i know, those white punks should stick to their suburban power(emo)pop songs.
how dare they purchase a joe budden or krs one album.
their parents must have taught them nothing better, no crossing genres.
african americans listening to jewel cds.
latinos listening to prince records.
asians listening to johnny cash.
the world has gone mad.
lets stop exploring outside a genre, we all know that people are too dumb to comprehend that just because a song speaks of something different than what you know, that you are not allowed to listen or like it.
sure a lot of kids nowadays attach themselves to an identity. it's part of growing up and finding out who you are. i think it's terrible to limit yourself. find out what you enjoy in life and apply it to making your existence worth living.
reinvent and keep reinventing yourself, don't settle for what people think you should be.
i'm not saying go be thugs, or cowboys, or catholics, but you should have the free will to try things in life without being worried about people being judgmental.
we all know that we're all dumb and can't comprehend right from wrong, and when we hear a gangster RAP artist talking about killing someone or selling weed, we'll go out and do the same thing without giving it a second thought.
sure some kids are influenced by negative images. the world paints it cool.
i think you have more to worry about than gangster rap when paris hilton is a pop icon for kids.
i'm sure you went through your phases, or maybe still are.
the nerd in his bedroom listening to Kool G Rap because he likes it, and doesn't care what anyone else thinks about him doing that. i'm proud of that person.
i listen to rap/hiphop.
and i've had yet to shoot or kill anyone,
i can tell what entertainment is.
sorry this is so off-topic and probably beginning to make no sense,
but it just seems ignorant to judge someone in that manner.
can we not read of the low-life menial jobs and all the women bukowski slept with,
just because we did not experience that kind of lifestyle?
should we stick to more high-brow topics,
just because daddy and mommy had a nice job and nobody got beat in the house.
sure, negative images and words can impact youths,
but i really got a good education from rap in some form,
being that whenever krs one said go check out this book... i'd go down to the book store and read up. kool g rap spoke about how living in poverty is suffering - with the bad conditions people have to withstand from drug addictions, not having medical, min wage jobs, high crime rates.
and yes, i know this all happens in other areas too. the point i am trying to make is that it's not all about the negative. there's a story being told if you listen. there is a lot of positive involved in RAP music, but it seems most are quick to be judgemental.
if it's not your cup of tea, that's fine.
i don't play techno music in my boombox.
but i do enjoy a little bit of everything,
and just because johnny cash says he shot a man in reno,
doesn't mean i'm go buy a gun and do like him to be cool like cash.
i know it's just a story.
educate people about music instead of listening to the stereotypes,
it's a better way to reach them...
and i love you like my hair brush.
ghostface killah - all that i got is you. (dedicated to mull.)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=uWocnSxWfb0
brother ali - uncle sam goddamn
http://youtube.com/watch?v=OO18F4aKGzQ&feature=user
