What is backpacker Rap? Why do brehs hate it?

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I use Backpack Rap and Rappity Rap interchangeably

Basically stream of consciousness abstract rhymes that are about

Words.

Flipping rhyme schemes and .. you know .. high level technical skills.

Funny how people who like rap really hate complicated rap
 

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Hated it specially that wack ass aesop rock

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Backpack Rap: too much emphasis on rhymin' technicalities on wack beats that wouldnt take away the shine from the rappers's non-existant flow

The streets answer was grafh, posta boy, cassidy, etc...
Being from south jerz Cassidy was HUGE..him Meek and cicero.
 

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I use Backpack Rap and Rappity Rap interchangeably

Basically stream of consciousness abstract rhymes that are about

Words.

Flipping rhyme schemes and .. you know .. high level technical skills.

Funny how people who like rap really hate complicated rap
Sounds like lupe fiasco :lupe:
 

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Strange Fruit Project
Tanya Roberts (a trio)
I thought backpack was pretty much underground alternative hip hop
Then 09 came with Kid Cudi, Curren$y, Wale, B.o.B, The Cool Kids, Blu
bruh wowwwwww. Strange Fruit Project and Tanya Morgan. Been a minute since I heard anyone speak on either. Both are dope. S1 went on to produce for other people, I know. Listened to TM's latest project last year, liked a few joints on there. But yea Brooklynati was cold as hell.
 

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Backpacker was an old derogatory term used by toys in the new school way of thought in the early nineties.
Who were too emo.
to apply themselves to any pillar or knowledge of self in the culture.
Later backpack rap was misappropriated from the derogatory term backpacker.
just like playa hater was misappropriated by the jiggy movement and puff. In the mid to late nineties. Where like playa hater was condensed to just hater over time. Backpack rap was also misapprpriated.
From the derogatory term of backpacker.
where the original connotation and definition to backpacker was changed to connotate rap made by hiphopinfinity.com rappers who would later be called emo. Where emo rappers outside of a few. In general tried to misappropriate hiphop based upon racism.
Plus no real pillar based.skill and lacking knowledge of self.
Plus a real failure to simple show and prove.
Spawned by the covert racism of el-p and fard at hiphopinfinity.com.
Plus spearheaded covertly by rupert murdoch's hidden tax id to rawkus records.

Where hip hop.culture came under the same level of attack.
Featured in the revenue grab practice of fox. To purposefully use the blacm audience as a gross revenue grab using black gateway programming. To aid fox to acquire the racist industry of nascar.



The original term backpacker was a derogatory term.
Just like hip-hopper is a derogatory term

Which started from toys.
being disgruntled with hardcore culture based bboys.
Whom upholding the mores and norms of the pillars in th culture of hiphop.
in the new school way of thought. After the conversion of the ol school way of thought. which followed the mca way ideals meets dj hollywood sellout commercialism based descrimination in the disco club era. Which hiphop culture arose from in the discotech era. To the eventual culture based foray starting in august of 1974.
with dj cool herc at the south bronx community rec center.
Which would evolve into the new school way of thought.
from the disco based ol school way of though
Centered around rogue capitalism and art house theft and lack of cultural responsibility. The new school way of thought centered itself around. A knowledge of self Being. Where bboys and bgirls in hiphop.
Would adopt mores and norms. Centered around being anti-gang, anti-gay[no house no pop or disco], nonviolent to other bboys bgirls in the culture of hiphop's new school way of thought.

Eventually this also delved into a changing of the guard in appearance. After which,.. The derogatory terms hiphopper and backpacker were coined by culture thieves.
Being Demonstrative towards grand puba and his apparel.
Which included designer jeans like girbaud, polo, tommy and puba's backpack.
Plus the lo lifes. Including the adopted last pillar of hiphop in graf. Which formulated most of the mores and norms of the new school way of thought.
to thwart art house theft. Plus educate bboys and bgirls culturally. To the dangers of art house theft.
To dangers in any ideal to the environment in the street. Plus any and every foray of business derived from the culture of hiphop's four pillars. Being dj'n, emcee'n, break'n and graf.
.

The apparel Featured in pubA's solo foray. After going solo and features with mary j blige. After the n'dea davenport slash brand new heavies collab. In the same time dee light's feature with qtip was alternatively accepted. When rnb collabs were usually taboo outside of jody whatley challenging rakim. To see if his skill translated to best the rnb sonic landscape.
Which hinged on ol school way of thought mores and norms.

