Originally Posted by jwb

I just don't think it sounds good

The music I like that emulates the gang life sounds good. And the rappers in question have some sort of personal connection to that lifestyle.

E.g. mobb deep. They are definitely studio gangsters but they also grew up in a gang ridden environment and internalized a lot of the ethos of the criminal lifestyle through their exposure to that environment.

They paint a picture that is at once glorifies the crime life (because of the obvious material draw to such a life) while also painting it in the bleakest, grittiest and most nihilistic way possible. That's basically gangster rap at its finest imo.

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.

Originally Posted by The Batlord

White guy: *masturbating to non-white romanticization like an SJW*

Originally Posted by jwb

you have no real response tbh

Icp simply suck at making music

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.

Originally Posted by The Batlord

Nah they're great at being gloriously stupid, cinematic nonsense, pop gold.

Originally Posted by jwb

they're great at saying things a 6th grader would find delightfully naughty

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.

Originally Posted by The Batlord

So is Tupac.

Originally Posted by jwb

in what way is he corny? I might or might not agree with you

But a lot of his music is top notch. You just don't have good taste in rap.

Originally Posted by jwb

Difference being he's also good at rapping and making music

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.