I stopped keeping up with rap around the mid 00s. I prefer stuff from the 80s and early to mid 90s.
I love rap as a genre but every single song I hear on the radio makes me want to blow my brains out, so I feel you.
Contemporary Rap, AKA CRAP.
As I get older, my taste gets more diverse I'd say, but rap's by far still my favorite genre of music.This except rap is by far my least favorite. Followed by mainstream country
Is it weird when I think of 80s rap I think of The Fat Boys?
Have you ever watched the 1987 movie Disorderlies with them? It is actually pretty funny.
No I haven't. I'm mostly aware of the Fat Boys from other media waxing nostalgia about the 80s and the whole beat box thing. Seems that The Fat Boys were more known than Doug E or Biz Markie.
I kind of pulled away at about 1991.
I was there from the start, but I thought things were starting to get less street and more commercial.
As I said when Migos had their first hit, in barely 30 years, rap went fromIts almost like several types of rap can exist at once. If you only listen to rap thats incredibly popular or what they play on the radio, youre not gonna get anything good most of the time. This applies to almost any genre.
"Don't push me cause I'm close to the edge
I'm trying not to lose my head"
to someone saying "Versace" like twenty times in a row.
Something went drastically, dreadfully wrong somewhere along the way.
Rap peaked at Gangsta's paradise.
Rap peaked at Coolio sampling Stevie Wonder to talk about how hard he though he was?Gangstas paradise is like the exact opposite of talking about how hard he is lmao. I obviously dont believe rap peaked with it, but its literally about how gangstas paradise will probably kill him before 24 lmao.
Gangstas paradise is like the exact opposite of talking about how hard he is lmao. I obviously dont believe rap peaked with it, but its literally about how gangstas paradise will probably kill him before 24 lmao.
I dunno, he calls himself a "loc'd out gangsta" in the song.Yes, but it's in the context of he clearly thinks the lifestyle will lead to an early death.
I dunno, he calls himself a "loc'd out gangsta" in the song.Yeah his persona in the song is that of a gangster. He acknowledges what led him down this path, as well as how hard it is to rehabilitate someone once theyre living this life. The song absolutely does not glamorize the lifestyle. its a strong criticism of it, as well as the institutional failures that lead young people to it.
Yes, but it's in the context of he clearly thinks the lifestyle will lead to an early death.This conversation just reminded me of this.
"I'm a loc'd-out gangsta set trippin' banger, and my homies is down so don't arouse my anger, fool
Death ain't nothing but a heartbeat away, I'm living life, do or die, what can I say
I'm twenty-three now, but will I live to see twenty-four, the way things is going I don't know."
This conversation just reminded me of this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV5jJrv2kjY
Today was a good day.
I'm finding I still really enjoy heavy metal, but I've just expanded my musical palette much more broadly, so I simply listen to less metal because in exploring more genres.God posts like this just make me want to beg you to listen to more rap lmao. Saying all rap songs do this is just objectively false. There is a lot of rap that that is hyping up the artist, and there is a lot of rap that does nothing of the sort.
To add something about rap: I like some of the actual sound and production, I dislike the subject matter. Way too much misogyny and petty negativity, but maybe worst of all is that every song is about the artist and must cater to the expectation of the audience regarding that artist in superficially and sometimes toxic ways. Rap songs (and Pop has followed and become just as bad maybe worse) rarely have a universal message, which is one of the stronger points of rock and metal... even when a song is very personal it's usually less important than the more universal relatable themes.
I dunno, does that make sense? Not saying one way is objectively better than the other, it's just my preference.
God posts like this just make me want to beg you to listen to more rap lmao.