In that hiphopinfinity.com's fard and el-p create a racist eccenntric foray to rival the culture theft of jiggy and puff. Where white people like puff would attempt to create art house degradative submissions in thr pillars of hiphop and its businesses. To the point where we are where we are now. In that nas also eventually souled't out to jiggy-ism. Which further ushered hiphop technical skill era renaissance. Into the current devoid of skill and lack of culture era. That plagues us all in the domestic united states currently.


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I use Backpack Rap and Rappity Rap interchangeably

Basically stream of consciousness abstract rhymes that are about

Words.

Flipping rhyme schemes and .. you know .. high level technical skills.

Funny how people who like rap really hate complicated rap

I'm just trying to imagine someone calling Big Pun a backpacker.

That Air Pun logo they used is so fukking funny to me. Just look at it LOL

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Dope post @Art Barr. It's gonna take me a bit to break down that long ass post lol...

What's up with this?

Spawned by the covert racism of el-p and fard at hiphopinfinity.com.
Plus spearheaded covertly by rupert murdoch's hidden tax id to rawkus records.

Something always smelled funny about that dude El-P... Seems like he can't have a career without another black person making him "legit" or something, like he uses them... Vordul Mega/Vast Aire/DJ Len/Big Juss, now he's using Killer Mike in Run The Jewels. Not surprised to find out he's shifty. Can you elaborate more on this? I wasn't around back in those days so I'm totally in the dark about what you're talking about, but I'd love to know more.
 

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Dope post @Art Barr. It's gonna take me a bit to break down that long ass post lol...

What's up with this?



Something always smelled funny about that dude El-P... Seems like he can't have a career without another black person making him "legit" or something, like he uses them... Vordul Mega/Vast Aire/DJ Len/Big Juss, now he's using Killer Mike in Run The Jewels. Not surprised to find out he's shifty. Can you elaborate more on this? I wasn't around back in those days so I'm totally in the dark about what you're talking about, but I'd love to know more.


It is elaborated in the post.

Backpacker rap has its derogatory connotation.
As it is a racist white alternative.
to lacking skills.
similar to puff's jiggy and hater campaign in 1997.
Using the emotional windfall.
of the loss of big and shattering of thr glass ceiling.
from the loss of biggie and pac commercially in the industry of rap and gateway blockbuster foray.
in to pop via the communications act and prison industrial economy.
While also using covert tax id rupert murdoch revenue grab based label rawkus. Posing originally as an underground vanity top drawinf underground rap label. Which used black artistry and hiphop culture. To eventually try to etch out a racist cultural misappropriation of hiphop culture and the pillars of hiphop culture.
with no actual mores, norms or skill exhibition based and rooted on show and prove.



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While also using covert tax id rupert murdoch revenue grab based label rawkus. Posing originally as an underground vanity top drawinf underground rap label. Which used black artistry and hiphop culture. To eventually try to etch out a racist cultural misappropriation of hiphop culture and the pillars of hiphop culture. with no actual mores, norms or skill exhibition based and rooted on show and prove.

Art Barr

I thought you were referencing a particular event regarding those two and the hiphopinfinity site. Are you saying El-P profited from Rawkus or had a position with the label? I was under the impression that Rawkus pretty much fukked everyone they signed or distributed. Definitely seemed like an evil label, and the Murdoch connection is no surprise. Rupert Murdoch might be one of, if not the most evil white man on Earth. I don't know how familiar you are with overseas media, but he's bought up tons of space in the media in overseas countries. A friend of mine near Brisbane tells me about the Sky News shyt he finances, basically a Fox News Australia. Evil.

You seem like you've had an interesting life so far @Art Barr . I have tons of questions I could ask, but I'll stop here. :salute:

I know you're close to MC Juice. Did ya'll work on any tracks together? Anything uploaded online I could check out?
 

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Hated it specially that wack ass aesop rock

:scusthov:

Backpack Rap: too much emphasis on rhymin' technicalities on wack beats that wouldnt take away the shine from the rappers's non-existant flow

The streets answer was grafh, posta boy, cassidy, etc...

Now this is what backpack rap was to me back then. I absolutely hated garbage like Aesop Rock.
 
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