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rickster885

Now for more personal issues

Dec 06, 2006 03:21

My last post was huge, for reasons unforseen. It was just a spur of the moment thing where I had to get thoughts written down. It helps for if I ever consider writing a book. obviously I'm not reaching a very large audience now but I'd like to someday ( Read more... )

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Hmm... mrcleveland December 7 2006, 01:32:25 UTC

This whole rap thing seems to be really big issue to you. As if it is among the primary issues in the country today.

Do you really consider it to be that big of a deal?

Re: Hmm... rickster885 December 7 2006, 02:19:25 UTC

It is a huge deal. You mention the exact reason it's a big deal, because nobody in this generation really sees it that way. Therefore no one speaks against it and it gets away with so much stupidity ( ... )

Re: Hmm... mrcleveland December 7 2006, 02:48:00 UTC

By rap culture, what do you mean? Excess-ridden lifestyles? Those have been around since class societies existed ( ... )

Re: Hmm... rickster885 December 7 2006, 03:16:20 UTC

Well luckily as an intelligent person, you will not be fooled into living by BIG's lifestyle, unlike a lot of people. Don't get me started on that evil asshole. He may have had a tough life but that gives him no right to be such a dick. Oprah had a tough life too but she's nice ( ... )

Re: Hmm... mrcleveland December 7 2006, 03:25:18 UTC

I agree that rap tends to be a rather stagnant genre, artistically speaking. These days.

I think BIG had talent. Critically speaking, his music held up. Something tells me you could simply not flow the same way. No?

It's the major labels that ruin music. But not necessarily culture in general. Extending music to all of culture and public consciousness definitely is a mistake.

Have you ever read any of the Adbusters articles on the Mental Environment? I'm not really big into those guys anymore, but I recommend it.

Re: Hmm... rickster885 December 7 2006, 06:36:12 UTC

I must say BIG has good flow. That is the closest thing to talent rappers can achieve unless they become producers. So for that reason I have to give more credit to Jay-Z. Not only does he have flow, but he can create the sonic backgrounds rappers use. Could BIG play guitar, piano, and trumpet though? Could he sing in tune? I'm not saying this in order to brag, but it's not like he could do what I can and personally I think it would be a lot easier for me to learn to "flow" than it would be for him to learn all the aspects of music I've learned for about 13 years now. I even wrote a rap song as experimentation to prove that anybody could rap, although I never finished it. Maybe I will now ( ... )

Re: Hmm... mrcleveland December 8 2006, 01:03:09 UTC

http://adbusters.org/metas/psycho/mediacarta/article2.html

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