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Okay, it's been a few days before I was able to properly reply. Thanks for the reactions, and a few replies to things said or asked by others:- First, there is a difference between calling somebody a bitch for having personally hurt you and calling women in general bitches. Don't tell me a lot of westcoast rappers do not refer to most or all women as bitches, because they do. It's disrespectful, it's childish and it's toxic if your audience isn't too bright or enlightened. Also don't come up with Nice Guy arguments (I'm not sure if said poster meant that but I'm playing safe here). Yes, there are women out there who play with feelings but Nice Guy stories generally amount to the guy calling himself one and feeling entitled. You have no right to anyone's body.- I didn't come out to write an essay, I just try to put effort into what I write and had a lot I wanted to say.- I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels embarassed by rap at times.- I can understand not always feeling comfortable loudly blasting out music with offensive lyrics in public. There's being oneself and (unpurposely) advertising yourself as a backwards bigot or douchebag by association.- Whether or not ' Rhythm-a-lism' is a classic album or not is besides the point, so those were pretty useless posts. That's the same old same old bickering about opinions much of this forum is about. Talk about tiresome!- Whether or not I'm 'the life of the party' is neither here nor there. Was that meant to be some cheap shot at me? If your definition of being the life of the party is loving all vile and ignorant nonsense, draw your conclusions about your priorities and your mindset.- I used to agree with that ' freely expressing yourself' aspect. If you do so however, you can also expect criticism for it and shouldn't nag about that. Using honesty as an excuse for saying horrible things doesn't make you a better person, but perhaps the world should at least be thankful you're proudly exposing yourself as the asshole you apparently are or present yourself as and leave no doubt there.- If your evaluation of a person or anything people say is based on how much sex they get...do I really need to point out why that's impossible to take serious? Don't make a fool of yourself. If you insist, leave it to others who make it more entertaining to read.
Chuck D still knows what's up!http://www.youtube.com/v/mW_Xbj0zNMQ
Quote from: Fraxxx on July 26, 2014, 12:52:30 AMChuck D still knows what's up!http://www.youtube.com/v/mW_Xbj0zNMQIve just finished watching this. A brilliant video!Touched on many of the subjects and exposes the hypocrisy of some of the views and the dark side of the effects of the music and image thats put out.willie lynch must be proud!
Quote from: Blood$ on July 22, 2014, 09:05:38 PMQuote from: NIKCC on July 22, 2014, 11:46:15 AM'Rhythm-al-ism is a classic
Quote from: NIKCC on July 22, 2014, 11:46:15 AM'Rhythm-al-ism is a classic
'Rhythm-al-ism is a classic
I never understood why niggas seperate music from movies so strictly. Both of it is entertainment and can cover different genres and levels of depth. When you condemn violence in rap songs, you should condemn horror movies as well. Or movies that have large elements of violence, which is pretty much half of whatever is currently running in theatres. I also think it's wrong to always want a deep message. If you want to be enlightened, then read a book, go to school, conversate with smart people. Why would you put on westcoast rap to get all philosophical? Music of all genres is more or less about sex/love. Which is just as redundant as boasting in rap is. Electronic music or even classical music both don't even have lyrics, are both stupid genres because of that? Plus rap is very wide spectrum, some of it has very good lyrics. Not so much on the westcoast, though. Then again, it is a subgenre. Like I said, it's like putting on a horror movie while complaining about lack of depth and poor dialogues. Quik wasn't trying to be anything else, just as Hatched 3 didn't aspire to win an Oscar.