Like some of it and a lot is crap and dumb as - but his 2 female backing vocalists had seniority on their side and were featured in his act so he has a complex and violent sort of jealousy towards women .. very very strange psyche - warn ya daughters oh and your sons !
These videos show rap before it was co-opted by the White dominated mainstream media machine and was actually an expression of socio-political commentary. Even though these were really popular with Black America - that wasn't enough. It wasn't until performers pushing the racist and misogynist narrative of ganster rap - that rap started being fully embraced by white America. And even now the most popular woman rappers like Cardi B, Nicki Minaj, and Doja Cat - sell an oversexualized parody of Black womanhood. This is what brings in the money. Selling socio-political commentary is "supposedly" not popular enough. Grand Master Flash & Public Enemy came too early for the BLM marches, but certainly a source of inspiration in the wayback machine of culture.
I don’t listen to rap and hip hop although at times I’ve wondered whether there are some safer artists to explore. I have respect for rap as an art form, esp those folks who can rap well off the top of their heads; they REALLY impress me! And some hip hop songs seem kinda cool but I’ve just never gotten into much of either as I don’t like content that hates me - smack mah bitch up, hate on all the white people, kill all the cops - yeah, how’s that defund the police thing working out??? - but I’d be willing to explore both genres if folks could point me toward artists who don’t have to hate to be popular. I will check out those two videos you sent, thanks for sending them my way!
Like some of it and a lot is crap and dumb as - but his 2 female backing vocalists had seniority on their side and were featured in his act so he has a complex and violent sort of jealousy towards women .. very very strange psyche - warn ya daughters oh and your sons !
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....maybe he's TRANS!!!!!!! LOL
that was in a story recently - he is certainly repressed
I stopped loving rap when it shifted from the revolutionary lyrics of - Public Enemy's Fight the Power : https://youtu.be/Kj9SeMZE_Yw?si=WDbsR1MrmDHcfwcX
And Grandmaster Flash's - The Message - https://youtu.be/PobrSpMwKk4?si=pQEfyDmjqiEeaCVt .
These videos show rap before it was co-opted by the White dominated mainstream media machine and was actually an expression of socio-political commentary. Even though these were really popular with Black America - that wasn't enough. It wasn't until performers pushing the racist and misogynist narrative of ganster rap - that rap started being fully embraced by white America. And even now the most popular woman rappers like Cardi B, Nicki Minaj, and Doja Cat - sell an oversexualized parody of Black womanhood. This is what brings in the money. Selling socio-political commentary is "supposedly" not popular enough. Grand Master Flash & Public Enemy came too early for the BLM marches, but certainly a source of inspiration in the wayback machine of culture.
I don’t listen to rap and hip hop although at times I’ve wondered whether there are some safer artists to explore. I have respect for rap as an art form, esp those folks who can rap well off the top of their heads; they REALLY impress me! And some hip hop songs seem kinda cool but I’ve just never gotten into much of either as I don’t like content that hates me - smack mah bitch up, hate on all the white people, kill all the cops - yeah, how’s that defund the police thing working out??? - but I’d be willing to explore both genres if folks could point me toward artists who don’t have to hate to be popular. I will check out those two videos you sent, thanks for sending them my way!