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Originally Posted by gregimotis
Corporate business isn't forcing artists to make 'gansta' rap because they want to keep the black man down, they are making 'gansta' rap because people keep buying said (c)rap.
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The article states:
-The lingo and messages delivered in most mainstream rap music are not socially acceptable or appropriate.
-Said messages are the results of videos and songs that are crafted and purposely marketed to certain subcultures by a music product, produced/run by an oligopolistic rap music industry (me an mah fancy words agin).
-Industry leaders deem certain artists in rap have to sound more ghetto to be more marketable to these sectors (no mention of keeping the black man down) or risk loosing their financial backing and support.
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There's about a handfull of rap tunes that I find entertaining or even downright hillarious, but I don't try to live out the messages or imitate what I see. I've been a fan of rap music since the days of NWA but even then I had a finely tuned filter about what I was hearing; even watched The Message....remember that one, Uke?
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