Comments on: Sage Francis No Longer Panders To Hardcore Hip-Hop Fans

By: G

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:51:01 +0000

i guess we’ll always have the sick of waiting tapes

By: barbarclubberlang

barbarclubberlang — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:35:00 +0000

elvis was a hero to most but he never meant shit to me…….

By: Ming-Tzu

Ming-Tzu — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:28:17 +0000

Yeah, I agree that Sage is one of the better live performers I’ve seen. However, I’d want to see a Buck 65 set more.

By: CVelasco

CVelasco — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:00:40 +0000

ill always think of sage as being one of the better live performers in hip hop but as one of two asian sage francis fans (3 or 4 if count half-asian pav, and possibly beau sia) And ‘hardcore hip hop’ head, it makes me feel uncomfortable when certain cats kinda imply that theyve reached their plateau as for as creative possibilities in ‘hip hop’ or tradtional hip hop and somehow experimenting with other genres is some next level shit. In any case, thank god for records like bounce, slow down ghandi amd whore monger.

By: DJ Regular

DJ Regular — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:21:44 +0000

Sorta off topic, but the one Sage show I went to the crowd wasn’t very live. He was putting a lot of work in, call and response, crowd interaction, etc. A lot of the stuff you’d expect at a Hip Hop show, just filtered through his lens. He really put on a great show. The crowd though was full of snobs and hipsters who were content to just stare at him performing and not get involved, not even to dance or anything. Maybe things have changed since then (this was in support of ‘A Healthy Distrust’) but the “non-Hardcore Hip Hop” fans weren’t doing him any favors.

By: barbarclubberlang

barbarclubberlang — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:00:04 +0000

the sage finally seems to be living up to his name.very holy of him.
pretty soon he’ll invite his fans to a remote part of french guyana and start stock piling weapons and kool-aid…”i hold their hand and say ‘yes’ “…oh jesus.
whether or not you make quality hip hop music may have little to do with the types of fans that accept you or flock to your shows…but …if you want acceptance and credibility from everyone,you could do worse than being as upbeat,happy,and artistic as possible. once you start wanting every person to like your music…all the rebel goes out of your yell.