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i'm not embarassed by rap in the least bit. conscious rap, bling bling, old school, underground, gangsta... i listen to it all.
personally, i think a lot of people try to distance themselves from things heard on the radio (i.e. not conscious and not underground) in an attempt to say that all other rap is whack, and that it's not as real. my personal feeling is that the music that's underground and not "mainstream" is only there because it doesn't have commercial success. while we can argue about the many reasons why particular artists are commercial or not... it comes down to the money. if you're making music, and you're not making money, then you're underground... and thus certain people will accept you, and others won't have heard of you. if you're making musica, and you're making money, then you're commercial... and thus certain people will accept you, and others will have heard of you, but say you're whack or not real...
it'd be great if more people were accepting of all genre's of rap, but unfortunatley we'll always have a division between what's "real", and what's not.
i listen to 50 cent, i'm fake
i listen to the last emperor, i'm real
i listen to the game, i don't have musical taste
i listen to little brother, then i've peeped something real
i listen to jay-z, i must be into bling bling
i listen to outkast, i guess i'm in between
i listen to nas, his albums after the hype i must not know rap
i listen to nas, his album before the hype, i must really love rap
you like what you like, you love what you love. i'm not here to try and change people's minds, just open people's ears.
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An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of inprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses. - Malcolm X
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