he doesnt sound like an ignorant dumbass like *UHH SON DIS BE LIEF ON DA STREETS*

oh, and public enemy was the SHIZZNITE

[QUOTE=RockThe40oz!]he doesnt sound like an ignorant dumbass like *UHH SON DIS BE LIEF ON DA STREETS*[/QUOTE]

But what else could we rap about if not life on the streets?


Cars? Bitches? That's just absurd!

[QUOTE=RockThe40oz!]kanye is the only rapper that i know of that i have any respect for[/QUOTE]
i love most rap

[QUOTE=SlappedByTheClash]But what else could we rap about if not life on the streets?


Cars? Bitches? That's just absurd![/QUOTE]

i didnt literally mean that because he doesnt sing about life on the streets he is respectable...

i meant that he speaks like a normal human being....

Any music I can do the robot too is fine with me.

but i do like him for that

you dont have to be a poor ghetto gangsta to make good rap music

[QUOTE=RockThe40oz!]i didnt literally mean that because he doesnt sing about life on the streets he is respectable...

i meant that he speaks like a normal human being....[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I have to give it to him, he actually appears to be literate.

i think that when rappers sing about "life on the streets" they usually miss the point of even writing music at all...

cause they usually just talk about "bustin caps"

it doesnt do much to inspire you

[QUOTE=RockThe40oz!]i think that when rappers sing about "life on the streets" they usually miss the point of even writing music at all...

cause they usually just talk about "bustin caps"

it doesnt do much to inspire you[/QUOTE]

It inspires me to bust a few extra caps every now and then...


And maybe drink a 40 or two.

[QUOTE=SlappedByTheClash]It inspires me to bust a few extra caps every now and then...


And maybe drink a 40 or two.[/QUOTE]

hahahahaha WORD.

*starts beatboxing*


Lets get this party started!

Aahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Wrong.

[QUOTE=RockThe40oz!]i think that when rappers sing about "life on the streets" they usually miss the point of even writing music at all...

cause they usually just talk about "bustin caps"

it doesnt do much to inspire you[/QUOTE]
Can you really discuss African American hip hop when your not African American correctly?


May I ask you, what do you see in the "projects" else than drugs, sex, rape, gangs, and things on that nature?

Whatever happened to the freestyle thread?


Wasn't it Sid versus Sketchy?

That was great.

I think one of them one.

[QUOTE=Ihatehate]May I ask you, what do you see in the "projects" else than drugs, sex, rape, gangs, and things on that nature?[/QUOTE]

i understand that there are hardships in the "projects"

but, when they sing about the drugs, sex, gangs, and rape.....

thats another story

...especially when they say "this is my hood!"

[QUOTE=RockThe40oz!]i understand that there are hardships in the "projects"

but, when they sing about the drugs, sex, gangs, and rape.....

thats another story[/QUOTE]
What do you think those hardships are?
Not getting accepted into college?
No.

It's about being poor and having respect for your roots.
As in West Coast, East Coast.

=)
I understand that your white.

[QUOTE=Ihatehate]I think one of them one.[/QUOTE]

What now?

Page 1 of "Punk" seriously blows.

[QUOTE=Brain Squirmin' Like a Toad]What now?[/QUOTE]
Edit: I think one of them won.

Anyone heard Willie Nelson's Reggae album?


Wow. What the hell.

[QUOTE=Ihatehate]What do you think those hardships are?
Not getting accepted into college?
No.

It's about being poor and having respect for your roots.
As in West Coast, East Coast.

=)
I understand that your white.[/QUOTE]

I am white...but i do also live in "the ghetto" on rental property....i know what it is like to be poor and from the ghetto

[QUOTE=SlappedByTheClash]Anyone heard Willie Nelson's Reggae album?


Wow. What the hell.[/QUOTE]

reggae? my momma listens to him. maybe she'll grow dreads after listening to his reggae stuff

I lived out of a car for a month when I was young.


That sucked.

[QUOTE=RockThe40oz!]I am white...but i do also live in "the ghetto" on rental property....i know what it is like to be poor and from the ghetto[/QUOTE]
In the American society there is a differnce in being a poor white man and a poor black man.

