When did you first fall in love with Hip-Hop?

[femenemopee]

Yeah...I know that's the theme from "Brown Sugar"...lol

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sorry so long, girl you touched a nerve

[prosechild]

I think I officially fell in love with hip hop when Outkast first came out. I'm from the south, so I could really feel their Southernplayalisticadillacmusic (lol) vibe/CD... and I was a real big GooDIE Mob fan until they came out with World Party... and OMG Biggie was my FAVE.. I was also feeling Common with "Like Water For Chocolate" and the Roots until they blew up... but hip hop has really let me down also and I don't really consider myself a fan anymore. I don't agree with the practice of making 4 radio songs and 10 songs from the heart, so I don't buy music. Lastly, I hate how commercial hip hop has become.. I hate it when watching MTV and some white kid from suburbia who drives a Lexus truck is listening to 50 Cent and singing along to "Oh you mad?/ I thought that you'd be happy I made it/I'm that cat by the bar toasting to the good life/I came out the hood,/now you tryin to pull me back, right" and they have no idea of the struggle.. of that feeling of accomplishment that he's talking about.. that feeling that, through hip hop

Re: sorry so long, girl you touched a nerve

[femenemopee]

I hate it when watching MTV and some white kid from suburbia who drives a Lexus truck is listening to 50 Cent and singing along to "Oh you mad?/ I thought that you'd be happy I made it/I'm that cat by the bar toasting to the good life/I came out the hood,/now you tryin to pull me back, right" and they have no idea of the struggle.. of that feeling of accomplishment that he's talking about.. that feeling that, through hip hop, he brought his whole hood with him.. Even though I hate 50 cent to be damned...I agree with you. But it stems down to the mentality of our people...the 'get mines and I don't give a damn about anybody else' mentality. Some Black people are always looking for a hook-up and don't ever wanna be in support of all-things-black and buy someone's album. The white kids have money and have no qualms about spending it on things they like...even if they don't trully understand or relate to it. So who do the artists cater to? the ones that keep their pockets fatter. *sigh

[demon_d27]

I was in like with it from '82 - 86. Had a crush when LL's "Jack the Ripper" and when PE came out. I fell in love with rap in '88 and sort of had issues with it in '01 - so we're seperating if you will.

But now, i'll pop in an old rap tape and what I recorded from '89 - '95 (i have a total of 200 tapes bought and radio recorded).

See, in the early '90's rock and alternative were wooing me their way, but I was split -- so i went with my ear. But i still ove my classics and will defend the good of rap and not this Feminem & 50 cent, women on video exploiting crap.

[femenemopee]

LOL...you took me baaaaaaaack with the tapes. I remember ordering a bunch of them from Columbia House...and I had friends who ran so many scams on CH. *smh* @ scam artists who weren't even 11 years old yet. lol

[demon_d27]

for a little bit, i would order tapes and CD's, record songs I want and then send them back to Columbia House, but now I just order from BMG and keep them since I can afford them. (is that what your talkig about when you say "scam"?).

Anyway, My tapes are irreplacable(sp) because the songs I have are the ones you cannot find anywhere. I have songs from the radio shows of DJ Red Alert, Chuck Chillout, Magic, and Marley Marl. There mixes (scratches of all styles) were killer.

[femenemopee]

Nah...by scams I mean they would send away for the tapes and never pay for them. Then do it again with someone else in their house's name. lol

Boy, if Columbia House went on your credit report...my friends would have never been able to get student loans to go to college...lol