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The Rap/Hip Hop Appreciation Thread

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neptunesnet said:
Yes.

Looove that bass line.



:heart:



You have the... vinyl?!?!

*dies happy*
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:yes:

yep got it cheap aswell one of those records you buy on the spot or you fear never seeing it at the record shop again
 
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human101 said:
yep got it cheap aswell one of those records you buy on the spot or you fear never seeing it at the record shop again
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We had a tiny record shop in town that sold .75 cent vinyls.

Unfortuntely, she went out of business. I think I was the only one who went there.

human101 said:
Blackstar (Mos Def & Talib Kweli)
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I used to have a truckload of their music downloaded to my computer, but sadly :boohoo: it crashed.

I think I died a little with it.

you heard of jeru the damaja ?
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Hm. No.

Please indulge.

:)
 
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[YOUTUBE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ6Rq_tAIPU"]classic[/YOUTUBE]
 
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neptunesnet said:
We had a tiny record shop in town that sold .75 cent vinyls.

Unfortuntely, she went out of business. I think I was the only one who went there.


I used to have a truckload of their music downloaded to my computer, but sadly :boohoo: it crashed.

I think I died a little with it.



Hm. No.

Please indulge.

:)
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Sorry about that I live in the inner city records shop everywhere and about 2 or 3 close down every year
 
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How about some CHRISTIAN RAP :

[YOUTUBE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxr6DaqHN74"]Lecrae[/YOUTUBE]

Seriously, listen to it. He's very talented
 
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nozflubber said:
How about some CHRISTIAN RAP :

[YOUTUBE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxr6DaqHN74"]Lecrae[/YOUTUBE]

Seriously, listen to it. He's very talented
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Are you sure the song isn't sped up?



I think this Christmas song is better :)

[YOUTUBE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnHlqZRk4Ow"]Merry Muthafuckin' Xmas[/YOUTUBE]
 
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neptunesnet said:
I didn't read your link (I probably will later; it looks interesting :)), but for me it all seemed to go downhill when gangsta rap became popular.

I've seen critics (or "critics" ;)) blame rap groups like N.W.A. and people like Ice-T as perpetrators of a violent culture, and they're right to a degree. But the way I see it is those rappers were products of a violent and impoverished environment. Many urban areas were extremely hostile and unhealthy, especially after the crack epidemic in the late 80s, so I don't necessarily think it's fair to attribute all the blame to just the rappers.

Gangsta rap was never meant for mainstream society. It was a subgenre directed at a very specific target audience (typically black kids growing up in rough areas who could relate on a very tangible level to the struggles in many of those lyrics). Record labels caught onto the popularity of gangsta rap from the high sales in urban areas and basically exploited it for profit.
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Kingfisher said:
i grew up with gangsta rap. now i dislike it, my integrity pushes me away from it, so i make a conscious effort to distance myself from it.
i work with kids in an anti-gang program who listen to a lot of gangsta rap. i try to work them away from it to more positive music. i've found that positive music does promote positive thinking. i believe in music to develop a positive mentality, to open up and connect with parts of you that are there but unnoticed, that are buried deep.

i think gangsta rap is more the product of an environment than a cause. i don't think it really puts ideas in kids' heads, but it does reinforce tendencies that are already there in you. the kids that can actually relate to gangsta rap do find a connection in it, to the experiences they can relate to, a pull that draws them in. but instead of starting with that connection and building positive constructive ideas on it, it just tells you to throw up bigger walls, more anger and distance.
music with a negative message has a caustic effect on people, maybe gradually and subtly, but i do think it can be corruptive.
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Exactly! This is what I point out in the essay!
I don't watch MTV anymore, let alone television (BET is another cesspool :rolli:). I can't stomach it. The "rap" they show on that channel now is mind-numbing, to say the least, not to mention their shows :sick:. Those networks glorify rappers while defaming them by helping them disrespect themselves. I really don't know where rap is going to go from here, but, unfortunately, it has already made its mark and is becoming the cultural image of what black people are and value today.

That is sad.

*tear*
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And ironically, many of the older "hard core" rappers like KRS and Nas, are the ones lamenting a lot of this stuff and claiming "Hip Hop is dead". I believe it just went beyond where they wanted it to go, but they helped it get here by mixing so much violence and sex into the message.
nozflubber said:
How about some CHRISTIAN RAP :

[Lecrae]

Seriously, listen to it. He's very talented
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I have not kept track of Christian rap, but I know from about 10-15 years ago, Cross Movement and The Storytellas were very good.
 
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We can close the thread now. ;)
 

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