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So I saw Hip Hop Vs. America awhile back and I wanted to know what people thought, so I guess I'll just make discussion points if you haven't saw it.
Discussion Points: 1. Do you think hip hop is sexist? 2. Do you think hip hop degrade/exploit women? 3. Should parents let their children watch rap videos or hip hop videos? 4. Should parents be there to explain what young girls/boys are watching? 5. Do these music videos give young adults/children a false sense of achievement(The only way to achieve or make it is to become a rap star) 6. Do the music videos give young girls a false sense of beauty? That every girl has to be stick-thin, long hair, nails, scantily clad clothing, etc. 7. Is it a bad impression on people over all?
All of those questions are interesting ones, however people should be aware of the distinction between hip hop and gangsta rap. Gangsta rap is generally misogynistic,violent and full of drugs etc.
I think it is a reflection of an underclass of people living in terrible conditions with little chance of getting out, these videos are a reflection of their poor and brutal life. Something the general american populus wouldnt understand. Most gangsta rappers wouldnt think of themselevs as role models. I blame the studios for airing them during kids times, not the rappers, who will and have the right to continue creating their music.
All of those questions are interesting ones, however people should be aware of the distinction between hip hop and gangsta rap. Gangsta rap is generally misogynistic,violent and full of drugs etc.
Your point is a good one, but the title of the show was hip hop vs. America so I kept the same title. There is a difference though.
3. Should parents let their children watch rap videos or hip hop videos?
To that I saw NO because they might contain some stuff that children would like to do. For example smoking, they think it looks cool and will try to attempt it so they can look "cool."
To that I saw NO because they might contain some stuff that children would like to do. For example smoking, they think it looks cool and will try to attempt it so they can look "cool."
Yeah true, but along with that smoking is everywhere though almost, but you can't really ban them if lets say the person who voices Spongebob was a smoker...Just an example.
Fair enough, I would like to point out that i prefer hip hop to gangsta rap, old skl gangsta wos good though. NWA,Run DMC,good times.
Yeah I love Old School, but I don't even listen to the rap/ hip hop industry, I'm all about the 70s and 80s hair bands and the 90s. I miss artists like Marvin Gaye or more soulful artists unlike ones that are focused on their...'bitches and ho's' than making great music.
1, 2. Not necessarily. There are also female hip-hop artists. 3. Not the most explicit ones. If I had children, I wouldn't let them watch NWA music videos. 4. Yes. Context is everything, especially for a genre such as rap and hip-hop. 5. Whenever I listen to 2pac's raps (RIP by the way), I get the feeling from his emotions and his lyrics that he is trying to dissuade young listeners from the thug life. His message in a lot of it feels like: "I was forced into this, so I had better be the best there is, but if you can avoid it don't do it." So I would argue no. Nowadays though, hip-hop is an enormously superficial genre. 6. Hello? Baby Got Back? If anything, magazines like Cosmopolitan and Hollywood contributes way more to this than hip hop. 7. It depends. Nowadays hip-hop is just a venue for self-glorification. Back in the day though, rap had emotion, and it had a message.
It depends. Nowadays hip-hop is just a venue for self-glorification. Back in the day though, rap had emotion, and it had a message.
Thanks for answering all the questions. I miss music(in general) that has soul and emotion in it, like The Message by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5 it was a message that was telling about what it was like living. Also I feel the same way you do about Tupac
