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General discussionThe time when Rap was brave and (nearly) illegal(67 posts)(67 posts)
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Posted January 22, 2016
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Bavarian: "I am so sorry to hear about the passing of one of the greatest entertainers of all times," Luther "Uncle Luke" Campbell tells Rolling Stone. "<span class="bold">No Blowfly, no 2 Live Crew</span>. My condolences goes out to his family. R.I.P, my brother."

Blowfly passed away on Sunday at the age of 76.
Honestly, never heard of him, but the article made me curious, so I`ll check him out on Youtube in the next days.
Posted January 22, 2016
Rap, ah the days I spent listening to Eminem as a kid. Used to listen to those songs everyday and now I don't even want to hear the genre's name itself.

Rap, Hip Hop, RnB, all the kinds of music I despise. What I really hate about these is when they integrate a small piece in what are otherwise great songs, such as this for example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mFIMns_qTM (just skip to 1:53 if you don't want to listen to it all).
Posted January 22, 2016
A laserdisc rip? With asian subtitles? I though me watching VHS-rips were hipster enough.
Posted January 22, 2016
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drealmer7: I used to despise rap, and then I had someone educate me and I became more open-minded and realized I was categorically dismissing something that I didn't know much about. There's some really excellent stuff out there, just as with any genre.
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Tarm: It all sounds like someone nagging at me. Sometimes while banging frenetic on some sort of hollow....thing.
I really do understand the off-putting sound and used to feel that way. I suggest listening closer, but, I can't force you. I'd happily make some recommendations/provide links of songs I think you might find more palatable if you are open to them.
Posted January 22, 2016
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Tarm: It all sounds like someone nagging at me. Sometimes while banging frenetic on some sort of hollow....thing.
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drealmer7: I really do understand the off-putting sound and used to feel that way. I suggest listening closer, but, I can't force you. I'd happily make some recommendations/provide links of songs I think you might find more palatable if you are open to them.
Well I can stomach the old 80s and early 90s rap. It's after that where they started to sound like they nag like crazy. That doesn't even sound like singing to me. It does not help that the music often is there just to emphasize the nagging.
It gets on my nerves.
Posted January 22, 2016
Gangster's Paradise by Coolio is probably one of the best rap songs ever made.
Posted January 22, 2016
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drealmer7: I really do understand the off-putting sound and used to feel that way. I suggest listening closer, but, I can't force you. I'd happily make some recommendations/provide links of songs I think you might find more palatable if you are open to them.
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Tarm: Well I can stomach the old 80s and early 90s rap. It's after that where they started to sound like they nag like crazy. That doesn't even sound like singing to me. It does not help that the music often is there just to emphasize the nagging.
It gets on my nerves.
Well, to be honest, I don`t like modern "Rap" too. From the middle of the 90s on rap became something that wasn`t enjoyable anymore.
Posted January 22, 2016
When I was in 8th grade, one of my classmates signed my yearbook, "Do not listen to rap, or it will make you crap".

I thought it was pretty good advice.

I've heeded it ever since.
Posted January 22, 2016
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yogsloth: When I was in 8th grade, one of my classmates signed my yearbook, "Do not listen to rap, or it will make you crap".

I thought it was pretty good advice.

I've heeded it ever since.
Well, he definitely didn`t know much about rap. Rap is more than only the G-Style songs. There are so many different styles and meanings in Rap. Try the first album of De La Soul "Three feet high and rising" or the first 4 Albums of Public Enemy, or the Albums of Paris.
Posted January 22, 2016
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yogsloth: When I was in 8th grade, one of my classmates signed my yearbook, "Do not listen to rap, or it will make you crap".

I thought it was pretty good advice.

I've heeded it ever since.
I'd be very grateful for any piece of advice my 8th grade self or any of my 8th grade friends would give me now some twenty years later.

Then, with the benefit of hindsight, I'd do the exact opposite.
Post edited January 22, 2016 by Randalator
Posted January 22, 2016
Still waiting for tort to come in and tell us rap is the product of poor uneducated urban youths that use their music to promote crime, drug use, and over breeding.
Posted January 22, 2016
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drealmer7: Eminem
Eminem is terrible. Get yourself some RA The Rugged Man

Edit: Just check his Rennaissance!
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tinyE: Still waiting for tort to come in and tell us rap is the product of poor uneducated urban youths that use their music to promote crime, drug use, and over breeding.
Too busy jizzing in a pietry dish to euthanise all the "bad" sperm
Post edited January 22, 2016 by Sachys
Posted January 22, 2016
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tinyE: Still waiting for tort to come in and tell us rap is the product of poor uneducated urban youths that use their music to promote crime, drug use, and over breeding.
Yeah, like Vanilla Ice, you know?
Posted January 22, 2016
While we're on the subject and because the thread doesn't get enough love: http://www.gog.com/forum/general/hip_hop_thread

It's a goldmine!
Posted January 22, 2016
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tinyE: Still waiting for tort to come in and tell us rap is the product of poor uneducated urban youths that use their music to promote crime, drug use, and over breeding.
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Maxvorstadt: Yeah, like Vanilla Ice, you know?
The other day I was driving, Ice Ice Baby came on the radio, and I have to confess, I turned it way up. :P

I'm not proud.
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