Author Topic: Can anyone recommend good conscious rap 4 me to purchase?  (Read 710 times)

Ebenus Supremus

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Can anyone recommend good conscious rap 4 me to purchase?
« on: June 09, 2015, 04:57:50 PM »
I'm detoxing from gangsta rap.... I'm not as concerned about the content as I am about artists profiting from that which is detrimental to they communities... In concern to the term conscious, I mean inspiring lyrics about overcoming hardship and defeating the negatives in our communities.... I realise these kind of themes can be found in gangsta rap but I don't wanna listen to dickheads talking bout fuckin bitches, getting high, killing each other or reppin they set.... Again, these themes can be found in conscious rap, but they are generally reffered to as a negative that needs to be overcome rather than exploited....
I know a few artists from the 90's but I'm not very familiar with current or newer artists....
Please provide links so I can try before I buy!!!
Sincerely, Ebenus Supremus....

And Sccit, if you rep that wack ass lamb shit too me, I'm gon reach across the pacific ocean n bitch slap you!!!
 

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Re: Can anyone recommend good conscious rap 4 me to purchase?
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2015, 01:34:50 PM »
maybe esham or natas?  jk



id say talib kweli and Blackalicious the roots mos def aka yasiin bey or some shit


you like this or is this too soft? 

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Re: Can anyone recommend good conscious rap 4 me to purchase?
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2015, 01:42:58 PM »
Eyedea, Atmosphere, Immortal Technique
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Re: Can anyone recommend good conscious rap 4 me to purchase?
« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2015, 01:52:27 PM »
mmmmm

you mean artists with a positive / uplifting message ? idk the term "conscious rap" is a bit misleading...

as far as artists with a positive message, outside of the biggest names I don't know, I'll just drop a short selection of my favorite "positive" / conscious songs (might come from gangsta rappers, though)

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/9c9MeI_MIYI" target="_blank" class="new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/9c9MeI_MIYI</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/uCIVb4tDOmw" target="_blank" class="new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/uCIVb4tDOmw</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/lsawMPR615E" target="_blank" class="new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/lsawMPR615E</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/uY0uwZL_QF0" target="_blank" class="new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/uY0uwZL_QF0</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/6hnYnf2lyk4" target="_blank" class="new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/6hnYnf2lyk4</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/1nWp8C0eXAI" target="_blank" class="new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/1nWp8C0eXAI</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/pQm_cLy_O0Q" target="_blank" class="new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/pQm_cLy_O0Q</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/8KVnFfnMALc" target="_blank" class="new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/8KVnFfnMALc</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/Qg-0lb9WREc" target="_blank" class="new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/Qg-0lb9WREc</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/S_PtXUrCvfc" target="_blank" class="new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/S_PtXUrCvfc</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/lH3hrtp1T84" target="_blank" class="new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/lH3hrtp1T84</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/juathCFOdxM" target="_blank" class="new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/juathCFOdxM</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/lSW-AtAzB4M" target="_blank" class="new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/lSW-AtAzB4M</a>
 

Ebenus Supremus

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Re: Can anyone recommend good conscious rap 4 me to purchase?
« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2015, 02:48:33 PM »
Thanx for the feedback...
I'm familiar with Talib n The Roots...
I also consider Rass Mass to be conscious...
Conscious is a term I use to describe lyrics that are empowering. They can have negative themes but if your really listening they're not degrading or maybe I should use the term disempowering... Gangsta rap can have have empowering elements also, just as cube was coined a political rapper in his early days n even the outlawz can have uplifting messages eg. Like a window, fork in the road...
I can get my hands on the roots latest album locally, but I'm gon cruise the net for artists I've never heard before so thanx for the suggestions...
The term conscious can be as arbitrary as the term Rastafarian... I hear rasta don't like that term n I know a lot of rappers wanna be versatile n not pigeon holed into a certain form....
Thanx again...
 

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Re: Can anyone recommend good conscious rap 4 me to purchase?
« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2015, 02:57:15 PM »
mmmmm

you mean artists with a positive / uplifting message ? idk the term "conscious rap" is a bit misleading...

as far as artists with a positive message, outside of the biggest names I don't know, I'll just drop a short selection of my favorite "positive" / conscious songs (might come from gangsta rappers, though)




ur a retard if you think that
 

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Re: Can anyone recommend good conscious rap 4 me to purchase?
« Reply #6 on: June 10, 2015, 02:59:09 PM »
the guy said a good conscious rapper not some one whose going to put him to sleep
 

Ebenus Supremus

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Re: Can anyone recommend good conscious rap 4 me to purchase?
« Reply #7 on: June 10, 2015, 03:54:42 PM »
the guy said a good conscious rapper not some one whose going to put him to sleep


Thanx for the input correa, but could please refer to me as a female.... I don't care if you call me chick, ma, bitch, she, her, woman, girl or philly, just please stop referring to me as a guy.... I can handle a lil innocent homie here n there but I'm homely not homie, so.....
Whatever....
 

J. B A N A N A S

Re: Can anyone recommend good conscious rap 4 me to purchase?
« Reply #8 on: June 10, 2015, 04:07:48 PM »
defeating the negatives in our communities....

whoa man, what do you mean OUR communities?
 

Ebenus Supremus

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Re: Can anyone recommend good conscious rap 4 me to purchase?
« Reply #9 on: June 10, 2015, 04:55:59 PM »
defeating the negatives in our communities....

whoa man, what do you mean OUR communities?

