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“That’s what we look for. We look for artists who know their self-worth and those are the ones that we want to get behind because you know it ain’t no sell-out there,” he added.
Although there are endless debates on the state of Hip-Hop, Rabb Love says that is what makes it great. It embraces all. Although some who recall the “Golden Era” of rap may not prefer the styles and content of many of the newer rappers, they can still relate. He also said he respects the work ethic of some of today’s independent artists, and that there is no need to waste time complaining about them.
“That’s what Hip-Hop offers to us, it is our fountain of youth. Because we have that, there is no generation gap between our children and us. We see where corporate America is trying to take the music and we don’t agree with it, but we can still relate to it,” said Rabb Love. “I’ve learned to not look at the rapper because most of these rappers, they’re nothing but soldiers and they got orders. At the end of the day, you still have some type of obligation but it’s not the rappers that are putting out these records it’s the record label. When are we going to form organizations to attack these record labels?” he asked.
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