Why do so many young dudes take Hip hop so seriously?

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of course it aint the same, every decade of music is different than the other . fact is i got about 2600 songs on my phone, over 90% of which are hip hop released the last 5 years or so, i'm not begging for old ass boom boom bap shyt to come back, because fact is i'm eating well without it

Man IT AINT THE SAME GENRE.
No Dj, No Mc's but just 2nd generation crack baby "rappers".

 

[Konnan]

There are people who take all kinds of music seriously.

People listen to punk and wear Doc Martens and spike their hair.
People listen to country music and get fancy belt buckles and boots and flannel shirts and stuff.
People listen to heavy metal and get piercings and tattoos.

It's not just hip hop that has an influence on its listeners.

Exactly

Music for the most part is a form of expression

 

[AyBrehHam Linkin]

Man IT AINT THE SAME GENRE.
No Dj, No Mc's but just 2nd generation crack baby "rappers".

we clearly arent listening to the same people breh.

 

[Soundbwoy]

I look at rap like some do rawssling it's all about entertainment

 

[666 ReVeNGe 666]

There are people who take all kinds of music seriously.

People listen to punk and wear Doc Martens and spike their hair.
People listen to country music and get fancy belt buckles and boots and flannel shirts and stuff.
People listen to heavy metal and get piercings and tattoos.

It's not just hip hop that has an influence on its listeners.

I think it goes both ways.

The people inspire hip hop and the music inspires us

 

[MikeyC]

Why do people treat other parts of this site as if its some sort of far off mystical land?

 

[PhonZhi]

Rap, before it was commercialized and appropriated, had potential to be a powerful tool. Now it's a tool used against us

yep, very powerful

 

[PhonZhi]

Cool. Now tell how popular and influential they are compared to rap. Foh and quit being obtuse.

they always do that breh. And dude had the nerve to post the smiley too

 

[PhonZhi]

Jokes aside you are a dumb ass niigga. Hip hop is a SUB culture at best.

naw, hiphop has pretty much taken over as THE face of black culture. Its the most powerful and influential force in the black community

 

[BelowTheMasonDixon]

The last GREAT cd I bought was the Chronic. ('92 edition)

GTFOH. I'm 32 and I'll be damned if there wasn't classic albums after that.

 

[Dev2103]

not sure...same with sports. i like both but it's entertaiment don't really get emotionally involved. only time i'll take either seriously is if im betting so usually sports

 

[PhonZhi]

Well whatever. Ultimately it is just entertainment and too many niiggas treated like a religion.

wrong again, its not "just entertainment". Its a tool of white supremacy being used against us as media propaganda. Its being used to keep the most negative stereotypes of the black race at the forefront of the world's consciousness.

 

[PhonZhi]

All genres of music is taken too seriously sometimes.

music is powerful



We dont give it ENOUGH credit. It can be used to motivate,uplift and inspire

 

[Pepe La Hues]

 

[JerseyBoy23]

So we're gonna act like there wasn't gang violence in the black community before Hip Hop?

Hip Hop started out as party music and still continues to achieve the same goal. There will some dudes that are extra lyrical and there will be some dudes that are only there to get the party popping.