I mean yours, mine, theirs, ours...
Same elements that exist in the pj's n ghettos in the US, exist in the UK, Australia, Africa, Europe, Middle East, Indonesia....
What?
You think the playas n pimps in your hood be the only hustlers n gangstas in the world...
Everybody got they own flavor, but you can bet ya bottom dollsdollars, if it bout corruption, money, drugs, territory, power, anything corrupt, you gon find it in every community on earth... Bigger n smaller doses...
Now I'm not trying to compare, and I am hip to certain elements n prejudices that are prominent in the low income black communities of the US, but y'all don't own that shit, ya didn't even invent it. Ya might have elevated that shit, but those same prejudices exist in all low income communities, even some affluent...
Its all about the doses man...
Some get a big hit of that shit, to the point where its ever present in all facets of the community, and some muthafuckas keep they ass undercover n extort n intimidate on the sly...
You can manipulate any community if you got the know how....
Soon as white man declared it inhumane to exploit other races for profit ( but kept doing it ) he had everyone fuckin everyone including they own mother over for a slice of that apple pie...
No I was not reffering to your community as my community when I said our communities... I wouldn't even go there...
But don't pidgeon hole yourself, like the outlawz said, its chemical war, unleashed on the black n the poor...
They also said, been poets, its hard just being that. You know what's harder? Being black....
Wanna hip this square up kid?
Bring it on...
I'm always happy to learn, even if I don't agree...
 

Sccit

Re: Can anyone recommend good conscious rap 4 me to purchase?
« Reply #10 on: June 10, 2015, 05:12:16 PM »

Ebenus Supremus

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Re: Can anyone recommend good conscious rap 4 me to purchase?
« Reply #11 on: June 10, 2015, 05:22:49 PM »
And you know, sccits ass be layed out on his door step cos he knocked on wood n wood-E-harrasin-son just reached over the pacific ocean n bitch slapped his trifling ass...
 Sccit!!!
Wake up!!!!
You just got knocked the fuck out!!! ( smokey voice )
 

Sccit

Re: Can anyone recommend good conscious rap 4 me to purchase?
« Reply #12 on: June 10, 2015, 05:44:11 PM »
some1 from australia ordered it...i know it was u

J. B A N A N A S

Re: Can anyone recommend good conscious rap 4 me to purchase?
« Reply #13 on: June 10, 2015, 05:44:32 PM »
defeating the negatives in our communities....

whoa man, what do you mean OUR communities?

I mean yours, mine, theirs, ours...
Same elements that exist in the pj's n ghettos in the US, exist in the UK, Australia, Africa, Europe, Middle East, Indonesia....
What?
You think the playas n pimps in your hood be the only hustlers n gangstas in the world...
Everybody got they own flavor, but you can bet ya bottom dollsdollars, if it bout corruption, money, drugs, territory, power, anything corrupt, you gon find it in every community on earth... Bigger n smaller doses...
Now I'm not trying to compare, and I am hip to certain elements n prejudices that are prominent in the low income black communities of the US, but y'all don't own that shit, ya didn't even invent it. Ya might have elevated that shit, but those same prejudices exist in all low income communities, even some affluent...
Its all about the doses man...
Some get a big hit of that shit, to the point where its ever present in all facets of the community, and some muthafuckas keep they ass undercover n extort n intimidate on the sly...
You can manipulate any community if you got the know how....
Soon as white man declared it inhumane to exploit other races for profit ( but kept doing it ) he had everyone fuckin everyone including they own mother over for a slice of that apple pie...
No I was not reffering to your community as my community when I said our communities... I wouldn't even go there...
But don't pidgeon hole yourself, like the outlawz said, its chemical war, unleashed on the black n the poor...
They also said, been poets, its hard just being that. You know what's harder? Being black....
Wanna hip this square up kid?
Bring it on...
I'm always happy to learn, even if I don't agree...

I find the way you write and communicate on here extremely offensive.
We get it, you are portraying the stereotype of a low income black American despite being an Australian. Iggy Azaelia already does that.
Your mockery of black and urban culture isn't amusing, and if you haven't already, consider the idea that you may be a racist and in need of a serious attitude adjustment.
I'd like you to lose the poor black American vernacular, it holds people back in real life and is just plain insulting when an outsider uses it for entertainment.

 

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Re: Can anyone recommend good conscious rap 4 me to purchase?
« Reply #14 on: June 10, 2015, 06:03:31 PM »
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I find the way you write and communicate on here extremely offensive.
We get it, you are portraying the stereotype of a low income black American despite being an Australian. Iggy Azaelia already does that.
Your mockery of black and urban culture isn't amusing, and if you haven't already, consider the idea that you may be a racist and in need of a serious attitude adjustment.
I'd like you to lose the poor black American vernacular, it holds people back in real life and is just plain insulting when an outsider uses it for entertainment.



I apologize sincerely if I have offended you mister, truly, that was not my intention...
And although you may not believe it, I can comprehend how one might find my occasional use of what is predominantly black, not necessarily low income, but definitely rap related, jargon, slang, vernacular, offensive...
I myself am embarrassed by those we sometimes ignorantly, through lack of respect in regards toward the root of the term, refer to as wigga...
Its an insult to thtoose who are conscious about language n history n only shows lack of respect for the same culture one is mimicking or trying to embody...
Aside from the fact that many whites who make this mistake try to defend their behaviour with a declaration of love n respect n admiration for black culture, I really shouldn't have to be told, as I am aware of the offensive nature of such practices ....
Not seeking forgiveness, your welcome to hold a grudge, merely acknowledging my faults and extending a well deserved apology...
Pardon me...
I am very sorry...
I will try not to do it again...