Smoke24 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
You do know that as long as the "non hip hop" songs are making these rich guys more money, this is what they are going to teach our youth about this being hiphop and the culture it comes from and all that. Then what is the youth going to do, sit down somewhere, get a previously used beat, write and think they have a track. Track gets played and everyone realizes there is no passion on that track its just a bunch of words that rhyme. Oh wait it can be turned into a dance song, so thats what you hear mainstream now.
I want the art form back, that is why I like when I see poetry shows. I like to write but when I hear what these people have to say it just crazy and thats what I call passion. I've been writing for a while and won contest and all that. Whatever happen to all the break dancing and scratch contests,, you don't hear about them anymore.
I don't know, I try to show one thing, but others that have powers that goes beyond me shows another thing, they often win out.
I realized a looong time ago they don't give a fruck about the lives of me and fellow young black men until they can make money and pimp us despite the effects it has on the kids.
I gotta write a a blog on this later but I just finished a new one so probably tomorrow
Basically it goes like this
Find marketable person
Write basic degrading and idiotic lyrics
Play it and advertise to you black children
Make specials on how this is destroying society
And it's funny BET has those "Hip Hop VS America " specials but they are the same ones running the Tip Drill video..