"WAS THERE A CONSPIRACY TO GET RID OF CONSCIOUS RAP???" | DJ RED ALERT GIVES US THE HISTORY...

[old pig]

red raised a great point too about the luke supreme court case opening the floodgates for even more artists/record labels to put out grittier content that reflected the streets

 

[Tribal Outkast]

I gravitated moreso towards the artsy/intellectual shyt like Outkast, Common, The Roots, Fugees, etc. as a teen.

shyt i thought the smart, college type kids was listening to.

You gravitate to what you don’t have easy access to as a teen.

Same.

I listen to everything, but Tribe, De La, Kast, and back to Kane and Rakim grabbed me more. I somehow didn’t take Gangsta rap seriously as a kid. Love it, but shyt was jokes to me.

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

Nah...just like movies, or books bout positivity and shyt, there's no drama, no excitement and no sales...no sales means labels won't be motivated to support the artists. There's not a bunch of positive rock music either, so spare me the conspiracy to keep black positivity down.