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Subject: "co sign"
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Kosa12
Member since Jul 19th 2006
4988 posts
Tue Jul-23-13 03:46 PM
17. "co sign"
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"i listen to hip hop, not rap."
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Joe Corn Mo
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Tue Jul-23-13 01:50 PM
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i hate that phrase so much that it isn't even funny
Kosa12
Jul 23rd 2013
1
i don't know enough about rap to dislike the phrase...
Joe Corn Mo
Jul 23rd 2013
3
its basically this
Kosa12
Jul 23rd 2013
6
This, entirely.
kid_charlemagne
Jul 23rd 2013
22
the Green Day is not punk thing is corny too...
Jakob Hellberg
Jul 23rd 2013
12
i would laugh in the face of anyone over age 22 who said that shit.
SoWhat
Jul 23rd 2013
2
Lol-right??
bski
Jul 25th 2013
92
It's retarded, but been perpetuated by trusted voices
CMcMurtry
Jul 23rd 2013
4
it's actually 'rap is something u do, hip-hop is something u LIVE' which
Bombastic
Jul 23rd 2013
7
Ahhh, ok, it's been a while since I heard Kris' spiel, I'm a little rust...
CMcMurtry
Jul 23rd 2013
8
He's not dissing rap
Zarathuckya
Jul 23rd 2013
38
I instantly disregard anyone who says that kind of dumb shit
Bombastic
Jul 23rd 2013
5
^This
Nick Has a Problem...Seriously
Jul 23rd 2013
9
BINGO
Luke Cage
Jul 23rd 2013
16
I went through a phase where I said that (or something similar)...
Ishwip
Jul 23rd 2013
10
That phrase made perfect sense in sweden in the late 80's-early 90's...
Jakob Hellberg
Jul 23rd 2013
11
FALCO
box
Jul 23rd 2013
14
Well, let's put it like this:
Jakob Hellberg
Jul 23rd 2013
19
that's interesting.
Joe Corn Mo
Jul 23rd 2013
18
Type of dudes to say "There's a dif between Blacks and Niggers" fuck em
Brotha Sun
Jul 23rd 2013
13
This HERE.. EXACTLY!
JG.
Jul 23rd 2013
85
Cultural Invaders
Luke Cage
Jul 23rd 2013
15
I'll take Shit People Said At Age 16 In 1998 for 200, Alex.
Ryan M
Jul 23rd 2013
20
question: is graffitti part of "rap"?
philpot
Jul 23rd 2013
21
rapping is what an MC/rapper/rhymesayer/etc does
Bombastic
Jul 23rd 2013
24
this is why i think there is a distinction between "rap" & "hip-hop"
philpot
Jul 23rd 2013
26
its not that complicated man
Kosa12
Jul 23rd 2013
27
maybe some prefer the use of the term "hip-hop" because ...
philpot
Jul 23rd 2013
29
maybe they do
Kosa12
Jul 23rd 2013
33
see, me? i prefer the term hip-hop & when i use rap...
philpot
Jul 23rd 2013
36
I did that years ago
Kosa12
Jul 23rd 2013
40
why is it dumb?
philpot
Jul 23rd 2013
41
oh it's trying to be cool, and superior, it just fails & comes off silly
Bombastic
Jul 23rd 2013
exactly
Kosa12
Jul 23rd 2013
46
i mean y'all keep saying all this stuff, it's "silly", it's "dumb"
philpot
Jul 23rd 2013
51
my posts #44 and #6
Kosa12
Jul 23rd 2013
52
both of those posts are unconvincing...
philpot
Jul 23rd 2013
55
I think people that try to act like
Kosa12
Jul 23rd 2013
59
hmmm...sounds like a perhaps exaggerated phenomenon...
philpot
Jul 23rd 2013
62
wait...what....maybe I'm reading your post wrong.....
Kosa12
Jul 23rd 2013
65
that statement i made has to be qualified...
philpot
Jul 23rd 2013
68
because saying that someone is a "rapper"
Kosa12
Jul 23rd 2013
44
actually...
philpot
Jul 23rd 2013
53
can u give examples of a rapper clownin someone by callin them a rapper?
