Package Deal
Remember when rap duos used to be about the person rocking the mic and the DJ? DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Eric B. & Rakim, Run DMC (I know, that's a trio), Whodini, what do these groups have in common? The DJ was mentioned by their fellow MC's one way or another during their songs, this is something that is rarely seen in music today. Whereas go for some of my favorite music duos today which as Daft Punk, Gorillaz, Justice, The Neptunes & Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis. I consider myself as the Guy-Manuel (Daft Punk), Jamie Hewlett (Gorillaz) and Gaspard Augé (Justice) of the duos, since they're not the first faces you think of when you say the names of these duos. But deep down they know that their legacy would not be where it is today if it wasn't for that other person, which is the structure when it comes to one of "the best people" in my life today in which I am going to speak about. It's like the saying I used to say that people pay more attention to the movie than the credits.
Inseparable is a word that you can choose to say about us, but at the same time we have our own things or independent projects we need to do apart from one another (like our favorite duos). However, I am not a fan of displaying favoritism when the introduction was mutual. It is unfair to be friends with me just to be friends with her, don't even bother to become friends with me at all if you need to intend to dedicate your attention to her. It is not a cry for jealousy, but more of a realization of those who are unaware. I'm not going to sit here and tell you how belittling is it to do something as a duo but she gets all the credit. I would not do that to you because do you know who produced some of your favorite songs? Or who drew/painted your favorite piece? Or who even took your favorite picture of your favorite icon? This is when you care about the product than the production, which is something we are all guilty of (even me). I would be lying to you if I said that I might be getting more attention if I were a woman, but then favoritism would still exist one way or another. This is something I cannot even blame her for, because the response has not gone to her head. You cannot blame someone that has a strong following then you, maybe it's not my fault that my following lost interest in my creativity. It doesn't mean that I'm going to stop doing what I'm doing, I just have to ignore the response that she gets or the lack of mine.
My mother always told me: "Treat others as how you'd like to be treated", kinda makes you wonder where all this flew through for some of those here today. Favoritism is such an ugly thing, but it makes the world go 'round. It happens among the work place, among friends, and among family. I try to find an equal or a unique bond between those I encounter in my life, even if I met them at the same time. It's fair to say that she's more popular than me when it comes to others, I just wish people weren't so obvious on who they favor more between us two. This applies to those who take in favor of me than her, refusing to see that we are one in the same. It tells me that if we were even dating and break-up then all the friends that we met together would coincide with her no matter who's at fault or not. I'm not talking to those that we knew before we met, but to those who mets us at the same time. Let me say this as my closing statement, if you introduced me to a friend of yours and I paid more attention to them than you that'd be pretty fucked up right? How is this any different? I rest my case.
Some of us need to exist, whether you believe me or not.
-naokai/bkaii
Inseparable is a word that you can choose to say about us, but at the same time we have our own things or independent projects we need to do apart from one another (like our favorite duos). However, I am not a fan of displaying favoritism when the introduction was mutual. It is unfair to be friends with me just to be friends with her, don't even bother to become friends with me at all if you need to intend to dedicate your attention to her. It is not a cry for jealousy, but more of a realization of those who are unaware. I'm not going to sit here and tell you how belittling is it to do something as a duo but she gets all the credit. I would not do that to you because do you know who produced some of your favorite songs? Or who drew/painted your favorite piece? Or who even took your favorite picture of your favorite icon? This is when you care about the product than the production, which is something we are all guilty of (even me). I would be lying to you if I said that I might be getting more attention if I were a woman, but then favoritism would still exist one way or another. This is something I cannot even blame her for, because the response has not gone to her head. You cannot blame someone that has a strong following then you, maybe it's not my fault that my following lost interest in my creativity. It doesn't mean that I'm going to stop doing what I'm doing, I just have to ignore the response that she gets or the lack of mine.
My mother always told me: "Treat others as how you'd like to be treated", kinda makes you wonder where all this flew through for some of those here today. Favoritism is such an ugly thing, but it makes the world go 'round. It happens among the work place, among friends, and among family. I try to find an equal or a unique bond between those I encounter in my life, even if I met them at the same time. It's fair to say that she's more popular than me when it comes to others, I just wish people weren't so obvious on who they favor more between us two. This applies to those who take in favor of me than her, refusing to see that we are one in the same. It tells me that if we were even dating and break-up then all the friends that we met together would coincide with her no matter who's at fault or not. I'm not talking to those that we knew before we met, but to those who mets us at the same time. Let me say this as my closing statement, if you introduced me to a friend of yours and I paid more attention to them than you that'd be pretty fucked up right? How is this any different? I rest my case.
Some of us need to exist, whether you believe me or not.
-naokai/bkaii