"We're not glorifying violence, we're just broadcasting what goes on"
- Thread starter Buckeye Fever
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Most of its glorication.
My summer vacation, d'evils, hi life by ugk are songs about street shyt that doesn't make it seem fun. Artists like Pac and Face had violent lyrics but it felt more like an expression of pain to me. Not this shyt is great! Anyone who has sold dope for a length time knows it's not great.
I love rap, so I'll never be done with it. But I only listen to certain artists and certain albums now.
Even worse is muthafukkas who ain't sold dope in 20 years still talking about drug dealing.
My summer vacation, d'evils, hi life by ugk are songs about street shyt that doesn't make it seem fun. Artists like Pac and Face had violent lyrics but it felt more like an expression of pain to me. Not this shyt is great! Anyone who has sold dope for a length time knows it's not great.
I love rap, so I'll never be done with it. But I only listen to certain artists and certain albums now.
Even worse is muthafukkas who ain't sold dope in 20 years still talking about drug dealing.
Black_Panther_JS
Superstar
Broadcasting would be like Brenda’s Got a Baby
They make records like Gangsta Gangsta and then pull that “we broadcasting our reality”
They make records like Gangsta Gangsta and then pull that “we broadcasting our reality”
jilla82
Veteran
these kids aint getting their music from mainstream media.
I dont even know half the shyt I hear them playing...
...and im not talking about sheltered white kids...I walk two blocks over and im directly in the hood....
...they are listening to all that shoot em up bang bang shyt that you dont see/hear on the radio.
Black_Panther_JS
Superstar
Facts I feel like that’s the main difference between the 90s rappers and everyone after
Rap will always be about violence and ignorance but it’s how it’s presented and why that really makes a difference, Pac, Nas, Face, Wu, even BIG all got songs that are ig you’d say are “conscious”
But most 2000s an 2010s mainstream “street” rappers whole catalogues is some ignorant nonsense, and all there songs glorify some nonsense
Now do not get me wrong, I hear talent and great mic presence even in the detrimental content.
I'm not even saying these dudes lack skill.
I'd be lying if I said I didn't listen to some of it
I'm not even saying these dudes lack skill.
I'd be lying if I said I didn't listen to some of it
Mike the Executioner
What went on up there? Poppers and weird sex!
OP, what's the matter with you? Rappers are entertainers, not everything is literal. They're just telling stories for the people who can't.
But seriously, this thread is. All the cliches are being brought up. 
I think there's a middle ground to rap when it comes to talking about certain things and doing certain things. You could talk about the pleasure and pain of street life so the listeners get a complete picture of your reality. I remember DMC from Run-DMC talked about how if you're going to have a song on your album about using guns, there should be another song about not using it. Also, they were constantly getting high and drinking, but they rarely ever talked about it. They didn't want to glorify that part of their lives because they had status as role models.
I do think that while rap is a reflection of reality, or it's at least supposed to be, some rappers tried hiding behind that as an excuse to say whatever they wanted on a record. "Mind Playing Tricks on Me" was broadcasting what was going on. "Streets of New York" was broadcasting what was going on. Even with a song like "Troublesome '96," where Pac talked about killing people for most of it, he got serious in the last verse and took the time to talk about his pain and how uncertain he was about where he would go after he died, either hoping to be seen as a good person or just wanting to go to hell because nothing could be worse than the life he lives now.
There's a lot of nuance in rap that gets ignored because of how much people don't understand it.
But seriously, this thread is
. All the cliches are being brought up. I think there's a middle ground to rap when it comes to talking about certain things and doing certain things. You could talk about the pleasure and pain of street life so the listeners get a complete picture of your reality. I remember DMC from Run-DMC talked about how if you're going to have a song on your album about using guns, there should be another song about not using it. Also, they were constantly getting high and drinking, but they rarely ever talked about it. They didn't want to glorify that part of their lives because they had status as role models.
I do think that while rap is a reflection of reality, or it's at least supposed to be, some rappers tried hiding behind that as an excuse to say whatever they wanted on a record. "Mind Playing Tricks on Me" was broadcasting what was going on. "Streets of New York" was broadcasting what was going on. Even with a song like "Troublesome '96," where Pac talked about killing people for most of it, he got serious in the last verse and took the time to talk about his pain and how uncertain he was about where he would go after he died, either hoping to be seen as a good person or just wanting to go to hell because nothing could be worse than the life he lives now.
There's a lot of nuance in rap that gets ignored because of how much people don't understand it.
1000%. Facts!Broadcasting would be like Brenda’s Got a Baby
They make records like Gangsta Gangsta and then pull that “we broadcasting our reality”
You know this shyt ain’t true
Black_Panther_JS
Superstar
What is substance?I was born in 2000, the stuff I grew up on has no substance
Black_Panther_JS
Superstar
Music that isn’t ignorant
The only huge rapper that had hits with substance was Ye
2000s was the era of Crunk an Ringtone rap, dance songs
2010s had that too and then Trap dominated an everyone knows trap isn’t a genre that’ll promote something other than violence and drug dealing. Also Drill music was huge
And then it turned into drug addict music
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This is my best album yo. I was just in a zone making it. Label was on board the whole time and was like “we gonna let you do what you do”. Instant classic.