WTF is a Backpack Rapper?
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In my opinion the def. of back pack rap has changed in the last few years.
Basically it has come to mean socially conscious and underground hip hop
i.e. the new talib kweli is a party album but he's still backpack at heart.
Generally speaking back pack rap would be any kind of rap listened to by:
people who walk around rocking an oversized backpack that usually contains a notebook, walkman, and accessories. You probaly heard them speaking of purity of their Hip Hop.
More specific:
Backpack rappers think they are the shit. They do shows with some of the most weirdo groups you ever heard of. They are strictly lyricists(by someone's def.), which is good, but they are not good songwriters, that's bad. The beats all sound the same.
**remembers the good ol days when backpackers = Blackmoon**
Basically it has come to mean socially conscious and underground hip hop
i.e. the new talib kweli is a party album but he's still backpack at heart.
Generally speaking back pack rap would be any kind of rap listened to by:
people who walk around rocking an oversized backpack that usually contains a notebook, walkman, and accessories. You probaly heard them speaking of purity of their Hip Hop.
More specific:
Backpack rappers think they are the shit. They do shows with some of the most weirdo groups you ever heard of. They are strictly lyricists(by someone's def.), which is good, but they are not good songwriters, that's bad. The beats all sound the same.
**remembers the good ol days when backpackers = Blackmoon**
my definition is more simple,backback rap to me is just as underground as it gets,raw hip-hop in its purest form,rappers who are original,just doin it cause they love hip-hop.for the most part it is very lyric heavy like cold blooded stated.not a lot of great production but makes up for in content.i have always said about more underground artists that i listen to that they dont make good songs,i just enjoy the skills they use as far as wordplay,concepts and rhyme patterns that you dont see in mainstream hip hop anymore...like i said,its all about originality
i consider myself a backpacker just because of all the underground shit i listen to.i think the term has become more broad now that more ppl use it and is used to described a larger fan base than maybe it was originally used for...cause with that said,most ppl think of some 16 year old kid with a walkman listening to some emo-rap garbage when they think backpacker,i am neither of those.i am a grown man and would never be caught dead wearing a backpack in public
Jae made a good point to,the word hip-hop has different meaning to different ppl,to some it might mean the entire art form,but to others they automatically think of more underground cats,with a softer image you might say...and i think the same goes for backpacker,can be taken many different ways,some ppl take it as something negative and some dont
i consider myself a backpacker just because of all the underground shit i listen to.i think the term has become more broad now that more ppl use it and is used to described a larger fan base than maybe it was originally used for...cause with that said,most ppl think of some 16 year old kid with a walkman listening to some emo-rap garbage when they think backpacker,i am neither of those.i am a grown man and would never be caught dead wearing a backpack in public
Jae made a good point to,the word hip-hop has different meaning to different ppl,to some it might mean the entire art form,but to others they automatically think of more underground cats,with a softer image you might say...and i think the same goes for backpacker,can be taken many different ways,some ppl take it as something negative and some dont
found some definitions online...
backpacker-
Someone who can recognize when an artist has dived into capitalistic desires. The person acts accordingly, and listens to less greed-fueled music, essentially, music that is music. Those who critisize backpackers are most likely people who don't understand the industry, and believe that rappers like Eminem actually signify something besides a corporate-controlled "rebellion fix" for teenagers.
The stigma of being a backpacker must be removed. The people need to realize that MTV is not about music.
backpack rapper-
Person who dislikes Mainstream and Commercial rap a lot.
Person who raps about real life shit that matters and has experienced, rarely about pimping hoes/having millions/selling immense ammounts of drugs/murdering random people for no apparent reason or motive.Person who is true to himself while rapping and uses his head and heart to write not only a pen and meaningless words.
backpacker-
Someone who can recognize when an artist has dived into capitalistic desires. The person acts accordingly, and listens to less greed-fueled music, essentially, music that is music. Those who critisize backpackers are most likely people who don't understand the industry, and believe that rappers like Eminem actually signify something besides a corporate-controlled "rebellion fix" for teenagers.
The stigma of being a backpacker must be removed. The people need to realize that MTV is not about music.
backpack rapper-
Person who dislikes Mainstream and Commercial rap a lot.
Person who raps about real life shit that matters and has experienced, rarely about pimping hoes/having millions/selling immense ammounts of drugs/murdering random people for no apparent reason or motive.Person who is true to himself while rapping and uses his head and heart to write not only a pen and meaningless words.
MY DEFINITION...
A BACKPACKER IS ANYONE WHO RAPS OR LIKES RAP THAT HAS FIVE SYLLABLE WORDS EVERY FEW LINES AND OBSCURE REFERENCES ABOUT MOLECULES AND TREES AND RAINBOWS AND SHIT LIE THAT....IF IT DONT HAVE THESE QUALITIES,THEY CALL IT CRAP....PROBABLY ALL NERDS THAT COULDNT GET LAID IN SCHOOL AND GOT THEIR LUNCH MONEY TAKEN DAILY...
THAT SHIT AINT REAL HIP HOP.
A BACKPACKER IS ANYONE WHO RAPS OR LIKES RAP THAT HAS FIVE SYLLABLE WORDS EVERY FEW LINES AND OBSCURE REFERENCES ABOUT MOLECULES AND TREES AND RAINBOWS AND SHIT LIE THAT....IF IT DONT HAVE THESE QUALITIES,THEY CALL IT CRAP....PROBABLY ALL NERDS THAT COULDNT GET LAID IN SCHOOL AND GOT THEIR LUNCH MONEY TAKEN DAILY...
THAT SHIT AINT REAL HIP HOP.
Where I'm at a backpack rapper is a rapper who can't make a decent song or even a single album period, they're music is filled with starwars metaphors and useless jargon cliche bullshit, battles whenever he/she can, is always not doing anything productive to his/her career, and then blames it on commercial/mainstream or anything they are not feeling.