Why wasn't Biz Markie criticized for making 'Just A Friend' back in the day?

[vaudevillevillain]

Nobody was saying 'this isn't hip hop' or 'save that singing shyt for the r&b cats'

What has changed? Why can't a hip hop artist delve into the mainstream anymore without receiving harsh criticism?

If some shyt like this were to come out now what would be different...



is fun in hip hop not 'hood' enough nowadays? what's with this growing obsession of living vicariously through actual street cats

let's discuss

 

[MouseTeeth]

Because once the grimy 90s came along and gangster rap took over the mainstream all of a sudden a rapper had to have all these pre requisites to b a rapper, or fit certain retarded criteria. It no longer became about talent rather you had to have street credibility. After that, it wasnt "cool" to b different and anybody else that wasnt a bonafide goon was basically considered a fakkit n not official enough to rap.

 

[desp]

Hip-hop used to be fun

 

[YoungMoneyCashMoneyBoy]

Moist

Biz elbow all up in his man's groin

 

[scuba]

Nobody was saying 'this isn't hip hop' or 'save that singing shyt for the r&b cats'

What has changed? Why can't a hip hop artist delve into the mainstream anymore without receiving harsh criticism?

If some shyt like this were to come out now what would be different...



is fun in hip hop not 'hood' enough nowadays? what's with this growing obsession of living vicariously through actual street cats

let's discuss

Well first of all he was rapping on the song...
second of all its all about context, nothing wrong with a rapper rapping about whatever he feels including women...
but if EVERY artists is rapping about women then thats just non-singing r&b

 

[YoungMoneyCashMoneyBoy]

 

[Ghostface Trillah]

Cause biz never pigeonholed himself into one lane and was known to be all over the place concept wise. Plus the song is hip hop and no one really takes biz singing serious on it.

 

[W.I.Z.E.]

Troll Thread obviously. People been singing in hip hop for a minute.





That was never the issue. It was when you did more singing than rhyming.

 

[Poh SIti Dawn]

Hip-hop used to be fun

.

 

[Still Benefited]

But Hammer dance while eating chicken fingers and get stoned like Jesus did. So basically all these purist is full of shyt and it should be okay to sing and do whatever you want on ya records and be respected?

 

[daze23]

you're mixing messages here. Biz's singing was ironically bad, and no one was confusing it with "r&b"

the whole "why does hip-hop have to be hard" thing is also kind of an old argument, and doesn't really apply anymore

 

[YoungMoneyCashMoneyBoy]

Only new yorkers can have fun and sing and do anything they want in rap. That's why new york rap is dead right now, they pigeonholed their damn selves to the point where they can't do shyt because of all the shyt they give others for doing it.

Soon as someone from another region had "fun", they were killing hip hop. Everybody else is a hip hop murdering fakkit for having fun. Biggie prolly the biggest fakkit in hip hop history and look at all the passes he got. All them gay lines, gay best friend, gay dj, trannies in music videos. Mos def be trying to sing his ass off. No one says shyt.

 

[The Dust King]

i kno what u gettin at but i hope u aint tryin to defend drake wit this

bizmar was never looked at as lyrical either

 

[intilectual recipricol]

i kno what u gettin at but i hope u aint tryin to defend drake wit this

bizmar was never looked at as lyrical either

this soft bytch...

Drake dont need defendin, he's makin great music... and outrappin nikkaz at the same time.

go cry about some doodles again

 

[King Biko]

That shyt was hip hop af