soulja boy on his way to platinum, hes still sellin 50k + records a week...lol
i doubt hes goin anywhere, he has a strong hold on the youth!
soulja boy on his way to platinum, hes still sellin 50k + records a week...lol
i doubt hes goin anywhere, he has a strong hold on the youth!
that's the problem. i was born in the wrong decade because i hate this s.hit.Originally Posted by JITB
Originally Posted by GKtib®
your a grown ass man.. you shouldnt like it.. and you are not his audience.. unless you are still in grade school! The whole thing about soulja boy is there are too many ADULTS! criticizing him and talking ****.. its just hilarious.
you have young folks faithfully buying his CD's
while adults wont even go out and support their own favorite artists.. they would rather dl everything. these same artists sit in the radio station complaining on air about how rap sucks... ..bunch of babies get in the studio make some HITS!
I wasn't criticizing him personally, i was criticizing the whole "rap" scene these days where you can make an absolutely pointless rhyme about your left testicle, put it to a good beat, and have a ton of conformist sheep blindly accept it and talk about you like you're the best thing since sliced bread. Excuse the f.uck out of me for actually appreciating actual music.Originally Posted by JITB
Real talk, who do you like to listen toOriginally Posted by GKtib®
I am being nicely serious, so don't yell at me pwease.
I'll answer for myself. Grandmaster Flash, Afrikka Bambatta, Melle Mel, Kurtis Blow, Treacherous Three, Whodini, Busy B, Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and a slew of other hip hop artists who actually had something to say and rapped about stuff other than how many people they could gun down and how much money and jewelry they had. Much more entertaining and lyrically satisfying. Later, QD.Originally Posted by Tracy
I already know what you like, papi.Originally Posted by quickdodge®
Originally Posted by quickdodge®
theres plenty.... They rapped about material things back than also. That has always been a part of rap. Rappers get money they get flashy. For every song that you find from those rappers u listed, you can find a song that talks about the same thing... if not on the radio, on a recent cd.
its all about gettin out of your environment, making a living of your voice over a beat. and telling your story. you listen to ANY type of music its all the same.. just different ways to let it out.. It was so crazy when i realized that when i started to listen to all types of music.
Too true. Even if you didn't like what one artists had to offer, you could check out another to get a completely different perspective, sound, and point of view. Of course there were copy cat artists back in the day as well but, that is the nature of the music industry. As far as diversity goes in "rap" music today, it simply isn't there. What's even more troubling to me is, acts like Soulja Boy (and so many more "southern artists" I hear) don't even attempt to be lyrically satisfying. If you aren't going to have anything to say other than what's been said over and over again, at least attempt to do it in a way that is somewhat fitting of an MC. Apparently even that is too much to ask these days.Originally Posted by quickdodge®
Originally Posted by Tracy
anything but this shit.
I'm more of a prog. rock guy (Porcupine tree, Rush, abigail's Ghost, dream theater, etc), but I dabble in hip-hop as well. Jurassic 5, swollen members, public enemy and nwa of course, and others. I can't name a huge list because i'm not a hardcore rap guy. I can name a huge list of sh.it i hate though, and i guarantee all of it is played on 95.5 the beat.
^tr00fOriginally Posted by quickdodge®
Originally Posted by GKtib®
you aint listening, ther is plenty of good music out right now. Ill even say alot of the mainstream artists have great songs with great lyrics.. but you will never hear them from their repetitive singles being played on the radio. Everyone always says rappers dont talk about nothing, there is no good music. But there is plenty.. i just dont think you all listen.. Maybe one day expand yoru hearing, and take some time and listen to a artists you would never listen to. because i can tell that you are missing out on alot of good music..i love old school music, but i mean comon how long can u listen to old music..