Do you think "HIP HOP" is stupid and is popular culture for people who are lude crude and infantile?
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No. It is an art, a form of entertainment, and a commodity. Thus, it is impossible to generalize it as crude or infantile. Would you say that film is a stupid medium for violent, ignorant, and crude people because a studio made something like Lethal Weapon, Saw, or American Pie? The medium is neutral and can express anything.\n\nAs far as culture, Hip-hop is also a reflection of the environment it was created in. If money, violence, drugs, and partying is part of everyday life, then the music and lifestyle will be a reflection of that. \n\nAll forms of musical/cultural expression are valid and can be appreciated by someone...unless of course the culture/music is co-opted to make a quick buck by people outside of the CULTURE perpetuating a lifestyle of "crude and infantile" lifestyles by presenting it to the masses as normal. Then, of course it is shallow by design.
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I'M WITH YOU!!!!! Boycott MTV!!! The producers or whoever makes the lists, probably put more hip hop and rap in because that's the genre that they personally like. I'm not sure if it's true, but it's all that I've got (ha The Used!). Rock, punk, metal, alternative... love it all. I hate rap and hip hop and that crap. All it talks about is sex.
717324
The rap and hip-hop music is apart of their culture. Those things such as *pimping/huslting have really happened to these people. They have  SEEN the violence and HEARD the PROFANITY. If rockers can say what is on their mind in their music than so can BLACK PEOPLE. And we have the right of freedom of speech. YOU CANT destroy black culture. AND BLACK PEOLE arent the only rappers. PAUL WALL>>>>EMINEM. They are rappers becuz they have seen the 1)sex, 2)drugs, 3)violence, 5)Profanity[too much] 4)Hustling/pimping, 5)Acting "tough" and all that crap. THEY KNOW THE REAL WORLD. PEople singing about stuff that isnt real is why people chose hip-hop and rap music!
1185488
Its so shit... but funny as hell at the same time... These stupid kids have it all and yet they bitch at their stupid parents for getting what they want exactly... Well go home nigga.
628873
I think the music that someone listens to not only reflects who they are, it influences who they will be in the future.  I love music that is positive and happy and motivating.  I hate music that only talks about how much money they have, or all the bitches they have, or killing people or doing drugs.  Basically rap music sucks.  But I like and dislike the music I do because that's what kind of person I am a positive, happy, motivated person that doesn't care how much money someone else has or what girls or any of that crap.  I am going to go somewhere in life, and make a ton of money, but I'm not going to sing about it and waste it on rims and platinum chains and diamonds in my teeth.  That shit is ridiculous.  And people who base their life around that rap music crap are most likely going to end up in jail or a grave.\n\nNote:  Rap music and Hip Hop are not the same thing.  I love some Hip Hop, just not crappy gangsta rap.
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Try look up Eminem and 50 Cent lyrics.\n\nWhat Habin8or said was completely unacceptable! I do know everyone is entitled to their own opinions but recently I have been seeing a lot of people being unfair to the rap and hip-hop genre. People are going around talking like the music is pure shit and it's not! Rap and hip-hop is just another expression of feelings and actions through music.
1185430
rap is really degrading and sux
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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.
1100538
that is retarded.  Sorry im not trying to offend you i don't even like rap, but that is just stupid.  Can you please explain why you think this???
328801
Nice spelling..... \nI've found that most people who don't like country music have never really listened to it..... so give it a try and then make your judgement, okay?  It applies to more peoples lives than rap does.... unless you're spending your day smackin' ho's, smokin' pot, and just being a general loser......
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The thing is that black people started the hip hop/urban culture you are talking about, so that's why people say they act black.  The term I hear a lot is "wigger", that term has been around for years and years.  I know it sounds offensive to some, I am just stating the term and I don't mean anything derogatory by it.
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I personally hate rap music. It's awful and it gets worse every time I hear it.
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People that can sing--sing. (Paul McCartney, Celine Dion, Frank Sinatra etc...etc...etc...)\n\nPeople that can play an instrument--play an instrument. (Carlos Santana, George Gershwin, Alicia Keys etc...etc...etc...)\n\nPeople that cannot do either--rap.\n\nI hate rap and I think it has played perhaps the biggest part in the decline of good manners, elevated language, the demeaning of women, and the glorification of a lawless society than any other contributing factor in the past thirty years.  I have taught high school aged students for twenty years and I have seen a general decline in the quality of language used around campus and I attribute this primarily to students constantly listening to foul-mouthed rappers who use the F--- word as if it were acceptable.  Motherf-----, GD, SOB, AH, and every other illiterate, base, form of barbaric communication one can imagine.  Rap has absolutely NOTHING redeeming about it.  It engenders hatred, violence, selfishness, materialism, sexism, stereotypes, lawlessness, and apathy towards that is good and wholesome in the world.  When I'm flipping channels and I accidentally hit MTV or MTV2 at the time when a rap or hip hop video is on it I can actually feel myself getting more and more stupid if chance to watch it.
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99 % of (c)Rap is trash! Rap is CRAP! lyrically and musically.
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Interesting topic. It's just a part the African American culture over exploited if I might say. I don't even have to listen to it to hear it or see it. I can walk outside and look at how some of these females dress, talk and act. I really don't need to listen to the radio or watch a video to have it shovelled into my head. I hear guys call each n***a every day all day. What amazes me about the word n***a is how they use it so freely, but get offended when a White person says it. It still holds the same meaning as it did back then. Then you have these females who under dress themselves to get attention or because they think it's cute and get offended when a guy calls them a b***h or a hoe. It's doesn't work that way. Way degrade yourself and get mad when you're called out on it? Why is ok for me to be called n***a or call you n***a but if "the man" says it, he's being racist? \n  Gangsta rap is just basically like telling a story. It's all about what's happening in the urban, ghetto community. But people get thrown back by it because they don't know about the struggles or lifestyles in these areas. What they get out of it is what is portrayed in music, videos and other media. If I was ignorant to what was going on in the world, it would seem meaningless to me too. \n  I do have to admit, being Black myself, gangsta rap can be a bit harsh, but that's the reality of the world we live in today. I grew up in the ghetto and I've only witnessed a few harsh things in that lifetime. I'm just glad to say that even though I was raised in the projects, I didn't let the environment dictate that as my way of life.
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Which people are you referring to? I only know like 4 people who really like rap. It annoys the rest of us.
532448
it annoys most people, and we laugh at the rappers life.I always think "that stuff remindes me of grade school" no music to it and no skill. cat rymes with hat whoa!