I feel like there’s an unfair “representational” burden placed on hip-hop (and, sure, it’s something a lot of artists themselves perpetuate). But there’s more to it than authenticity and protest. Sometimes that protest isn’t literal—it’s a protest of form (like Lil Wayne). Sometimes it’s a strike against “community,” as with Wayne’s unhinged, solitary “I Feel Like Dying” or DOOM’s Born Like This. And sometimes it’s just masquerade. N.W.A. was angry as fuck—but they were also performing the part of being angry as fuck.
— - The Atlantic (May 2009 Unbound)
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