I understand your point I just don't agree with it. Don't confuse the two concepts. I just think your all or nothing stances are short sighted and lack nuance. Especially with the example you used. Something not being suitable for kids doesn't automatically make it bad or mean it needs to not be around. You used Sexxy Redd as an example as if there's not kid friendly rap music with themes specifically for children. That's where your example fails.
HipHop Hasn't Done Anything Good For Black People
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I understand your point I just don't agree with it. Don't confuse the two concepts. I just think your all or nothing stances are short sighted and lack nuance. Especially with the example you used. Something not being suitable for kids doesn't automatically make it bad or mean it needs to not be around. You used Sexxy Redd as an example as if there's not kid friendly rap music with themes specifically for children. That's where your example fails.
loud-ninja
Here to point out the illogical
At the bolded, that sounds like a bad BET movie edit.
"NOTCHES ain't shit but how's and tricks. Bow wow.".
"Mickey flick" to replace "motherfucker" gotta be top 5 TV cursing edits ever created.
Inglewood_B
OG
What country music and heavy metal did for the white community?
What mariachi did for the Mexican community?
What K-pop did for the Korean community?
Why is our “community” the only one demanding our entertainers uplift our communities?
What mariachi did for the Mexican community?
What K-pop did for the Korean community?
Why is our “community” the only one demanding our entertainers uplift our communities?
Dwayne
Not Like Us
Nobody have to uplift anything, but you dont get a pass because 90% of rap promote violence and terrible behavior
Inglewood_B
OG
Completely made up stat pulled right out ya ass, but let’s roll with it…
90% of the food we eat is processed garbage.
“Food is bad for the human race.”
This the simplistic surface level thinking yall on right now. But I get it. It’s much easier to say “food is bad” and blame McDonalds for your being obese, rather than regulate/moderate the type of shit you shoveling into your mouth.
Freeman
Get well soon 🦉🇨🇦
Yall still missing the point. No one is looking for a path for rap to uplift the community as much as we're telling you a lot of it is detrimental and takes away from the community with little to no reprieve. None of those genres have artists killing eachother over the music.
Inglewood_B
OG
How many niggas rap music cause you to murder? Because dare I say 95% of the niggas I grew up with who listened to gangsta rap never let one off on anybody.
And I literally grew up with a nigga who IS a killer. And it wasn’t no rap song that flipped his switch.
Freeman
Get well soon 🦉🇨🇦
Now you're just debating in bad faith lol.
You're literally making up stats and stances nobody said to defend your pov. You're self imposed distorted lense is a very weak point in your argument.
Inglewood_B
OG
That you know of… but there’s plenty of drug use, rape, theft and other deviant behaviors tho.
Is it the fault of the music, or is it the capacity for human beings to just be really shitty people at times?
Freeman
Get well soon 🦉🇨🇦
Just because it doesn't effect you negatively doesn't mean it doesn't have a negative influence or message.
Dwayne
Not Like Us
How about this then?
For every positive song you drop Ill dropped 10 that’s negative. I bet my 90% hold up.
Funniest shit is the people who really are into that life typically don't like the media that portrays it whether it's music or movies. And that's across any group. They usually deem it as being too fake or over the top and not realistic to the real realities that come with that life and those decisions.
Freeman
Get well soon 🦉🇨🇦
Both. Multiple things can be true.
Inglewood_B
OG
I’m debating this on the same shallow level as yall are.
SeaSnake
OG
Good point tho. I personally don’t like that shit. I don’t even care when rappers get into politics because they don’t know wtf they talking about.