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Jayqx58 Wrote:
country + rap = crap
country + rap = crap
Yay another country music hater!...I might have to add you to my Buddy list
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Okay, enough.
I'm really tired of reading these kinds of threads that generalize Hip Hop/Rap as a genre that's all about 'ghetto this', 'gun clapping', hoes that, etc. What's hillarious is that with the ever expanding vastness that is the internet, people either cannot or choose not to find one song that crushes their infantile and illogical perceptions of this particular genre. I've had to explain it a number of times before in similar threads and it appears I'll have to do so once again...
All these generalizations that is made on the genre only narrow ones understanding of it. People may look at acts such as 50 Cent, Ja Rule, The Game and others as the embodiment of Rap/ Hip Hop, while they make up only a part of it.
If people are turned off by such acts that have aggressive and violent lyrics and the images they give, then they may be surprised to know that much like there is a 'yang', there is a 'yin'. Acts and artists such as Common, Mos Def, Dead Prez, Talib Kweli, Black Eyed Peas, John Legend, KRS-ONE, Outkast, The Roots, A Tribe Called Quest, Nas, Kanye West, Jin, Nappy Roots, and others are not of the current trend that what people see. It's so easy to sit back from a distance and snipe at a genre and make invalid generalizations on it entirely. I challenge anyone to compare the lyrics of 50 Cent and Common and then tell me that ALL Rap/Hip-Hop is the same.
A lot of the artist out merely make 1-2 trendy songs to access the general public so they can be identified. Those songs are played on rotation constanly, yet their more mature songs are left on the cd. They're out there to make money not good music. And please! 50 has no talent whatsoever. I'd buy 20 Common cd's before I'd buy his. As I said, compare the lyrics of 50 Cent and Common and you'll see a difference of what they are saying and trying to get across to fans.
Such narrow views of the genre cause of some talentless artists should be the prevailing thought. Hate on 50 Cent and others like him if you wish, but don't reign in the whole genre in the same category where they do not reside.
And for those interested or too trifling to even do the leg work, I've taken the liberty of helping you out.
Lyrics of Talib
Vs.
Lyrics of 50 Cent
And look here! Hip Hop vids that a blingless and gangstaless. What are the odds?
• Black Starr
• Mos Def
• The Roots - 1
• The Roots - 2
• Talib
• Talib - 2
• Talib - 3
• Nappy Roots
• Common
• DJ Muggs vs. Gza
• Erick Sermon
I could post music from other artists all night to illustrate how diverse Hip Hop/Rap is, but I'll stop with these. Do you hear some of their music on the radio? Not regularly cause the stations need to make money from advertisers and they can't sell with Common, Royce Da 5' 9" or Murs music. They need 50 Cent or Lil John crap. The same shit (imo) that people vibe that has no deeper meaning other than the literal connotations that they write.
And JUST as Poasty said, took to the underground for the REAL artists. But regardless, stop making fallacious rants and generalizations about a genre that has more layers underneath the trendy bullshit surface that the radios play.
I'm really tired of reading these kinds of threads that generalize Hip Hop/Rap as a genre that's all about 'ghetto this', 'gun clapping', hoes that, etc. What's hillarious is that with the ever expanding vastness that is the internet, people either cannot or choose not to find one song that crushes their infantile and illogical perceptions of this particular genre. I've had to explain it a number of times before in similar threads and it appears I'll have to do so once again...
All these generalizations that is made on the genre only narrow ones understanding of it. People may look at acts such as 50 Cent, Ja Rule, The Game and others as the embodiment of Rap/ Hip Hop, while they make up only a part of it.
If people are turned off by such acts that have aggressive and violent lyrics and the images they give, then they may be surprised to know that much like there is a 'yang', there is a 'yin'. Acts and artists such as Common, Mos Def, Dead Prez, Talib Kweli, Black Eyed Peas, John Legend, KRS-ONE, Outkast, The Roots, A Tribe Called Quest, Nas, Kanye West, Jin, Nappy Roots, and others are not of the current trend that what people see. It's so easy to sit back from a distance and snipe at a genre and make invalid generalizations on it entirely. I challenge anyone to compare the lyrics of 50 Cent and Common and then tell me that ALL Rap/Hip-Hop is the same.
A lot of the artist out merely make 1-2 trendy songs to access the general public so they can be identified. Those songs are played on rotation constanly, yet their more mature songs are left on the cd. They're out there to make money not good music. And please! 50 has no talent whatsoever. I'd buy 20 Common cd's before I'd buy his. As I said, compare the lyrics of 50 Cent and Common and you'll see a difference of what they are saying and trying to get across to fans.
Such narrow views of the genre cause of some talentless artists should be the prevailing thought. Hate on 50 Cent and others like him if you wish, but don't reign in the whole genre in the same category where they do not reside.
And for those interested or too trifling to even do the leg work, I've taken the liberty of helping you out.
Lyrics of Talib
Vs.
