To say that Hip Hop is not music , art , or any good is an uneducated comment. Rap is the urban Poetry of our generation
right now , and it's effect and influence is as widespread in not only Music but Pop Culture as a whole. I would go as far as saying that the impact of Hip Hop is as strong as Shakespear has been throughout Pop Culture.
How can you call something that incorporates some of the best rhyming cordination and delivery of words not a talent. It is the purest of artforms ! there are no instruments needed ( mostly because there were none available in the inner cities when the
music was being developed ) it's just a person and their Creativity with words and delivery telling stories. Combining the beats and instruments to the Poetry takes the artform to another level ......Musically. Music is all about story telling ...always has been ....always will be.
The impact can be seen in Music , Film , Fashion , and Marketing and Advertising ads targeted to the public. There is no other genre of music right now that has the entire world buying and selling everything it puts out.
In the face of all the critics Hip Hop has Exploded and taken over the music scene !
Now all the major companies are lining up for Sponsorship and the people who used to hate it are running around saying " Fo shizzle " , " Bling Bling " , and " Sup dawg"
People who have never had black friends , will never like black people , and would never let their daughters near a black guy in a hundred years are pumping 50 Cent in their "rides" on the way to the "Crib". lol
Most people don't know jack shit about the music and it's history and dislike it cause they don't relate to it in any way. So it should be no surprise that a 40 year old white man " can't understand " it and has negative things to say about it.
Country music is not my taste personally , and i can say that i can't really relate to alot of the things the music mentions. Cowboys , rodeos , farm living and pick up trucks don't do a damn thing for me ! lol i have never met a guy that dresses or talks like Garth Brooks or Tim McGraw in my entire life.
But i never let my lack of understanding of that way of life or style
of music be the judge of an Artists caliber. I respect the music and musicians involved , and can say that some have great voices and are amazing guitar players.
Afterall ......who the Fuck am i to judge anyone !
Critics are usually failed Artists and Musicians that are bitter over their lack of skills and creativity. So they feel that they can rip apart someone actually making a living from their Artform.
Why the hell should i care that Ebert and Roper gave a movie " 2 thumbs up" lol who the fuck are they ?? , and what do they know about acting ?? Some fat fucker sitting around watching movies for a living critizing Actors like he could do a better job.
Same with sports writers ripping an Athelete that is in the Top 10% of that sport as a " Bum" who has no skills and should not be playing. Coming from an out of shape paper pusher who never played a sport in his life. lol
The best thing is ......is that no matter what the people who put
the music down say about it .......Hip Hop has found a way to filter into Society and force a Ghetto 101 class on everyone. It's all over the music channels , all over the Award shows, the artists and music are in TV and Film ....Eminem is being played in " little Billy's " bedroom and the kids are dressing like Rappers on the way to school in small town butt fuck nowhere.
When you look at the evolution of the artform it truely is amazing.
For some of those people that don't like the whole package of Hip Hop ( clothes , videos , slangs) you might try listening to some of the lyrics and see it for it's Poetic contribrution. Some really amazing Poets are right in front of your eyes ! I would hate to have missed the brilliance of Lennon or Dylan cause of how i saw the package or how the " kids" acted who listened to them.
I reccomend you pick up The Rose that Grew from Concrete by Tupac Shakur. Some of the best Poetry i have read to date.
