Jay-Z is worth two hundred sweatshop unions.
Silence, I agree with you most of the way, but I'm tired of hearing that stuff on the radio isn't real hip hop, real hip hop is little brother, or...
Hey Cottontop, how's the condescension up there?
I don't know if Bush is racist in a KKK sort of way, but do you think the situation would have been allowed to get that way in the Hamptons or Vale?
Listening to scraps of hip hop here and there doesn't mean that you know about it. The typical "it's all guns and hoes" line you dropped shows your...
Uh, yeah, so what's your point? If he wants to make money, he has to play by the rules. Otherwise he stays in the ghetto. He actually had it both...
Nice.
Cool and Arqy, get a life.
Did you guys even read that jay-z verse? You seem to literally have no comprehension of it. Read it slow, and think about it. "Yes I did. He...
This is where I stop reading this thread.
Snobbery.
You guys are missing the point. The reason why Kanye's sales are significant is that his lyrics cannot be considered "ignorant" by anyone's...
Ok Arqy, it's been a while, so I'm going to repost my paraphrase before I answer. 1. You seem to start by saying that music contains messages, and...
I hope I'm not being offensive, but this is a parody, right?
Um, for the most part you're comparing the high art of one time period with the low art of another.
Holy shit where can I get that?
"Freestyling" is rapping off the top of your head, without rehearsal. But true freestyling is rare, most rappers memorize a few choice lines at...
The complexity is there, Gerry, you just have to look for it. I mean, if you want to talk theory... the polyrhythms between the rapper's voice and...
I'm going to have to disagree with you there. Rapping is not easy. It may sound like it to the uninitiated, but once you listen to enough hip hop to...
Exactly. We're all throwing around a few example to stand in for a massive genre of music. There can't be any sort of meaningful discussion under a...
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