#whataziz

Of course! My inbox is always open! :)

the problem is that most of the rap music that is profitable is angry and combative and showy and in general non-constructive from a political or social standpoint. Who's to say that that's how it will always be though? Especially in this internet era? I think rap has already had constructive effects on the world. It has inspired tons of poor kids to indulge their creative impulses and make stuff and perform and write. It has revealed the gritty truth of being a poor minority to those who may not have known otherwise. Maybe rap will continue to do things like this. Maybe it won't. Who know. Hip hop is music, but music is also often work.

He clearly implies that he thinks there is something wrong with white people enjoying rap music, which is obviously fucking stupid and highly problematic. He clearly implies that he thinks there is something wrong with people rapping about things other than 'the black struggle' (or something like that). Which is also stupid. He thinks white rappers are trying to "redefine" hiphop culture, which is again, stupid and wrong. Hiphop has evolved and expanded, and as much as this guy wants to ignore it, it's about more than Grandmaster Flash and NWA now. Rapping as a medium has been adopted by people of all cultures, not out of mockery, but out of creative impulse and mainstream appeal. Rapping is used by peoples in the suburbs, people at church, for childrens programs, for comedy albums, for pop songs, for rock songs, and the list goes on. And this is good.

That would be the ideal ending. The real ending is me sitting in front of a laptop, too lazy to make food.

shirewalker 

Happy Valentine's Day, whataziz!