What's up with hip-hop?

Question

it's just a man screaming about how much hoes he can collect in a week, and the weed he smokes and stuff. all I see in the music videos is booty shaking women. what do you guys/girls think?

Thanks for your answers!
about 50% of you all disagreed!

Survey # 12

Answer 1

Once again, here's an encore of my answer to a similar question...

From what I've seen, a lot people have complained that rap is "all about drugs, money and bling" and that it's filled with profanity and it degrades women. And from what I've seen and heard in the mainstream media, that's unfortunately true. But what most of the people that complain about rap's many vices don't realize is that they're only seeing one dimension of rap. The mainstream media has been oversaturated by cookie-cutter rappers because right now, they're the ones bringing their record companies the most money. Some, like me, might be old enough to remember this and some might not be, but back in the late 80's and early to mid 90's there was a lot of variety and substance to rap. THAT is what's sorely lacking in mainstream rap right now - variety and substance. In the mainstream, there's nothing to choose from anymore, kinda like going to McDonald's and seeing nothing but fries on the overhead menu.

Fortunately for those of us who haven't given up on hip hop, there's still variety and substance out there if you know where to look. There's always one source of good, quality rap music: the underground circuit. For instance...

stonesthrow.com
definitivejux.net
rhymesayers.com

And if you're into beats/instrumentals more than the MC, then check out some stuff from Jay Dee, aka - J Dilla (R.I.P.), 9th Wonder, Nicolay and Fat Jon (aka - Fat Jon The Ample Soul Physician) to name a few.

Try it. You might like it. ^_^

Answer 2

It's a matter of different taste (that goes along with culture and race). I personally don't enjoy hip-hop or rap music but many don't enjoy the music I like. The people who like hip-hop and dislike rock could say "what's up with rock? it's just a bunch of grown men screaming about how their daddies never taught them anything." Different people in different cultures and races have different tastes. The hip-hop music genre has an obvious target audience and it applies to their lifestyle and way of thinking (which would explain the content in the music videos).

Answer 3

What's up with Rock?? It the same thing too... In hip hop their is so many different kinds if lyrics and beats same as Rock or another kind of music.. not all is about weed and money...some talk about today life like NAS, good beats, their so many different types of hip hop i would learn about it before you say it's all the same when it's not...

Answer 4

All genres of music seem to be getting shallower and shallower and all come out of a corporate mold. You gotta search extra hard to find socially relevant musicians. As far as rap goes, try Mos Def, Common, or Talib Kweli.

Answer 5

i love hip-hop, not all hip-hop is about hoes,weed, and whateva else you talkin' bout, you must don't really listen to it. Somebody always trying to talk bad about black folks music.

Answer 6

Yeah, some rap is like that, but some rock is bad like that too. But you see, not all of rap is bad and not all of rock is bad either. It all depends on everybodys opinions.

Answer 7

YOU KNOW, I USED TO LOVE HIP HOP IN THE 90'S, WITH DR DRE, NAUGHTY BY NATURE, PETE ROCK AND CL SMOOTH, WU TANG AND SUCH, BUT NOW IT SEEMS TO BE JUST INSULTING ITSELF. ITS LIKE A PARODY OF ITSELF. VERY FEW HAVE ANY TALENT (NAS, 50, EMINEM, PAUL WALL) AND IT DISGUSTS ME WHEN I SEE TALENTLESS ONE HIT WONDERS ON CRIBS IN THEIR, UM, CRIBS!!

Answer 8

umm...no not all rap/hip-hop is like that...but i liike it they acaully do talk about real stuff if u listin 2 the words

unlike heavy meatl or w/e ur can acually understand wut they say all those people do is scream into the mic.

=)

Answer 9

well yah. i mean wut else can they put in their music videos?