Current Events > reminder: your dislike for rap is likely a result of your parents' racism

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you probably grew up hearing bad stuff about black people constantly and being told to turn that noise down because its not real music

i'm sorry for you
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Nah I love rap, I'm mixed, and my father is racist as fuck despite me and my mom having afro roots

someone probably told you black people get into college for free so you have to work 10x harder

Reis posted...

Nah I love rap, I'm mixed, and my father is racist as fuck despite me and my mom having afro roots

i can see why, on paper, having a racist dad and mixed mom would lead to loving hip hop
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My dad is the most racist person I know.

Still love rap.
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This might be the most cut and dry example of trolling I've ever seen on here. Did you even try, TC?
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I never liked rap growing up, and I never listened to it. The only time I did, and what consequently introduced me to my taste in the genre later on, was the soundtrack to Thrasher: Skate and Destroy.
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Patchwork posted...

My dad is the most racist person I know.

Still love rap.

I mean, is he actually?
Does he say blatantly bad things about black people?
Did he make a concerted effort when you were a kid to keep you from listening to hip hop and hip-hop related things
Did you grow up around a significant black population
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pieisthebest posted...

This might be the most cut and dry example of trolling I've ever seen on here. Did you even try, TC?

are you gonna confirm or deny that you are one of these people
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This is a sad, sad topic.
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YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...

Does he say blatantly bad things about black people?
Did he make a concerted effort when you were a kid to keep you from listening to hip hop and hip-hop related things
Did you grow up around a significant black population

Fuck Yeah! He also has some weird denial about me and my mother being part black when it's literally visible and confirmed by my grandfather's African roots

He also reads breitbart and stormfront shit all day lmao

Parent's*

Only my dad was racist
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did your friends and family make fun of you for listening to "black people music"
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parents arent racist

i like rap

tc is right
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It seems like the key to becoming a successful rapper is to stop maturing at 15. A lot of the songs have lyrics that read like a teen writing in his notebook during detention or study hall.

It's so ridiculous that you can barely even parody it. Similar to pretending to be an extremist, people can't tell.

Listen to the shit. A song that says pussy, money, weed over and over. That hilariously stupid Smell Your Dick song. I wouldn't be surprised to hear any of the joke songs from The Boondocks on the air.

STOMP EM IN THE NUTS!

This topic is penis.
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TheGrindery posted...

It seems like the key to becoming a successful rapper is to stop maturing at 15. A lot of the songs have lyrics that read like a teen writing in his notebook during detention or study hall.

It's so ridiculous that you can barely even parody it. Similar to pretending to be an extremist, people can't tell.

Listen to the shit. A song that says pussy, money, weed over and over. That hilariously stupid Smell Your Dick song. I wouldn't be surprised to hear any of the joke songs from The Boondocks on the air.

STOMP EM IN THE NUTS!

this is a pretty good example of someone who has a prejudiced view of black people and hip hop in general
literally references gutter-level hip hop and joke songs to talk about it
kek

it just means he was kept from it at an early age and wasn't allowed to foster an interest in it
guess who controls these things at an early age
your parents
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Rap rots the brain.
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YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...

TheGrindery posted...

It seems like the key to becoming a successful rapper is to stop maturing at 15. A lot of the songs have lyrics that read like a teen writing in his notebook during detention or study hall.

It's so ridiculous that you can barely even parody it. Similar to pretending to be an extremist, people can't tell.

Listen to the shit. A song that says pussy, money, weed over and over. That hilariously stupid Smell Your Dick song. I wouldn't be surprised to hear any of the joke songs from The Boondocks on the air.

STOMP EM IN THE NUTS!

this is a pretty good example of someone who has a prejudiced view of black people and hip hop in general
literally references gutter-level hip hop and joke songs to talk about it
kek

it just means he was kept from it at an early age and wasn't allowed to foster an interest in it
guess who controls these things at an early age
your parents

hes literally tsundere for rap
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another thing to note here is how a lot of these people badmouthing hip-hop and rap are so content talking about it as though it's a one-note genre

whereas metal and rock to them are these robust, versatile, intellectual genres that push the boundaries of music

do you see the difference here

it's almost like they inherently believe some people are just incapable of more complex thought or something

my brother go read the lyrics to a mos def album come back and tell me he stopped maturing at 15 lmfao
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YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...

another thing to note here is how a lot of these people badmouthing hip-hop and rap are so content talking about it as though it's a one-note genre

whereas metal and rock to them are these robust, versatile, intellectual genres that push the boundaries of music

do you see the difference here

it's almost like they inherently believe some people are just incapable of more complex thought or something

Why is this a shock lmao these same people will generalize minority groups as if they're inherently the same

Conscious hip hop from Black Star is like the best thing ever

YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...

whereas metal and rock to them are these robust, versatile, intellectual genres that push the boundaries of music

do you see the difference here

I might have thought that when I was younger, but it's dumb to think that any one genre is inherently more culturally rich or intelligent. Save for Classical music. Bach, Beethoven, Mozart...all of that stuff I would legitimately consider on a level beyond modern music.
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YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...

TheGrindery posted...

It seems like the key to becoming a successful rapper is to stop maturing at 15. A lot of the songs have lyrics that read like a teen writing in his notebook during detention or study hall.

It's so ridiculous that you can barely even parody it. Similar to pretending to be an extremist, people can't tell.

Listen to the shit. A song that says pussy, money, weed over and over. That hilariously stupid Smell Your Dick song. I wouldn't be surprised to hear any of the joke songs from The Boondocks on the air.

