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Brother J of X-Clan was all of 19 dropping bombs, how far we've fallen

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Dude came off like a scholar on To The East Blackwards and Xodus.

Guy like him, Pos, Tip, KRS, etc. we forget how young these dudes were.

As compared to 30 and 40 year old rappers now.:smh:





 
they used hip hop to do just what they did


look around at these niggas and bitches.:smh:

take a good look........do niggas seem proud to be black?

these bitches cant stand their hair and these niggas want to show their assholes so bad.
 
Nice post

Brother J had one of the best voices ever

I used to say that when people were talking about Soulja Boy like he was a little ass fuckin kid like Bow Wow

LL, Rakim and Big Daddy Kane were dropping shit as teenagers.

You had Tribe and De La barely in high school recording.

But damn, I really need to start a hip hop dental plan petition :smh:
 
Those albums had the perfect mix of beats & lyrics :dance:

And I think ralph mcdaniels used to direct the vids too

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Complex said:
Nice post

Brother J had one of the best voices ever

I used to say that when people were talking about Soulja Boy like he was a little ass fuckin kid like Bow Wow

LL, Rakim and Big Daddy Kane were dropping shit as teenagers.

You had Tribe and De La barely in high school recording.

But damn, I really need to start a hip hop dental plan petition :smh:
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:yes::yes::yes::yes:


and :lol::lol::lol::lol:
 
i was young back in these days

but were women really into this type of hip hop?

you play some shit like this for the average chick and she'll asleep on it...
 
sirwoodz said:
i was young back in these days

but were women really into this type of hip hop?

you play some shit like this for the average chick and she'll asleep on it...
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We didn't care... The music didn't (necessarily) revolve around ho's... Well, with the exception of 2live crew, lol!
 
sirwoodz said:
i was young back in these days

but were women really into this type of hip hop?

you play some shit like this for the average chick and she'll asleep on it...
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It was more of a vibe back then. This was before the gangster era kicked in real hard. Chicks were into what they have always been into. That's what LL was doing. He was like the first male sex symbol rapper for the chicks but there were all types of dudes rapping.

Rap stars period were celebs so they would automatically have groupies. Rap was still fun but it had become more conscious while still keepin it fun or at least keepin it funky. PE and them were still angry but angry with a positive message.

It was new, it was fun and it was positive. It was cool and trendy. It was a vibe. That whole pre-gangsta era was heavily conscious. It was beautiful actually.

It was kinda like "A Different World" meets "House Party meets "School Daze". That pretty much sums up and describes the feel back then perfectly. But when the gangstas stepped in it all came crashing down IMO.

Don't get me wrong. The talent, the music, the production and the lyrics were absolutely amazing in the gangsta era but that beautiful vibe was just totally demolished IMO. I was shaking my head back then in my early twenties but the tide was turning and there was no stopping it.












 
Complex said:
Nice post

Brother J had one of the best voices ever

I used to say that when people were talking about Soulja Boy like he was a little ass fuckin kid like Bow Wow

LL, Rakim and Big Daddy Kane were dropping shit as teenagers.

You had Tribe and De La barely in high school recording.

But damn, I really need to start a hip hop dental plan petition :smh:
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Todays rappers got nothing on the ones I grew up with in the late 80s & 90s
 
I liked that era but those dudes were just as divisive as Dre and NWA that begat the entire 'gangsta rap' era to become the antithesis. Add to the fact that they tried to put the whole movement on their back instead of becoming part of a larger organization and receiving the tutelage of the existing think tanks; or forming one! So many groups would have love to have some of that rap money coming in even sporadically.

I loved the music because it fueled the intelligent hoodlums but at the end of the day it was just music. I hated the fact that it ignored some of the existing organizations and became the primary outlet for consciousness to a nation of lost men. After the music went off... Then what?

Isn't it weird that those parodies like CB4, Weird Al and In Living Color skits never really hit the mark because they couldn't really rap, but now every rapper that hits sounds just like those bad comedic impressions. How fucked up is it that we actually have hot rappers that sound just like those lame off beat Bob Hope and George Burns rap parodies.
 
KingAddies said:
I liked that era but those dudes were just as divisive as Dre and NWA that begat the entire 'gangsta rap' era to become the antithesis. Add to the fact that they tried to put the whole movement on their back instead of becoming part of a larger organization and receiving the tutelage of the existing think tanks; or forming one! So many groups would have love to have some of that rap money coming in even sporadically.

I loved the music because it fueled the intelligent hoodlums but at the end of the day it was just music. I hated the fact that it ignored some of the existing organizations and became the primary outlet for consciousness to a nation of lost men. After the music went off... Then what?
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The one negative thing or complaint about that era is that it seemed like more of a fashion trend than an actual movement. It was all feel good positivity or angry black man rhetoric but there was not much substance to it.

It still had an effect on people's mindset and exposed people to a lot of conscious material. Malcolm's works had a prominent presence during that era whereas MLK was the main focal point before that. My own lifestyle and thinking at that age were directly affected by some of the lyrics in those songs.

It was supposed to be a reawakening of the conscious movement present in black music in the early 70s but was not nearly as forceful and effective as that movement was. By the way whatever happened to THAT movement by the mid to late 70s?
 
Don't blame the mainstream for your lack of interest in supporting good hip-hop at the tip of your finger tips now...






music in general is watered down and sux if you're relying on radio and TV play until you wanna support good hip-hop. If you're really concerned you'd help put good music into the forefront and support it when you can.​
 

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