Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 July 2002 — Page 26

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FRIDAY, JULY 19,2002

KRS-One, Blastmaster addresses Mellw beef and the state of rap music

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By RICARDO HAZELL Electronic Urban Report It is often like pulling teeth to get celebs to talk when the microphones are turned on. When the mics are off, they ease up, smoke whatever and will chat like you’re their best friend. But when the mic is turned on and questions start flying, they often tense up and throw their guards up. Not with Kris Parker. The Blastmaster probably drops bombs in his

sleep.

EUR had the chance to speak with KRS-One recently, and he was more than happy to get a few things in the open. When addressing Nelly’s labeling of him as a “hypocrite,” the rap elder told us that he is not above criticism and is not afraid to admit when he is wrong. But he does not feel he is wrong in calling him out. “Now, if Ras Baraka was to say, ‘Kris, you’re a hypocrite,’ I would have to ask myself, ‘Why? What am I doing wrong? What don’t I see?’ How would 1 speak after him, even if he dissed me. Or, Skip Gates or Cornel West. I’ll dare me even open

KRS-One my mouth against Cornel West.” KRS said that he also stood eye to eye with many of America’s most vocal rap critics. “When C. Delores Tucker was dissing I sat down and did the debates with her. I went to the NAACP and said, ‘Y’all buggin.’ I spoke with Bill Clinton and Coretta Scott King at the 88th Annual NAACP Convention and told them what this was all about. Everybody else was running. I say that to say, even in that context, I was not disrespectful. I looked at our elders and said, ‘Look Kweisi Mfume, hip-hop can save the NAACP. Use this. Don’t judge, we’re all in the same boat.” Though no stranger to criticism, KRS told us Nelly’s labeling of him as a hypocrite is hypocrisy in itself. “I could see if Nelly was

getting $4 a record,” explained KRS. “At least my mouth would be shut. If he’s platinum with $4 a record, he won from that point of view. But he’s only getting 35 cents a record, if that, because that’s a high royalty. And you brag about it at that. So, who is the hypocrite here? I’m a philosopher. I study the science of consistent knowledge. A-B-C-D- It’s called Aristotelian philosophy. You don’t go C-A-Z. You don’t skip around.” . KRS went on to say that, although his disagreement with Nelly is being characterized as a beef, he simply sees it as an emcee battle and that a true beef would be taken to the streets. In fact, KRS-One has had love, and still has love, for the St. Lunatics. He even said he discussed doing work with the young collec-

tive.

“Nelly is a part of our family. When Nelly got his deal at Fo’ Reel/Universal, the cats that run Fo’ Reel are still my crew. Nelly’s attorney is my attorney. His

attorney’s brothers, I don’t want to give names, manage Nelly. We’ve been together. I’ve been hanging with the Lunatics. We done talked, that’s why I don’t understand what Nelly is talking about. Obviously they wanted to get it on. Nelly’s producer gave me tracks for my new album, ‘The Kristyle.’ Me and Nelly was gonna do a record together.” He further revealed the aftermath of the well-publi-cized verbal sparring. “When word got out that I was dissing Nelly, his road manager and attorney called me. I said, ‘You know this is wack and it’s not going down. I’m over here doing my thing.’ But when he responded a(behind the scenes), they all said that was wack, but had to side with him because he’s their bread and butter and that’s a fact!” KRS-One said his “The Kristyle” album has been pushed to 2003 because Dr. Dre wanted to help him make it even hotter. Needless to say, we think it’ll be worth the wait. Meanwhile, KRSOne’s “Prophets Vs. Profits” underground mixtape CD can be purchased at your local bodega and other non-tradi-tional locations.

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