"If all you listen to is ignorant trap shyt, you [become] an ignorant trap nikka" - Joey Badass

[Ohene]

What hoods did yall grow up in? I'm not saying that this is even a top priority for the black community, but all you need to do is influence 15 to 20% negatively and mission is accomplished.... When you have 9 and 10 years olds chanting molly and percocet in the most economically deprived black communities, that can potentially be a problem...

But yall fronting anyway... yall don't give a fukk about nikkas as a whole, especially poor nikkas.....

I grew up mostly in the suburbs. Moved out the hood as a toddler

 

[sporticus]

The defense I've seen for Joey in here from you dudes is about as hollow as his views on society

The fact that you think a nygga out here making music that you don't have to listen to, trying to be positive, but ain't doing it in the way you like, needs defending is fairly asinine in and of itself.

 

[sporticus]

Do you take instagram photos of yourself giving panhandlers money?

No, but if I decide I'm gonna get on my soapbox and start telling people that, at the very least, they shouldn't take money from panhandlers, that's fine too.

 

[Zero]

The fact that you think a nygga out here making music that you don't have to listen to, trying to be positive, but ain't doing it in the way you like, needs defending is fairly asinine in and of itself.

Your replies are getting more infantile by the post.

By the 3rd post in our upcoming exchange, I'm damn near expecting you to blurt out "stop picking on him! "


Good lord

 

[jwonder]

I grew up mostly in the suburbs. Moved out the hood as a toddler

Me too. So glad my parents strived for a better life for me. No telling what would've happened if I was around the remedial ignorant way of thinking full time for 18+ years. Smh

 

[AyBrehHam Linkin]

The fukk he go to college for if he's selling cars?

he went to college to become a car salesman?

you dont need college for that

expose your ignorant self and friends brehs

Your boy is a car salesman. That's certainly nothing to brag about; not to mention he wasted $50,000 to go to college for no reason.

He went to college just to be a car salesman?

Graduate from college to sell cars brehs.

He got a community college degree in business i believe and is selling luxury cars in a dealership in Las Vegas

Im not seeing the big deal

 

[GoFlipAPack]

'trap' >>>>>>>>> 'all that fake deep lyrical miracle, bytch about social issues with no solution' shyt him and rappers of that elk be talking.

Yea because trap music has all the answers

 

[sporticus]

Your replies are getting more infantile by the post.

By the 3rd post in our upcoming exchange, I'm damn near expecting you to blurt out "stop picking on him! "


Good lord

Nope, I've been fairly consistent with my point all the way through. Being critical of a person for attempting to step up for positivity simply on the basis of "who do you think you are, you ain't so great" has always been, at the very least, morally suspect if not downright illogical.

 

[Ohene]

He got a community college degree in business i believe and is selling luxury cars in a dealership in Las Vegas

Im not seeing the big deal

ignore them nikkas

 

[AnotherRoute]

Well there is a bit of truth to it, their are some people that let rap music dictate alot about their lives from the clothes they wear, to the women to they date to where they hang out at and even what they do for a living.

But its not message anyone wants to hear come from Joey Badass

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

Black folk in the hood with tons of economic pressures and lack of structure at home are going to be pushed in certain directions, regardless of the music. nikkas would still cope with drugs to escape reality, nikkas still gone sell narcotics or scam to make livable incomes, nikkas still gone take their aggression out on women, etc.

Again... I'm gon slow it down.... .All you have to do, is effect 15 to 20%, and mission is accomplished.... Its more than a few nikkas that grew up in the hood in loving(albeit broke) households that went on to do some really good to great things...

but some of these cats in solid households "developed" a taste for street life and the glamorization via music was a major part of that...... and aint no street nikka gon tell you otherwise....

oh, contrary to popular belief, most folks in the hood are law abiding citizens..... you just need to negatively effect a portion of that pool that could've potentially broke free and raised their generation another level economically.....

and you say that nikkas would be engaging in these activities "regardless" but according to who...?. this aint the 70s, 80s, or 90s, where the drug\gang trade was swallowing communities whole....... I'm not just referring to shyt during that era, but post the year 2000 as well....

I know too many cats doing football numbers that never wanted for shyt growing up.....

 

[Magnum P.I.M.P.]

He got a community college degree in business i believe and is selling luxury cars in a dealership in Las Vegas

Im not seeing the big deal

It's not a big deal at all, which is what makes it so strange for you to brag about; dude that went to "community college" (conveniently left the community part out of your first post) and now sells cars for a living. I'm glad he's able to make a living but that's one of the least glamorous jobs a human being can have. Terrible hours, everyone hates you, have to be "good" at lying, etcetera. Try having a family while doing that. Good luck.

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

I am fascinated by how so many of our people will acknowledge that mainstream media has played a major part in our social conditioning but perceive rap as an exception. It makes no sense. Listening to ANYTHING reptitively will have an effect on your sub conscious and trap rap is no exception. Its unfortunatr that this music has extremely self destructive messages.
Countering the effect this music (which is social conditioning whether you acknowledge it or not) has on the minds of our children will be one of our peoples greatest challenges.

nikkas dress like rappers. Rapper wear baggy, they wear baggy. Throwbacks for fab, throwbacks for them. Button up time for jay, button up time for them. Skinny jeans, skinny jeans. Wallet chain, wallet chain.

Drink what they drink. Do the same drugs. Cristal. Wait no, don't drink cristal. Ciroc. Nah we on patron in my cup. Nah how about that lean that was wasn't doing 5 years ago. Weed. Nah I need OG kush. Oh wiz got KK. Now I got KK. Oh future doing xans, let me get a bar. nikkas smoking wu bobs, let me try that. Oh ja doing ecstasy. Let's do that. Oh we off that? Yea me too. Oops we back on again cause now rappers doing molly

nikkas getting the same guns rappers got. Oh everybody got a 9. Nas got a tech. Silencer on the uzi. Damn I want a chopper.

nikkas in college, in the club, rapping thugged out raps, finger guns in the air, acting like they busting someone, mean mugging, prancing around like they in the video. Looking for a bad and bougie bytch. Walking around campus quoting bars like it apply to they life. Talking bout nikkas better chill before he catch a hot one, on the way to calculus. Dumping their side chick cause it ain't nothing to cut that bytch off


But rap has no influence on their lives. It's just music that only effects the weak minded.

 

[Poitier]

Again... I'm gon slow it down.... .All you have to do, is effect 15 to 20%, and mission is accomplished....

Its far less than 15-20 percent, bro. The only nikkas I grew up with who you could tell wanted to act out rap lyrics were never all the way there in the head....do you really think retards are going to be productive citizens regardless?

 

[SirBiatch]

Music obviously has an effect on psyche. and you can tell some things about a person by what he/she consumes as entertainment