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169545, RE: ^^^
Posted by murph71, Sat Dec-15-12 02:10 PM
>add in odd future, waka, gucci, em, tupac, wu, NWA and
>countless others who have used some strain of "authenticity"
>to add gravitas and excitement to their persona. the culprits
>that cultural critics cry about may changed--evil hiphop, evil
>rappers, evil record companies, evil hipsters--but it's the
>exact same shit. seeing people who claim to love hip-hop
>resorting to the same arguments as c delores tucker and bill
>o'reilly makes my skin crawl.
>
>but older people aren't supposed to approve of what teenagers
>listen to, so it's not surprising former rap fans are willing
>to discount keef's music and so eager to parrot the bullshit
>that people have said about rap for 30 years.
>
>edit: i disagree with the "nadir" part. people always say the
>newest guy is the worst yet. snoop and gucci actually killed
>people, man.


No offense...

But fuck this bullshit post, man....