Comments on: In Defense of D. Dot https://respect-mag.com/2011/08/in-defense-of-d-dot/ The Photo Journal of Hip-Hop Culture Thu, 04 Aug 2011 23:35:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: nick.h.c https://respect-mag.com/2011/08/in-defense-of-d-dot/#comment-3487 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 23:35:26 +0000 http://respect-mag.com/?p=10644#comment-3487 When you listen to a new Outkast track months before the public even knows it exists, that’s one thing. Leaking unfinished music, almost always a no-no. But we’re talking *days* before WTT comes out, and that’s only to iTunes and Best Buy (talk about disrespectful).

& if you don’t think D. Dot was trying to serve his constituents, you got it wrong. Regardless of whether you think he was right in his actions, the motivation came from the best place.

The blog thing is ultra-competitive…. Its this viciousness that probably made D. Dot resort to something so sneaky, anyway.

]]> By: Maurice Garland https://respect-mag.com/2011/08/in-defense-of-d-dot/#comment-3486 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 23:09:51 +0000 http://respect-mag.com/?p=10644#comment-3486 dude. the shit just, um, wasnt the thing to do. how about that? its not like they invited buddy out and told him “ok, you can record, but dont post”…its not like they behaved like some of these record labels and sent out music and then followed it up with C&D papers…if they invited you to THEIR listening and asked that you not record, whats so hard about doing that. thats not “following orders”…its being respectful, something that a lot of bloggers obviously arent. im fortunate enough to get to hear alot of new music months before the public even knows it exists…everything from Outkast to Eminem to Jeezy to whoever…obviously, im invited to hear it because the parties involved respect what I do enough to want me there. so when they ask “please dont record this” or “dont tweet/blog about this just yet”…im cool with that and feel that it isnt too much to ask, after all, its THEIRS.

forgive me if i missed the memo, but i didnt know “serving hip hop constituents” meant sneaking and recording someones music and then putting it on their blog. if thats the case then shady engineers are to be looked at as Hip Hop heros for the many albums they have leaked to the world.

true, dude posting recordings of WTT arent going to have any impact on the albums sales, but still. why do that shit? me scanning an entire issue of RESPECT and putting it on the internet wont make a dent in its performance in the newsstands, either. but guess what? i wouldnt do the shit because its just aint the thing to do, whether RESPECT is well off or not.

but yeah, maybe i have the blog thing all wrong after all. didnt know covert operations and sneaking shit out of parties that you were actually invited to was a part of it all.

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