На, жуй, короче, со слов кого-то из dead prez, кто именно - не обозначено, (интервью 2004-го года):

thaFormula.com - Alot of people say you guys talk alot of shit about this and that, but they signed to Loud Records. Why did you sign to a label like Loud?

dead prez - Let's see, how can I start from the top. In order for us to get power, I think what were gonna have to do is use the resources that we have now to gain some sort of power. That's gonna take a strategy that somehow is gonna be able to win up some sort of momentum where black people can see that way to get that power. In order to start in capitalism, you have to start a capital. Like they say, you can't make money without havin money. It's true and we as poor broke black people, uh, distribution and marketing aren't made available to us just like ownin a franchise ain't available to us. Those positions are already taken, they are inherited, so what we intend to do is get in. Some people do that by going to college. If you go to college, that college is owned by the white man, even the black college is owned by the white man. Some people say I will go work at Wendy's or McDonald's and I will save my check every week and won't spend no money and then I will do what I wanna do while I'm still steady workin for the white man. Don't confuse the politics that we have with no, uh, see I don't hate white people. What we're trying to get is power. I'm talkin about world wide power and I'm serious about that. I don't want people to get confused about what dead prez means. I know because we are strong and we are African that it does pose a threat to white people, but I don't hate white people. I just don't like what white people have done to me.

Множество людей занимаются любимым делом в расчете на то, что оно будет оплачено. (И это не обязательно мызыка, кино, изобразительное искусство, литература: это и сад, и огород и дальше по списку + назови любую сферу деятельности, даже где нет никакого элемента тв-ва).


Ты вырвал из контекста, это раз. И мне как раз-таки и не нравится эта цифра, это два. Наплевать не должно быть, это три.Послушай второй вёрс в "Tears" от Self Scientific, там очень даже в тему.

Ах да, напоследок (из более свежего интервью с того же thaformula.com):

ThaFormula.com - Was it a little disappointing seeing that you guys had got 5 mics in the Source and just great reviews in general?

M1 of dead prez - No it wasn't disappointing because I know what record labels do. I did not expect more. We as dead prez got a clear political understanding about what's going on. I have no misguided illusions at all. I know the way that we are gonna get to people is by our own 2 black hands, so to me when I look at Sony, I saw a system destined to fail.

ThaFormula.com - So if it was destined to fail, then why do it?

M1 of dead prez - Because I want the money. I needed the money to do other things with. I needed the money so I could create an environment that is gonna have dead prez out here because this commercial market needs to be affected by dead prez. Even though we are not selling millions of records, it puts me out there so that I can go on tour with Erykah Badu & do songs with Jay-Z. Basically we needed the money to do all the things that the revolution needs to have happen. You got to have money, you can't be broke. It's against my law.