73. "Rap is the only genre that does this dumb shit" In response to In response to 0 Sat Sep-03-16 08:21 PM by EAS
Best believe young rockers know their Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Radiohead, Aerosmith, Rolling Stones. Not necessarily know all the songs, but they respect the work put in before them.
Young rappers are the only ones who get passes for being ignorant and proud...as long as they are getting money. If people only knew the struggle it took to get rap accepted as "real" music. To get it played on the radio for more than a few hours per week and not in the middle of the night.
It hurts to be reminded of how rap is falling apart and really won't be relevant in the future. Those who wanted to end rap back in the day couldn't themselves so now they are giving us the rope to hang ourselves with. PE, Ice-T, SOM, Fresh Prince gave respect to those that came before them and they were all gold and platinum artists. Other rappers from the golden era(s) also gave respect to those before them.
It bothers me 'cause no, I do not have to like these young cats and they don't have to make music for me.....but I hate seeing traits that tend to plague a lot of Black people; the whole ignorant and proud steez. If enough fall into that trap, then I'm sorry, you can never build from that. So at least one of the answers to, 'why can't Blacks........' That's it right there.