Which has fallen further since the early 90s "The Simpsons" or Rap?

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I used to love both of them back in the early to mid 90s but now I'm pretty much annoyed by what both have become. Classic "Simpsons" was simply the best written comedy ever!!! I would watch every epidsode and rewatch every old epidsode in syndication b/c there was so much humor crammed into each epidsode. The show was incredibly fresh for so long. Now, it's simply one of the most annoying shows on TV. I actually sat down to watch an epidsode from this season and didn't even chuckle once!! THIS IS THE SIMPSONS!! One of the best but now it's like a totally different series...totally jumped the shark YEARS AGO!!

Then you got rap music. The scene was something different back in the day. Of course, it reflected the struggle in the streets but it also didn't seem so proud to be ghetto for ghetto sake. It's hard to describe what I mean exactly. For example, look at Public Enemy's stuff...classic and timeless. Compare that to some of the annoying c r ap that's out there where everyone is talking about how they're ready to get drunk and fight in the club. I know there was gangsta stuff back in the day but even that was better quality back in the day. Geto Boys is a good example..."My Mind is Playing Tricks on Me" Basically, back then, the ghetto was rough and the music reflected that more than just glorify it like today.

Anyways, what's fallen further?

Hey web...thanks for the post. Yeah, I completely agree with you. All though, you don't have to go as far as Africa to see some real poverty. I have some family in Mexico and as "rough" as the barrio is, los colonias de Mexico are straight up brutal...no electricity, no water, no jobs as we know them.

Answer 1

rap has
cause back in the day it was like you said bout the stuggle on the streets and just being able to make it out of their against all odds.

todays rap is about money booty and cars, if they aint rapping about that then they gloryfing being a gangster making likes its a good thing to come from the ghetto and trying to act harder then everybody else.

Answer 2

well i would have to say rap music. i miss tupac. but i have to say in all honesty as some one who grew up in very difficult circumstances. we do not know the first thing about struggle in all honesty. i think us americans make our lives hell to a point. if i could take every perrson right now who perclaims themselves as GHETTO and stick them in a famine country like ethiopia then let them really scream hard ship.