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I posted that statement to spark some interesting discussion on here. It's not a statement I made. It's actually a statement i purposely took completely out of context.
Anyway, I think a lot of rappers continue to talk about those topics over and over again for a couple reasons.
1.They're not creative 2.Rap consumers love that shit 3.Some are talking about their real life.
I think there's a lot of other topics that can be rapped about other than robbing, selling drugs, and shooting people. I actually think there's a lot more to life than those things. I'd personally prefer to hear people rap about real life shit than rap about the same old shit thats been rapped about a million times. I also think a lot of rappers feel pressure to portray themself as gangsta and as killas and as dope dealers. Motherfuckas is scared to be themself. And at the same time if you're in your thirties and you are selling drugs that's not a good look. At 30 years old a mothafucka should have his own business, or atleast some type of job or something i mean shit. i think a lot of the 30 year old rappers is washed up too but that's a topic for another thread. But if you're going to rapping in your 30s and you been rapping for a decade and shit I expect you to be dropping jewels in your rimes. However, I hear and see a lot of these 30 year old rap dudes just poisoning their audience.
Anyway, I think a lot of rappers continue to talk about those topics over and over again for a couple reasons.
1.They're not creative 2.Rap consumers love that shit 3.Some are talking about their real life.
I think there's a lot of other topics that can be rapped about other than robbing, selling drugs, and shooting people. I actually think there's a lot more to life than those things. I'd personally prefer to hear people rap about real life shit than rap about the same old shit thats been rapped about a million times. I also think a lot of rappers feel pressure to portray themself as gangsta and as killas and as dope dealers. Motherfuckas is scared to be themself. And at the same time if you're in your thirties and you are selling drugs that's not a good look. At 30 years old a mothafucka should have his own business, or atleast some type of job or something i mean shit. i think a lot of the 30 year old rappers is washed up too but that's a topic for another thread. But if you're going to rapping in your 30s and you been rapping for a decade and shit I expect you to be dropping jewels in your rimes. However, I hear and see a lot of these 30 year old rap dudes just poisoning their audience.
WELL YOU CAN'T EXPECT A REAL RAPPER 2 STOP RAPPING...I SOMETIME TELL PEOPLE I WILL RAP TIL I'M 80...LOL..MY GRANDFATHER IS 83 & HE CAN RAP....MAYBE NOT ON THE LEVEL YOU WANT BUT IT'S RAP!WHY COMPLAIN..JUST LIKE I'M SURE THERE ARE SOME HYPHY ARTISTS THAT ARE TIGHT..THE REST OF BULLSHIT ONES FUCCED IT UP 4 SOME...IF YOU ARE TIRED OF THAT KIND OF RAP OR GANGSTERISM MAYBE IT'S NOT YOUR ELEMENT & YOU SHOULD SWITCH 2 HYPHY OR R & B OR SOMETHING ELSE..THEY'RE YOUR EARS,NOBODY CAN MAKE YOU LISTEN....SOME PEOPLE RAP ABOUT THEIR ENVIRONMENT OR UPBRINGING..SOMETIMES WHEN I'M OUT OF TOWN PEOPLE SAY BAY AREA RAPPERS FOCUS ON BEING 2 GANGSTA...BUT THE TRUTH IS IT'S PART OF THE ELEMENT & I WOULDN'T KNOW THAT UNLESS I LIVED THEIR 2 EXPERIENCE IT...LIKE MYSELF..SOME PEOPLE DID NOT LISTEN 2 MY MUSIC IN THE 90'S & JUST RECENTLY BECAME AWARE OF IT..THEY LIKE MR. MAFIOSO & EXPECT 2 MEET THE PERSON THAT I WAS 10 YEARS AGO WHEN I MADE THAT ALBUM..BUT I'VE CHANGED IN CERTAIN WAYS..NO..GANGBANGING IS NOT A PRIORITY ANYMORE BUT I'M STILL WHO I AM..IF IT'S IN YOU..I'M SURE YOU WILL EXPRESS IT AT A LATER DATE..MAYBE YEARS...SOLDIERS WHO SERVE IN THE MILITARY MIGHT NOT BE FIGHTING THE WAR RIGHT NOW BUT IF THEY WERE RAPPERS THEY WOULD SPEAK ON THEIR "PRIOR EXPERIENCES" IN LIFE...THIS IS A GOOD TOPIC BUT IF YOU CHOOSE 2 MAKE IT A DEBATE I HAVE PLENTY OF AMMO SO YOU CAN DIG IN MY MIND A LIL...I HAPPEN 2 BE IN MY 30'S & STILL RAP BUT I DON'T RAP 4 EVERYBODY..YOUR LOYAL FANS WILL ENJOY YOU EVEN AFTER YOU MAKE YOUR TRANSITIONS...HATERS WILL ALWAYS BE HATERS 90% OF THE TIME...& ALSO WHETHER YOU BELIEVE IT OR NOT..A LOT OF MUSIC IS ENTERTAINMENT SO YOU HAVE 2 KNOW WHICH ARTISTS 2 INVOLVE IN YOUR PERSONAL LIFE PROCESS IF YOU ARE LOOKING 2 GET REAL LIFE EXPERIENCES OUT OF MUSIC..WCM100
ITS WHAT SELLS. NOWADAYS, THERE'S A MARKET FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING. PEOPLE ARE GONNA BUY WHAT THEY LIKE. IF THEY WANNA HEAR SHOOT'EM UP BANG BANG, HYPHY, DOPE SLANGIN' TYPE SHIT, THATS WHAT THEY'LL BUY.
RAPPERS, FOR THE MOST PART, RAP ABOUT STUFF THEY KNOW. IF U CHANGE YOUR STYLE UP JUST TO SELL MORE RECORDS, THEN YOU'RE NOT BEING TRUE TO YOURSELF OR YOUR FANBASE.
HOWEVER, NOT ALL CHANGE IS BAD. YOU HAVE TO CHANGE WITH THE TIMES. YOU CAN'T KEEP RAPPIN' ABOUT THE SAME SHIT THAT YOU DID ON YOUR DEBUT 7 OR 8 ALBUMS DOWN THE LINE.
RAPPERS, FOR THE MOST PART, RAP ABOUT STUFF THEY KNOW. IF U CHANGE YOUR STYLE UP JUST TO SELL MORE RECORDS, THEN YOU'RE NOT BEING TRUE TO YOURSELF OR YOUR FANBASE.
HOWEVER, NOT ALL CHANGE IS BAD. YOU HAVE TO CHANGE WITH THE TIMES. YOU CAN'T KEEP RAPPIN' ABOUT THE SAME SHIT THAT YOU DID ON YOUR DEBUT 7 OR 8 ALBUMS DOWN THE LINE.