Lyrics of 50 Cent
And look here! Hip Hop vids that a blingless and gangstaless. What are the odds?
• Black Starr
• Mos Def
• The Roots - 1
• The Roots - 2
• Talib
• Talib - 2
• Talib - 3
• Nappy Roots
• Common
• DJ Muggs vs. Gza
• Erick Sermon
I could post music from other artists all night to illustrate how diverse Hip Hop/Rap is, but I'll stop with these. Do you hear some of their music on the radio? Not regularly cause the stations need to make money from advertisers and they can't sell with Common, Royce Da 5' 9" or Murs music. They need 50 Cent or Lil John crap. The same shit (imo) that people vibe that has no deeper meaning other than the literal connotations that they write.
And JUST as Poasty said, took to the underground for the REAL artists. But regardless, stop making fallacious rants and generalizations about a genre that has more layers underneath the trendy bullshit surface that the radios play.
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GhostDragon Wrote:
Okay, enough.
I'm really tired of reading these kinds of threads that generalize Hip Hop/Rap as a genre that's all about 'ghetto this', 'gun clapping', hoes that, etc. What's hillarious is that with the ever expanding vastness that is the internet, people either cannot or choose not to find one song that crushes their infantile and illogical perceptions of this particular genre. I've had to explain it a number of times before in similar threads and it appears I'll have to do so once again...
All these generalizations that is made on the genre only narrow ones understanding of it. People may look at acts such as 50 Cent, Ja Rule, The Game and others as the embodiment of Rap/ Hip Hop, while they make up only a part of it.
If people are turned off by such acts that have aggressive and violent lyrics and the images they give, then they may be surprised to know that much like there is a 'yang', there is a 'yin'. Acts and artists such as Common, Mos Def, Dead Prez, Talib Kweli, Black Eyed Peas, John Legend, KRS-ONE, Outkast, The Roots, A Tribe Called Quest, Nas, Kanye West, Jin, Nappy Roots, and others are not of the current trend that what people see. It's so easy to sit back from a distance and snipe at a genre and make invalid generalizations on it entirely. I challenge anyone to compare the lyrics of 50 Cent and Common and then tell me that ALL Rap/Hip-Hop is the same.
A lot of the artist out merely make 1-2 trendy songs to access the general public so they can be identified. Those songs are played on rotation constanly, yet their more mature songs are left on the cd. They're out there to make money not good music. And please! 50 has no talent whatsoever. I'd buy 20 Common cd's before I'd buy his. As I said, compare the lyrics of 50 Cent and Common and you'll see a difference of what they are saying and trying to get across to fans.
Such narrow views of the genre cause of some talentless artists should be the prevailing thought. Hate on 50 Cent and others like him if you wish, but don't reign in the whole genre in the same category where they do not reside.
And for those interested or too trifling to even do the leg work, I've taken the liberty of helping you out.
Lyrics of Talib
Vs.
Lyrics of 50 Cent
And look here! Hip Hop vids that a blingless and gangstaless. What are the odds?
• Black Starr
• Mos Def
• The Roots - 1
• The Roots - 2
• Talib
• Talib - 2
• Talib - 3
• Nappy Roots
• Common
• Common - 2
• DJ Muggs vs. Gza
• Erick Sermon
I could post music from other artists all night to illustrate how diverse Hip Hop/Rap is, but I'll stop with these. Do you hear some of their music on the radio? Not regularly cause the stations need to make money from advertisers and they can't sell with Common, Royce Da 5' 9" or Murs music. They need 50 Cent or Lil John crap. The same shit (imo) that people vibe that has no deeper meaning other than the literal connotations that they write.
And JUST as Poasty said, took to the underground for the REAL artists. But regardless, stop making fallacious rants and generalizations about a genre that has more layers underneath the trendy bullshit surface that the radios play.
Okay, enough.
I'm really tired of reading these kinds of threads that generalize Hip Hop/Rap as a genre that's all about 'ghetto this', 'gun clapping', hoes that, etc. What's hillarious is that with the ever expanding vastness that is the internet, people either cannot or choose not to find one song that crushes their infantile and illogical perceptions of this particular genre. I've had to explain it a number of times before in similar threads and it appears I'll have to do so once again...
All these generalizations that is made on the genre only narrow ones understanding of it. People may look at acts such as 50 Cent, Ja Rule, The Game and others as the embodiment of Rap/ Hip Hop, while they make up only a part of it.
If people are turned off by such acts that have aggressive and violent lyrics and the images they give, then they may be surprised to know that much like there is a 'yang', there is a 'yin'. Acts and artists such as Common, Mos Def, Dead Prez, Talib Kweli, Black Eyed Peas, John Legend, KRS-ONE, Outkast, The Roots, A Tribe Called Quest, Nas, Kanye West, Jin, Nappy Roots, and others are not of the current trend that what people see. It's so easy to sit back from a distance and snipe at a genre and make invalid generalizations on it entirely. I challenge anyone to compare the lyrics of 50 Cent and Common and then tell me that ALL Rap/Hip-Hop is the same.
