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Old 09-20-2016, 05:25 AM   #39 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MORRISGUITARMAN View Post
I would say ignorant in terms of content. Its the lowest common denominator in rap to talk about guns, drugs and sex. ignorant to other themes. As in there is more to life than violence, drugs and sex.
A few big problems with your reasoning:

* Choosing to focus on particular subject matter doesn't imply that one isn't familiar with other subject matter.

* No matter what or how many other things you write lyrics about, there's more to life than that. So that criticism goes for everything.

* You're apparently operating with a supposition that lyrics are supposed to capture some particular cross-section of life experiences. What's the support for the idea that that's what lyrics are supposed to be doing?

I'm also guessing that maybe you're some sort of value objectivist. Value objectivism is factually errant.
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