Norman Mailer was most definitely a rapper. The Naked and the Dead is his street album; his Reasonable Doubt or Illmatic. That’s forever cred. But in my opinion what really gave Mailer that swagger was his willingness to take it off the books into the streets ANY TIME YOU WANT. ARE YOU READY TO APOLOGIZE???
Nas is supposed to be hardcore rapper. Tough. How come he didn’t stab his wife Kelis with a ballpoint pen then? You think quick-bic Norman would let any woman walk off with his Pulitzer paper? You do no want it with NoMal!
KRS-One once famously threw PM Dawn off the stage. Mailer was this type. Aggressive, hostile ego. violent alpha-intellectual. And what distinguishes their brand of bombast for the better is the egotism is not rooted in capitalism. It’s art, culture, country. If Mailer was in his prime now, rapping, he might not be rich or lavished with awards, but there would definitely be some bloggers with black eyes. Some of these fools hurting my sense of intellectual pollution.
