By: sam

sam — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 21:04:04 +0000

rewind yourself back to 1993 and conscious rap was –> “done” on the commercial side of things, we had entered into the ain’t nuthin but a g thang era, it’s called a conditioning process many on here probaly nodded their heads to people like dr.dre snoop dog, biggie smalls etc, the problem is some those people 20+ years later continue nodding their heads to it, that’s the process of conditioning that we like to ignore in our community people like lil wayne and many before him are nothing more than people who are an example of their conditioning process. Of course their conditioning process is on the low bar scale.

By: Thomas Martin

Thomas Martin — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 19:19:20 +0000

Good article and honestly what I say here in a comment will not change anything. I just recently heard of the controversial lyrics. Yes they are messed up but no amount of meeting with this or that organization or person will fix the root of the problem. Is it the responsibility of the artist (I use this loosely) to acknowledge that their lyrics are bad for pople or is it the responsibility of the consumers to not buy terrible music. I’m 39; hip-hop is the music of my generation. No one demands more from them. The “conscious” raps of the late 80’s and 90’s has gone pretty much extinct. The bar has dropped pretty low because the consumers no longer demand it. This is reflected throughout American pop culture. People want low hanging fruit. What can be easily grown and cultivated, what can get to the market quicker. Isn’t is interesting that when we follow this pattern, in most areas of our lives, it brings on disease and discontent? Having Lil Wayne apologize will be nice for the family and for some others. Universal will still sell the song and profit. He will still profit and the consumer will just keep picking the low hanging fruit.

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