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Originally Posted by gregimotis
Besides all of what TY said here's something else:
Business will sell exactly what consumers will buy (another obvious business rule)
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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That's true. And over 85% of consumers who buy rap CD's and DVD's are White. The article then goes ahead to make an excellent point that most who don't know these facts go on to categorize the misogyny and violence in hip hop as a "Black" problem instead of an issue of money. I didn't think that this article had anything to do with "keeping the Black man down". I thought it gave a clear look at what happens in the music industry when artists try to be positive and go against the machine.
If anyone walked away from this article with the "
keeping the Black man down" theme in mind, you probably began reading this article with that theme in mind before you read the first sentence. If you can take that statement that Paris made as a "cop out" or a "keeping the Black man down" implication, then something is wrong with how you digest what you read.
There are White rappers who are forced to rap about the same subjects that Black rappers have to rap about. Eminem is just as disfunctional as anyone in hip hop. Let Eminem come out with a record about staying in school and staying off drugs and then watch how much airplay it gets. This is how the industry works, and this is how it always has. It exploits one people's culture for capitol gain.
Many rappers who try to send a positive message are forced to make comprimises. They have to make an album with 15 tracks talking about street life, and then they might be able to sneak one or two songs that are positive.
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Originally Posted by Mr Arieson
People just have to ween themselves off this junk. There is plenty of good hip-hop that does not fall into this category, and hardly anyone is buying it. Despite the fact that it is of higher quality, with better musicianship.
I like the older stuff, DeLaSoul, Public enemy, Tribe called quest-those kinds of things. Well, I don't really like them that much, but I don't feel physically ill when I hear them-like I do when I hear this stuff. Any time a rapper says "Yee-eh" instead of "yeah" it makes me ill.
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I've been listening to rap since the Sugar Hill Gang. All those guys you names are late 80's early 90's.
I would much rather have a rapper saying "Yee-eh" then talk about how much much cocaine they sold or how many people they shot. If the "Yee-eh" bothers you then you just have a problem with the mannerisms of the culture, not the messages.