Black
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Naw. He don't like any of these artists. Yall not on the same page.
True or False: Did The South Ruin Hip Hop
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Black
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Lmao glad you spelled Onomatopoeia correctly bc I dang sho didn't.
Its funny how ppl can blame an entire region for ruining a genre. If south singlehandedly ruined hip hop why tf the other 3 regions couldnt do shit to save it?
They just as garbage??
They just as garbage??
Broddie
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Nah I've been more than aware of it. At some point I just realized that there was no point in being mad at it anymore. I by myself couldn't stop outsiders from infiltrating and damaging the culture. None of us could.
Can't let that negative energy get in your head cause the real lies inside you so you gotta preserve it and pass it on. That's how you counter their damage.
Do I think it's right? Absolutely not. One of my best friends growing up was a kid who would've been lost in the streets had he not discovered breakin when we were 12.
Another head I knew would've been an alky if I didn't let him know that his dream of being a dominican premo back in '99 was not impossible. Learning and breaking in his 1200s kept him busy, motivated, challenged and away from his crutch like distraction: Brugal rum.
To this day if I ever see him he just says "technics" to me with a smile. He didn't become the next premo but he became the first him cause of hip hop. Hell learning the MPC 1000 way way back in the day was my savior. Helped me recognize my purpose in life.
With all that in mind I can't fail to recognize reality either. Hip hop would not be as exploitable and disposable if we the people from the NY hoods still held the power. But no matter how watered down and distilled it's still hip hop. It's just not as rich as we remember it. The one upside to it though is thay now it's global and at least international cats still respect all the elements outside production and emceeing. That's beautiful. I remember when peeps were still saying it would be a fad.
The elements are very important and the fact that kids just ignore them it's sad cause it could literally change their whole lives. One of the things I'd like to introduce if they ever put a permanent community center here in Inwood is those elements to the kids out here.
DJ Drama & Lil Uzi
Broddie
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I'm latino and we had a hand in bringing this shit up. So I see no issue with one getting a top spot. 3 though? Where Jeff ? Who outside Teriyaki and Retardi the short bus twins?
Dwayne
Just a lowkey chill guy
Broddie
Active Member
Black. I look like Cardi. Was darker as a kid but I got what dominicans call panos. That shit MJ had. Vitiligo whatever. So im as light as she is. A bit darker. But believe you me plenty have reminded me that in the end im still a black man. Been aware of that since childhood.
Dwayne
Just a lowkey chill guy
Broddie
Active Member
I know but im smoking an l and tend to ramble when high. My bad lol
SeaSnake
OG
I blame the super commercial shit those executives an shit.
Dwayne
Just a lowkey chill guy
Bruh I got to the end and legit laugh.
I was like Nigga. You just explained 1+1 in the most complicated way lol
SeaSnake
OG
Lil Jon and his fuck boy friends started the decline and now it's what it is now, mumble mouth bastards running around everywhere. Crunk and snap music era had everyone putting out bullshit. Some of these lil fucks talking about they don't care about lyricism. Everybody wanna be a trap rapper, there was no originality coming outta there, it was all trash.
Then it reached a point of no return when this shit happened
I also think we put too much weight into party songs.
SeaSnake
OG
South rappers was doing dance songs tho but yall up north niggas said it was cooning an shit. Nobody doing graffitti in videos tho graffitti is still done all over but the big elegant pieces arent everywhere.
SeaSnake
OG
You niggas going to take responsibility for the dumb'ing down of the culture. You say the south took over early 2000's and that's the time shit went to bullshit. That region let any and everybody drop trash without giving a single fuck.
Look at the who's who of wack nigga's
Most of those nigga's jumped on a wave and all of them are milk carton status. To this day the real MC's can't get a run because mumble rap fucks like Future and all his offspring steady dropping trash.That southern sound even destroyed NY because those dumbasses started using that sound
The south aint responsible for dipset.
This is so disrespectful, I know 3 of them could sell out a show in the south. Maybe all over. I see the hate for the south is real in hereYou niggas going to take responsibility for the dumb'ing down of the culture. You say the south took over early 2000's and that's the time shit went to bullshit. That region let any and everybody drop trash without giving a single fuck.
Look at the who's who of wack nigga's
Most of those nigga's jumped on a wave and all of them are milk carton status. To this day the real MC's can't get a run because mumble rap fucks like Future and all his offspring steady dropping trash.That southern sound even destroyed NY because those dumbasses started using that sound
Pharrell one of those diamonds from a trash heap.
That mane from the east coast