West Coast Connection Forum
DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: budsmokeronly on December 17, 2003, 01:01:10 AM
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So rap has always had a very negative image, many people consider it horrible for the brain, call it garbage, say it rots the brain, say its not music, etc.
I personally have learned quite a bit from rap music. I would even go as far to say that I have learned more from rap than I did in some of my college classes. I really don't feel like typing out any examples of things that I have learned from it, but I have learned a lot from listening to rap.
So what's your guys opinion? Have you learned anything from rap? If your not as lazy as me feel free to give some examples of things you have learned. (we all know already that Ja Rule is a waste of a recording studio, so no one bother telling that you learned that.)
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yup i think i've learned all kinds about life... and never to trust a bitch ;D
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yeah i have...i've learned a lot (like seer said) about life...but its only certain rap...i havent learned shit from 50 cent or warren G or Baby...i've learned shit from the really quality artists (while warren G is quality he's never taught me anything)
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^ listen to "young locs slow down" with wc off his last album to learn something ;)
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warren G taught me that I can't be no geek off da street. I gotta be handy wit da steel to earn my keep.
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Yeah, I've learned a lot from rap music, and I still learn every day.
Some rappers really give life-lessons in their lyrics, and that's something you won't hear by listening to pop-music for example.
"Life without knowledge is death in disguise" - Talib Kweli
^^^^Things like that. Nas, Tupac,etc...are also amongst that group of rappers who educate their listeners.
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i learned that through all the rain and pain you gotta keep a sense of humor, you gotta be able to smile through all this bullshit
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Well yeah, Pac himself is a lesson. From the cradle to the grave.
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i learned that through all the rain and pain you gotta keep a sense of humor, you gotta be able to smile through all this bullshit
Just smile for me now. ;) Yeah, that's also one of those statements I try to live by.
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I got shot 5 times but I'm still breathing
Living proof there's a God if you need a reason
Another good one.
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I've learnt a lot. Being from Spain, I've learnt a lot of English and slang. The problem is...I forgot how to speak English without slang and cussing! And that's a problem, specially when you gots to talk to somebody and can't help calling him bitch ass nigga or muhfucka. Thanks Kurupt! LOL.
And yeah, learnt a whole lot of things about life, about people, about hoes, about the music biz...
Listen to Warren G's 3rd verse in "what's love got to do". Perfect example of how the music biz is, real tight verse. Warren's down to earth and his sayings are always something to keep in mind.
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^ LOL thats true.. i remember someone else before saying they learned english from Doggystyle.. haha
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^ LOL thats true.. i remember someone else before saying they learned english from Doggystyle.. haha
Well for people who usually doesnt speak english it's true. Rap helps. Doggystyle, 2Pac, Ice Cube, whoever.. you listen to them rapping in English, you read their lyrics (the first times), you translate their lyrics, you listen to them again, you sing it, you repeat it, you use their words.. it's like that. It's funny but it's like that! I speak 2Pac-English! LMAO!
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I've learnt a lot. Being from Spain, I've learnt a lot of English and slang. The problem is...I forgot how to speak English without slang and cussing! And that's a problem, specially when you gots to talk to somebody and can't help calling him bitch ass nigga or muhfucka. Thanks Kurupt! LOL.
And yeah, learnt a whole lot of things about life, about people, about hoes, about the music biz...
Listen to Warren G's 3rd verse in "what's love got to do". Perfect example of how the music biz is, real tight verse. Warren's down to earth and his sayings are always something to keep in mind.
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yup i think i've learned all kinds about life... and never to trust a bitch ;D
>:(
Minkia !
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bahaha
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yup i think i've learned all kinds about life... and never to trust a bitch ;D
>:(
Minkia !
Perfect Sicilian! Congrats! ;D
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...I really don't feel like typing out any examples of things that I have learned from it, but I have learned a lot from listening to rap...
Same for me, but the most important aspect I learned is English ;D Especially my vocab' improved much. But as somebody mentioned before, it's difficult to speak proper English in school or something when you're listening to cussin' day in day out :P
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I learned that people are idiots.
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I learned how to use a gun
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warren G taught me that I can't be no geek off da street.
;D
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I learned from artists like KRS One, Public Enemy, a young Ice Cube, X-Clan, Ras Kass, Brand Nubian, Intelligent Hoodlum shit like that as far as cultivating a desire to learn black history, after all, knowing your past is knowing you future. Believe it or not, I've learned a lot from listening to DJ Quik as far as females are concerned, how to deal with them, game, being smooth. Tupac's music has taught me to keep my head up despite how tough things are, there's still light at the end of the tunnel.
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I learned that people are idiots.
ýou needed hiphop to learn that??
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I learned how to cuss. ;D
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That peeps are racist.
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lol @ that minchia and the whole cussin shit..........u can learn a lot from hiphop, whether u listen to three 6 mafia or talib kweli, from slang to facts about life, the music biz and even philosophical stuff and much more...
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yeah for sure leanrt a lot from rap but as someone already said, some rappers teach more than others. Nas, Gangstarr, KRS etc etc teach a lot, luda teaches a sense of humour.... lol and quik's got the smoothness... and warren g you cant forget to question "how late do you have to be before you're absent" lol :-\
seriously though a lot of rap is strangely positive... teaches the whole fighting survivour mindset like that tech n9ne track from AP 'keepin on'
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I learned to only shop for the whitest.
And to mix one gram of soda every seven grams of coke