[kendra k]

I don't think that makes up for anything. Ike wasn't necessary to the creation of a genre any more than any other individual was, being good at something else doesn't excuse what he was.

i don't think i was excusing ike for being a wife beater and supreme asshole. if you look at the history of music, you'll find that most of the greats were assholes, just sometimes that information is more public than others. did i respect ike turner? not at all. (we would not be friends.)

i want to hear about will smith's sordid tales because he really bugs me.

[Yudster]

I don't think that makes up for anything. Ike wasn't necessary to the creation of a genre any more than any other individual was, being good at something else doesn't excuse what he was.

i don't think i was excusing ike for being a wife beater and supreme asshole. if you look at the history of music, you'll find that most of the greats were assholes, just sometimes that information is more public than others. did i respect ike turner? not at all. (we would not be friends.)

i want to hear about will smith's sordid tales because he really bugs me.

I know - I don't know why I implied that I thought you were excusing him. Sorry.