August 21, 2008

I think it’s a shame, because everyone becomes a critic. You see something at the bottom of everything that says, “What’s your comment?” And everyone has to offer their opinion and comment. Then there is internal warfare between the commentators with their comments. Rollins69 said something about the new Lil Wayne song and who did the beat. Then SarahWoo58 will be like, “No, he didn’t do the beat, this guy did the beat.”

To me, that drains the art. All of a sudden the imagination just passes. Whereas predating the Internet and predating videos, you had an active imagination. You would hear sounds and then get mental pictures of what these sounds felt like to you. It engaged you and made you more invested in i. It made you want to get tickets to the show, buy the album, put the poster on the wall. Now it’s sensory overload.

Q-tip Inteview with Spin Magazine responding to “Has technology taken the fun out of music?” and “How do you feel about that?”