It's June 04, 2024, 11:10:47 PM
dude im baning you mother over here in eu. but im not a white,brown,black,yellow etc. im your nightmare
if "these young rap fans" are really interested in rap, hip hop.. they gonna discover themselves what's real hip hop with the time.. I think it's safe to say nobody (or a very few) start to listen to rap by pickin a Immortal Technique or Mos Def album... On the other hand, rap has turned pop nowadays so a lot don't care about the music, they just listen to rap becoz that's the number 1 kind of music these days.. same people will listen to techno(or whatever) if it'll become the main kind of music played on radio, tv
I played Common's "I Used To Love Her" track. It failed to have any impact on them. They thought the song was about a woman, and by the time Common indicates to the listener that the woman is a metaphor for hip-hop their short, abbrievated tension spans had long forgotten the song was even playing. I had to later explain to them what the song was talking about, which took the piss out of the whole thing.I think it went way over their heads, I think these kids only understand basic lyrics about money or sex, two of the most basic desires.
I'm trying to explain the same thing to my younger brother. I was exposing him to some Nas' Illmatic, old skool Cube, Kam, Masta Ace, and Talib Kweli the other day. He was really only into the Talib Kweli......I guess it's a start.