. >> there is no question that we are greatly indebted to the stoli corporation. they have served this city well without question. it is difficult. as exciting as this new project may seem, it is difficult to basically say that we no longer have a need for this corporation, it has served its purpose. this is the kind of feeling that we get about that. i have been here at this table since 2006 listening to the debate, part of the debate about how the rfp should be structured or what the rfq priorities should be. what do we want out of it? what passed should we take? we have been in this discussion since 2006 and i have no doubt in my mind that there are many citizens, many people who know about this project. this has been on the discussion process for quite some time. ludicrous as it may seem, the discussion is as it begins. we have a proposal, this is a proposal that we can support, this is a proposal that we can work with, when we make that position, it is only then that we can began the real dialogue that is ahead of us. the real dialogue is to look at all the d

there's some kind of political connotation to it and a lot of the underground hip hop artists they stoli were rapping or silly talking about political social economic issues that are plaguing minority communities such as the the economy recruitment into the u.s. army and a lot of you know issues that would have been addressed back in the eighty's with. public enemy that are really being glazed over today by today's rap industry now you spoke to some fans out there and they show that they weren't exactly happy with the direction that hip hop was going they felt that it was moving away from its original roots but you know who that who they blame is it just on the artists or is it on the corporations in the studios or a mixture of the two so yeah exactly it's a bit of both for the most part they feel very betrayed they feel as if the artists that are now you know contributing to this more mainstream kind of hip hop are selling out to the black community because in the beginning like i explore my package it was mainly it was a political tool it was a mobilization tool for black communities t