HOLD UP!!! This Song Actually Made It To Mainstream Radio??

[wet landscapes]

I get what you are saying but both are equally important. You are right, positive, uplifting messages must be promoted more also BUT that is getting harder and harder to do because this music and sound is overwhelmingly winning the fight. The hiphop culture has damn near BECOME black culture. Ignorance is getting celebrated more and more in the black community. Education and being a "regular" black man or woman is seen as "lame" and "corny". The "trap" sound is dominating everything. Hell, R&B is dead because of hiphop. Mary Mary just released a gospel song over a trap beat. You say young adults and adults love the shyt. That may be true to a certain extent. I like some of it. But the shyt is being PURPOSELY forced on us!! We all know the skin color of who REALLY runs these record labels. THOSE people are dictating whats going into the minds of the black youth. and 99% of that is black on black violence, drug use/selling, extreme materialism, promiscuity, gang/prison lifestyle and the disrespect of black women. WHY IS THIS?? Its NOT merely a coincidence!! We literally have no choice but to "love shyt like this"!!!! Why are we not seeing whats right in front of us. Media Propaganda is being effectively used against us in which rap is included.

I feel like the themes are things that appeal to different groups for different reasons
the hiphop heads like the lyricism
other hip hop heads like the blend of technical techniques and composing that make the beats
well adjusted teens and young adults the hint of "badness" it adds to their media and the trendiness of it
young/older adults like the trendiness of it as well, as well as the feeling it creates in a party environment
the violence appeals to angry people
if it is being forced, the fact that there still are people who identify with that music validates it's purposefulness, you know?

 

[jilla82]

I get what you are saying but both are equally important. You are right, positive, uplifting messages must be promoted more also BUT that is getting harder and harder to do because this music and sound is overwhelmingly winning the fight. The hiphop culture has damn near BECOME black culture. Ignorance is getting celebrated more and more in the black community. Education and being a "regular" black man or woman is seen as "lame" and "corny". The "trap" sound is dominating everything. Hell, R&B is dead because of hiphop. Mary Mary just released a gospel song over a trap beat. You say young adults and adults love the shyt. That may be true to a certain extent. I like some of it. But the shyt is being PURPOSELY forced on us!! We all know the skin color of who REALLY runs these record labels. THOSE people are dictating whats going into the minds of the black youth. and 99% of that is black on black violence, drug use/selling, extreme materialism, promiscuity, gang/prison lifestyle and the disrespect of black women. WHY IS THIS?? Its NOT merely a coincidence!! We literally have no choice but to "love shyt like this"!!!! Why are we not seeing whats right in front of us. Media Propaganda is being effectively used against us in which rap is included.

you can't blame the labels bruh…its ingrained in this backward culture we've embraced.

The shyt poppin in Chicago has nothing to do w/ major labels….the kids make it themselves and it catches on amongst themselves.
Folks need to stop acting like the hood is full of noble citizens that come home to watch PBS.

This is whats poppin now…and its not promoted by a major (at least it wasn't when they started)

 

[JustCKing]

Why post the song though? I've never heard it and don't intend to, but what about people who are curious to hear what it actually sounds like? What if they hit play and like what they hear/see? This is pretty counterproductive.

 

[PhonZhi]

I feel like the themes are things that appeal to different groups for different reasons
the hiphop heads like the lyricism
other hip hop heads like the blend of technical techniques and composing that make the beats
well adjusted teens and young adults the hint of "badness" it adds to their media and the trendiness of it
young/older adults like the trendiness of it as well, as well as the feeling it creates in a party environment
the violence appeals to angry people
if it is being forced, the fact that there still are people who identify with that music validates it's purposefulness, you know?

i could get with this IF there was a sense of balance. There's absolutely 0 balance. There's the occasional J. Cole "Crooked Smile" or Lamar "King Kunta" but i dont think even you believe theres a healthy balance. Maybe you dont listen to mainstream radio to know, but im telling you 9 out of every 10 songs are songs promoting the ignorant, destructive lifestyle. This isn't healthy for the minds of the black youth. I think we overall dont give enough credit to how powerful music is and the effects that it has on the mind

 

[PhonZhi]

Why post the song though? I've never heard it and don't intend to, but what about people who are curious to hear what it actually sounds like? What if they hit play and like what they hear/see? This is pretty counterproductive.

and what if they hit play and are absolutely disgusted by what they hear/see??

 

[Freedman]

Kevin Gates ate this bit

 

[wet landscapes]

i could get with this IF there was a sense of balance. There's absolutely 0 balance. There's the occasional J. Cole "Crooked Smile" or Lamar "King Kunta" but i dont think even you believe theres a healthy balance. Maybe you dont listen to mainstream radio to know, but im telling you 9 out of every 10 songs are songs promoting the ignorant, destructive lifestyle. This isn't healthy for the minds of the black youth. I think we overall dont give enough credit to how powerful music is and the effects that it has on the mind

I don't
I also know that non confrontational, sober people like rap as well so it's not like it influences even half of iit's listeners in a negative way imo

 

[JustCKing]

and what if they hit play and are absolutely disgusted by what they hear/see??

It's essentially the same as someone hearing it on mainstream radio. They might be disgusted by what they hear. Then again, they might like it. The only difference is that they have a choice in whether they want to hit play or not. With mainstream radio, it's a matter of sitting through the song or changing the station.

 

[Turbulent]

dude sounds like how deaf people talk

 

[PhonZhi]

I don't
I also know that non confrontational, sober people like rap as well so it's not like it influences even half of iit's listeners in a negative way imo

So basicly you're one of the "its just entertainment...it has no influence" people right? We'll just agree to disagree cuz in my opinion that line of thnking couldnt be any farther from the truth.

 

[wet landscapes]

So basicly you're one of the "its just entertainment...it has no influence" people right? We'll just agree to disagree cuz in my opinion that line of thnking couldnt be any farther from the truth.

I'm one of the people saying that blaming music is surface level thinking, and the best strategy to get nothing done but vent

 

[PhonZhi]

I'm one of the people saying that blaming music is surface level thinking, and the best strategy to get nothing done but vent

Yep, like i said, the power of music on the masses is extremely underrated. Its having a bigger influence than yall realize. They have turned what was once a powerful artform used to uplift and inspire against us. The brainwashing is so deep now that its simply "accepted" now to sing and dance along to music promoting our own genocide and overall destruction of our communities. Its not as "surface level" as you think breh. Thats why media propaganda is so effective. You introduce a people to certain sounds and images long enough and soon it will become accepted as normal and "just entertainment"

 

[mozichrome]

so at what point u gonna invest in aux cable or buy some fukking cds if your car aint got that port
its getting tiresome hearing u biitch

 

[Tropical Fantasy]

If a song is poppin on vine, it's gonna be a hit

 

[Kingshango]

Listen to the radio in the year of our lord 2015 brehs.