Dispatch 26.116
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What kind of maniac makes you watch the setup, camera angles, the entire filming process including dust and confetti, and then doesn’t show you the final video at the end? Who must go searching for how this video turned out? How do you live with yourself knowing that you owe people a hit of dopamine?
2
Is there an age when a man should let hip hop go? Does it still make sense to be rapping along to “Still fuck with the beats | still not loving police | Still rock my khakis with a cuff and a crease | Still got love for the streets, rapping 213” while driving back from the park with your 4 year old? During these trips I often catch the face of the 4 year old in question in the mirror and think to myself “Sorry man. I gotta remain boombap”
3
If writing is thinking on paper, what happens when a writer uses AI?
4
When I find myself hating on AI I remember this quote. “A bad workman always blames his tools”
5
I wonder if we have an insatiable appetite for watching someone fall from grace. I wonder if the truth behind the Credo V. Daniels headlines is more about relishing the fall, the spectacle of a high-profile scandal, and less about an artist that downplayed the use of AI in creating their music.