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'The question of selling out is so obsolete that Travis Scott—who never met a beat, ad-lib, or nickname that he couldn’t steal—can do a nihilistically shameless

'The question of selling out is so obsolete that Travis Scott—who never met a beat, ad-lib, or nickname that he couldn’t steal—can do a nihilistically shameless cross-promotional deal with McDonald’s. And rather than catch flak for partnering with a soulless corporate behemoth, millions of teenagers treat his pseudo Happy Meal like the holy grail'. Great article, Ice could have been the show bizzy Elvis of Hip Hop with his natural talent at the time but management totally screwed up his presentation, he reminded me of the Gary Glitter of rap at his heights... Just goes to show how important presentation is in the music world...

rikroots 6y ago
Comparing anyone to Mr Glitter comes with some less-than-savoury baggage. Instead, here's a link to an article describing the second careers of ten other famous musicians - https://www.considerable.com/work/second-careers/famous-musicians-second-careers/ https://www.considerable.com/work/second-careers/famous-musi...
- olivermarks 6y ago
  Gary Glitter was wildly popular in the UK top 10 and was subsequently very big on the university circuit. He was then publicly disgraced and imprisoned, but that was well after the period I mentioned. I am not a fan of cancelling people's creative output because of criminality. The work - by many showbiz people - stands.
  - rikroots 6y ago
    I get where you're coming from. The Glitter Band put out some excellent songs both when fronted my Mr G and without him, but none of their material gets played on retro music radio stations nowadays. I think the trigger for my comment was "[...] but management totally screwed up his presentation, he reminded me of the Gary Glitter of rap at his heights" - the article makes it clear how much damage was caused to Vanilla Ice by his management's one page "resume", alongside other decisions. Whereas GG's (scandalously overdue) downfall was entirely his own fault. > I am not a fan of cancelling people's creative output because of criminality. The work - by many showbiz people - stands. Agreed!

rikroots 6y ago

Comparing anyone to Mr Glitter comes with some less-than-savoury baggage. Instead, here's a link to an article describing the second careers of ten other famous musicians - https://www.considerable.com/work/second-careers/famous-musicians-second-careers/ https://www.considerable.com/work/second-careers/famous-musi...

olivermarks 6y ago
Gary Glitter was wildly popular in the UK top 10 and was subsequently very big on the university circuit. He was then publicly disgraced and imprisoned, but that was well after the period I mentioned. I am not a fan of cancelling people's creative output because of criminality. The work - by many showbiz people - stands.
- rikroots 6y ago
  I get where you're coming from. The Glitter Band put out some excellent songs both when fronted my Mr G and without him, but none of their material gets played on retro music radio stations nowadays. I think the trigger for my comment was "[...] but management totally screwed up his presentation, he reminded me of the Gary Glitter of rap at his heights" - the article makes it clear how much damage was caused to Vanilla Ice by his management's one page "resume", alongside other decisions. Whereas GG's (scandalously overdue) downfall was entirely his own fault. > I am not a fan of cancelling people's creative output because of criminality. The work - by many showbiz people - stands. Agreed!