When did hip hop go so soft?

[Bch]

nah.. slick rick did a love song with al b sure.. off on your own girl remix i believe it is.. thats when it all started !!!!!!


and mase was out before ja rule making hits for the ladies


i rather listen 2 subject matter about women than about ill kill you with my 9 shoot a bazooka at your whip when your cruising down my block shit just gets old and stupid

[swangin and bangin]

"hip hop is dead, for you"

[M Dogg™]

Melle Mel, who was to Hip-Hop pre-Rakim what 'Pac is to all us Westcoast fans, did a song, I Feel For You, with Chaka Kahn in 1984, so I guess Hip-Hop went soft in 1984.

[Lucifuge]

when nelly come in the game and that crapy dilema song:D damn that shit is wack west coast i now u shakein right:D hahaha....

[K.Dub]

when nelly come in the game and that crapy dilema song:D damn that shit is wack west coast i now u shakein right:D hahaha....

Riiiight..

[Lazar]

What's so wrong about love songs? I don't think rappers are that different from normal people so why not make a song about an issue that concerns everybody. As long as they good I dont have any problem with love songs. Ever heard of Lupe's "Sunshine"?

[arthurnelson88]

tha game got soft wen rappers started making money lol... u muthafuckaz r so gotdam funnny.  wtf did u expect, ba celebrity workin tha graveyard shift while tha corporation execs are takin champagne bubble baths  riiiiiiiight

[T-Dogg]

So Many Rappers In Love from westside connection was far from a soft love song

No shit Matlock?

I was referring to the fact that they addressed the issue with that song. You think I'm that dumb, lil' geezy?

[NotoriousTDA]

HIP HOP WENT SOFT WHEN EVERYONE DECIDED TO CUT THERE BRAIDS/ DREADS OFF!!!

[ai002h]

Outside of Gangsta rap and groups like PE, its always been there. The real question is when did shitty dumbass bling bling retarded sounding love songs become so popular.

[Styles1]

The Rap Syrupy Love Ballad started with LL Cool J's "I Need Love" ... As the dude pointed out earlier.... Heavy D continued it with "Somebody For Me" with Al B. Sure...

I think that there is nothing wrong with it.... as long as a bunch of dudes aren't together in a car bumpin' it with no bitches riding with them... that's when it becomes gay...   

[M Dogg™]

The Rap Syrupy Love Ballad started with LL Cool J's "I Need Love" ... As the dude pointed out earlier.... Heavy D continued it with "Somebody For Me" with Al B. Sure...

I think that there is nothing wrong with it.... as long as a bunch of dudes aren't together in a car bumpin' it with no bitches riding with them... that's when it becomes gay...   

LOL At Melle Mel's little rap and the whole Chaka Kahn thing.
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LL gets way too much credit for starting this all, he just perfected it, though Kane wasn't so bad either. As long as Hip-Hop expresses feeling and emotions, love will be in there.

[Styles1]

Yeah Mel had that little part in that dance song.... but I Need Love is pure love ballad from start to finish... no dancing.... no little rap bars and then Chaka singing...

Run-DMC had a dancy little ballad called 30 Days, but like I said, LL's song was just pure syrup... the kind of shit that you tell your girl when nobody is around to hear you say it...lol.