I know reruns get shown
. I said a movie like as in similar too those movies. My point was that there is no more balance, just stereotypical, nonsense.
I think I'm Malcolm X , Nat Turner.........
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I know reruns get shown
. I said a movie like as in similar too those movies. My point was that there is no more balance, just stereotypical, nonsense.
Sir, nice effort but i don't think that "he/she/it" wants to see this. One of the many reasons why it is hard for most of "us" to see how the global, national and local system of racism/white supremacy operates is because "we" tend to look at things in isolation. The truth is that, if black people are a dominated people on the UNIVERSE, then that means that the group that dominates "us" has a direct and indirect influence on all, if not most, of "our" known nine areas of people activity. If they dominate the economy, they will also directly dominate the education and the entertainment and so on and so on. Ross might be "good" but why is there no balance in the Hip-Hop community. Why don't conscious MCs get the same coverage in the media as the so called commercial MCs?
Right on bruh these niggas just mad at the bawse. Do you imma do me
A response like that makes me happy to know a brother like you is contributing in these young ones lives! Peace
You and me both know the answer to this. America presents itself as a place of freedom, liberty, and racial equality but that is only a facade. The media gatekeepers know that as long as people are ignorant and confused they will continue to be weighed down by low vibrational useless brainless entertainment. Anything that questions the power aparatus in this country is always silenced by those who don't want the masses of people to get a spark and start asking questions. Music has been used in every culture since the beginning of human culture as a way of telling stories it was entertaining but it was functional and useful as well.
The point is those that have knowledge of themselves are sick and tired of all the negative bullshit music and messages which does no one no damn good. Our black youth deserves better than these fake ass drug dealers, materialistic hip swinging neck snapping swaggots, and slut ass divas.
That was hot!
The reason conscious emcee's don't get the same coverage as commercial emcees is because they're not profitable.
These exec's man they don't give a fuck. They'll throw a homo out there to make money. They'll throw a blind man out there if it will make them money. They'll profit from ANYONE. Label exec's don't care. They just need to make sure they're not in the red by the time December hits.
But to answer your question....they don't get pushed because of US. We just don't purchase conscious rappers. A prime example is look at us in here right now. We love Dead Prez. We love Talib Kweli. And we sitting over here passing links around to download it. So if we love these niggas and ain't buying their albums who the hell will? The answer is.....no one. Nobody is going to buy these albums. Females will by a Drake album. They'll by a Trey Songz album. And females really are the ones who dominate music. What they want is what gets pushed.
You saw what happened when Kanye sold millions of records. You saw Lupe Fiasco get signed and actually get a release date. You saw Talib Kweli get signed by Atlantic. You saw Def Jam snag up the Roots. You started to see a shift in the emcee that was getting pushed. And what happened? Talib flopped. Little Brother flopped. Roots flopped.
We can blame the label exec's if we want but ultimately its our own fault that more conscious rappers don't get pushed. Females are showing record labels what they like by going out and purchasing it. We don't have that same voice for our conscious rappers. Ultimately, we have ourselves to blame for why a nigga like Wacka Flacka gets more media coverage and promotion from his label than Dead Prez.
Much respect.
I know reruns get shown
You're kinda stretching with that. If anything we have gotten to the point we DONT wanna see movies like Menace made mainstream. movies depicting us in positive roles, educate us on different events of our people's plight and documenting positive Black stories are still produced. I dont know how recent you are looking for but..
The Great Debaters, Akeelah & The Bee, Pride, Hotel Rawanda, Yesterday, Glory Road, Coach Carter, Stomp The yard, The Express, The Pursuit of Happyness, Remember The Titans, Hurricane Season, Antwone Fisher, Men of Honor, Sometimes in April, The Hurricane, Ali, Something the Lord Made
Im almost certain everything listed above was released since 2000. Not everything released is American Gangster, Paid In Full, Killa Season, etc.. Most important is the ability to be able to seperate what you see on tv and hear in music from reality. Different movies & music have different motives. While some seek to educate you have others that seek to entertain. Being able to decipher the two is key.
I respect your opinion. Now, i personally believe that they don't get the same coverage because black people are living/functioning under white hegemony. Meaning the people that are classified as white have to first approve and define what the norm is. We have the talent but we don't have the resources to fully market it the way that we would like too. White folk have to first, in most if not all cases, approve of it.
co sign this track
People have no understanding how social engineering really works in America.
Like wrote before, "we" (BLACK PEOPLE) have been taught to see things in isolation. "We" hate looking at things in detail. "We" don't like connecting the dots. "We" ask 10 questions, when "we" should be asking 10 000 000 questions. But i believe that with time "we" will be able to change this.
