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DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: HBKid_Jr on September 18, 2002, 02:31:38 PM

Title: Is there a way in rap music.....
Post by: HBKid_Jr on September 18, 2002, 02:31:38 PM
to make positive music wit out bein considered a sell out
Title: Re: Is there a way in rap music.....
Post by: West Coast Veteran on September 18, 2002, 02:35:04 PM
A Tribe Called Quest
De La Soul
Title: Re: Is there a way in rap music.....
Post by: HBKid_Jr on September 18, 2002, 02:48:10 PM
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A Tribe Called Quest
De La Soul

tru but they were always comin on tha positive tip.  But say a rapper that made most of his career gangsta shit or always came street changed his message to a positive one mad people would hate an call them a sell out
Title: Re: Is there a way in rap music.....
Post by: NobodyButMe on September 18, 2002, 03:18:47 PM
dmx tried to come correct on his new album, the great depression,,, i wouldn't really say that it worked too well though. that video was hot, but he tried to become more socially concious and people really weren't havin it....i respect him for it though, even though it wasn't shit
Title: Re: Is there a way in rap music.....
Post by: Sikotic™ on September 18, 2002, 04:10:21 PM
Good point man. We need more positivity. Hopefully peeps will let their head down and spit some real ish.
Title: Re: Is there a way in rap music.....
Post by: EastsideLBC on September 18, 2002, 04:51:22 PM
Word.....somethin' like Snoop is doin'....... ;)
Title: Re: Is there a way in rap music.....
Post by: Jome on September 18, 2002, 06:00:33 PM
To answer the question in the topics title:

Nah, there isn't a way in rap-music, you just gotta go with the flow.
Do you man... do you!!
Title: Re: Is there a way in rap music.....
Post by: budsmokeronly on September 18, 2002, 09:59:49 PM
yo man 2Pac has a lot of positive messages.  
Title: Re: Is there a way in rap music.....
Post by: dexter on September 19, 2002, 05:23:41 AM
Like what?
Title: Re: Is there a way in rap music.....
Post by: Cliftone_Santiago_909 on September 19, 2002, 08:18:51 PM
I dont see why a rapper would be considered a sell out for spitting some positive shit... I mean.. I think tha more positive you are, tha less you sale. Cuz most muthafuckers just wanna hear about Drugs, Guns, Bitches and Money.


And if you think about it.. alot of rappers already do spit positive shit. Most gangsta rappers have like 1 song on their albums tryna tell kids not to look up to their ways.. just in different words.



Maybe if you spit positive shit... and then start spittin gangsta.. then people start hating on you. Kinda like Xzibit.. accept he was never THAT positive.
Title: Re: Is there a way in rap music.....
Post by: Gangsta_T on September 20, 2002, 05:17:17 AM
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I dont see why a rapper would be considered a sell out for spitting some positive shit... I mean.. I think tha more positive you are, tha less you sale. Cuz most muthafuckers just wanna hear about Drugs, Guns, Bitches and Money.


And if you think about it.. alot of rappers already do spit positive shit. Most gangsta rappers have like 1 song on their albums tryna tell kids not to look up to their ways.. just in different words.




true to dat !!!
Title: Re: Is there a way in rap music.....
Post by: dexter on September 20, 2002, 05:27:31 AM
True  True Dpg example
Title: Re: Is there a way in rap music.....
Post by: Young Dan Iza on September 20, 2002, 01:58:56 PM
2Pac and Outkast do it and theyre the only ones that really didnt sell out
Title: Re: Is there a way in rap music.....
Post by: Hatesrats™ on September 20, 2002, 02:31:16 PM

Off the top of the dome...The name that escapes right now, is LL COOL J.

He always' drop's cut's about the most positive point's eva.....Gettin' PUssy.
Nuthin' better than that.

J/K
But true..ImO
Hatesrats 2oo2
Title: Re: Is there a way in rap music.....
Post by: yung-g on September 20, 2002, 03:43:39 PM
yeah. there are alotta ways to be positive in rap music, without bein considered a sell out. but personally the only time i call an artist a sell out, is when your music sounds one way for a certain amount of time, and you change it to fit into the "pop culture". so basically just dissin their fans.