RIP "rap is all guns and hoes"
 

Can we finally put to rest commentary on rap that involves a comparison to "guns and hoes"?

Common phrases:
-"I don't listen to rap it's all about bitches and hoes and money."
-"Artist 'x' is so refreshing because he doesn't rap about the standard bitches and hoes like the mainstream."
-"I only listen to underground because mainstream is all money and bling."

Why ^these phrases should be buried...
-If you don't listen to rap because you think it's all about bitches and hoes and money, then you have never given rap a chance in the first place. Women and money are common themes in rap, like all genres of music. So, while these topics may appear more common, they are far from the only items covered. If you truly want to give rap a chance, take the 12 seconds to research the thousands of artists who go more in depth than that.
-Artists no longer need to be praised for deviating from bitches and hoes in their lyrical content. Is it really all that surprising to hear a new track that talks about "real" topics? As many members of this site can attest, most rap fans' music library are comprised of hundreds or even thousands of tracks that fit into this category. So it may be refreshing to hear a new track that offers some quality lyrical content, but it is not some new, groundbreaking idea to talk current events, politics, love, life, etc... so please don't act like it is.
-The concept of underground and mainstream has become very convoluted with the onset of the internet and mass music sharing. Atmosphere, once considered a cool "underground" group by their 37 billion listeners, just had an album chart at #5 on the Billboard 200. For the most part, if you've heard of someone they probably aren't underground anymore. Beyond this, if you can still categorize a "mainstream" and an "underground"... money and bling is rampant in mainstream rap, and, guess what?, also exists in the underground. By the same token, thoughtful and insightful rap exists in both the underground and mainstream, albeit less common as it is harder to sell to the masses. Chances are your underground isn't underground, and it probably is not that much more lyrically thoughtful at its core than anything else.

RIP to phrases like "it's so refreshing to listen to underground rap artist 'xyz' that doesn't talk about the usual about bitches, hoes, money, drugs, bling, chains, guns, vaginas, crack rocks, strippers, making it rain like the mainstream does".... never utter them again!

stop the proceedings sir.

While I agree with you what will newbies to the rap genre have to say then if not oh i like so and so artist because they don't rap about guns and hoes?

What will the haters of rap genres have to say if they aren't allowed to scream these stereotypes from the top of their lungs?

The haters will just have to shut up and leave well enough alone like everyone else, I can't say I enjoy Black Metal very much but I don't rant about Satanism and the apparent evil that surrounded the members of the Norwegian scene in the early nineties...

haha it's good to have guilty pleasures though, I have loads of hell rell on my zune as well.

I don't mind if rappers want to branch out into new territory... as long as it's weed. Bitches, money, and weed. All other subject matter makes for boring hip hop. Stick to what you know.

Apart from the fact there's a difference from 'hos' and 'hoes', well put.

'Hoes' is a reference to marijuana horticulture.

gtfo stop lying lol

I have never heard that before

rap is all guns and hoes




RESURRECTION.

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