Need another reason to hate rap music?

[trekds947]

[quote][i]Originally posted by British[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by jumpshift[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by randy[/i]
<br>ALWAYS SUCKED!!!![:D]
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But what about some of the rap groups who make put out thoughtful and meaningful lyrics and make good quality music?
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That died along with the TI-99/4A, many many many moons ago.

Shaniqua at Home Depot told me so.
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That 99/4A reference got me ROFLMAO!!

[iposse]

[quote][i]Originally posted by beatschool[/i]

Common - used to be extremely homophobic, but was able to evolve. I saw him freak out at a San Francisco concert when he saw two guys kissing. We later had a long discussion via email (a musician that answers his email, cool) talking about the social responsibility of rappers and their lyrics. One of his life-long friends subsequently came out of the closet and then died of AIDS. His friend completely changed Common's views on homosexuality and he has become one of the leading voices for tolerance within the hip hop community.
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Lest anyone forget, Common made #18 on Blender's wussiest artists of all-time. Considering the hip-hop community can be notoriously homophobic, I applaud him:

http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?ID=1990


[quote][i]Originally posted by hutter[/i]

Not all of it. In it's early years (1979-1983) it often kicked serious ass. But...(calling a spade a spade) it also plagarized serious ass. Funny that the two biggest rap hits of those early days were built on/stolen from disco (Rappers Delight) and electronic pop (Planet Rock). I wonder if Chic and Kraftwerk ever got any financial satisfaction.
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I think it's coming full circle though. The whole hip-hop scene has really influenced electronica over the last decade or so. I mean, listen to bands like Portishead, Massive Attack, Morcheeba, Faithless, the Chemical Brothers, the Prodigy, etc. and you'll hear the same emphasis on samples, percussive beats, and rhythmic lyrics that you hear in hip-hop music.

The problem is that a lot of mainstream rap music consists of bling-bling, hoes, and hyper-masculinized stories about the dog-eat-dog life in the hood. Anytime a rap artist tries to come out with something more meaningful it just sounds a bit...corny to most urban youth. Their loss.

[quote][i]Originally posted by hutter[/i]

A Tribe Called Quest comes to mind.

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"Award Tour" has always been one of my all-time favorite [i]songs[/i].

[dancinginberlin]

Rap artists that I dig

1.) De La Soul
2.)MC Lyte ('Poor Georgie' is when I noticed her)
3.) Anything from Queen Latifah's 'All Hail The Queen' disc

[b]_________________________<br>what a cheeky little monkey!!![/b]

[glokstadt]

Here's another reqason to hate rap, Coup released this CD two monthe before 9/11...

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It's a Mod, Mod, Mod, Mod, World!
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[iposse]

[quote][i]Originally posted by glokstadt[/i]
<br>Here's another reqason to hate rap, Coup released this CD two monthe before 9/11...

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It's a Mod, Mod, Mod, Mod, World!
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You know, I remember reading about that on the Urban Legends Reference Pages. Here's the story behind it:

http://www.snopes.com/rumors/thecoup.htm

[iposse]

Yet another reason to hate rap music!!!!

<img src="http://www.rocklists.com/crap/randy_savage.jpg">

Randy "Macho Man" Savage pursued a career as a rap artist. Here's his 2003 debut album.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be_a_Man_%28album%29

[glokstadt]

[quote][i]Originally posted by iposse[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by glokstadt[/i]
<br>Here's another reqason to hate rap, Coup released this CD two monthe before 9/11...

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You know, I remember reading about that on the Urban Legends Reference Pages. Here's the story behind it:

http://www.snopes.com/rumors/thecoup.htm
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At first I thought your link was going to say it's not true about the cover, but it IS a true story...

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[glokstadt]

[quote][i]Originally posted by iposse[/i]
<br>Yet another reason to hate rap music!!!!

<img src="http://www.rocklists.com/crap/randy_savage.jpg">

Randy "Macho Man" Savage pursued a career as a rap artist. Here's his 2003 debut album.

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Hey, it's Macho Man sung by that nu-wav band, The Village People?! [:D]

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