Bombastic
Jul 23rd 2013
61
rappaz r n dainja
philpot
Jul 23rd 2013
63
followed 5 minutes later on the album by 'MCs Act Like They Don't Know'?
Bombastic
Jul 23rd 2013
70
RE: followed 5 minutes later on the album by 'MCs Act Like They Don't Kn...
Kosa12
Jul 23rd 2013
71
very true
philpot
Jul 23rd 2013
74
RE: rappaz r n dainja
Luke Cage
Jul 23rd 2013
76
RE: this is why i think there is a distinction between "rap" &...
Bombastic
Jul 23rd 2013
39
This is not really true:
Jakob Hellberg
Jul 23rd 2013
35
yes, actually it is
Bombastic
Jul 23rd 2013
42
Only people who primarily listen to rock / dance etc... say this.
kid_charlemagne
Jul 23rd 2013
23
RE: Only people who primarily listen to rock / dance etc... say this.
Kosa12
Jul 23rd 2013
25
Like as a distinction between 'mainstream' and 'underground'?
kid_charlemagne
Jul 23rd 2013
30
you hit the nail on the head my friend
Kosa12
Jul 23rd 2013
31
it makes perfect sense actually
philpot
Jul 23rd 2013
34
bullshit
Bombastic
Jul 23rd 2013
45
yeah i can't let this shit fly either....
Kosa12
Jul 23rd 2013
49
one thing ive noticed in this post...
philpot
Jul 23rd 2013
50
I actually don't know how you have read through
Kosa12
Jul 23rd 2013
54
im reading a lot of "that's so lame"
philpot
Jul 23rd 2013
56
try reading again, maybe stepping back from emotion or challenging
Bombastic
Jul 23rd 2013
58
im very guilty of it too but...
philpot
Jul 23rd 2013
64
I mean I've laid it out fairly plainly the whys/whats/whens as I see it
Bombastic
Jul 23rd 2013
57
so the statement lacks substance...
philpot
Jul 23rd 2013
66
wouldn't say it's full outrage but when one takes a genre label
Bombastic
Jul 23rd 2013
67
the OG south BX pioneers...
philpot
Jul 23rd 2013
69
U have to ask em but Superappin by Flash/The Furious Five dropped in '79
Bombastic
Jul 23rd 2013
73
rapper's delight....
philpot
Jul 23rd 2013
75
Now what you hear is not a test, I'm *rapping* to the beat
Bombastic
Jul 23rd 2013
77
wait...that's why i brought that song up
philpot
Jul 23rd 2013
79
you're making it more complicated than need be tho, 'rapping'
Bombastic
Jul 23rd 2013
83
you're somehow missing my ?
philpot
Jul 23rd 2013
84
I guess so, ask it to me as if I was a five-year-old & perhaps
Bombastic
Jul 23rd 2013
86
...
philpot
Jul 23rd 2013
88
RE: ...
Bombastic
Jul 25th 2013
93
During the height of the backpacker period I might have
Steve O Tron v2
Jul 23rd 2013
28
I like both country and western
maro
Jul 23rd 2013
32
I said shit this when I was like 16, 17 lol
ChiefRocka
Jul 23rd 2013
37
That phrase screams "I'm an asshole"
PCProductions
Jul 23rd 2013
43
Also screams "I really want to be a part of KRS' Church of Hip Hop"
Ryan M
Jul 23rd 2013
47
basically, it's the rap fan version of the incredibly long coffee order
Bombastic
Jul 23rd 2013
48
WHY?
philpot
Jul 23rd 2013
60
Because it's pedantic and condescending?
PCProductions
Jul 23rd 2013
72
that's been said...repeatedly
philpot
Jul 23rd 2013
78
Overcharacterization of music is always an eye-roller to me
PCProductions
Jul 23rd 2013
80
so its an asthetic/sensibility thing?
philpot
Jul 23rd 2013
82
Not at all dude
PCProductions
Jul 23rd 2013
87
ok i can dig it
philpot
Jul 23rd 2013
89
RE: "i listen to hip hop, not rap."
ajiav
Jul 23rd 2013
81
The past 6 or 7 years have really deaded this attitude, huh?
Madvillain 626
Jul 23rd 2013
90
thanks for all of these responses.
Joe Corn Mo
Jul 23rd 2013
91
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