Sunster
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lol maybe he just wanted to see what would happen
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How do you feel about white people who are into hip-hop/rap music?
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lol maybe he just wanted to see what would happen
Muppet of a Man
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Holy shit, overthinking shit is a huge millennial issue. There should be a meta thread about it.
Do/Like whatever you like, so long as you have good, honest intentions about it.
Do/Like whatever you like, so long as you have good, honest intentions about it.
Fulminator
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I don't say it even when I'm alone
When I was a kid I did, but then I got older and learned about the world.
Shin K Dash
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I could care less... Majority of Hip Hop sales are from whites anyways. Just don't rap a song out-loud near me or I will rank on you for it.
Bobo Dakes
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My manager "hates rap", but LOVES Iggy Azalea. "Now THAT'S RAP".
I can't with that office sometimes.
radios shipping overview
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Hiphop is one of the default forms of rebellious music these days. People gravitate to that.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
I was really into NWA and Eazy E when I was 12 but I thought that they were comedy acts like Weird Al.
It wasn't until I got internet access in 1995 that I realized anyone took them even semi-seriously.
It wasn't until I got internet access in 1995 that I realized anyone took them even semi-seriously.
Syphon Filter
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How come? He is one of the greatest.
Khaos Kontrol
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On the WTT tour, when Kanye performed All of the Lights and the "MJ gone, our nigga dead" line comes up, he stops the song and makes every say it as loud as they can.
One example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq6MS-Sn7fE
Terrorblot
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OUCH. THE CALLOUT.
I love Rap music and am very white gay girl. There's no way someone could convince me it's inappropriate to appreciate music from another culture, how else can you learn and grow and become a multi dimensional person if you're just living in your own bubble like that? I do think that there is a certain understanding with some tracks and albums that they may not be "for" a certain listener, but that doesn't mean we can't listen and appreciate
That being said, I probably wouldn't sing along to certain lyrics in public but I wouldn't myself but mostly because I typically am shy and anxious about these sorts of things (hence the emoji topic I suppose :3).
LookAtMeGo
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But do you like Family Ties?
Gordon Shumway
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For me? Gets tired with the mom/wife shit..
Edit--
Had to piss..but yeah, Masta Ace exist..
When I'm singing along, sure. Quoting an artist seems to be fine. But I took the word out of my vocabulary a few years ago.
I enjoy Michael J Fox. His Spin City sitcom was awesome.
Andrew Korenchkin
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Immortal Technique sucks.
Prodigal Son
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that its cool they found something they like? the fuck?
Hahaha I have meet so many people like this
Why?
Syphon Filter
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I never got that comparison, they are different.
LookAtMeGo
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I think Family Matters is better than Family Ties.
People can listen to what they want OP. I'm white and my favorite genre is reggae. I get a lot of side eyes when Im singing along in my car to some Morgan Heritage.
i dont have any issue not saying it
Gordon Shumway
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Hmmmm..I feel like there's a good fight to be had here. Shit. Wasn't there, at minimum, more diversity when it comes to ideology in Family Ties? Was it ever THAT deep in Matters?
It's a bad habit I had when I was younger and (more) naive, and I've since worked it out of me.
That's great, I just saw your post, and it reminded me of this scene in Dear White People, where I could easily see someone responding to you like that lol
BLOODED_hands
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All I can say is, is more power to you bruh. Enjoy what you like 👍
If white people could only listen to music that didn't involve black oppression or struggle in some sort of major way as a theme we would be left with... classical and electronic music. And some genres of rock and folk.
No blues, jazz, rock, gospel, soul, rap, R&B, etc. That sounds fucking awful to me because I love all those genre's. Music is music. It's a deeply personal thing in both the way it's made and the way it's listened to. Just be who you are, and listen to what you like.
Also, while the above deal heavily with problems encountered by African Americans and black people, they're not exclusively about that. There are tons of stuff in that music that is universal to everyone.
No blues, jazz, rock, gospel, soul, rap, R&B, etc. That sounds fucking awful to me because I love all those genre's. Music is music. It's a deeply personal thing in both the way it's made and the way it's listened to. Just be who you are, and listen to what you like.
Also, while the above deal heavily with problems encountered by African Americans and black people, they're not exclusively about that. There are tons of stuff in that music that is universal to everyone.
Sunster
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not using your free speech means you hate America.
Tezzeractor
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Music is music. Enjoy it.
I wondered the same thing. There were maybe 10 poc to the 100+ white kids. Like I said, I wonder what he thinks. I don't know what his views on the word are.
LookAtMeGo
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I dont think Matters was ever really THAT deep because it was more focused on urkel being pure comic relief but there were some episodes that touched on some serious issues but always did it in a much more comedic way than Ties.
Like this one ..not so funny tho
Is it the better show? Definitely debatable. I just enjoyed Matters the most.
Dont mean to derail tho sorry
Depends on the song. Most of the time I can adlib something better, I think that word is pretty unoriginal and overused.
i dont think the word is unoriginal or overused at all, its just not something i want to say
i find ad-libbing another word in its place to be kinda weird, though
like, what do you say instead?
i'm imagining a weird radio edit from the early 2000's just thinking about it
God damn that tour was so good. I snuck to the front row of the Vegas leg on my 21st bday. Legendary night.
TheOctodad
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I'm as white as they come and I love rap.
I ad-lib "black friends" when the N word is used. It's so blatantly strange it always gets a good reaction.
I ad-lib "black friends" when the N word is used. It's so blatantly strange it always gets a good reaction.
I've found "neighbor" to be a good substitute for flow and most contexts.
Any two syllable word or phrase works. I do write my own raps so at easily for me to adlib based on the song. I also go off in freestyle tangents to the hiphop tracks I listen to a lot. Also, sometimes I like the radio edit better. Kanye's "All Day" and "Gold Digger" are two examples I can think of where the chorus is improved by removing the n word. That's just my personal preference though, as a huge kanye fan that happens to be white. Maybe because the word clearly will never mean as much to me, so I can easily replace it with "you know" or "that dude".. pretty much whatever rhymes.
I like those ones!
Eh I like his stuff. Shit's just kinda depressing. First time I heard Dance With the Devil I had to watch some cartoons afterwards
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