Thoughts on Gini Grindith

[Anonymous]

tell me what do cats think about the rhyming white boy??

[Anonymous]

he´s the black middle cla** mascot.  sounds too much like he wants to copy aesop rock.  there aint no soul in his delivery, no rhythm, but then again you can´t blame him - he´s a white boy. he get´s props for sounding underground, anybody can sound underground.what does he change for you?  nothing.he only creates puzzles for the mind.  nothing else.  i´d rather listen to music with substance.like public enemy.

[The Angry Hand of God]

He does come nice at times, but I agree with the Aesop thing.

That´s exactly what I thought the first time I heard him.

He´s grown on me though, I´d  like to hear more from him.

[Anonymous]

Never listened to Aesp . Gini is very creative with words. He is not underground, but abstract. There is a difference between the two.
Underground = Optical Illusion,
Abstract = Groundworks

Gini is too nice.

[FT]

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29-07-2004 at 08:54, Anonymous : tell me what do cats think about the rhyming white boy??

Too abstract, mind-bewildering at times... loose the drift of hiz shit when not listening meticulously...:-o

Dont any of u cats feel lame when u listen to an artist solely because of his status as being "the most abstract emcee" and when u cop the shit u think to urself that maybe, jus maybe the dude doesnt kno wat he is sayin most of the time??---quoted from ootz 8-)

[alias_the_bending_spoon]

>>>>concept hiphop is not your average headz typa shit! its mind stimulating...>>> this of coarse coming from one who listens to co flow, can Ox, atoms fam, quaz, doom most of the time.

>>>As to groundworks being abstract I agree<<< As too Gini... he´s nice for a white boy, i like his concept of aldgernon & the AnD thing,>>>strange enough El Producto is a white boy too.
i think BMP is also nice.<<<

[ootz]

To be honest, i have maaaad respect for gini, dude will rip anybodies a** in a battle. but i dont really like studying cats cd´z no mo. not sayin i dont respect being abstract because yes, it is an art its just that when all the cats around start sounding like kool kieth meets aesop rock meets dose one, it gets to me coz then the guy forgot to actually sound LIKE HIMSELF.

Like i said, imma cop the gini grin cd, mos def. its one of those im waiting for but im not goin to expect to understand alll that he says cos its fact that im not as abstract minded as he is n ill never ever get the lyrics to his songs on ohhla.com. so fuk it, its a losin battle against abstract or underground or heartcore or whatever cats choose to call emselves.

[gin-i-grindith]

What´s the deal wit you cat´s- bored! Why is my man Gin-i being boxed in like that? He had his style for years now before cats were def jux groupies, Aesop Rock C´mon!  And whats up with the white boy thing? You think in this day and age mutha f***ers wouldn´t still be hung up about race issues, it´s cat´s like you that pull the rest of us trying to make moves down. Stop pullin that underground card shit too, you sound like stupid ignorant kids, you can´t make underground music! thats just a term used to describe peeps that haven´t been exposed to the mainstream way of things yet, if a so called ´underground´ artist suddenly blows up then what? That status changes into something else.And why you sending your coments in anonymously, can´t back your words up you little punk a** beeaatches!

FUK YOU, RAIKO :-Y  :-Y

[ootz]

I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT GIN IS FAR MORE SKILLED THAN THOSE RAPPERS. Im just not into studyin cats no mo. less is more right???

[gin-i-grindith]

It´s a little bit more than a skill issue, you f***ers are to quick to critizise the next cat. What has gin-i-grindith´s shit got to do with any of you, just let cat´s do their shit, if it affects you directly then sort it out, fine, but don´t look for shit by saying what you think count´s: Opinions are like a**holes-Everybody´s got one! None of your peep´s comments are valid you just sound like school girls bitchin bout bullshit. If you got issues then let´s sort it out proper like it´s supposed to, by us stickin our feet in the crack of your a**!! Otherwise shut the f*** up and stop waisting your mothers net account!

Eat the Dick Cookie, Raiko

[ootz]

aight then. i c wat ur sayin. my opinion on what i percieve to be highly talented individual does not count. agreed.

i jus dont understand the name calling, if u look @ my above posts ull c that i said nothing of him being wack or white or anything else that would degrade him as an artist.

Ill just exit the convesation because net beef is lame n bull kak, i however stand with my personal opinion as it is n will probably be doin so for while so whatever.

[MentalGymnast]

Ja boet, the perils of fame.
But as they say "any publicity is good publicity" and atleast Gini grindith got his own forum post without starting it himself (few have reach such exalted status).

You can´t expect to be an underground star (or any kind of star) and not be talked about...

I agree thats its wack they way local cats are quick to "critisize" someone specially if they are doing something for themselves , and slow to give props.

Don´t shit on my a**hole... I mean opinion

[gin-i-grindith]

Let´s not get sensitive now ootz, I never singled you out! Why? you feeling guilty? I was directing my comments to those that did make certain remarks, Why would i diss someone for giving the next man props? Let´s not loose the plot now!

Easy Raiko

[ootz]

alright bra.

when are we gon peep the abnormal detail shows in joburg ha?

[gin-i-grindith]

Got some fundraising gig for street kids in PTA on Friday, it´s gonna be in the afternoon, I don´t know the venue though. Will let cat´s know before fri. Also on the 3rd or 4th at the Songwriters club in Newtown. I´ll post some shit as soon as it´s all clarified. Easy