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Topic subjectRE: "keepin' it real" was the worst thing to happen to rap
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2971035, RE: "keepin' it real" was the worst thing to happen to rap
Posted by howardlloyd, Sun Aug-14-16 04:49 PM
i agree with u


>i don'† know about you
>but if i'm from the projects
>i really don't want to hear about project shit
>i want to escape
>take me to a better reality

it was suburban whites buying it mostly... and thats a fact. it was a money grab. black folks gotta sell stereotypical images to be successful in entertainment by and large


>i think keep it real was pushback from ny area mcs against the
>west coast gangsta rap
>to reclaim some attention and shine, but it went horribly
>awry

thats part of it but it just what record companies were signing and releasing