he writes checks.
GT used to hate hate hate P Shitty P Diddy. Not because he can’t close his mouth; but because I couldn’t for the life of me figure out how this man could be a bajillionaire…yet everyone around him has either died, been jailed, or sucked dry: Craig Mack, Total, 112, Carl Thomas, Biggie, Shyne, Black Rob, The Lox, Little Kim and arguably his baby momma Kim Porter.
And to add insult to lyrical injury; the man can’t rap to save his life.
Tsk. Tsk. I’ve probably wasted more time than I’d like to admit; tryna determine some celebrity’s worth. But you live, you learn, and the lights come on. I could watch Diddy on reality TV or stare at a picture of him all day and it won’t give me clue about his drive, determination, effort, focus, integrity, or passion. It just won’t. Besides..how does it help me to criticize his ass?
I think there’s something to be said about not caring what people think about you and doing it anyway. Diddy would fit that bill and that’s a talent. A talent and a skill mixed together. He doesn’t write rhymes; he writes checks. When you look at the above pic can you see his drive? His focus? His passion? Sure can’t. All you can see are the results of it. The same goes for Bey, Rhi-Rhi, Ashanti, Jay, and all the other fun bags we like to punch. Talent like beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
So I say to my readers…what is talent? Can it be measured? Is there any celeb that gives you that annoying tick of “how da hell?”
Posted by gt on September 15, 2008
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Harlem Chic — September 15, 2008 @ 4:14 pm
You’re on point GT. Talent can’t be measured. But there is level of skill. Cause let’s face it …Jennifer Hudson has more vocal skill than a Rihanna …but talent is in the eye of the beholder….
It can’t be measured; but I guess its compared incessantly.
Let’s see….How the hell did Alicia Keys end up the Swiss Beats? Now that don’t make no sense…!!!!
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Tatum — September 15, 2008 @ 5:17 pm
Although I hate to admit it, there are far too many celebrities that cause me curiosity of the baffling sort. Virtually the entire set of multimillionaire rappers who cash in on material that can’t take more than eight/ nine minutes to write strikes me as such.
Then there are the rappers and r&b singers turned actors who by all means should expand their careers but who should not replace trained and skilled black actors – a dying breed (E.g. Kimberly Elise, Jeffrey Wright).
Overall, talent can be measured by, in part, the impact it leaves with its audience, and as I sit and witness the talent on display, generally speaking, it leaves me cold and uninspired.
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Simone — September 16, 2008 @ 1:09 am
95% of Hollyweird and the music business cause me to scratch my head. Diddy is a good business man, though the case could be argued since every artist he touches turns to nothing.
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GT — September 17, 2008 @ 1:45 am
@Harlem Chic
Skill can be measured; but talents come in many forms; not just the obvious ones like singing, dancing, rapping or acting…
@Tatum
Don’t even get me started on rappers becoming actors…I read somewhere that Mary J. Blige is going to play Nina Simone….errrrr….I just don’t see that working out….
@ Simone
Diddy is a good business man. Now whether he’s happy cannot be determined. He may be persistent as hell but why he stay having negativity surrounding him? Me think its bad karma…
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Mahogany — September 20, 2008 @ 9:54 am
No, it’s not TALENT that is in the eye of the beholder. Talent is what it is TALENT, and generally speaking can not be taken away from a person (by the beholder, that is). It’s the willingness of the beholder to accept or reject that talent for whatever reason that catapults one into stardom or doom. ie. Just because one says that Diddy can rap, doesn’t make it so.
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