Who are you and what have you done with Guru? Seriously, we go from the emotional rollercoaster ride of thinkin' we're gonna lose one of the game's greatest MCs to some sick pathetic soap opera involving a man of no blood or kin relation denying family members the right to see their loved one. Now yes Keith Elam may not wanna reconcile with folks he hasn't been on good terms with for the past seven years but that's his decision not yours. From the outside lookin' in, you seem really shady. And if Guru's nephew claim is true that you signed documents as Keith Elam's brother and your wife as his sister than that's just plain alarming. An abuse of power. Releasing statements to websites and official Twitter accounts in Guru's name when he doesn't appear to be able to speak on his own behalf is also misleading and completely wrong. Be clear: At this point the only thing relevant and important is the status of Guru's health. Nobody gives a fuck about you or 7 Grand. Guru's legacy is Gang Starr. DJ Premier and Guru made classics. You and Guru make crap. And you should get slapped for meddling in family business.
I'm not dissin' but you shoulda stayed missing. Everybody in the club get tipsy. Nobody in the club remember your name. Damn shame.Q-Tip Renaissance Intv (Part 4): The Final Chapter
Thursday, March 12 2009 5:50 PM EST | Posted by: YN | Posted in: Q&A
This is it. If you missed 1. 2. 3. Screw you. Oh never mentioned Kamaal and I have same boxing trainer so knowing that maybe the ending makes sense.
On “Life is Better,” you got Norah Jones singing like she
(Laughs) I know right. His shit is dope too. But he came to the lab and knocked the shit out. That’s my dude right there, man. He’s doing much better, finishing his shit up right now. But, it was good to do that.
I’m sure you really wanted him on the album.
Hell yeah! Hell yeah! Hell yeah! Definitely.
How much input did he have on the song? Is it something you guys crafted together?
He definitely arranged his vocal and put all those harmonies together. It’s like, just letting him do his thing, you know you’re gonna get blessed.
Finally, “Shaka,” why do you feel the song was incomplete without the Obama intro and how upset were you when you couldn’t use it?
Yeah man, it was just like the label acted like he would sue us. Yeah, Obama’s gonna sue us (sarcastically), ask us for royalties and shit ’cause we sold it. That’s their thing like we took the speech off a public domain but we’re selling it so we can get sued. Like, alright, y’all being a little too fuckin’ anal. Like, dude is gonna look at this shit and be like come on now.
Plus you had done some campaigning for him anyhow.
Yeah, and he ain’t pay me so… (Laughs) But I still wanted to put it on there because it’s speaking about my man Shaka, my man J Dubb and my Dad and people I lost. I just named it Shaka ’cause that was my best friend who aint here.
He got murdered.
How old were you when your Pops passed?
16. My dad died of emphysema. Smoking…
You don’t smoke, right? That’s why you’re so extra healthy (Laughs).
(Laughs)
See ya at the gym.
loved the intv. just bought the album on itunes. keep up the good wk yn. thnx.