The Rap Education Thread (funk, hip-hop, punk, single, LL Cool J)

Urban Hat€monger ? · 10-11-2007, 08:43 PM

Will you quit splitting hairs about genres in every single f*cking thread

ProggyMan · 10-11-2007, 09:02 PM

Well, this is the rap education thread...

Urban Hat€monger ? · 10-11-2007, 09:06 PM

yes , not the i'm right , your wrong ,spam , spam , spam , look at wikipedia thread.

ProggyMan · 10-11-2007, 09:07 PM

Go get mad at Wayfarer, god. He's the one breaking the rules.

voodoochild · 11-17-2007, 03:45 AM

definately an interesting article.

keynotez · 12-09-2007, 02:54 PM

interesting article

~~yoyo777~~ · 12-09-2007, 06:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wayfarer

Rap (as a genre) and Hip-Hop are the same fucking thing.

Anyway, once again, don't tell me you actually took that seriously?

No, they aren't.
Hip hop is the entire subculture that rap emerged from, and that, in turn, rap helped forge.

megadon · 03-05-2008, 04:37 AM

About time real recognized real

joderu95 · 04-30-2008, 06:25 PM

My god that is an exhaustive introduction. Well done.

This is a genre that I really loved when I was younger and I would like to get enjoy again. But it has changed, evolved I suppose into something that generally doesn't interest me. It seems, and maybe I'm wrong here, that the stories in the songs have deteriorated and the topics are pretty much the same from rapper to rapper. Lots of glorification of pimping (which just cracks me up because this has always been a punchline not a badge of honor), objectification of the female of the species, ostentatious jewelry and lots of gold studded canines (both the tooth and dog).

In short it has left me behind and that is ok. When Run D.M.C., N.W.A., Ice-T, The Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, Ice Cube and others like that became outdated I did too.

TROY148 · 07-29-2008, 12:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joderu95

My god that is an exhaustive introduction. Well done.

This is a genre that I really loved when I was younger and I would like to get enjoy again. But it has changed, evolved I suppose into something that generally doesn't interest me. It seems, and maybe I'm wrong here, that the stories in the songs have deteriorated and the topics are pretty much the same from rapper to rapper. Lots of glorification of pimping (which just cracks me up because this has always been a punchline not a badge of honor), objectification of the female of the species, ostentatious jewelry and lots of gold studded canines (both the tooth and dog).

In short it has left me behind and that is ok. When Run D.M.C., N.W.A., Ice-T, The Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, Ice Cube and others like that became outdated I did too.

I have to disagree with you here, he who seeks will find- it's not too hard to find hip-hop that hasn't been infected with the virus of corporate B.S. I dunno, maybe you just mean the hip-pop played so often on the radio but by no means has hip-hop become exclusively pimps and ho's.
Try: Mos Def ("Black on Both Sides" is one of my personal favs but don't bother giving his other two albums a full listen), Blackalicious, The Roots, Common (old-school stuff and "Be"), Lupe Fiasco, etc... there's plenty of variety.

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Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Will you quit splitting hairs about genres in every single fcking thread __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.*

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Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	yes , not the i'm right , your wrong ,spam , spam , spam , look at wikipedia thread. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

12-09-2007, 02:54 PM	#66 (permalink)
keynotez Groupie Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 2	chris brown interesting article

04-30-2008, 06:25 PM	#69 (permalink)
joderu95 Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Washington Posts: 93	My god that is an exhaustive introduction. Well done. This is a genre that I really loved when I was younger and I would like to get enjoy again. But it has changed, evolved I suppose into something that generally doesn't interest me. It seems, and maybe I'm wrong here, that the stories in the songs have deteriorated and the topics are pretty much the same from rapper to rapper. Lots of glorification of pimping (which just cracks me up because this has always been a punchline not a badge of honor), objectification of the female of the species, ostentatious jewelry and lots of gold studded canines (both the tooth and dog). In short it has left me behind and that is ok. When Run D.M.C., N.W.A., Ice-T, The Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, Ice Cube and others like that became outdated I did too. __________________ Did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? ~Pink Floyd

10-11-2007, 09:02 PM	#62 (permalink)
ProggyMan Reformed Jackass Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,964	Well, this is the rap education thread...

10-11-2007, 09:07 PM	#64 (permalink)
ProggyMan Reformed Jackass Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,964	Go get mad at Wayfarer, god. He's the one breaking the rules.

11-17-2007, 03:45 AM	#65 (permalink)
voodoochild Groupie Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 12	definately an interesting article.

03-05-2008, 04:37 AM	#68 (permalink)
megadon Groupie Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 4	About time real recognized real