he said to me was he met me when he was 15 at the Organized Noise session for Hiphop For Respect, 1999
— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) September 22, 2015
I was a fan of Future then, and saw the grip he had on the ATL scene. I knew he would dominate & rooted for him.
— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) September 22, 2015
I met Drake at SOBs, at his first show there. I was a fan of So Far Gone, I had missed the first 2 Mixtapes. Drake has always showed love..
— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) September 22, 2015
From DJ Quik to Nelly to Gucci Mane, over a 20+ yr career, I've recorded w many artists that so called hiphop purists cringe at. I'm a fan.
— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) September 22, 2015
My career is proof that I support ALL of Hiphop. I've collaborated with a more diverse set of rappers than ANYONE. Hands down.
— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) September 22, 2015
Right now I am more famous, more known, more respected than I've been at any point in my career. Because of the fact I speak for the people
— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) September 22, 2015
I've never wavered or faltered in my message, I speak out against so called hiphop "purity" and embrace all great art.
— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) September 22, 2015
But for some reason, annually, hiphop blogs, looking at u @ComplexMag feel the need to use me as a scapegoat to diss conscious hiphop.
— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) September 22, 2015
They hire these lame trend following groupie ass writers to tell their readers how uncool it is to like Nas. Or Lupe. Or Kweli.
— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) September 22, 2015
All artists who work with and are revered by the same artists whose nuts they ride.
— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) September 22, 2015
So my question is, why?
— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) September 22, 2015
If you gotta write every year about how irrelevant I am, and artists like me, then doesn't that make us quite relevant?
— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) September 22, 2015
I wrote I made it a point to support no artists. Typo. I meant all artists.
— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) September 22, 2015
Why is it only on the MCs to rep the culture tho? What about DJs? Radio personalities? Journalists? Bloggers?
— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) September 22, 2015
