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At its inception, Rap was great. Later on the genre was taken over by hooligans. Who wants to back or listen to those types of human beings? Oh yes, those types of human beings. No thanks. Bring back the Rap of old : Run, Sugarhill Gang, etc.--and win back my respect, my ears, and my dollars.
I was a teenager in the 90's, when hip hop became really popular in suburban White America. I don't dislike rap music for the way it sounds, but I dislike the culture it introduced. When I think back on being a teenager, I don't really think about flannel shirts and alternative rock like Peal jam or Nirvana. I remember upper and middle class white kids talking and acting like inner city blacks, that were obsessed with rap culture. I hated going to parties and having to listen to the Chronic on repeat for 8 hours straight. I hated having to deal with wannabe gang bangers ruining every function I went to for almost an entire decade. What's funny is that when I hear hip hop or see gang culture these days, I don't think of black people or urban life; I think of bored white kids living in the burbs that ruined a lot of my prime years with their stupidity. I think of D-bags like the guys in that movie Alpha-dog.
At its inception, Rap was great. Later on the genre was taken over by hooligans. Who wants to back or listen to those types of human beings? Oh yes, those types of human beings. No thanks. Bring back the Rap of old : Run, Sugarhill Gang, etc.--and win back my respect, my ears, and my dollars.
If you want to go way back to the inception of rap music, there are two songs which did just that long before rap became mainstream.
Bob Dylan Subterranean Homesick Blues (Sorry they only have a decent cover of it)
I think you'll find 30 years from now that you won't like some new genre at that time, either.
Personally, I dislike rap today because it has devolved from its roots to a lower form rather than evolving to a higher form. Compared to what it started with, it's gotten worse.
It's no longer for us by us, a voice of expression,
but use us, abuse us, a tool of oppression
I agree with you 100 percent.
I use to be a hip hop fanatic. Spun records, carried milk crates with different beats and jams, had a set of Technics SL 1200's. I mean me and my boys listen to The Sugarhill Gang, Treacherous Three, Kurtis Blow, Steady B, X-Clan, KRS One, LL Cool Jay, Public Enemy (the list goes on). Had my radio preset to Hot 97, Power 105.1, and 98.7 Kiss (when it was a hip hop station). Now, the crap I hear on the radio is NOTHING like what it used to be. Sorry, O.P., but the stuff were talking about today that people call rap is garbage. Here are the same old things you hear in rap and see in the videos.
1) Some type of liquor or weed being passed around or bricks being dealt.
2) Some scantily clad woman walking around or talked about.
3) Some cash or jewelry being shown or talked about.
That's it. After a fat beat, there is nothing else to offer the listener.
Last edited by akatrk; 05-26-2014 at 11:02 AM..
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If you want to go way back to the inception of rap music, there are two songs which did just that long before rap became mainstream.
Bob Dylan Subterranean Homesick Blues (Sorry they only have a decent cover of it)
Right there, Irishfan! ^^ Now SHE is a rapper!! ( Hot too)
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