It's June 16, 2024, 06:47:29 AM
I just finished Dave Chappelle's Block Party (for the 200th time)... "TURN OFF THE RADIO... TURN OFF THAT BULLSHIT"!!!!!!!!All these guy are so talented lyricly wise and musicly wise... It's a shame they don't get that much recognition from the mainstream...IMO this is the REAL hip-hop...All the other "rappers" who have nothing to say better than "Shoulder Lean" and "Right Turrrr" and "Get Low", should be classified as "hip-pop"!!!!!!
Shit I started off with shit like Young MC and MC Hammer back in the day, then I gravitated towards Public Enemy and it was all over after that.The difference between now and back then is that the mainstream stuff is so easily accessible. Back then, there were maybe 4 or 5 rap songs that were played on the radio at any given time period, so if you wanted to hear more, you had to search for it. Nowadays, mainstream rap is so huge and diluted that it's everywhere. There's no need for kids to dig deeper to find the real shit.
These kids I know around 14 and 15 years old are always rapping songs on the radio like Young Joc, or E-40's new stuff, Franchise Boys, stuff like that. So anyway, I wanted to try and expose them to some of what I consider to be real hip-hop. Because to me, real hip-hop involves great lyrics, so I wanted to play them something really lyrical. I decided to pull out a concept song.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.
but now we talking about Kam, what I said still holdsSMH @ anyone thinking he was on Nas and Cube's level
Quote from: Long Beach Iz Active on August 17, 2006, 07:11:19 AMbut now we talking about Kam, what I said still holdsSMH @ anyone thinking he was on Nas and Cube's levelWell, I agree with you. I never said Kam was on Nas and Cube's level. That wasn't the point of this thread. Those just happened to be 3 of the artist's I was exposing to my brother at the time. It's like you didn't even read what I said. You saw my avitar, sig, the word "Kam", and busted a nut all over your monitor. But, hey, keep hatin', it only makes you look like an idiot.