To what extent do you hold Hip Hop culture responsible for the decay of today's youth?
457446
If you want to lay the blame at Hip Hop's feet you need to look further - Hip Hop would not be as popular as it is today without the MEDIA, they are the ones who exploit true hip hop culture and offer today's youth a slanted version of rap music.\n\nThey always talk about eminem and 50 cent and the latest rapper who got shot etc but neglect to inform people of the rappers out there who make positive contributions to society - its these rappers who should be on MTV etc but the media would rather have people believe hip hop is all about grills, bling and misogyny.\n\nIts a hijacked version of hip hop culture that has caused this decay.
705150
Well, all of the artists that would be considered "underground" to the rest of the world (Little Brother, Nicolay, J Dilla, Madlib, MF Doom, Fat Jon, etc.) are pretty mainstream in our house and among our friends.  But nowadays to most people, "underground" is just anybody who doesn't have their songs playing 2 million times a day, every day for months on popular radio stations.  I guess variety in hip hop has become an old-fashioned novelty on mainstream radio.\n\nAs for my definition of hip hop (since I assume you're talking about just the music as opposed to the actual culture), real hip hop stays closer to the roots of hip hop music (i.e. - speaking on social and/or political issues, storytelling, bragging about one's lyrical skills while roasting another MC, etc.).  And the producers know that there's a world beyond old-school, sped-up soul records when it comes to sampling (i.e. - jazz, rock, folk music, classical, etc.).\n\nJust one girl's opinion.  :)
931423
There are generally two views that are accepted:\n1. Hip-hop is the culture which rap is merely a part of.  In that sense, the hip-hop culture consists of rap, break dancing, etc.\n2. Some refer to rap as the deragatory, idiotic music that tends to go mainstream (like practically anything by Lil Jon, Lil Wayne, Ludacris, etc) and hip-hop as the less popular/less mainstream music that focuses on political issues, love (actual love, not hoes, prostitutes and what-have-you), etc.\nOh and examples of good artists  (IMO) are:\nThe Roots\nTalib Kweli\nMos Def\nBeatnuts\n\nAnd here's an exerpt from one of my favorite songs, just to reinforce that while mainstream rap music is oversaturated with derogatory, disgusting, dumb songs, that there are quite a few rappers that have songs that focus on respectable topics:\n"Keepin' your head above water, hustlin' to survive\nSome people chasin' a dream, others just chasin' a high\nSome people blind leading the blind, they chasin' a lie\nSome people chokin', backs broken, barely makin' it by\nBut still they workin' all they live, they pushin' for the light\nGivin' everything they got to stitch them swishes on ya Nike's\nPuttin' pockets on our jeans, mining diamonds for them rings\nRewarded with small change and bullets in the brains\nAnd it makes me feel strange everything we take for granted"\nFrom "Why (What's Going On)?" by The Roots\nI hope that clears things up.
17662
music doesnt have any influence on teens.what has influency on teens is the people who grow then up or missgrow then up by imposing then thing which theylike and by not teaching then that their accions have conecuencies. u may listen to music that says bad things but it is u who choses to do good or bad things so blaiming bad aptituds in music is just not taking ur responsabilitites seriously .
472335
I believe that todays commercial rap will be compared to the hair-bands of the 80's in the eyes of history. Flashy clothes and lyrics that just tell about all the partying and the women they have around them.\n\nRap and Hip/Hop will never die, there will be a new-wave that will take over much like the grunge movement of the 90's in rock. Wait and see.
646074
99 % of (c)Rap is trash! Rap is CRAP! lyrically and musically.
1143188
well, apparently you don't start the trend of proper english, you only ruin the culture with the horrible 'music' you call rap and with your slang.  We should also include you but I highly doubt you do anything except reap the benefits of your ancestors.
1149818
I totally agree with you.\n\nAll I can say is it's rap dude. It's the social degredation of young people and it's actually celebrated.\nNot only does rap speak badly towards young women, it speaks badly to all young people. It teaches them that it's okay to be lawless, direspect your parents and teachers, and even consider shooting others.\nPopular music of the day, no matter what year your talking about, has the magical power to control young people's mindset and even the way they dress. \nIn my day, it was heavy metal, and alot of kids got into partying and sex because it made it look so glamorous. I know of alot of people today that are dead because they just couldn't "let go" of that lifestyle.
753437
Retro culture is simply people who live in the past.  Like how Grandma and Grandpa complain about "How much easier was life in the old days"
626712
Hip Hop is an evolving culture. It changes with each generation! Since Hip Hop is more of a movement, it has no boundaries. After Lupe Fiasco came out with Kick,Push- he opened the door for skateboarding/rap. He made it cool and aceptable for black skateboarders. So people are going to roll with popular new concepts. Look at The Neptunes; they have a skateboarder image. I'd say it started with them. Hip Hop is about self expression. A melting pot of individual skills, knowledge, personalities, sports, styles, fashion, & art incorporated in music & life!\n\nBut I feel you. Just like the videos with all the bling bling, grillz, half naked women, & rims & etc... People can run things into the ground!
864016
I like a little of everything.Some new stuff is just to much about hip hop and rap but the younger generation likes it and so that is fine with me.Doesn't mean I'm going to like listening to everything that comes out or want to listen to it.But I like such a wide range of music that there is room for new and old.
875884
what the fuck are you talking about. here are some points i'd like to outline:\n\n1. punk is a counter-culture\n2. hip-hop is a counter-culture\n3. they hate each other, thinking the other weak and lacking credibility\n4. punk, or punk rock is the music of the punk culture\n5. rap is the music of hip-hop culture\n6. people who are not actively involved in that culture can still make the music \n7. thats ok\n8. but only as long as they don't misrepresent the culture\n9. because of posers, people think punks are whiny little emos who listen to hermaphordite freaks.\n10. also because of posers, people think that those from the hip-hop culture are violent, womazing, egotistical blacks.\n11. niether is true.\n\ni believe you are referring to those outlined in #10 personally, i listen to punk rock music and i live the lifestyle. i try not to bow to authority. i dislike rap as music, but it means as much to some black dude as punk rock does to me, so i don't talk bad about it. i do talk bad about posers who get on the radio and talk about how much they like sex, both in poser-rap and in poser-punk. thank you. best answer please.
453239
Rap does not exist anymore. Only commercial hip hop and they all suck these days. Not like the good ol' days with Dre, Tupac, and you know the rest. All we have these days are horrible artists like D4L, Crime Mob, and sell outs like Eminem and 50 Cent.
965310
"if hip-hop should die before i wake, i'll put an extended clip inside of my AK/ \nRoll to every station murder the DJ, Roll to every station murder the DJ." \n-Nas "Hip Hop is Dead" \n\nhttp://www.nobodysmiling.com/hiphop/promotional_audio/86873.php               Go here\n\n\nYou awnswerd my question and thanks again
29990
Hip-hop/rap is uncreative, unimaginative crap.\n\nMoney this, cars that, ho's this, bling that and on and on and on.
81701
The majority of the mainstream hip hop has a bad impact on teens. It glorifies guns, drugs, sex, violence in general, it's degrading to women and you can go more than 30 seconds in between curse words. Teens listening to it think that that's the best life out there and their favorite star lives like that, why can't they? They don't understand there's a lot of artistic license involved in the songs and not everything is true. I think it makes them look for the easy way out in life instead of becoming hard working & more productive. Who doesn't want the big cars & houses but how many people actually get them?
178677
I never was a fan for hip hop, but I think the big difference between the songs today and a decade before is that rappers used to make music out of the language and used many more rhymes.