Come in here and tell me what it was like when NWA first hit the scene

[daze23]

EEEXXAAAACCCTTTLLLLLEEEE.

All that gangsta rap was a reflection of the times, not a call to action. Actually if anything NWA's original message and Public Enemy's message were not all that far apart. They were trying to shed light on the condition of the young black male at that point while apporaching it from a serious and comedic standpoint. They weren't getting anybody who wasn't already about that life to go out of pocket.

that argument fails at some point tough. sure, the hood was always fuct up, but 'gangster rap' made all that shyt cool. I lived through that era. one minute cats were happy, tryin to be dancers and shyt, then the next minute they all had raiders hats and mean mugs

 

[Ghost Utmost]

EEEXXAAAACCCTTTLLLLLEEEE.

All that gangsta rap was a reflection of the times, not a call to action. Actually if anything NWA's original message and Public Enemy's message were not all that far apart. They were trying to shed light on the condition of the young black male at that point while apporaching it from a serious and comedic standpoint. They weren't getting anybody who wasn't already about that life to go out of pocket.

I hate to beat a dead horse into a horse skin rug but:

My first post in this thread describes the exact opposite of your assertion. Dudes I grew up with around my way were fist fighting before NWA in particular came out. When they started flashing guns the specifically mentioned Eazy E as their inspiration. My little brother fell into this and JUST got home two months ago from doing 20. He wasn't bout that life cause he was 14 when he got infatuated with the gangsta shyt. We were born in the DMV and moved south at the age of 4 and 5. We had no uncles or older cousins who put us on to that shyt. I was actually shocked when I heard F*** tha Police. I had never know the cops to go especially hard... until the dudes around my way started going especially hard.

This shyt happened (NWA in particular and Gangsta Rap in general influencing young black kids). The only argument against this is that I am lying, but go back and watch Bangin in Little Rock. N****s would have never even heard of any of this shyt if not for the music and other media.

Why is this so hard to believe? Look at kids' relationship to music and media now. How many Barbs are there? Don't n****s tear clubs up because of certain songs? Don't certain artists' shows get shot up more than others?

We all love Gansta Rap and we all love NWA but like I said before let's not give all this shyt a pass just cause we love it. It's like your drunk Uncle: you can love him and still check him when he acts up.

 

[daze23]

go back and watch Bangin in Little Rock. N****s would have never even heard of any of this shyt if not for the music and other media.

I was gonna bring that up too

a lot of shyt like drive-by's and car-jacking became popular nationwide because of the music