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Y'all must be hella young or were in a coma for years at a time because Conscious Rap was huge in the early 2000's. Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Common, the Roots, Dead Prez etc. were all heavy on BET, radioplay back in 99'-04'. Conscious rappers like Mos Def and Dead Prez were scoring hits back then that competed with bling-bling era Cash Money. Basically, almost every rapper who was on the Chappelle Show musical guest list was dropping some classic conscious Hip Hop in the late 90's/early 2000's. Black Star debut album is a classic. The Roots Things Fall A Part is a classic. Mos Def Black on Both Sides is a classic. Kanye West College Dropout is a classic. Kanye had "All Falls Down" and "Jesus Walks" on the radio.Even seasoned legendary rappers like Nas took a more conscious stance on certain songs on God's Son and Streets Disciple. I'd say Conscious Rap in the mainstream died when all the alternative Neo-Soul/Nouveau Native Tongues era fizzled out and South mainstream Snap/Ringtone Rap took over and eventually gave way to Trap music.
being cool is the base of hip hop and will always be
right now nikkas think being soft/ homo is cool see Young Thug and RHQ:imnotblack:
back in the day being a goon was cool until 50 fell off and nikkas went back to dancing
that militant shyt will never catch with the youth cuz aint nobody trying to hear that shyt when they nikkas is dying. why stop when you already lost homies to this shyt...aint no peace treaty :SOGvictim:
nikkas are too short sighted and only care about revenge.
Gotta point em out, breh.
Just back down my dude. Black people are awakening and becoming mentally aware. Seems to me that this threatens you.Im not the only one in here speaking the truth. If you "shut" me down or even WANT to, that says more about YOU, a supposed black man.
They are all street rappers lol.
Im saying they push is for street rappers in general not Cheef Keef alone.
People still fukk with the radio. Its how most of these street rappers survive in this era when in last era they wouldnt have seen the light of day lol.
All the radio does is play the same 10 songs all day until people are forced to accept it.
2 albums completely knocked "intelligent/conscious" rap out:
everybody talks about the CHRONIC and how it killed conscious rap music but I personally think that's a bit of a cop out - you still had common, the roots, mos def etc etc...it wasn't completely dead by the time this came out, it did kill mainstream conscious rap and ended a lot of careers
for whatever reason nobody talks about this record...when I was in high school, EVERYBODY had this shyt. EVERYBODY. this was before No Limit blew up like they did, they were bubbling underground first and the shyt was like CRACK. I never heard this bullshyt and don't know any songs off of it, but I saw this album cover so many fukking times it was CRAZY!!!
when this shyt got popular, it was a WRAP for any type of "preachy" rap for my generation...it was simply not tolerated any more...if it wasn't ignorant, ghetto, stupid, and about dope/guns, nikkas didn't wanna hear it...and we've been in that place ever since, i've just learned to accept it
Like him or not Kendrick is a major hip hop player today...it can't be denied. He all over that dre album...his GKMC blew and his second album is HIGHLY critically acclaimed...is he the biggest pop rapper no, that's not his content, but is he major ...yes flat outhe doesnt have an IT factor. if he did, he be as popular as his hype & industry accolades push for him to be.
he makes random rawkus rappers look like ll cool j with the star-power & IT factor.
lol.
go outside.
thats it? a radio push?
wheres the big machine pushes? wheres the phoney accolades from the media & writers? wheres all the phoney awards victories? wheres the big-time placements?
dudes like big sean get bigger pushes than meek millz.
lol @ the other cats you were mentioning.
hate to break the news to you, but the radio doesnt cater to the streets AT ALL.
street rappers arent surviving off radio. most of the popular street rappers arent even on radio.
just say you want to hear more of what YOU like and keep it moving.
if you never heard the album, then how do you know what its about?
i never heard it, but i know ive heard more consciousness & black empowerment from a master p or TRU album than i heard from alot of so-called conscious rappers's LPs.
