Everyday of my life I go home and watch music videos (mostly hip hop). And everyday I always end up yelling at the television because the same untalented, ignorant rappers pop up. I mean if you really listen to their so called "lyrics" they really aren't saying much and all they ever talk about is girls (except they don't actually call them that), cars, money, chains, weapons, how they are so "G", and how they are all ironically from the projects. Please do not assume that just because someone made up some catchy provocative nursery rhyme that they can rap. Rap is like a creative way of getting peoples attention and speaking your mind. Its like a way of life it can mean so much more than just going to the club and saying "yeah buddy" in the beginning of every song. If people with baby momma drama stopped making songs I'm pretty sure that kids wouldn't talk about sex as much as they do. The music is what makes the listeners who they are. It grabs you and holds you and tells you how to be. YES rap music has cuss words in it there is nothing we can do about that, that is just how people talk but if the message they are sending out isn't going to get you in jail then i don't think there is anything wrong with that. For example, "Hood dreams I got all year Feeling like the new king of the throne here Got enough chains on for every (disrespectful refrence to a female). " Gucci Mane This one sentence right here could make a little boy steal a chain and start calling his mom a (disrespectful refrence to a female). This is what people rather listen to while other people work their butts off trying to write this: "Listen to your friend get another man for a minute then repeat,
Queen, you deserve the title but she rejects what I give, while she nurse the wounds by them,
Tried them, didn't work, got impossible standards, nothing I'm a do is gon' work,
Diary of a black girl...... I love that song and he calls females that he likes queens while the other guy calls them (disrespectful reference to a female)." Wale
All I am saying is rap music doesn't have to be, you know pointless, there can actually be a genuine meaning behind the song. I suggest listening to alternative rap because its amazing.
That is so true! I hate music that is offensive or just plain rude! You can't find a song these days that doesn't have cuss words or talks about things teens these days should listen to. Good post Kimana!
ReplyDeleteThoughtful post on an issue that has been firing up a lot of debate for a long time. What do you think is the root cause of this particular brand of offensive language?
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure its because people who don't know what to do in there lives come to a certain point where they are so desperate for money that they are willing to do literally anything. And it is VERY easy to write something that rhymes and make money off of it just has to appeal to men. Once you create a song that gets people in the club going your career is basically set. The standards that are set in the music industry are incredibly low these day because before you actually had to have talent. Which is why Rebecca Black was allowed to make a song.
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