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Just like with social aspect of life there are gonna be a few people that take it way too fuckin' far. These are the artists that promote violence and sex. It’s cliché to even say but it’s true. There are artists out there that don’t buy into that side of hip-hop. And those are the ones that are always gonna go un-noticed. Why? Because they don’t shock, piss off, piss on, or raise hell. They make their point with a story placed over a beat. It’s the difference between talk because you have something to say and talking for the sake of talking.
There is a local Denver hip-hop group called the Break Mechanics. It’s 3 MCs, a drummer, a keyboardist, and a bassist. It’s all live. They happen to be the best group that I’ve heard in a long time. Hip-hop or not. It’s not because they have a different sound or because I know the drummer. It’s because they have energy and can hold the audience for two hours. They don’t get angry. They don’t use the word bitch. They don’t care if you’re white. As a matter of fact half the drummer, bassist, and keyboardist are white. But they have more soul and understanding of the music they anyone with a top selling rap album today. Why? Because they aren’t making music to get laid and paid. They’re doing it because they love the sound. They create art. Now… I’m ranting here.
What I’m saying is that hip-hop has a bad name because of the ones that do it for the wrong reasons. It’s become the only out that most kids in ghettos have. You either sign a record deal or you play for the Lakers. That’s it. And writing a silly rhyme about how hard it was growing up in the ghetto is a fuck of a lot easier then being good at basketball. And because anyone with enough pull/guns/whatthefuckever can get themselves a record deal we have this influx of bad talent. Hip-hop doesn’t cause problems it’s the lack of talent in hip-hop that’s causing all the problems. All you gotta do is say the word nigga, bitch, or ma’fucker over a beat produced my Dr. Dre and you’ve got yourself a million in the bank and enough dumb fuckin’ groupies to last you for the next year or until everyone stops caring about you because a new guy came out that said the word fuck just a little bit better then you…
The music industry is a bitch, ma’fucker.
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