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It's a fucking term that corporate people use to pigeon hole certain artist.
Stop it Lyin' Brian, you don't listen to any southern rap you have no idea what they are saying, nor could you understand an insightful line even if you heard it loud and clear because you need it to be spelled out in language you can understand, which automatically disqualifies most black people. Real pioneers in hip hop made schoolbook nursery rhymes for people to dance to at night clubs. There weren;t any Immortal Technique or Dead Prez acts at the the beginning of hip hop. FACT. People who say hip hop is dead are full of shit. Hip hop is going back to it's roots more and more every day, deal with it nerds.The term "conscious" is a double edged sword as it gives more credit due to rappers who spend almost all of their subject matter dealing with social issues (often incorrectly), and dismissing other rappers who don't as "everybody else", whereas those "other rappers" might be saying some real shit, just with more profanity and over a crunk beat. UGK or Goodie Mob for instance, detail life so incredibly and relate to the average man that if you feel what they are saying, they are most definitely "conscious" of real life in their rhymes.
People who say hip hop is dead are full of shit.
Quote from: Action! on February 10, 2010, 10:41:23 PMIt's a fucking term that corporate people use to pigeon hole certain artist.No.. it's a word used to describe the difference between a rapper like Lil Wayne and a rapper like Talib Kweli.So if somebody asks you, "yo, what's the difference between Lil Wayne and Talib Kweli in their styles?"You could say "Well, you know, music is music, it's all music.. you know everything is the same, just like all food tastes the same and all women look the same, it's all the same, you know"Or... you could describe to them the difference between the two... "You see, Lil Waynes music is more ignorant, like a lot of South shit that came out and fucked up hip-hop. While on the other hand, Talib Kweli, you know he knows his history, he gives respect to the pioneers, he's very Afrocentric; kind of labeled as alternative, conscious hip-hop."Which is more descriptive?
Last point, monkey; The pioneers were conscious in the sense that they had deep respect and understanding for the culture in which they were involved. They were a part of it a movement that started small and would eventually overtake the whole world. So maybe some of their raps were simple, but the culture was very artistic and progressive and it did not promote the ignorance that is promoted in rap today, monkey!