People write and sing about what they love, if they love where they came from, if it includes drugs, sex, gang violence. Let them do it.
Self expression comes from the inside and your surroundings.


I mean look at GG Allin. He wasn't born crazy, his life turned him crazy.

[QUOTE=Ihatehate]I mean look at GG Allin. He wasn't born crazy, his life turned him crazy[/QUOTE]

I think that's debatable. GG was one insane motherf'ucker.

That is kind of true, but I do think his child life really influnced his mind and way of life highly.
I mean Jesus the guy was beyond crazy.

[QUOTE=Ihatehate]In the American society there is a differnce in being a poor white man and a poor black man.

People write and sing about what they love, if they love where they came from, if it includes drugs, sex, gang violence. Let them do it.
Self expression comes from the inside and your surroundings.


I mean look at GG Allin. He wasn't born crazy, his life turned him crazy.[/QUOTE]

you make a good point....

but there is alot of things that could be speculated...

things are more complicated than drugs and violence....

[QUOTE=RockThe40oz!]you make a good point....

but there is alot of things that could be speculated...

[B]things are more complicated than drugs and violence[/B]....[/QUOTE]
Like what?
When I was around 3 and 4 my mother dealed weed right infront me.
To this day when I hear about drugs violence and over doeses.
It hurts me in a personal way.
I could make a quality hip hop song about that.
And it would be a quality topic to sing about.

[QUOTE=Ihatehate]That is kind of true, but I do think his child life really influnced his mind and way of life highly.
I mean Jesus the guy was beyond crazy.[/QUOTE]

Yeah.


That's safe to say.

[QUOTE=Unseen2k0]Page 1 of "Punk" seriously blows.[/QUOTE]

Instead of being a bitch about, do something to change it.

[QUOTE=SlappedByTheClash]Yeah.


That's safe to say.[/QUOTE]

=).

Dag Nasty, The Slackers, Flux Of Pink Indians.


We're trying.

[QUOTE=RockThe40oz!]i understand that there are hardships in the "projects"

but, when they sing about the drugs, sex, gangs, and rape.....

thats another story

...especially when they say "this is my hood!"[/QUOTE]
because its their life, why did johnny cash write 5 feet high and rising? it was part of his life.

[QUOTE=Ihatehate]Like what?
When I was around 3 and 4 my mother dealed weed right infront me.
To this day when I hear about drugs violence and over doeses.
It hurts me in a personal way.
I could make a quality hip hop song about that.
[B]And it would be a quality topic to sing about.[/[/B]QUOTE]

you cant write something good about that. it all comes out to be complaining or whining.

people who make music in 3rd world countries have everything in the world to bi[I]t[/I]ch about, but they dont...

[QUOTE=Skidmark Steve][QUOTE=Ihatehate]Like what?
When I was around 3 and 4 my mother dealed weed right infront me.
To this day when I hear about drugs violence and over doeses.
It hurts me in a personal way.
I could make a quality hip hop song about that.
[B]And it would be a quality topic to sing about.[/[/B]QUOTE]

you cant write something good about that. it all comes out to be complaining or whining.

people who make music in 3rd world countries have everything in the world to bi[I]t[/I]ch about, but they dont...[/QUOTE]


You gotta be ****ting me.
What do you think musical lyrics come from?
Singing about what you eat for breakfest?

No!
It comes from personal things.


Plus, you don't how much of an impact that song can have on someone.

[QUOTE=Ihatehate]Like what?
When I was around 3 and 4 my mother dealed weed right infront me.
To this day when I hear about drugs violence and over doeses.
It hurts me in a personal way.
I could make a quality hip hop song about that.
And it would be a quality topic to sing about.[/QUOTE]

yeah, but the point was when i started to talk about rap was that i think its more respectable to sing about that kinda shi't "in a personal way" besides just saying this is my hood, a do drugs and gang bang and drivebys...or MIKE JONES! MIKE JONES! MIKE JONES!

....they can rap about whatever they want to......

but when i hear that kind of **** i just want to go and ask the rappers why they want to sound so....."ghetto"......i just dont understand why....

It's funny when the MTV rappers do it. I'm sure they're on the streets everyday, with their millions of dollars and bmws.