leisuremuffin wrote:like there isn't any other entertainment that is violent, sexist or homophobic. If you don't like rap because of its content, you should probably turn off your TV and stop going to movies too. quit rock music as well, if you listen to that shit.
...or, figure out the difference between fantasy and reality.
...or open your mind enough to be able to enjoy a song without being attached the the perspective the story is told from. I find a lot of old folk music really beautiful and compelling, even when the stories in the songs are about terrible shit like murder, rape, incest, suicide, beating women, etc. etc. etc. Horrible content, but great stories. and those fucking songs are from the beginning of the last century and some even older! This wasn't invented by "ganster rappers." But so many white people are scared to death of black men.......
.lm.
I hear you brotha. I hear you.
But if I were a dumbass I could watch a movie and read the end credits to understand that John McClane is actually just Bruce Willis. I think it's pretty obvious that Mr. Willis has never run around Nakatomi Plaza barefoot while kneecappin' the shit out of German terrorists.
Would he even need to admit to it? We SHOULD already know what the reality is. In the case of a gangsta rapper most of us(I guess) DO know what the reality is. I just find it so fucking pathetic that if you're gonna speak about the harsh realities of the ghetto then why do would you spend so much time and write so many lyrics boasting about exploiting your surroundings rather than talking about getting the FUCK OUT OF THOSE SURROUNDINGS?
And is it really that hard to tell a lil nigga to get a diploma instead of talking about what you've acquired without getting one yourself? If you're gonna take that route...I think B.I.G did it PERFECTLY with "Juicy".
But this isn't coming from the perspective of a shook white dude.
Yes I'm black...and no I'm not Uncle Tom'n it out...
And no I don't think I'm better than those niggas just because I'm 'so educated' and I walk around with Becky on my arm...
Nah....
It's just that...
When a mafucka can drop an album wih 19 tracks on it...and 17 tracks ain't about shit but selling coke to your own people, the 18th track is about fuckin' a bitch...
And the 19th track is about asking
GOD for forgiveness for selling all that coke...
And then the first single on your sophomore effort??? Well guess what that's about? You guessed it...
Selling coke...
Now how the fuck am I supposed to take you
SERIOUSLY as an artist...or rather someone who has a message that says something...anything...
WHATEVER that might show you have at least SOME LOVE for the people you're setting out to destroy.
Yeah I grew up on gangsta rap, but then again I grew up on Public Enemy and whatever you might consider backpacker rap. I clicked on this thread expecting to see comments about Scarface, B.I.G, N.W.A, Snoop, and all that other 'nigga shit' that at least had
SOMETHING WORTHWHILE TO SAY other than "I move keys" 247 fucking times on your debut album.
Eh...maybe I just figured we would have moved past the bullshit by now. Or maybe I just figured if you're really so fucking real you'd sell that shit to the white community that's keeping you sidelined in this struggle.
On the surface this shit doesn't look any different from Sunni extremists murdering off the fathers and brothers of other Sunni Muslims who don't agree with their militant philosophies...including the "No Snitching" campaign.
Nah I'm scared at all. Just sick of it all.
Whatever Doesn't Kill You, Only Makes You Stranger.