Rap/RnB with positive or at least not negative message

CBQ said:
I should say, to some of us, "Can I live" is not a positive song at all. It's a political song, and not one that reflects everyone's politics.

I'd say 98% of Kanye West's songs fit your description of positive.

Also nearly anything from Lupe Fiasco. Mos Def fits the bill too.

20 years ago Vanilla Ice was popular.
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EDIT: Didn't mean to quote. Ah well.





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Kam recalls his childhood before everyone around him got into gangs and LA changed for the worse.

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Self explanatory.






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Paris talks about how there so much violence in his city. One line talks about how he used to be sad when anyone got killed, but now he's just glad if he didn't know them. Love this track, and the Gap Band sample.
 
Liquid Swords said:
I get what you mean about "Can I Live?" but I don't see how someone could say it isn't positive, all it is about is how his mother chose not to abort him, he even says he's not judging anyone in the song. No matter someone's stance on abortion I don't see how it's a negative song.
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I don't want to derail or to fight, but to me that song always sounded like a shaming technique. It's propaganda (in my *very* humble opinion), complete with "I don't like this clinic, Mama" and "hopefully you'll make the right decision" crap in it. I can see that if you think abortion is murder, that's a positive song, but to someone on the other side of things, it's the equivalent of listening to John Ashcroft sing "Let the Eagles Soar." Even if the song was any good, it would still make me want to throw up. Basically, to me it is not positive because it insults every woman I know of who has considered or gone through with an abortion by suggesting they committed murder (as if they answered "No" to the title question).

Personally I find sex & drugs more positive ;)

I completely agree with you about how much positive hip hop there is out there.
 
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Brotha Ajax said:
Peruvian Cocaine by Immortal Technique, and anything else from Tech.

Outta My Life by Paris, and anything else by Paris.

Keep the Peace by Kam, and most other shit by Kam.

Lotta shit by the Conscious Daughters.

Anything by T-Kash.

Hell, anything from the Guerilla Funk camp, including T-Kash, Paris, Kam, Conscious Daughters.

Anything fro Public Enemy.

Anything from Arrester Development.

Anything from Brand Nubian.

Lotta shit from Nas.

Chester by Dana Dane, covers child abuse.

WC and the Madd Circle's first cd, "Ain't a Damn Thing Changed".

And some other shit. You just gotta look, but positive shit is out there.
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Those are some good artist the fucking radio never plays them. I was just listening to some early 90s rap yesterday and the quality so much better back then. Hell bring back the west coast gangsta rap anything is better than all this autotune and dance songs. I got all the money, women, and cars bullshit Nas is right hip hop is dead.
 
Mos Def and Talib Kweli are BLACKSTAR. Blackstar...very motivational and positive.

Common

Mos def

Talib Kweli

Rakim has some uplifting words


I didn't bother to check to see if these guys were mentioned yet
 
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