A lot of the artist out merely make 1-2 trendy songs to access the general public so they can be identified. Those songs are played on rotation constanly, yet their more mature songs are left on the cd. They're out there to make money not good music. And please! 50 has no talent whatsoever. I'd buy 20 Common cd's before I'd buy his. As I said, compare the lyrics of 50 Cent and Common and you'll see a difference of what they are saying and trying to get across to fans.
Such narrow views of the genre cause of some talentless artists should be the prevailing thought. Hate on 50 Cent and others like him if you wish, but don't reign in the whole genre in the same category where they do not reside.
And for those interested or too trifling to even do the leg work, I've taken the liberty of helping you out.
Lyrics of Talib
Vs.
Lyrics of 50 Cent
And look here! Hip Hop vids that a blingless and gangstaless. What are the odds?
• Black Starr
• Mos Def
• The Roots - 1
• The Roots - 2
• Talib
• Talib - 2
• Talib - 3
• Nappy Roots
• Common
• Common - 2
• DJ Muggs vs. Gza
• Erick Sermon
I could post music from other artists all night to illustrate how diverse Hip Hop/Rap is, but I'll stop with these. Do you hear some of their music on the radio? Not regularly cause the stations need to make money from advertisers and they can't sell with Common, Royce Da 5' 9" or Murs music. They need 50 Cent or Lil John crap. The same shit (imo) that people vibe that has no deeper meaning other than the literal connotations that they write.
And JUST as Poasty said, took to the underground for the REAL artists. But regardless, stop making fallacious rants and generalizations about a genre that has more layers underneath the trendy bullshit surface that the radios play.
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Hey Tai Dragon ,next time simplify your statement. What you just went on with was ridiculous. Why would anyone in their right mind waffle on like that. I stopped reading after the first paragraph.
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reptileisback Wrote:
Hey Tai Dragon ,next time simplify your statement. What you just when on with was ridiculous. Why would anyone in their right mind waffle on like that. I stopped reading after the first paragraph.
Hey Tai Dragon ,next time simplify your statement. What you just when on with was ridiculous. Why would anyone in their right mind waffle on like that. I stopped reading after the first paragraph.
Hmmm... didn't address the actual content of my post. Interesting. Well, hopefully the brevity of this one will run contrary to the original epic...
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Barakaz_cuz Wrote:
Yay another country music hater!...I might have to add you to my Buddy list
Jayqx58 Wrote:
country + rap = crap
country + rap = crap
Yay another country music hater!...I might have to add you to my Buddy list
Can I be considered the third one who hates country? I'd like to set fire to the world's most popular country singers.
Anyway, I think rap music should be the least of our worries when it comes to "moral" standards. Sometimes I'll be flipping through my music video channels and come across some kind of rock/heavy metal type song, and after seconds of hearing it, I'll be completely disgusted. I think it's sickening the lyrics that some of those songs have. The singers are not boasting about themselves or anything of that nature, instead they seem to be stating about how f*cked the world is, how everyone is depressed, trapped, etc..... now THAT's disturbing music.
I'd much rather go to a club, listen to some Hip Hop jams, and have fun with my life.
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reptileisback Wrote:
Hey Tai Dragon ,next time simplify your statement. What you just when on with was ridiculous. Why would anyone in their right mind waffle on like that. I stopped reading after the first paragraph.
Hey Tai Dragon ,next time simplify your statement. What you just when on with was ridiculous. Why would anyone in their right mind waffle on like that. I stopped reading after the first paragraph.
Volutarily ignorant and bias? You asked the question:
"Why the hell do most people like crap music, I mean rap music?
Yet did not read the answer met by us who are fans of rap. I suppose it is your choice.
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Anyhow, I like to bring forth a point for the intelligent here in refernce to the more "gangsta rappers".
I believe there is even a purpose for them. I think they fill the avoided aggressive entity that is in us all. I like some of the battle MC's out there is why I mention this, and yet it seems they are commonly disregarded as subtance lacking because of alot of their content. I find the substance in the entertainment factor even if it is a random puchline like:
*turns on widows media player to find a famous punchliner*..........
Bare with me here, I'll just take LLoyd Banks for a pure example since "L" was the first letter I typed in. Mixed Tape: 10-15sec.
"I aint' really surprised, that I neva see you wit chips--
Cuz you always in the crib like tuna fish--
I got the rap game tamed the fools buggin and my di-amonds look like I been playin' wit food colorin'---
And i'm aware of what a slug a do--
But I'ma shovanist so it's no problem gun buttin' you--
I know you used to ni**az rubbin' you--
but I'll kick a bitch-out fas-ta than 3-L-W"
Entertaining to me but no real substance at all. Ha! i.e. it was funny. In other words, it doesn't have to have a meaning everytime to be entertaining.
Oh, and don't get it twisted....I can't stand 50cent.
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