I WAS IMPLICATING THAT IF SOME OF THE PPL WROTE MESS AND "EXPRESSED" WHAT THEY REALLY FEEL IT MIGHT HELP HIM FIGURE OUT WHAT DIRECTION 2 TAKE HIS MUSIC CAREER IN.
Pimp, why the fuck does he need fans to tell him about his career/express which way to take his music career in? Does he not understand his own brand? Does he not understand it's up to him and it's his career? Find your market and stick to it. If not, "BLUE OCEAN" and go from there.
I WS TALKIN MY FEELINGS OUT AND SPEAKING IN GENERAL BUT IF U TOOK IT SOME KINDA WAY WE CAN DISCUSS IT. I HAVENT DEALT WITH MESS IN A LONG TIME BUT SEEING THIS KIND OF FEEDBACC LETS ME KNOW THAT THE ISSUES ARE BIGGER THAN COCAINE AND ALCOHOL....CUZ IM SURE PLENTY OF PPL WHO TYPE ON THIS BOARD ARE UNDER THE SAME INFLUENCE.
We can speak on it and I'm only doing so because you posted and I read it.
I don't want to see ANY PERSON addicted to drugs. I have seen drug addiction in my family, saw alcoholism, you name it I saw it. Other people here, however, might have a different take on those issues so you can't expect them to have the same outlook as maybe you or I. It would be nice however, if they did and maybe a bit more constructive but they aren't.
I SPEAK FROM AN ARTISTS PERSPECTIVE AND YES I DO KNOW HIM PERSONALLY SO I BELIEVE ITS OK 4 ME 2 SPEAK ON HIS PERSONAL. I DONT RESPECT WHEN ANY OLD TOM,DICK OR HARRY JUST SAYS WHATEVER ABOUT A MAN THAT HAS NO WAY 2 DEFEND HIMSELF HERE. MESS BECAME QUITE THE SHIT-TALKER OVER THE YEARS BUT I CAN SAY EVER SINCE IVE KNOWN HIM HE ALWAYS HAD THAT DEMEANOR ANYWAY.
And I'm speaking from an artist perspective (first album to be released this year, just finished mixing), an engineers perspective, from a business perspective (since I own my own company and IP now) and from the perspective of a nigga who shook the block once he got hit by the recording bug. As for Mess, I only met the man twice, it was "Hi and By" and I didn't even know who he was the first time. Did I listen to his music? No, but I know he had an influence on bay music just like you and every other rapper mentioned in this thread. The problem is, people have a right to express themselves no matter how fucked up it may be.
I'VE BEEN INCARCERATED....AND HONESTLY....I WOULD HAVE EMBRACED A LETTER FROM A FAN PERIOD,NO MATTER IF IT WAS GOOD OR BAD. THATS JUST ME THO
He's probably the same way. But HE needs to recognize what he has. He has people willing to PAY for his product yet he is pissing it down the toilet doing shit that makes no sense. Every muthafucka doing music, especially in the bay, needs to come off that shit.