STOMP EM IN THE NUTS!

this is a pretty good example of someone who has a prejudiced view of black people and hip hop in general
literally references gutter-level hip hop and joke songs to talk about it
kek

it just means he was kept from it at an early age and wasn't allowed to foster an interest in it
guess who controls these things at an early age
your parents

I love Motown, funk, original rock and roll, soul and old school R&B like The Whispers. I'm of the opinion that black people made awesome music before rap and hip hop fucked it up.

What now?

TheGrindery posted...

I love Motown, funk, original rock and roll, soul and old school R&B like The Whispers. I'm of the opinion that black people made awesome music before rap and hip hop fucked it up.

What now?

Then you should expand your limited scope of what hip hop is because there are many uplifting hip hop albums that sample your mentioned genres

TheGrindery posted...

I'm of the opinion that black people made awesome music before rap and hip hop f***ed it up.

What now?

tbh i think you're a nerd and in the minority
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Reis posted...

TheGrindery posted...

I love Motown, funk, original rock and roll, soul and old school R&B like The Whispers. I'm of the opinion that black people made awesome music before rap and hip hop fucked it up.

What now?

Then you should expand your limited scope of what hip hop is because there are many uplifting hip hop albums that sample your mentioned genres

no no no no hip hop is just all pussy and drugs dude didn't you hear him
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Reis posted...

TheGrindery posted...

I love Motown, funk, original rock and roll, soul and old school R&B like The Whispers. I'm of the opinion that black people made awesome music before rap and hip hop fucked it up.

What now?

Then you should expand your limited scope of what hip hop is because there are many uplifting hip hop albums that sample your mentioned genres

I've heard plenty. It just isn't for me. I sometimes willfully hang around while people listen to shit I can't stand. It's a way to increase my tolerance for annoyance, which was necessary to do before the baby was born. Worked too.

TheGrindery posted...

I've heard plenty.

TheGrindery posted...

Listen to the s***. A song that says p****, money, weed over and over. That hilariously stupid Smell Your Dick song. I wouldn't be surprised to hear any of the joke songs from The Boondocks on the air.

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I've given it honest tries before. I can only kind of get into it. I listen to a lot of blackbear nowadays but that's mostly because I think he makes good beats and the vocal guest for each song is usually pretty good.
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Also, rap lyrics are somewhat tame. Much of the imagery in genres like death metal is far more abhorrent.
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I am literally the only person in my nuclear family who listens to any rap whatsoever
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Are non-fans of rap supposed to just know about all the more unique rappers or albums

Why are you telling us we should judge rap by the more rare exceptions rather than what makes up most of the genre?
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I implore anyone who says shit like "It's not for me" or "I can't stand it" to listen to Black Star tbh. If you can't find that there's good messages within great lyrics in it then idk what to tell you tbh. Here's a sample

@TheGrindery
@MutantJohn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHYZfAyxX9k

I liked rap when I was a kid. After I reached early adulthood I didnt really find it appealing anymore. There are occasional rap songs that are decent, but as a genre its generally pretty childish context.
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i really like how nobody talks about their parents in their posts

:^)
literally everyone in this topic who pointed out they like hip hop talked about their parents
nobody who said they don't like it said anything about their parents

i wonder why
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i like some rap but not new rap
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most rap I've heard just sounds like normal dudes

like at least with singers I can tell who has talent and who doesn't even though I don't know fuck all about singing. But I can't do that with rap unless it's like blatantly awful.
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WizardPowers posted...

But I can't do that with rap unless it's like blatantly awful.

i do agree sometimes you really have to read the lyrics and listen to songs again and again to get it sometimes

at first i couldn't but then i heard this song by Ab-Soul and Kendrick Lamar something just clicked for me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP9V83QsmbE

ab-soul has pretty cheesy rhymes but he does it real smartly
and then listen to kendrick's verse
his mastery of cadence is what makes him stand out - and he retains lyrical quality through it all
how many people are actually able to write this way, measuring rhythm and words perfectly to create music without singing

you have to keep in mind so many things
a guitarist has his little whammies and twangs he can do to make his music unique right
a rapper can do the same with his words, stretching words to create rhyme and rhythm, catchphrases, internal rhyme schemes
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Reis posted...

I implore anyone who says shit like "It's not for me" or "I can't stand it" to listen to Black Star tbh. If you can't find that there's good messages within great lyrics in it then idk what to tell you tbh. Here's a sample

@TheGrindery
@MutantJohn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHYZfAyxX9k

Bro, you misunderstand. I know rap. I know good rap too. It just isn't for me, man. Like, I bet your ass don't like no Infant Annihilator.
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No but if you link me some shit I'll be more than happy to listen to it. I love music as a whole so idgaf what genre it is

MutantJohn posted...

Like, I bet your ass don't like no Infant Annihilator.

No joke, I just listened to the title track from their first album right after listening to Rich Gang.

It's very possible to like both.
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WizardPowers posted...

most rap I've heard just sounds like normal dudes

like at least with singers I can tell who has talent and who doesn't even though I don't know fuck all about singing. But I can't do that with rap unless it's like blatantly awful.

A lot of bands, if not most, play their own music as well. I guess with current rappers, you could say that they know how to work the auto-tune. How can you be a legitimate music artist if you cant sing and you dont how to play any instruments?

I do like Busta Rhymes, though. He has a distinct sound and energy, a passion, to the way he performs a rap, which I dont see anyone else being on par with. There are some really good writers in rap, too.
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YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...

i really like how nobody talks about their parents in their posts

:^)
literally everyone in this topic who pointed out they like hip hop talked about their parents
nobody who said they don't like it said anything about their parents

i wonder why

Religion is mostly around because of parents introducing their kids to it too.