True dat... Been searching for the links to
DJ Green Lantern & Dead Prez "Pulse of The People" (Turn Off The Radio Vol.3) for a minute and going in circles cause links are dead from
http://www.bgol.us/board/showthread.php?t=394858
Peace
Rick Ross Riders take offense to everything 
no one told you what to listen to or what not to listen to. You choose to listen to whatever the fuck you want to. People of different tases and people have opinions...THAT is what you see on this board...no on has ever said you should NOT listen to Officer Ricky the Bawse
niggas just say he wack and a fucking fraud no matter how good the music is.
go on with that bullshit
*goes back to 'reviewing' this Teflon Don LP*
Thats bullshit.
Some of the most succesful artists create a character/image and run with it.
Do you think folks were saying that shit about David Bowie or Prince?
Ross makes music that people enjoy. Its that simple
Ross is not even all that on the mic...cats got this fool thinking he BIG....its a damn joke....
next if Ross stop rapping what significance has he made in Hip Hop other than being a CO at one point and lying?
Prince and Bowie are superstars....this latest album will probably do 200k 1st week and fall off after that.....
his albums are easily forgotten...and yes I do listen to dude unfortunately....
Who else on the polar opposite side would you recommend? I am always open to meaningful hip hop.
2 thumbs up!
This is the 1!!! I never heard this until now. I remember when FM radio would play Paris & Da Lynch Mob. Urban radio is a joke now!
BUMP just because that track is fucking BRILLIANT!
Then you turn around and say "...there are bigger problems in our community than music.." But I just thought you said it was exclusively the household?
Dude, it's a vicious closed feed-back cycle. A complex system that can't be simplified to just rap music ... or drugs ... or bad parents. But if you wana say that the coonery and buffoonery of Gucci Mane, Rick Ross, Wocka Flocka, Young Money and the like are benign then your delusional. With all due respect.
Record execs don't just manufacture pop-culture out of the wind. The music industry ebbs and flows in fads and trends that emerge from how we react to the art. The industry adapts accordingly. It might take a Jay-z wearing button ups or Kanye West rocking pastel polos and a back pack or skinny jeans and so forth. Or some gay dance or hook. Or "lil John Crump" beat style. Or dreads. Or this stupid V-neck white T shit everyone is wearing. Or plaid military style shirts. One famous person does it and we all follow suit like zombies. Like it or not t's the truth.
Let me ask you this. And think about it carefully and be honest in your answer.
How many decisions/choices did you make today entirely on your own. I mean, based on your personal internal index of valuation?
We underestimate the power of media and, concomitantly, pop-culture in influencing our behavior. Embeded biases you have will immediately compel you to call bullshit and as a reflex reaction swear that you call your own shots. But trust me, more likely than not, 80-90% of the choices and decisions you and most (including me) made today were irrational. Whether you chose to accept it or not is another issue.
Right there ... @ the highlighted ... is where your I have issues with your argument. How can you isolate the effect of the neighborhood? Kids stay in the house 24/7? This makes no sense. Those problems you mentioned; fatherless homes, absentee moms, irresponsible parents just didn't materialize out of no where. It's all part of a vicious cycle.I'm already back in the Rick Rawse thread as I type.
Then you turn around and say "...there are bigger problems in our community than music.." But I just thought you said it was exclusively the household?
Dude, it's a vicious closed feed-back cycle. A complex system that can't be simplified to just rap music ... or drugs ... or bad parents. But if you wana say that the coonery and buffoonery of Gucci Mane, Rick Ross, Wocka Flocka, Young Money and the like are benign then your delusional. With all due respect.
Record execs don't just manufacture pop-culture out of the wind. The music industry ebbs and flows in fads and trends that emerge from how we react to the art. The industry adapts accordingly. It might take a Jay-z wearing button ups or Kanye West rocking pastel polos and a back pack or skinny jeans and so forth. Or some gay dance or hook. Or "lil John Crump" beat style. Or dreads. Or this stupid V-neck white T shit everyone is wearing. Or plaid military style shirts. One famous person does it and we all follow suit like zombies. Like it or not t's the truth.
Let me ask you this. And think about it carefully and be honest in your answer.
How many decisions/choices did you make today entirely on your own. I mean, based on your personal internal index of valuation?
We underestimate the power of media and, concomitantly, pop-culture in influencing our behavior. Embeded biases you have will immediately compel you to call bullshit and as a reflex reaction swear that you call your own shots. But trust me, more likely than not, 80-90% of the choices and decisions you and most (including me) made today were irrational. Whether you chose to accept it or not is another issue.
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