Yeah I do like all them
How much longer do we have to sit through Trap?
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BmoreGorilla
Veteran
exactly....plus even at it's peak......afrocentric rap still wasn't at the forefront....
hip hop reflected the streets and from 87-92 we not only had afrocentricty we also had CRACK RUNNING THE STREETS
so the afrocentric artists had a losing battle fighting the materialsim in hip hop...
ALL THESE PICS RIGHT HERE are from the "MECCA OF HIP HOP" (NYC) during the era of 87-92.......the so called "afrocentric era"
"you got WEALTHY ARTISTS..spending MONEY LOOSELY..you ask about thier culture THEY TALK ABOUT GUCCI"- KRS ONE "Ya Know the Rules" (1990)
we can't romantize the old school era as everyone having knowledge of self.....and studying lessons and korans and eating holistic diets
we HAD FUKKERY BACK THEN TOO...the late 80s and 90s in NYC was NO JOKE IN THEM STREETS..i know
it was more of a balance back then...yeah we had P.E..and Tribe and the Jungle Brothers ..and Krs One...
but we also had NWA....the Ghetto Boys...Just Ice the Gangsta and Mob Style
and to be honest the scales always tipped in the Gangsta street rap favor....or radio friendly commercial rap
I got my first job in radio in 1991...and pro black afrocentric rap really only get airplay on the late night mixshows.....
i nearly lost my job true story cause i chose to sneak in "YOU MUST LEARN" by KRS ONE inside a playlist that mandated that i mandated that i play songs that resonated well with the female demographic..... (dance orientated..radio friendly)
Public Enemy constantly dissed "black radio" for not showing Public Enemy and black acts any love
"radio stations i question your BLACKNESS..you call yourself BLACK...but we will see if you play this"- Public Enemy "Bring the Noise"
"RADIO ..suckers NEVER PLAY ME...only on the MIX..they just okay me" - Public Enemy "Rebel without a pause"
cause during the day it was mostly party radio friendly rap...HEAVY D....KID N PLAY..MC HAMMER...SALT N PEPA..THE FRESH PRINCE (WILL SMITH)
and in the streets....NOT EVERYBODY was on that "pro black wave".....along with black medallions and kufis
it was lot of cats in the streets rocking GOLD....and wearing GUCCI....and LOUIE
yeah even though we loved Farrakhan and Khalid muhammad at the time..alot of cats were emulating ALPO and Fat Cat
so let's stop this bullshyt narrative that today's RAP MUSIC made hip hop and the black community as a whole SHALLOW and DESTRUCTIVE....
That was the beautiful thing about hip hop at the time. Every region had it own sound and there were different styles in each region. I would watch The Box and see a Eazy video, then the X Clan who were super pro black, then 2 Live Crew video with hies in g strings, then EPMD who were bragging about toting guns. All back to back. PE just so happened to be the biggest group out at the time and they were pro black
That’s all tlr is. It’s not a trap music forum.In my @Sauce Dab contrarian stance that's all y'all do in TLR is complain about shyt you can easily ignore. From gays , this thread & the women that ignore you.
Cleansprite
Pro
Are u dumb this ain’t trap
Cleansprite
Pro
Afro beats will take over rap
It very much is downtempo trap with an r&b vibe and vocals. Just because you don’t hear rap over it does not mean it’s trap.
Who is 
and can recall when non Blacks began to take a serious interest in hip hop and how so many Black people were worried..we always knew deep down inside that it would not end well once the Devil started to like something we did..
and can recall when non Blacks began to take a serious interest in hip hop and how so many Black people were worried..we always knew deep down inside that it would not end well once the Devil started to like something we did..
Cleansprite
Pro
It’s just 808s
AntLive1981
All Star
A lot of this trap shyt does not make my head nod and I dont Be liking the lyrics half the time. I either Gotta like the beat or like what you saying for me to like a song and a lot of this shyt been sounding alike for the past 5 years!
it's called Soul Trap. You have no idea what you're talking about and i extensively know about sub-genres. 808's and repetitive high hats altering in rhythm (usually 1/8, 1/16, and 1/32 notes) are defining characteristics in Trap music. You probably have no idea what that even means though because you don't study music in depth like that and judging by your comment, are a casual listener, but it's all good
. just try not to tell an actual musician what you think a genre/sub genre is 
Cleansprite
Pro
The fact u gotta explain all that lets me know , but keep thinking HER is trap my guyit's called Soul Trap. You have no idea what you're talking about and i extensively know about sub-genres. 808's and repetitive high hats altering in rhythm (usually 1/8, 1/16, and 1/32 notes) are defining characteristics in Trap music. You probably have no idea what that even means though because you don't study music in depth like that and judging by your comment, are a casual listener, but it's all good
FeverPitch2
Superstar
so you have no response to the points.... how bout you stop posting. youre getting emotional
You dont have no point. You wrong. I proved it. Aint nothing to respond to.
It's a chore for me to haul out the facts and the history behind those facts, just because y'all wanna argue about some shyt that you pulled out the clear blue sky.
All you gotta do is say "I was wrong" and call it a day.
So after I lay out the facts to refute the wrong shyt yall say, I'm done.
I aint goin back and forth.First one is free. The next one's gonna cost you.
bourgeoisie tall freak
Superstar
So somehow some people think topping the limited rap chart is the same as or better than topping the hot 100 which means you have the hottest record of all songs in the country......
It's not. Lol, what do you think "da jews/white man that run rap music" would prefer?
If today's conscious artists are considered as having the hottest of all songs, which public enemy or never did in their time....how tf is conscious rap being stifled these days? Yall on some old head delusions
It's not. Lol, what do you think "da jews/white man that run rap music" would prefer?
If today's conscious artists are considered as having the hottest of all songs, which public enemy or never did in their time....how tf is conscious rap being stifled these days? Yall on some old head delusions