Hip Hop and Racism

[ForestBlue]

There are only about 5 people in the whole world whose opinion of me actually matters to me.

Consequently there are a few billion who can just f off if they dont like me, or what I say.

If any of the later group interpret what you say as sexist, racist or whatever ist then that's their problem if they feel the need to form an opinion of someone they dont even know.

 

[verreauxi]

Yesssss

Where was that gem of a post posted?

 

[The Celtic View]

2 (1 if we can't count family), and I have £32.58 in my current account.

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And you just couldn't wait to come on here and rub it in our faces!

 

[kev]

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And you just couldn't wait to come on here and rub it in our faces!

I'm gonna have nightmares now at the thought of @Bungle rubbing things in peoples faces.

 

[Terrarian]

I like both metal and hip-hop I don't listen to manufactured BS hip-hop that is in the charts, i prefer independent underground artists and you very rarely get all the misogyny and bragging. Lyricists tend to write about current topics.

 

[The Celtic View]

While a lot of Hip Hop tracks aren't very good, there are some outstanding ones.

 

[The Celtic View]

 

[chrismpw]

I've been enjoying the latest Weeknd album recently. It's a great modern pop album that uses a lot of 80's techniques that I used to love as a kid. It also has a couple of guest spots from rappers which, IMO, are absolute garbage.

I mentioned this on another forum (there are other forums aside from GOT I hear you cry!) - and it spiralled into a conversation where I admitted to not being a fan of hip hop music, mainly due to my dislike about the braggadocio of the genre (the whole fascination about how many women you've slept with or how much money you have is vulgar and boring to me I suppose).

I was then basically accused of being racist because of this. I stated that i'd listened to some of the 'flagship' releases of the genre (To Pimp A Butterfly, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy etc) and didn't like them. It seems that because Hip Hop/Rap music is probably the most popular genre of current times, for somebody to dislike the vast majority of the genre there must be a deeper reasoning behind it - or at least that was the impression I was given from other posters on that site.

How many rappers/hip hop fans like Heavy Metal? Is it racist of them to discount a genre consisting largely of white males?

Should I feel guilty that I don't like Hip Hop music?

I don't like hip hop because from what I've heard its repetitive, often aggressive and relates to a culture I have no interest in. I don't like most pop music either. Taste for a music genre is absolutely nothing to do with racism and extrapolation and inferring stereotypes from such a thing is only done by the very, very stupid.

Its like saying if you don't like medieval plain chant then you must hate Christianity.

 

[Tramps_mate]

I've been enjoying the latest Weeknd album recently. It's a great modern pop album that uses a lot of 80's techniques that I used to love as a kid. It also has a couple of guest spots from rappers which, IMO, are absolute garbage.

I mentioned this on another forum (there are other forums aside from GOT I hear you cry!) - and it spiralled into a conversation where I admitted to not being a fan of hip hop music, mainly due to my dislike about the braggadocio of the genre (the whole fascination about how many women you've slept with or how much money you have is vulgar and boring to me I suppose).

I was then basically accused of being racist because of this. I stated that i'd listened to some of the 'flagship' releases of the genre (To Pimp A Butterfly, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy etc) and didn't like them. It seems that because Hip Hop/Rap music is probably the most popular genre of current times, for somebody to dislike the vast majority of the genre there must be a deeper reasoning behind it - or at least that was the impression I was given from other posters on that site.

How many rappers/hip hop fans like Heavy Metal? Is it racist of them to discount a genre consisting largely of white males?

Should I feel guilty that I don't like Hip Hop music?

LOTS of rappers listen to rock and metal.. Its quite a well known fact.

Also a lot of music genres sing about women, drugs, money and beer...