Love & Hip Hop ATLANTA (2014, college, legally)

[Staysean23]

Hip hop is no different when it comes to crimes. Heavy metal industry has its fair share but it gets swept under a rug but no one wants to talk about that.

[Big L]

It looks like a collection of has-beens and never-will-bes. I actually feel kind of bad for Rasheeda. The poor girl has been trying to catch a break since Clinton was in office.

[glovenyc]

Originally Posted by Galounger

I wish Atlanta were big enough to embrace it's Hip Hop industry the same way New York City (the birthplace of Hip Hop) embraces its without people feeling like the whole city is being downgraded because it's being defined by a bunch of Hip Hoppers.

If you ask me the problem isn't that Atlanta has too much Hip Hop it's that it doesn't have enough other home grown industries (High tech, manufacturing, finance and banking, big time classical arts, etc. etc.)

Hip-Hop is a creative culture born out of the streets, and rap music is just one aspect of that culture. Most of the rap music you here today, especially alot of the southern rap on the radio is not hip-hop in my opinion because it lacks creativity. It also is not made in the spirit of the entire culture. Unfortunately Atlanta's "rap" scene has is viewed in a negative way because it not's progressive. Atlanta does have a dope underground hip-hop scene, but most of those artist can't get any shine. Outkast, Goodie Mob and even Young Jeezy and T.I. represent the spirit of hip-hop, but all these new guys can't rap there way out of a wet paper bag.

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by Galounger

I wish Atlanta were big enough to embrace it's Hip Hop industry the same way New York City (the birthplace of Hip Hop) embraces its without people feeling like the whole city is being downgraded because it's being defined by a bunch of Hip Hoppers.

I'm not that worried about it. Musical fads come and go but society carries on. Many people are utterly oblivious to stuff like that.

[FlyiMetro]

Originally Posted by glovenyc

Yikes...another train wreck in progress. Just what hip-hop and the city of Atlanta needs, another season of foolishness...and before anyone starts I am a Black male die-hard hip-hop fan who totally participates and understands the culture. However, these shows are a horrible representation of my people (black folks), and my culture (hip-hop) and will be a horrible representation of my new home (Atlanta). It will just further Atlanta's reputation (falsely held by the rest of the country) as a bunch of black, shallow, materialistic, hood rich, gold digging (you fill in the blank). WAKE UP PEOPLE!

What do you mean? Atlanta people love celebs. I don't understand what you mean.

[GeorgiaLakeSearch]

Originally Posted by Staysean23

Hip hop is no different when it comes to crimes. Heavy metal industry has its fair share but it gets swept under a rug but no one wants to talk about that.

True.

Pure racism in my opinion. The media covers hip hop crime because hip hop is more black and heavy metal is more white. The media portrays black in a negative light more then whites.

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by GeorgiaLakeSearch

True.

Pure racism in my opinion. The media covers hip hop crime because hip hop is more black and heavy metal is more white. The media portrays black in a negative light more then whites.

Oh, that's not true at all. Back when heavy metal was a big thing there was a huge outcry about it inciting violence, suicide, sex, drug use, and on and on. Many prominent people and organizations (including the national PTA) got involved and there were lengthy Senate hearings where artists and the recording industry were called on the carpet. This was the genesis of the "Parental Advisory" issue -- under pressure from the government and the public the recording industry agreed to put warning labels on music with "explicit" lyrics. A lot of stores even refused to sell such songs to underage individuals.

And don't forget the tremendous furor over rock and roll in the 1950s and 60s. Many songs and performers were banned from doing live shows or having their music played on radio and television. They often couldn't get recording contracts and stores refused to carry their music. There was even a bill in Congress to totally outlaw it in the United States.

The claim that hip hop has somehow been singled out for persecution is WAY off base. That's just not factually correct.

[cqholt]

2 Live Crew had a big hand in the parental advisory label.

[arjay57]

Personally I am opposed to censorship but you always come back to the basic question of why people suddenly decided it was necessary fill their songs with repeated references to the F word, the N word, the P word, etc. For centuries great music and poetry were created without that sort of thing and it's hard to see how they have enhanced the human experience.

[Onthemove2014]

Originally Posted by arjay57

Oh, that's not true at all. Back when heavy metal was a big thing there was a huge outcry about it inciting violence, suicide, sex, drug use, and on and on. Many prominent people and organizations (including the national PTA) got involved and there were lengthy Senate hearings where artists and the recording industry were called on the carpet. This was the genesis of the "Parental Advisory" issue -- under pressure from the government and the public the recording industry agreed to put warning labels on music with "explicit" lyrics. A lot of stores even refused to sell such songs to underage individuals.

And don't forget the tremendous furor over rock and roll in the 1950s and 60s. Many songs and performers were banned from doing live shows or having their music played on radio and television. They often couldn't get recording contracts and stores refused to carry their music. There was even a bill in Congress to totally outlaw it in the United States.

The claim that hip hop has somehow been singled out for persecution is WAY off base. That's just not factually correct.

Basically.