Ashley Judd criticizes hip hop music/culture

SmoothDaddy101 said:
I was talking...well, never mind. I know there's plenty of good indie stuff out there. Its just the corporate studio execs who push for the modern day minstrel shit.
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There's the problem in a handbasket as far as current state of rap. Any and everything now is all geared towards making money for the companies and not about quality product.
 
SmoothDaddy101 said:
I was talking...well, never mind. I know there's plenty of good indie stuff out there. Its just the corporate studio execs who push for the modern day minstrel shit.
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There are some great corporate acts like The Roots and Kanye West but like anything corporate it turns art to shit. Its not a coincidence that books like Twilight and pop artist like Rebecca Black are the most talked about things right now.
 
Eye of Ra said:
There's the problem in a handbasket as far as current state of rap. Any and everything now is all geared towards making money for the companies and not about quality product.
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The grown crack babies and their offspring are their main consumers. I prefer 1970s-1988...to me that's when it was raw and untainted by the powers that be.
 
MrFantastic said:
The big difference between rap and movies is that rappers are held accountable for their form of entertainment. No one is walking around thinking that Arnold has an ak47 in the trunk of his hummer(which he might. He LOVES guns) but people expect Lil Wayne to. You might not like rap old man because its not what you're use to but I don't think its fair the way they demonize it.
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Man I LOVE rap, I am just not going to pretend its anything other than what it is. I LOVE RAP hip/hop.....love it. I listen to mostly rock....and dance/techno, but I love hip hop.

...but I don't understand this knee jerk response of rap when we all know its pathetic, counter productive...and how women (period) listen to 99.9% of it is far far beyond me.

....and Arnold did get protested because of the violent content of his movies.
 
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MrFantastic said:
Don't get it twisted fam. Teenage to mid 20 something white women are their main constumers and that's real.
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People have been saying this for YEARS....but I've never seen any proof, or even any anecdotal information to support this at all.
 
MrFantastic said:
There's a bunch more but I didn't feel like searching for it. Just google it and stop being lazy kid.
http://www.assatashakur.org/forum/c...l-demographic-buys-most-hiphop-rap-music.html
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I read that join long time ago...but that is an opinion. And come on F man, you didn't post this link as proof.

Cuz....there are many who think like you, that's proof? This idea that whites are the "reason" for hip hop has been pushed along since the early 80s. Here is reality.

Record companies sell what the Negro is buying. Black folk don't want to be taught, they wants shit dumbed down. The fantasy life of the thug culture where everyone is flying G - 15 1/2 jes, everyone is a baller, everyone is pushing the latest whip.
 
Ymra said:
I read that join long time ago...but that is an opinion. And come on F man, you didn't post this link as proof.

Cuz....there are many who think like you, that's proof? This idea that whites are the "reason" for hip hop has been pushed along since the early 80s. Here is reality.

Record companies sell what the Negro is buying. Black folk don't want to be taught, they wants shit dumbed down. The fantasy life of the thug culture where everyone is flying G - 15 1/2 jes, everyone is a baller, everyone is pushing the latest whip.
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Yeah and whites are buying it. Have you ever been to a Jay Z concert? If you're a black dude searching for white grls thats definitely the spot.
 
MrFantastic said:
Yeah and whites are buying it. Have you ever been to a Jay Z concert? If you're a black dude searching for white grls thats definitely the spot.
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Jazy crossed over.....

....like I said the ideas that Whites are the ones busying it, its yet another attempt to absolve black folk of the responsibly for our own shit. There is no proof of this...

.....its a baseless assumption. Record companies sell what the negro buys. If black folk where buying rap that had a more respectful content, then generally everyone would buy it. Or we can keep blamin' white folks for the reason why we do what we do.
 
Ymra said:
Jazy crossed over.....

....like I said the ideas that Whites are the ones busying it, its yet another attempt to absolve black folk of the responsibly for our own shit. There is no proof of this...

.....its a baseless assumption. Record companies sell what the negro buys. If black folk where buying rap that had a more respectful content, then generally everyone would buy it. Or we can keep blamin' white folks for the reason why we do what we do.
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Dude what do you think going commercial means? It means having wide appeal to white America.
 
Ymra said:
Record companies sell what the Negro is buying. Black folk don't want to be taught, they wants shit dumbed down. The fantasy life of the thug culture where everyone is flying G - 15 1/2 jes, everyone is a baller, everyone is pushing the latest whip.
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Black folks are not the only ones who want things dumbed down for them nowadays in America. It's everybody. Period. Pretty much everyone in America now wants shit handed to them with no work or effort. The mindset of entitlement we have in this country plays a major role. Does the current Bling Bling bullshit Rap & Hip Hop contribute to the problem as a whole? Sure it does, but Rap & Hip Hop can't be said to be the primary factor.
 
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