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| Thursday, January 04, 2001 |
| Xzibit ironic performance |
| Was it me or was there something strange and ironic about Xzibit's performance the other night when he was on MTV. He decided to take it back to the old school by paying tribute to Public Enemy. Hence he performed the song 'Fight The Power' which was dope.. What threw me was the T-shirt he wore with enlarged letters that read 'FU*K NAPSTER' , His partner had a shirt that read 'I VOTED FOR GORE' and his DJ/ producer Fredwreck wore a T-shirt that read 'FREE PALESTINE'. Knowing Chuck's position on Napster and Digital downloading, I found Xzibit's choice of songs and T-shirt juxtaposed to Chucks.... Hopefully Napster is not the power that Xzibit feels he needs to fight..
Xzibit may wanna try fighting the record labels that pay 10% and less to their artist,, radio stations that play only the same 10 songs, large chain stores that won't sell independent and small 'underground' groups, magazines that sell ratings, video outlets that require a 250 thousand dollar video before it gets considered for air time and a commercial music industry that successfully lobbied congress to eliminate micro-powered radio stations and not make them less accessible to the public.. Hence should Xzibit come out with a song that doesn't bang as hard as his current single 'X' he may find his opportunities to get his music to the public severely diminished by an industry that gets pissed when it doesn't control new technology.. Also he may wanna turn his attention to all those bootleggers that I saw damn near on every block in New York with bootleg copies of his album.
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