Melle Mel: African American Rappers Today are the Biggest Culture Vultures, They Sold Out

[Lion_Heart]

Melle Mel believes that Hip Hop is the biggest culture vultures. You know Vlad is loving this.

 

[Rickyrich]

is there anymore black owned labels ?

 

[Lion_Heart]

is there anymore black owned labels ?

Damn, I don't think any major ones are left.

 

[SheerExcellence]

he is right

 

[Rickyrich]

Damn, I don't think any major ones are left.

yeah i was wondering that aswell because most of them that were around all sold the company

 

[Busta Carmichael]

is there anymore black owned labels ?

Qc, tde?

 

[Rickyrich]

Qc, tde?

o ya shit forgot about them

 

[Silverfoxx]

Qc, tde?

Sniper Gang?

 

[Bradshaw]

He's right but sounds like he's hating a lil bit.

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

He's right but sounds like he's hating a lil bit.

That generation didn’t enjoy the financial windfall from something they started of course they salty

 

[BRIAN B.]

is there anymore black owned labels ?

TFM (Larry June), Grind Hard (Starlito), The Lunch Crew Company (Bfb Da Packman), Jet Life Records (Curren$y), PRE (Young Dolph), Multi Alumni (Big K.R.I.T.), Cool Club (Scotty ATL), Grind Time Official (Killer Mike), BSF (Benny the Butcher), 1017 (Gucci Mane), Dreamville (J Cole), Big Persona (Maxo Kream), TSF (Sauce Walka), etc.

you catch the drift

 

[Rainbowdildobuttmonkey]

What did melle Mel build for the next generation?

 

[deadeye]

is there anymore black owned labels ?

Damn, I don't think any major ones are left.

Thing is, there were never any major black labels.


They were just independent labels that had their distribution through major labels.


There was Rocafella..........slash Def Jam.............slash Columbia (now Sony)


No Limit.........../Priority.


Ruthless.............../Priority.


And so on and so forth.


Guess it's even worse that we don't even have any notable independent labels like those anymore.

 

[deadeye]

He's right, but for the wrong reasons.


Basically, he doesn't fully understand what cultural appropriation (or misappropriation) is.


He's confusing it with sampling.


Now, he's spot-on about black rappers selling out he culture.


Most of this bullshit out now isn't true hiphop.

 

[Don Dada]

Cash Money and bad boy records

 

[BRIAN B.]

He's right, but for the wrong reasons.


Basically, he doesn't fully understand what cultural appropriation (or misappropriation) is.


He's confusing it with sampling.


Now, he's spot-on about black rappers selling out he culture.


Most of this bullshit out now isn't true hiphop.

& what exactly is "true hiphop"??

where's the rule book?

 

[deadeye]

& what exactly is "true hiphop"??

where's the rule book?

You know it when you hear it.


If you don't know it when you hear it, then you don't know hip-hop.

 

[genocide_cutter]

Cash Money and bad boy records

Cash money owned by universal

 

[BRIAN B.]

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You know it when you hear it.


If you don't know it when you hear it, then you don't know hip-hop.




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nah, fuck that

what's the rules for "true hip-hop"???

how many bpm?
how many syllables per line?
how many instruments or what sounds?


or is it if you like it & approve then it's "true hip-hop"??

 

[deadeye]

nah, fuck that

what's the rules for "true hip-hop"???

how many bpm?
how many syllables per line?
how many instruments or what sounds?


or is it if you like it & approve then it's "true hip-hop"??

Look, granted..........there's always going to be some degree of subjectivity.


But only to a certain extent...........within reason.


Once we start extrapolating and taking things to the extreme, we're moving into the realm of absurdity.


In other words, you've got to know enough about the music to be able to exercise a reasonable level of discernment.


Meaning, you can't label almost everything as hip-hop.........or go to the other extreme and dismiss almost everything as not being hip-hop.