Rap music is a part of hiphop so its the same to me. Most mainstream rap shit today is poison. The whole go dumb/hyphy shit is poison. Walk it out, dumbing down of the masses. The whole fake thug I kill fellow black people and sell dope is poison. Whats the point of that shit? Its gotten people like many on this forum to think. "Who cares I just want to dance and have fun, i dont care if the music is about killing my grandmother". So sad and embarassing.
CNN TRYING TO CLOWN RAP MUSIC (VOTE SO THEY LOOK STUPID)
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Rap is a part of hip-hop...rap is the baby brother of hip-hop. Do you honestly believe that the people over at CNN know the difference between 50Cent music and Mos Def music?? If they are asking the question, I doubt they're fans...which leads me to believe they don't know the difference. I think they are putting everything together into one bundle, personally! When those squares over there say HIP-HOP, I can guarantee they are talkin' about the music the majority of the fans listen to...which is 50 Cent, Snoop, Clipse, etc....
JUST VOTED. Its Art.
Its been an art form all along. However, Paula Zahn(and others like her) want to label it poison. Just like they put the label "gangsta" in front of rap. Rap has always been rap. As soon as it got too much for mass media to handle, thats when they label it "gangsta" rap.
Why single out just rap? If thats the case, why not include rock, alternative, heavy metal, etc.
Its been an art form all along. However, Paula Zahn(and others like her) want to label it poison. Just like they put the label "gangsta" in front of rap. Rap has always been rap. As soon as it got too much for mass media to handle, thats when they label it "gangsta" rap.
Why single out just rap? If thats the case, why not include rock, alternative, heavy metal, etc.
to my knowledge most rock, alternative and metal groups don't glorify ideas and behaviors that are harmful to it's audience (hence the term poison). Most of the people buying these rock albums most likely come from families that make at least an average annual income and have access to education and opportunities.
Rap music is for the most part an African American genre of music so to promote killing each other and committing crimes to people that historically and to this day are largely disenfranchised is poisonous. Music that defines chains, rims, ass and murder as success rather than real lasting (mass political, economic and cultural) power is poison when directed at people who are kept powerless in that sense.
Rap music is for the most part an African American genre of music so to promote killing each other and committing crimes to people that historically and to this day are largely disenfranchised is poisonous. Music that defines chains, rims, ass and murder as success rather than real lasting (mass political, economic and cultural) power is poison when directed at people who are kept powerless in that sense.
