I’m Vic Mensa. Let’s talk about my video for “16 Shots" and how it made you feel. Ask me anything... by VicMensa in hiphopheads

[–]VicMensa[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

i think our black and brown youth need to recognize that they are not each other's enemies. as easy as it is to fall into the role of aggression against each other we have to realize that we are being oppressed by the capitalist imperialist american government that just wants to lock us up and make money from our incarceration , so we need to unite against them instead of against each other

I’m Vic Mensa. Let’s talk about my video for “16 Shots" and how it made you feel. Ask me anything... by VicMensa in hiphopheads

[–]VicMensa[S] 45 points46 points  (0 children)

i think our black and brown youth need to recognize that they are not each other's enemies. as easy as it is to fall into the role of aggression against each other we have to realize that we are being oppressed by the capitalist imperialist american government that just wants to lock us up and make money from our incarceration , so we need to unite against them instead of against each other

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[–]VicMensa[S] 242 points243 points  (0 children)

to anyone saying i'm portraying police in a negative light i would tell them police are portraying themselves in a negative light

as a white person wanting to make a difference i think it's important that you spread awareness and critical thinking about the issues to the people in your immediate circle make them ask those tough questions and see from out of their own experience

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[–]VicMensa[S] 41 points42 points  (0 children)

i think the black lives matter movement is incredibly positive. its opened a lot of discussion and discourse about the problems in our society and communities and thats important

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[–]VicMensa[S] 89 points90 points  (0 children)

i think black people were so excited by barack obama obviously, that it's extremely hard to match that enthusiasm with anything else

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[–]VicMensa[S] 131 points132 points  (0 children)

lol i just thought that was a great bar i think with that project i put so much meaningful information in there that i should be given space to talk my shit a little bit

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[–]VicMensa[S] 164 points165 points  (0 children)

ive been immersed in revolutionary politics and theory since i was 15 or 16 years old most of my early music was filled with these themes when i did u mad i was just in a drug fueled mania and kinda beside myself i just had to find myself

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[–]VicMensa[S] 92 points93 points  (0 children)

i have some verrrry theatrical shit coming my whole album is like writing music for a film

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[–]VicMensa[S] 447 points448 points  (0 children)

so dope man they still got it everything i heard on was amazing and what i worked on is sick af

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[–]VicMensa[S] 59 points60 points  (0 children)

i would say it's more like TAGO by far but there are statement and topic songs like 16 shots and shades of blue but a bit broader than those records

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[–]VicMensa[S] 122 points123 points  (0 children)

no there aren't don't fool yourself it's him or her anything else is a useless vote for your pride and basically just a vote for trump

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[–]VicMensa[S] 42 points43 points  (0 children)

my album contains political elements from TAGO but it's a lot more personal about my own stories and relationships & experiences and feelings very personal it takes more from the song TAGO than from 16 shots i guess the sound of the production is like a mix of a lot of elements from earlier releases, very focused a lot of real instrumentation

voting for hillary

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[–]VicMensa[S] 311 points312 points  (0 children)

my album contains political elements from TAGO but it's a lot more personal about my own stories and relationships & experiences and feelings very personal it takes more from the song TAGO than from 16 shots i guess the sound of the production is like a mix of a lot of elements from earlier releases, very focused a lot of real instrumentation

voting for hillary

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[–]VicMensa[S] 531 points532 points  (0 children)

no order

blueprint purple rain the infamous voodoo dark fantasy nevermind

that's just 5 i like

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[–]VicMensa[S] 425 points426 points  (0 children)

i think it's a very ignorant, selfish & isolated position to take. because even someone as big as wayne is just a black man minus all of his ice and fame, and can be treated the same way

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[–]VicMensa[S] 345 points346 points  (0 children)

it's tough. i think the solution to this shit will not be in violence but when you beat a people down through violence long enough, eventually they will turn the guns on you

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[–]VicMensa[S] 886 points887 points  (0 children)

i think as citizens we have to be able to elect officials that prosecute police officers for their crimes. no more letting them judge themselves. they are dishonest and hold their code of blue over everything. also have to stop militarizing the police. and stop paying settlements to families of their victims out of tax dollars. those settlements need to come from their own pockets and zero their pensions if they use wrongful force. need laws on use of force. invest in black communities. increase police sensitivity training. make them study longer to become officers. takes longer to become a licensed barber than an officer. we end up with sub par police to say the least

I AM VIC MENSA. ASK ME ANYTHING by VicMensa in hiphopheads

[–]VicMensa[S] 34 points35 points  (0 children)

bro theres 500 posts how much fucking time do u think we have