boner9000 Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 exhibit A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Wallbanger Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 Wow, I hadn't seen any of the Rime influenced Sigh stuff... wow. It's funny, he has a nice sense of composition, and I often enjoy seeing his pieces. But he bites shit so blatantly, I can't really like him as a writer, or have any serious appreciation for his body of work. I read an interview where he said outright that he just bites whatever trendy style is hot at the moment, which I just can't understand. With the amount of work dude puts into the physical act of painting graffiti, I just don't see why he can't develop his own style. I'm not trying to single dude out, though-- I could easily see this basically turnng into a Sigh thread, while the biting trend actually reaches far and wide in the community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KniggazInDemStreetz Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 It's that 'cheater frieght style' that's getting popular. A lot of people do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Wallbanger Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 "Cheater freight style"? Please elaborate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THANKYOU Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 i can see a little rime influence, but thats still a sick piece. thats a close call id say on that one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abracadabra Posted December 4, 2006 Author Share Posted December 4, 2006 a little rime "influence". it's alot more than influence. the teeth, the clouds....come on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weapon X Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 calm down there guy. i didn't mean verses per say, but bars or whatever. biting lines period. however, 50 cent spit nearly an entire tupac verse on that hail mary remix, changing a few bars and words here and there snoop dogg spit "lodi dodi," which was almost the entire song of slick rick, with a few words change to fit with the times and his persona... but that was more of an homage and not a bite in my opinion. same with def squad re-doing "rapper's delight." ja rule did that song "pain" and spit nearly an entire tupac verse, just changing a few words and bars. there i said "nearly." Homage. Exactly. What I was trying to say is that you must have not realized that Jay-Z spit a couple of Biggie lines until someone pointed this out to you. Which would mean that you're a west coast ignoramus that barely knows Biggie's work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weapon X Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 I read an interview where he said outright that he just bites whatever trendy style is hot at the moment, which I just can't understand. That's what I was saying earlier. So many people do this. So is it really a crime when a majority of the graffiti writing population thinks it's all good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dixie Dude Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 why don't you talk to him about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOU Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Innovators are few and far between... It's all in the numbers... It is the way of the world.. It is the very few who set the standards and the rest just try to live up to it and usually just fails as a mediocre imitation... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOU Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Innovators are few and far between... It's all in the numbers... It is the way of the world.. It is the very few who set the standards and the rest just try to live up to it and usually just fails as a mediocre imitation... Like my post.. I wanted to live up to a high standard of posting and do it with some intelligence.. But I failed miserably.. My own response disgust me.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viperface Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 I hate when people say "everything has been done". That's not true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOU Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Is overdone any better?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viperface Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 what? graffiti is overdone? I think when writers start biting each other they should just forget about graffiti for a while. Go look at insects and deep sea fish and bite connections and blamtallica from them, instead of some already recognized writers form your area I don't really care what peeps do, It's just the quitter attitude that kills the mood for everything. feds me up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Graffiti everywhere has taken a radical turn for the worse. I no longer enjoy looking at other peoples shit because it all fucking sucks minus a select few. This DIDNT used to be the case. Im basicly waiting for all the shitcunts to get busted or move on to the next trend (stenciling/street art cleared up quite a few of them), leaving the dedicated writers who actually love letter manipulation to do thier thing. I would be quite happy to continue painting long after everyone else is saying 'Yo that shit was cool 5 years ago now its just lame' because I have heart for the artform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 I hate when people say "everything has been done". That's not true For real man, that is such a fuckin cop out. If you love letters and put work in you will keep shit moving regardless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KniggazInDemStreetz Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 You also have to put in perspective, graffiti is not just the actual piece of work, it's the dope spots, the color schemes, the beef, ect. That's what graffiti is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iloveboxcars Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 actually graffiti is all about outerspace photography. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KniggazInDemStreetz Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 True. I heard Saber did the biggest piece ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iloveboxcars Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 who cares? we're talking about graffiti here. the hubble telescope is still super dope. i mean, it doesnt put in as much work as it used to but it's definately more old school than every other thing out there trying to take pictures of outerspace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOU Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 HubbleOner... All day all night.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardyHarHar Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 In the days of yesteryear, the way most people learned or bit from other writers, was from spending time with those writers, and quietly stealing their techniques. Nowadays, that can be done on the internet as well. I don't think people are biting with less shame nowadays, it's just that they're biting from a couple of styles on the net, and not from their buddies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
politicalprisoner Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 the trendy thing these days is having no style. or is it just me. and i cant stands it no more. ' my style is no style. check it ' those who are guilty of this no who they are. ... for this reason i condone biting, as long as its biting the right thing. no homo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trill Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 *know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viperface Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 know homo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALIgula Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Didnt you get that memo? zing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUR X3 Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 I didn't know where to put this... I just liked this Espo tag... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUR X3 Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 Just wanted to point this out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nnuterrr Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 graffiti is dead but a few people know whats up and how to do it correct. everyone else might as well not exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Feast Island Man Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 biting is like, ironic n shit. so it's ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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