Hip-hop

[Elspode]

Originally Posted by sycamore

Ep, if attitude weren't sold, we would have never had punk music...or rock n' roll for that matter.

I was not a big fan of any rock songs which extolled the virtues of killing, either.

I don't know about you, but I'm glad we have both. I'm not saying it's good to sell it all the time, but sometimes, it's a damned good thing. And it seems like you're painting the entire genre with the same brush (as are other folks in this thread). Would you expect all of the rock genre to unite in cooperation? And would you really want all those artists to do so?

I thought I distinguished between what I thought was good rap/hip hop and what wasn't. Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't gangsta rap outsell the more easy going stuff by about a million to one?

I am in no way suggesting that there should be a ban or other restriction on the offensive stuff. I'm just saying that it sucks, and it would be good for those with the ability to do so to put their talents to more uplifting uses once in awhile. I don't see most rap purveyors and commenting on a social condition or satirizing a laughable segment of society. I see them as promoting the very sociological outrages that they "sing" about. The comparison to Punk is apt on one hand, and sort of misdirected on the other. While I see people doing stupid gangsta stuff everyday, the Anarchy movement never really got going...