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By: JC on 11/19/2007 3:52PM
The best that I can say about 'Hip-Hop' is, "Hip-Hop Belongs To Us"! Let It be our instrument to send positive messages and promote positive development of our culture and our communities. Thank You Felicia For Your Documentation Of This Period In Black America's History.
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By: Free Souls on 11/26/2007 7:37AM
Music must have a positive message. Especially when used to promote our story and our culture. I personally would love to see hip hop return to its more cultural roots. A lot of todays music, not just hip hop, has a more watered down appeal. We dont need harsh words to express ourselves. Live clean and make clean music or MOVE!!!
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By: Shanks on 12/20/2007 11:36PM
I grew up with Kool Herc, Big Bank. They both lived in my neighborhood in the Bronx. I still stay in touch with Herc. When Hip Hop was created, it wasnt meant to be a platform, to show how ignorant you could be, but to show the creativeness that Black youth did have pent up inside. Being what they call a Old G. I still listen to the old stuff. It had meaning, there was a message. It didnt have a naked woman in the videos to take away what they were trying to say. I think that the crunk music and the other stuff that they call an art, really isnt art at all, what they have done is taken away from something that we could have been proud of. Instead, it is something that we sometimes regret. IE. TI!! Wanna be gansta..
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By: Kurt NIce on 11/26/2007 9:07AM
Hip Hip is a cultural phenomenon that provides a forum for people to be themselves. Chicken Noodle Soup falls in the category of Hip Hop, as a reference to whack shit. But True School Hip Hop should be known by anyone who considereds themselves part of the culture or else you can't claim it. Hip Hop didn't start yesterday. It started on Aug 11, 1973 on Cedric & Cedar when Kool Herc had a party at his girfriend's house. You don't have to know that in particular but you're not Hip Hop if you don't know who Kool Herc, Afrika Bambataa, Grand Master Caz and the Rock Steady Crew are. The beats and cadences these south cats are using are from 1982 but since they prally never studied that era, they think their shit is FRESH! sukas...
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By: Danny D on 11/26/2007 9:36AM
and u know dat!
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By: RBR on 11/26/2007 10:45AM
i don't know who kool herc is,but i know who africa bambataa is.nor do i know grand master caz and the rock steady crew are.i live in georgia and it's not my fault that they didn't play those guys here.me being born in 1971,the first hip-hop group i remember was the sugar hill gang,i guess around 1979 or 1980.i still consider myself to know some hip-hop. chicken noodle soup wasn't the greatest jam, but at least it wasn't on that negetivity tip. it was a fun song like back in the day,so why dis it?
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By: AfricanBlack on 11/26/2007 11:01AM
Hip Hop can be a positive instrument and a good inspiration when its done right... Unfortunately a lot of today's Hip Hop does the opposite by degrading a Gender, or a Race. A lot of today's Hip Hop uses negative and foul language, and seem to sponsor and promotes sex and violence... Unlike yesteryear's Rap and Hip Hop and lot of the Hip Hop music today is just a bunch of slang and negative words thrown together without any real meaning or real message that can be understood by everyone, And if they are trying to send a message out to the people outside of the Hip Hop slang, Well guess what, If they can't figure out what you're saying then your message is just a waste of time...
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By: Davitte on 11/26/2007 12:50PM
Keep in mind that hip-hop is great it in some cases talks aboutthe bad times of black people back in the 50's and 60's some of that same stuff is going on. I respect that in young people but' hold the nasty words down some give respect to our black women theyare the loving fruit of our people. denmarch30@aol.com
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By: wayne on 11/26/2007 1:18PM
I'm a black man and I do like some Hip-Hop music but I think that in our times of struggles as far as living conditions,Hip-hop artists aren't doing anything for their people.We support them but all they do is show us on TV how big their mansion is and how many expensive cars they have.These folks could atleast buy properties and build houses where their people can live like humans. We are not really asking for hand outs, because the money they spend will be going right back to them in mortgage. I think that Black folks are just selfish and it's been going on for many years before Slavery.So thanks for nothing,brithers and sisters.
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By: Cort on 11/26/2007 2:01PM
"Hip-Hop" is a Joke on Black Folks! Frankly, they aren't making a lot of money, with the 'dog chain' hangin' around their necks and the photos of their lips poked-out. I ask a H-H artist would he want his son to be a H-H artist. He said NO. They don't make a that much money after expensives.Also, remember Black people don't have much $$ to spend.
1.) There is NO PENSION plans for them.
2.) Five years is the Max, for the H-H artist in the 'spot light'.
3.) Remember all the past Jazz and R&B Artists? most died without a Penny.
As a people, we have very little "Staying Power". Too bad we can't learn from the "Country Western" culture.
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