Damn, homie. This hasn't been a good week for the youngin's. First, Ice-T threw Soulja Boy under the bus calling him the downfall of Hip hop, and now, ye ol' Quincy Jones is talking down about the era of bling-bling music. Quincy, who is being honored with a humanitarian award at the BET awards tonight, said, "I was fortunate to come into music when it was not about the bling-bling or the Benjamins." Watch the AP interview below.
Burn. He's not wrong, in that the current music scene is full of materialism and vacant lyrics, but still, he's kind of coming off as a little bitter. I mean, "Thriller" is the jam, but was it really THAT profound lyrically?
