Rap

RAP MUSIC

Now, yes there is rap music that I enjoy listening to. But I want to talk about the culture backing it.

So, a future rapper is born into a poor family in the getto. At 13, he impregnates his girlfriend, a few years later he's selling crack. Later, he joins a gang. Over a period of a few more years he gets shot in the leg 7 times. His friends get shot and killed in gang fights. After a few more years of this, he starts to write it all down poetically. So now we know via lyrics his story- that he's had it rough, but actually has an emotional side, so he's hardcore. Wow.....so now let's shift over seas to the turbulent times in the Middle East where all our troops are getting their teeth blown out, shards of skull in their eyes form the innocent by-standers, and their limbs flying off as casually as a sneeze by weapons of mass destruction. When was the last time any WMD were found in Compton? Do you think these hardcore gangstas would survive a sixtieth of a milisecond in the Middle East? Let's show "Fiddy" Cent or Lil' John, or some 2pac and Biggie fanatics some footage to see if they are able to resist pissing their pants. Crenshaw would be a luxurious dream from the soldiers over seas. Gangsters might as well be getting Swedish massages in contrast to the army. Why don't we bring a few troops home to have a deal with Dr. Dre? I'm sure their stories are more intense than most gangsters'- as most people's stories would be who have driven a tank rather than a Pontiac with an oozie in the trunk. The guy in the tank holds my attention more... sorry 2Pac. One last question: when was the last time you saw two alternative rock, or country, or jazz musicians dressed in blue and red shooting each other up because of the lyrics, and subsequently using the that violent incident to then go right more lyrics? I never hear sparring lyrics between John Mayer and Jack Johnson. I rest my case.