hip-hop appreciation thread, yezzir! Options

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1. This isn't a thread to bash hiphop. So don't come in here and just say, "rap sucks," or to say, "IDK I don't listen to rap," because I'll verbally rip you a new one. Thats a promise.

2. D4L, Mike Jones, Pretty Ricky, Lil Rob, etc; is not hiphop so don't talk about garbage like that or someone will verbally rip you a new one.

3. Spark some nostalgia and bring up the classics.

After listening to Common's "I Used to love H.E.R." and watching Brown Sugar, I feel its necessary to ask this question...

When did you first fall in love with hiphop?

For me, it was when I was 5 years old and listened to A Tribe Called Quest's Midnight Marauders. Its the earliest memory of music I have.

Have fun, mafuckas.

[*nightmare4taki*]

^ I wasn't being sarcastic.

I actually love those lyrics. Why does hip hop have to always have meaningful lyrics? Why can't you have lyrics which incorporates the aspect of just having fun. I enjoy listening to wack lyrics, occasionally I need to get a good laugh in. If there were no such thing as wack lyrics, then there wouldn't be a reason to talk about impressive lyrics. So the reason I love hip hop , is because no matter what people may think or say about the music, it doesn't bother me because I enjoy it no matter the subject matter. However I really started listening to hip hop after I heard Pac's Brenda's got a Baby.