Sorry did you read my whole post
Of course there are good artists, specific artists, such as mos def and little brother, but as far as a movement, as far as whats being PUT OUT, there is almost nothing

thanks. now stfu.
tard.

heh... yes i DID read your whole post but i just dont think u can properly word what yur tryin to say cuz my response still correlates to wat u wrote... if u mean wats PUT OUT and as far as a movement to be what u see on MTV and BET then i guess i would have to agree with u, but rap/hip hop is far more than that and if u think that wat u see on video channels even closely represents the genre as a whole yur a f**kin idiot... regardless of if its on TV or not good, lesser-known rap is still constantly bein PUT OUT so this is where i fail to see the validity of yur point.

hiphop itself is supposed to signify how far we've come through hard times
how we've gone from slave music, to something that every damn race can jam too
it's supposed to be our pride
our way of saying we made it
how the hell are we showing that with songs that have no significance whatsoever?

Another big problem I have with it, is the whole mood and tone of the whole rap genre.
Somehow, shooting someone is considered "cool" in the rap genre.
Somehow, "raping a bitch" is considered cool.
Somehow, the ammount of f**king jewlery in your mouth, makes you cool.
It's just so limited and fake, the majority of the rappers out there either rap about clubbing/dancing/bitches, or, if they want to act like they're real "deep", they rap about how hard it is in the ghetto, and how "the white man its keeping them down"
Look, I used to live in one of the worst f**king neigborhoods in Chicago, its NOT AS BAD as they make it out to be.
They're exploiting this idea that somehow you have to sell crack just to make a living. Bullshit.
They're just too lazy to go out and get a job.
From what I've seen, rap gives these kids some stupid sense of arrogance, and power over other people. I mean, have you seen these "gangster" kids waddling around school?
If you step on their f**king shoes, they will FIGHT YOU.
What kind of stupid bullshit is that. They get that whole attitude from the music they listen to.
You know, its hard to take you seriously when you try and use big words like correlate and validity, yet you still can't spell out "yur", or "wat".

ha ok.
Let me speak my peace on this since, I rap/sing.

I honestly believe that out of every genre of music with the exception of country, hip-hop today is the most pathetic excuse for music EVER

It's just so damn frail

I get tired of listening to it, and even though I try not to contribute to the repetative garbage, I get tired of participating in a genre thats just so corny
For the first time in the history of america, there is no music that black people can be proud of

None

Of course there are good artists, specific artists, such as mos def and little brother, but as far as a movement, as far as whats being PUT OUT, there is almost nothing
we've lost our soul, our consciousness, our meaning, our essence
everything that went into the forms of music that we cultivated has been lost
from the deep significance of slave spirituals, to the blues, the jazz, to rock n roll, to reggae, to early hiphop
it's all gone with the bullshit that y'all support today
when hiphop first started, up to about a decade ago, it was a music that we could hold for ourselves,and be PROUD of
when outsiders tried to step on it, we could be proud of it, and say, hey, this is hip-hop, we love it, and its our message, its our cry for help, its all we have, its us telling you how we live, and the struggles we go through
when critics tried to censor hip-hop, we could stand up and defend it
we could say, you can't censor hip-hop, yeah the messages are rough, yeah the messages are gritty, but its just the built up pain from the harsh urban life style, its just what goes on in the streets, and we have to be heard too

people started to respect hip-hop as an art form
because even though it was hard, it was still productive in the message and as an outlet
but now, what do we have?
Laffy Taffy

f**king Laffy Taffy
how the hell do i defend Laffy Taffy? or the other hundreds of songs like it?
how do i explain to somebody the significance of an art form where the most popular song is Laffy Taffy?
you can't
but on some real sh*t, i've been on a retreat from rap for a couple weeks, going onto a month actually, only rapper I listen too is myself.

Sorry did you read my whole post
Of course there are good artists, specific artists, such as mos def and little brother, but as far as a movement, as far as whats being PUT OUT, there is almost nothing

thanks. now stfu.
tard.

^

The integrity of any song is compromised when every half second there's a brief stop in the music.

I hate the fact girls are forced to shake their booties all over the camera.
Disgusting lyrics.
Cussing.
Violence.
Stupidest music videos.
Wrong to women.

then stop listening to the radio and download a [pause] song or buy a [pause] cd!!!

ok... first lets get all the cliche`s out the way....

- too much violence
- disrespects women
-cusses too much
- videos have too much ass-shaking

but this doesnt apply to all rap so im just wondering - what do ppl really have against rap music?

I hate the fact girls are forced to shake their booties all over the camera.
Disgusting lyrics.
Cussing.
Violence.
Stupidest music videos.
Wrong to women.

i don't like black people music. (or country).

i mean, it's not that i say "a black guy sings this, i don't like it."

i just listen to what i like

and inevitablly, when people ask me what music i like, they come to the conclusion that i don't like black people music.

so that's why i don't like rap.

All a nigga really need is a lil bit,
not a lot baby girl just a lil bit..
we can head to the crib in a lil bit..
I can show you how I live in a lil bit,
I wanna unbutton your pants just a lil bit,
take 'em off pull em down just a lil bit,
get to kissin' and touchin' a lil bit...
get to lickin', a lil bit...