With everything that's going on how can yall bump trap music

[PhonZhi]

Im listening to the pop station RITE NOW and the following positive, motivating song by a black artist is playing, yet as popular as the song is ive NEVER heard it on black radio. The only time ive ever heard this song (besides in commercials) is on pop/white stations Aloe Blacc - The Man (Explicit):

 

[Calmye]

First off bruh, don't ever tell me what I can't or should do on my internet

Second of all, if crack hadn't destroyed communities, families, and opportunities, then rappers wouldn't rap about it. Art always, reflects life. This is why in the 1970's you had Gil Scott record the Bottle , Grandmaster Flash with The Message in the 1980's, Tupac with Brenda's got a baby in the 90's and so on. If shyt wasn't already foul, then the artist in question wouldn't rap/produce music about what was transpiring. Now I do believe that artist do get put on more for making club-friendly music, however I do think the content of said song may be irrelevant because then how do you explain similar music that gets pushed, played like Flo Rida and LMFAO .

Third of all, if you still need mainstream radio to spoon feed you music that isn't what you like, when you can go straight to the source (bandcamp, amazon, spotify, soundcloud) and support the artist in question that you like.

this same comment has been posted like 8 times in this thread

 

[marcuz]

i've purged my music list, anyone rapping bout killing nikkas in 2014 and beyond gets no spins.

 

[Silver Surfer]

Its entertainment...the same reason I watch Horror movies and movies where people kill each other

 

[N*E*R*D]

The threardstarter is basically asking where is the evolution in the music. This doesn't mean we need 20-30 more Kendricks or J.Coles even though we really do in reality. Rap is spinning its wheels and making little progress as a genre of music. The content, subject matter, and style of the 90 and early 2000s is still prevalent in today's music. It would just be nice to hear original fukking artists again...doesn't really matter what they're talking about.

Music is a lot like life imo needs to evolve. At one point we found it okay to own other human beings and for them to be are servants, we castrated and killed homosexuals, burned people at the stake that we believed practiced witch craft etc. Can we agree that its time to move away from drug rap, gangster rap, braggadocio nonsense. I understand escapism and all that jazz, but let's get into the artistry and skill of the craft. Let's push the envelope and start telling stories again and explore what else the genre can do.

People talking about fukk the radio and TV need to be quiet breh. This shyt is severely unbalanced and unfair. Most of the time you have to scrap the bottom of the barrel to find a new artist that's worth a damn.

 

[PhonZhi]

Dude, the point is that this negativity in the music is keeping us in a stagnant mindset. When are we going to start making music thats about progression? Why are we still glamourizing the ghetto, ganglife, prison culture, and peddling drugs to each other? The hiphop culture has made it to where negativity=black people. If a black man talks a certain way or dresses a certain way he's "acting white". Its sad. Riff Raff & Iggy are "acting black" because the way they act and talk are only synonymous with blacks. If u are black how can u not have a problem with this ESPECIALLY knowing that the filth is purposely being directed to the black youth

First off bruh, don't ever tell me what I can't or should do on my internet

Second of all, if crack hadn't destroyed communities, families, and opportunities, then rappers wouldn't rap about it. Art always, reflects life. This is why in the 1970's you had Gil Scott record the Bottle , Grandmaster Flash with The Message in the 1980's, Tupac with Brenda's got a baby in the 90's and so on. If shyt wasn't already foul, then the artist in question wouldn't rap/produce music about what was transpiring. Now I do believe that artist do get put on more for making club-friendly music, however I do think the content of said song may be irrelevant because then how do you explain similar music that gets pushed, played like Flo Rida and LMFAO .

Third of all, if you still need mainstream radio to spoon feed you music that isn't what you like, when you can go straight to the source (bandcamp, amazon, spotify, soundcloud) and support the artist in question that you like.

 

[Ineedmoney504]

Im listening to the pop station RITE NOW and the following positive, motivating song by a black artist is playing, yet as popular as the song is ive NEVER heard it on black radio. The only time ive ever heard this song (besides in commercials) is on pop/white stations Aloe Blacc - The Man (Explicit):

yea thats a really good song, i listened to it after i heard it on a commercial, i didnt look for the radio to spoon feed it to me bro u said u heard the song on certain shyt but just never checked it, maybe u need to be more active in finding music

this same comment has been posted like 8 times in this thread

cause u acting like a fukkboy and clinging onto a dying format to spoon feed u info

 

[360dagod]

Have issues with negative music and then sing along to these hoes aint loyal brehs

 

[iFightSeagullsForBread]

Dude, the point is that this negativity in the music is keeping us in a stagnant mindset. When are we going to start making music thats about progression? Why are we still glamourizing the ghetto, ganglife, prison culture, and peddling drugs to each other? The hiphop culture has made it to where negativity=black people. If a black man talks a certain way or dresses a certain way he's "acting white". Its sad. Riff Raff & Iggy are "acting black" because the way they act and talk are only synonymous with blacks. If u are black how can u not have a problem with this ESPECIALLY knowing that the filth is purposely being directed to the black youth

You sound like THE most insufferable person, like you legit come off like you know squat about black people that YOU ALLOW yourself to only be focused on and pay attention to.

Here, I'll kickstart you off with something since your obviously moody.

 

[Rice N Beans]

OP makes valid points but too many clowns on this forum cannot fukking read and immediately get defensive that he's trying to take your music away.

 

[PhonZhi]

As a black man(you're probably not one) how can it be just "entertainment" knowing that the murdering of fellow blacks, glamourization of the thug/gang/prison lifestyle and the promotion of drug distribution to the black community is PURPOSELY being aimed at the black youth? Rappers with names like "Young Thug" & "Bobby SchMURDA" are given the highest platforms to influence the impressionable minds of the young black youth. How does that make you, BLACK MAN, feel?

Its entertainment...the same reason I watch Horror movies and movies where people kill each other

 

[thekidvoodoo]

Honestly with everything that's coming to a boiling point it seems like trap music/Gangsta rap music is nothing but an anchor holding hiphop back. J-Cole and Kendrick are trying to push forward but they not getting any true traction. We do need to preserve that time and hip hop history but it's time for us to move forward and have a sub-genre that speaks about what's really going on not just pushing crack and fukking slores. What yall think??

They're both outselling pretty much everyone in the game except juggernaughts from the era where people paid for music. (Jay, Em and Kanye's)

Outside of that, you got Drake and previously Nicki outselling them? Maybe Wayne still can push numbers... We'll see.

 

[Ineedmoney504]

As a black man(you're probably not one) how can it be just "entertainment" knowing that the murdering of fellow blacks, glamourization of the thug/gang/prison lifestyle and the promotion of drug distribution to the black community is PURPOSELY being aimed at the black youth? Rappers with names like "Young Thug" & "Bobby SchMURDA" are given the highest platforms to influence the impressionable minds of the young black youth. How does that make you, BLACK MAN, feel?

as a black young man i dont give a shyt, i grew up in the worst hoods in the country wit not much and listened to all this shyt and im aight and rap didnt influenced me to do certain shyt, my homies and nikkaz on the block had much more influence then them. i just think people look for a scapegoat for everything

 

[Tommy Sheppard]

i've purged my music list, anyone rapping bout killing nikkas in 2014 and beyond gets no spins.

you might as well purge rap all together then.

 

[Fart Knocker]

Why these nikkas rapping about moving white (soft or hard) when dope is what's hot in the streets?