The Downfall of Ibliys: A Ghetto Opera
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MF Grimm
Recorded while MF Grimm was on bail for a life jail sentence. In an Urban Smarts interview, MF Grimm said the following of The Downfall of Ibliys:
I think it’s bad to tell people what to expect. Everyone has a different level of expectation. Some will like it, some will feel my work is a piece of shit, but both forms of criticism are appreciated. I accept both with open arms. There are so many people who are in the graveyard who never had the chance to display their talent. As for the name, in the holy Qur'an, the angel Iblis (Satan) was expelled from paradise because he wouldn’t bow down to Adam when Allah told him to. Because Iblis felt he was better than man; and like Iblis I too felt I was better than all men and I would feed off sin. So like Iblis I fell from grace, so “The Downfall Of Iblis” is an abstract way of saying “The Downfall of Percy Carey.”