rap, please help me, rap fans Options

[SoaDyPOP]

I have to write a speech for my Public Speaking class, and I'm writing about stereotypes. One of my topics is how rap isn't all about sex, drugs, pimps, drinking, clubbing, etc. I need an example, but I don't listen to rap, so I'm hoping somebody could help me out and give me an example of a rap song that doesn't have to do with the aforementioned topics. Also, make sure you tell me what the song is dealing with. If you can help me, thanks a bundle!

[agirlnamed_aly]

toy soldiers is about beef with benzino,50's beef with ja rule, dre's shit with suge knight, not about agianst the war that i kno of, ohyea and lil flip sucks i heard he got his ass whooped by T.I.(or by his crew) IN HIS OWN HOME TOWN , but yeah i heard T.I got beatdown aswell
and yes jason almost any artist u think of isn't...agreeable as a decent MC or rapper, whats next u gonan mention atl crunk shit? i mean i have nothing agianst that i live in atl but im just sick n tired of it, a recording for a lil' jon song is him just yellin out 2 lines and then put them on repeat on one of his beats

??? I really couldn't read a word of this? Translation please?

People like to call me a "rocker" and such, but the truth is I actually listen to a lot of rap. I actually feel bad for rap/hiphop, the genre gets a bad rep because some of its artists produce/write music that either sends out really bad messages to kids or just plain sucks.

A really good rap group that is actually against mainstream rap is Hieroglyphics. They have some great songs, along with Immortal Technique, whose song Dance With The Devil is graphic, but meaningful.

Hieroglyphics - At The Helm (I'm sure this is a collaboration, but I can't remember with who)
My rhymes is like droppin your head on cement
Crackin it open hopin to make a dent; I'm hell-bent on
resurrection, per-fection
Lesson #1: rekindle the essence
Rap ain't about bustin caps and f**king bitches
It's about fluency with rhymin ingenuity
All of this is new to me, see I peep rhymes
with scrutiny, under a microscope I walk a tightrope
A thin line between insanity and sanity
mixed with a little vanity, boostin the morality
with Hiero hospitality, soon to strike it: rich
like calories, salaries, ahh sounds like a plan
And, I will expand hip-hop as well

Life is a blast when you know what you're doin
Best to know what you're doin 'fore your life get ruined
Life is a thrill when your skill is developed
If you ain't got a skill or trade, then shut the hell up

Immortal Technique - Dance With The Devil
Everyone trying to be trife never face the consequences
you propably only did a month for minor offences
ask a nigga doing life if he had another chance
but then again there's always the wicked at new and advanced
dance forever with the devil on a code cell block
but thats what happens when you rape, murder and sell rock
devils used to be gods, angels that fell from the top
there's no diversity because we're burning in the melting pot

Don't worry, none of those quotes are full lyrics. Unless I'm not allowed to post lyrics period. Then I'm in trouble.

Personally rap artists like 50 Cent or Ja Rule or Snoop (though I totally love his music) are not going to help her on her quest to justify the bad reputation rap music's getting. I actually think it will just make it worse. Not that they aren't socially acceptable bands -- apparently they are because they have a huge fanbase. I mean, at the beginning of the thread she did say

One of my topics is how rap isn't all about sex, drugs, pimps, drinking, clubbing, etc.

, so that initially throws most mainstream or more well-known artists out the window.

Mucho love,

Alyson

P.S. If you don't like rap, why the hell are you posting?

[*nightmare4taki*]

Alyson

P.S. If you don't like rap, why the hell are you posting?

Because the truth is she likes hip hop and is drawn to it. The topic said rap and she clicked on it. If she didn't like rap she would skip past this topic.