pull up old tweets, pull up old t shirts all that

ill moonwalk over that b****

The black Em fans either came from Dre and 50 cosigning or a lot of black em fans being those awkward edgelord types

Embarrassing behavior

Los Angeles area dudes so emotional

boggles the mind anyone could ever not think the swamp izzo addition is not a net positive lol

I get it but in the topic of personal accountability Earl has managed to completely slip through the cracks, so genuine question is it okay because Earl had less songs than Tyler or was Tyler’s change just not obvious enough?

I’m not trying to s*** on Earl at all but I do find it interesting how he’s been able to never directly acknowledge his role in OF and not get hounded for accountability

Q Tip and Lil Jon also were also just cool (which as you get older, it’s not that hard to do)

The thing a lot of “black outcasts/loners/AANs” fail to realize until they grow out of it is that…no one inherently hated the things that they were into, it was you dude.

Like Tyler (from his social media presence) comes off like someone hella abrasive that would prolly be an irritant to some folks. It’s why WE all fell in love with him but it’s like a gift and a curse to be “different”

Younger Tyler did had some internalised issues with blackness

Things changed as his career went on
Notice he uses Okonma more now
& shows his hair more
& always uses many black models etc etc
But as a child he had some internalised self hate & he did seem like those niggas who be happy to get all the cool stuff that comes with being a nigga but not down for the cause
It has changed a lot though, he has got his fist up now ✊🏿

Said it before & I'll say it again, thank God for ASAP Rocky, from the outside it appears he was a very important figure when it came to helping change many of Tyler's old closed minded views & being open to embracing niggas besides the selected ones he liked

i deadass remember being at Flog gnaw watching Tyler and being stoked because Solange was after. a LOT of people left right after Tyler lmao

I was agreeing with your post, I know that thats how Tyler feels too and i get it but i dont think its completely valid because people have made valid points he hasnt done a great job of addressing

The way I worded it made it come off like I was saying that to you, my bad.

Yeah I think a lot of his Dre/50 fans just thought Em was dope bc he is but the idea of hella NY niggas thinking hes the goat is far fetched as hell to me lmao

Im sure theres some but its not common lol

Whats this thread even about man

I wish I could got that pic of that one white boy who wore the n---a hat, it used to get posted all the time on OFT.

Earl might be like Steph Curry tbf, he was a part of the issue but he gets off easy & still gets universal props
(Some people say KD somehow has no rings but they still say Curry has 4 )

NY niggas f*** with em cause 50 did. And 50 at that time was like Jesus anything he backed was in bro tony yayo went platinum.

Its clear Tyler feels bad lmao

I think he really just needs to say sorry, but I feel like he feels like it’d be undermining all his work but I don’t think so. Tyler did a lot of great things from 2008-2013 but he also made mistakes during that time and I hope one day he fully owns it so we can fully celebrate his change rather than only focusing on change bc it comes off differently without the acknowledgement

easy now
We can't just put too blame on the individual imo

It takes a lot to overcome getting dissed/bullied/put down, it would be on some meritocracy/exceptionalism nonsense to say 'black loner you have to try harder to overcome Bokeem & them making fun off you every day for 5 years '

All good I gotcha

Man exactly

And dont get me wrong I dont question Earl as a person at all, I know hes a great man. One of the realest rappers ever

But this nigga basically was like yea that OF s*** was crazy them niggas tripping like bro U was there too saying the F word rapping about rape and only dating white girls we saw u nigga

1. Earl even in of was always a tad different from them even tho yes he had his share of problematic songs

2. He was honestly the first to show a pivot/accountability just by Chum admitting he missed his dad after talking about how much he hated him on Earl

3. He has been transparent about growing up especially in this LLL press run/interviews (and also on songs like CRISCO he explicitly states he’s “sorry for the pain i caused. God knows my heart and knows I’m working on it”)

You add nothing of value by saying this, in that tone

Man this is true but not 100% true

Like yes niggas be weird and it be they own fault but niggas get criticized for their interest too

Im telling u first hand my parents s*** on Q Tip all the time for being weird and not making music niggas wanna hear bc I was always a Q Tip stan growing up lol