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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 1949838" data-attributes="member: 158">I'll play thug's advocate for a bit. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />The "keepin' it real" elements I hate, because it's just trying to perpetuate itself by shutting people out. While some people mean it to be "don't pretend to be something you're not, and be true to yourself" (Queen Latufah spoke on this before in an interview a few years ago), others mean it to stand for, "stay in this low-brow lifestyle, because it's what you are, and there's no changing that." Stupid concept to me, but what do I know?As for the other elements, while taken to their conclusions they're nothing but destructive (the women as sex objects, the "money on my mind," etc.) they have an appeal. What's the appeal? They're FUN. It's a fun thought, especially when you're younger, to have nothing more serious on your mind than partying, gettin' a little high, hooking up with a non-bad-looking lady, and living it up like you've got lots of money; I get that. It's not a good way to go long-term, but I get it. There's nothing more required of you - you know your role, it's clearly defined, whether you're a woman or a man, and young girls enjoy it as much as guys do - it's not a one-sided thing.But the end result? You party your life away, with nothing to show for it but (if you're lucky) a good-looking corpse.  In many cases, yeah, that's about it. But I'm not going further there, because that's nothing(land) for debate here. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />On talent, though, I differ. There are some mediocre rappers out there (Fifty cent  and Little John, for example, who are to me glorified house DJ's), but then there are some ICONS in the field, some rap gods out there who can strike up a cadence that any drill sergeant would envy. LL Cool J is a Titan;  So is (more recently) Trick Daddy, who's showing through now. Busta Rhymes is good, though maybe not great. He's more of an Enrico Fermi to LL Cool J's Einstein. There are some others out there who have real talent - just because they don't sing their rhymes doesn't mean that what they do is talentless. I don't fault Charlotte Bronte or Robert Frost for not carrying a tune, either. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />For who I listen to, I'm more of a "pop gangsta." <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> If the riff is good, and it's an upbeat or powerful rap, I can get into it. But I don't follow the underground, nor the unsigned popular artists, etc.</blockquote>

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