Don't even get me started. I haven't yet ranted on this topic because it would take hours. :mad:
Thanks for the memories and the good times. I look at Mos Def, Common, Kweli, The Roots & and have some hope. :lol:
MarvalusOne
· 1 year ago
D - I'm going to write about this one day...I have to learn, first, how to contain my disgust...
There are a few rays of hope nowadays...the artists you mentioned are in my loop too...but they are a rarity these days and I absolutely hate the fact that they are in the minority...
Danielle
· 1 year ago
I'm just pissed. As someone old enough to have seen the way things were in the early years, it makes me even more angry to see all this garbage.
Growing up in NYC, hip-hop was like breathing. It was a part of life and I look at it now and feel like going postal. :mad:
MarvalusOne
· 1 year ago
I know, girl...I know...
regina
· 1 year ago
So, I see you two have this subject on lock!!! But let me just say I totally agree with everything that you both wrote. My kids and I sit around and discuss this on a regular basis. Rap back in our day was fun (partly clean!!!) and basically harmless, the crap/garbage that is out now is disgusting, degrading, and totally senseless! Growing up in NYC I was exposed to a whole different life and the crap that is out now doesn't even come close!
Man, back in the day Eric B & Rakim were the TRUTH!!! (I had the biggest crush ever on Eric B)! When my grand baby was born I was fortunate enough to be in the room, and mom was having a pretty difficult labor and my son was about 5 minutes from passing out so to lighten the mood, on the next push me and my son started singing "Push It"!! The doctor and midwife (both white) didn't know what to do but the other (black) nurse just started laughing! It lightened the mood!!
Marva, you and Ms.G should put our OSF into categories. Maybe assign a year for each Friday (for instance if we say that next Friday we will focus on 1966, etc.) that might be interesting. Anyway, Thanks for the flashback! Peace & Love!
MarvalusOne
· 1 year ago
I like that idea (about the categories on OSF)...I'll e-mail Mrs. G and see what she thinks...
But the hip-hop? I don't know what else to say...you pretty much summed it up...
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Thanks for the memories and the good times. I look at Mos Def, Common, Kweli, The Roots & and have some hope. :lol:
There are a few rays of hope nowadays...the artists you mentioned are in my loop too...but they are a rarity these days and I absolutely hate the fact that they are in the minority...
Growing up in NYC, hip-hop was like breathing. It was a part of life and I look at it now and feel like going postal. :mad:
Growing up in NYC I was exposed to a whole different life and the crap that is out now doesn't even come close!
Man, back in the day Eric B & Rakim were the TRUTH!!! (I had the biggest crush ever on Eric B)! When my grand baby was born I was fortunate enough to be in the room, and mom was having a pretty difficult labor and my son was about 5 minutes from passing out so to lighten the mood, on the next push me and my son started singing "Push It"!! The doctor and midwife (both white) didn't know what to do but the other (black) nurse just started laughing! It lightened the mood!!
Marva, you and Ms.G should put our OSF into categories. Maybe assign a year for each Friday (for instance if we say that next Friday we will focus on 1966, etc.) that might be interesting.
Anyway, Thanks for the flashback!
Peace & Love!
But the hip-hop? I don't know what else to say...you pretty much summed it up...