No, I just think that rap&hip-hop is more than music. It's culture. People listening to contemporary rap music fail to see that. It's not their fault, just the industry is making only songs about pussy, money, cars and drugs, whereas "old school" had that, but it also had a lot of songs that make you think about it for a second, food for thought, a form of protest from the young generation.
There are a lot of artists like NAS, Guru, AZ, RZA, Big L, Method man, ODB(and really a ton more, I can't really name even 1/10th of them in this post) which, for me, rank among the most brilliant people of our time like scientists, engineers, writers, etc. I cannot say that for now-a-days rap performers. I will not remember some shitty song birdman/lil wayne/drake produced in 10 years, whereas people PREFER to listen to songs older than 10 years now. That is because they are timeless. They are about things that are ever green. A lot can be learned from these lyrics.
A lot of artists could sell shitton of records and rap about pussy and drugs and still make meaningful songs - dre, 2pac, biggie, the whole wu-tang.
Rap music, nowadays, is just pop music. Pushing fake shitty songs with helluva marketing. I thought that people, in this of all forums wouldn't need that kind of explanation.
That is why I chose that song to post. You should hear more careful its lyrics:
And no matter what we say our religion is
whether it's Islam, Christianity
Juddaism, Buddha-ism, Old School-ism or New School-ism
If we're not schooling the youth with wisdom
then the sins of the father will visit the children
And that's not keepin it real...
that's keepin it WRONG
that is all rap is about. You should listen more carefuly what these people say, and pay less attention to what lil wayne says.
FRIENDS NAS feat DAMIAN MARLEY - YouTube
