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Originally Posted by OneidaDreamer
Right on.
I'm glad this thread is evoking folks to talk about their experiences. It needed to be started. I feel very strongly about the skinz being all gangsta gangsta gangsta. I really think their posers. But that is my perception. And what is so cool about speaking in broken crappy English anyway?
That really gets on my nerves. What's cool about sounding unintelligent? Or is that in now? Sounding uneducated? Perhaps I'll start another thread concerning linguistics and our culture....
I still think sounding like you didn't pass middle school is freakin lame...  |
ABSOLUTELY!! I agree. This type of image (gangsta, ignorant etc)is really an insult to fans. It reinforces tragic stereotypes and nothing more. Hip Hop was started by intelligent, creative people who were able to break through stereotypes and articulate themselves and their culture in positive, ground breaking ways. Whether it was through urban art, dancing, writing, DJ, MC, and so on. If the originators of Hip Hop were all spending their time committing crime, locked up, and acting stupid in the street then we would not be having this discussion now because there would be no Hip Hop. As far as I am concerned the "artists" who promote the gangsta image, and worse, bash being educated and living positive, are just exploiting their own people. It does not matter to them how there message is translated by the youth that are listening because they're getting paid and gettin that cash is all that matters to them. What is happening now in main stream urban music could not be farther from it's origins, and I am old enough to remember the original scene and how positive and inspiring it all felt.