I will give Delgado some slack.
Let the one without sin cast the first stone.
Like, seriously, who is perfect?
God.
Is Antonio Delgado God? No.
Is Mike Pence God? No.
Then, enough.
The Delgado rap album came out in 2007 and on it, Delgado confronted social issues. Okay. Good. Credit to him for doing so. Name a rapper who doesn't confront social issues. My point exactly. Rap is a genre of music (cough! cough!) known for confronting controversial issues. I won't pretend to understand Delgado though. In fact, I probably will not listen to Delgado. Ever. Not even because of the article cited above because it's not my flavor of music and I don't want to learn enough about rap to make an educated opinion. I think that's aligned with how a music fan's opinion should be weighed.
Side note: I've been thinking about this topic recently since I learned that Deep Purple is touring with Judas Priest and I would love to travel to Council Bluffs on a Friday in September to see Judas Priest. I'm barely familiar with Deep Purple's music. I know of Ian Paice as a drummer and I can hum "Smoke on the Water" but that's about it. Who am I to judge Deep Purple, as a band, because I can hum one tune? Is that enough of an education about their collective work to say, "They rock!" or "They suck!"? I answer, "No." However, if I were to listen to more of their albums and internalize their music to the degree that I've internalized the music of Bayside, Count the Stars, and Metallica, then, maybe, I can offer an intelligent opinion. Otherwise, where is my credibility? I recognize there is an argument that gets made that 'you cannot know what it's like to be [fill-in-the-blank] unless you are [fill-in-the-blank]" which is why the Black Lives Matter movement doesn't allow White people to be involved in their movement as they say 'you are White and you can't know what it's like to be Black' - I think it was Ben Shapiro bashed that logic in one of his videos. But back to Deep Purple - let the education begin!
But, to continue with the subject - rap music - I don't want to listen to a bunch of rap musicians (cough! cough!) to figure out where Delgado fits in. I will rely on someone with more knowledge of the genre to make a much better and a much more informed declaration about where Delgado fits in the genre. Was Delgado a good rapper? I really don't know. I can't judge his contribution to the genre based upon only releasing one album - that's neither negative or positive as there is likely an unlimited number of metal bands with only have one album.
A final thought. Delgado's album was released in 11 years ago. In 2007, I worked at Quintrex. I went to Memphis in May. I drank a lot of booze on a regular basis. I had my priorities screwed up but now, 11 years later, I hope I am a different person in the sense that I don't have my priorities screwed up. I'm not declaring Delgado made a "mistake" when he recorded that rap album; all I'm saying is that 11 years ago, I was not who I am today so I think it's certainly possible that Delgado is not who he was 11 years ago.
Editor's Note: How many bands have released a single album? How would that be investigated?!? Good topic for a future post! Good job!
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