Goofle

I got that as a trend throughout, but you would have to explain how that ties in with the lyric blastings posted.

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blastingas10

I'm not trying to hate or disrespect rap or hip-hop, or anyone who likes it. I just honestly don't see much value in it. There is some that I like. But I think a lot of it is the same. A lot of it is about drugs and sex and money and anything that ties in with those subjects. Not all, though. There is some rap that I can respect and appreciate. I just have trouble seeing the musical and poetic value in the majority of it.

Sparky

Wow, your extremely typical.

Your way too emotionally invested in your perception of rap artists personality. Your not judging them on their musical contributions, but a stigma you have against their lifestyle choices.

Of course a lot of rap music is about sex, drugs and money. A lot of media in general is.

What is this moronic statement trying to insinuate?

So what if kanye is a douchebag? Do you actually care? or are you so absorbed by media coverage that you can't differentiate your own opinion from the other generic talking heads.

At least Kanye is true to himself. You never have to question his authenticity. I imagine most of the artists you perceive to be "moral", or have good values are really no different then kanye, they are just more concerned with public perception.

Phantom Limb

First of all, he wasn't saying that he had something against rappers "lifestyle choices", he said he didn't like listening to rap music about sex, drugs, and money, things that rappers most exaggerate to the extreme. You think all rappers live how they rap? Two words: Rick Ross.

I for one only put up with that bullshit if it has a banging beat.

Also, the rappers themselves aren't making that great of a musical contribution, though you may believe otherwise. That would be the producer, or whoever provides the backing MUSIC. Without a producer, a rapper would only be a poet, and if you judged every rapper by their lyrical content only, there are plenty that would crumble (ASAP Rocky, Waka Flocka, Lil Wayne, Lil B, Schoolboy Q, etc.).

Definitely. But I don't get your point, does that mean you have to like it?

Most people in the media love Kanye and got over the taylor swift incident like 3 years ago. So I'd say blastingas is doing a good job of forming his own opinion. Sometimes people form opinions of bands regardless of how they sound. I'll never like Joy Division no matter how cool the "scene" was 30 years ago unlike some people . Besides, there are millions of people who dick ride yeezy, why does it matter if a few think he's a douche (which he absolutely is)?

Kanye thinks he's the best thing that ever happened to music, that's hardly being true to himself.

What exactly are you basing this on? There are very few stars who I would rate as more full of themselves than Kanye, and I can't even think of another incident like the Taylor Swift grammy moment so it seems very unlikely to me that this statement is correct.

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Sparky

It's still referencing lifestyle choices. It's pandering to an audience who idolize that particular lifestyle.


your so enlightening. I'm not going to argue rapper vs producer.
It means it's unfair to dismiss one particular medium or genre for something that is promoted in nearly all of them.

I was referencing the media hype from that particular time. It may not be news now, but it went on for far too long.



You have some divine source of information, these are truly mind blowing statements.

I like Joy Division for the music.

I'm glad Kanye is openly confrontational. I like that a major mainstream pop artist risked jeopardizing his career to honestly express his sentiments. Especially when it involved being critical of the worst U.S. president ever.

Your right. Kanye West has an ego.

I'm saying many people who share the same amount of fame as Kanye are obviously not the people they are perceived to be. Kanye chooses to be himself even though he constantly gets ridiculed for it. I don't share the same beliefs as Kanye, but i can sympathize with being way too drunk (as in the taylor swift incident) or being frustrated with the current government, even without being able to fully articulate why (the GWB incident).

Was Jim Morrison a douchebag?

blastingas10

I hate the media. What's your point? And I don't agree with their lifestyle choices, but I'm not judging them because of that. I'm judging them based on their musical contributions, which are weak, especially lyric wise.

You want to talk to me about being judgemental? You judged that statement as "moronic" without even understanding it. It was a joke. What I meant by it is that from my experience with smoking weed, and knowing many African-Americans who smoke, they very rarely use the word "doobies". They smoke blunts, and nothing but blunts. While I'm sure that he means "blunts" when he says "doobies", it' just funny because I don't hear African-Americans use that word very often, and that's why I said what I did.

Yes, I do care about the douche-bag actions he's made.



Thank you. Nicely said. Most rappers I know would be a joke if they were considered poets, especially if you weighed their "poetry" against the poetry of a true poet.

Sparky

Not Kanye, he's a very recognized producer.
Hey I know this asian guy who doesn't speak any chinese.
too much in my opinion.


Kanye is still a well established producer first, and rapper second.

Goofle

So you exclusively listen to instrumental music then? :p

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blastingas10

No. I listen to a lot of music that has lyrics and isn't about sex and money. I have no problem with drug related music, but you could at least be a little more clever than "8 doobies to the face". There's some great drug influenced writing out there that doesn't consist of, "Drops of LSD to the face" But I guess the fact that a black man is saying "doobies" instead of "blunts" is quite creative. I guess music doesn't have to be serious to be enjoyable. Different strokes for different folks. Different strokes to rule the world.

Goofle

I was just yanking your chain But I think the "f*ck that" comment at the end of the sentence is not typical.

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