i never claimed it was intellectual rap, you're moving goal post. you can't name songs in "the first 7-8 yrs" of rap that revolved around harmful drugs and killing your fellow black man. regardless of what they were doing in their personal life.
I understand.
But Im just looking for intellectually honest arguments.
Hip Hop was birthed and created thru the NY club and park party scene. Hip hop music has always been geared towards the "function", and enjoying oneself and getting faded. The "nae nae" is more in step with hip hop's roots than intellectual rap. Even when pro-black "stop the violence" was at its peak party/gangster was more popular overall. Its the foundation of the culture.
Its cool you find it distasteful that today's artists are more explicit about drug use than they were in the 80s early 90s (outside of weed of course), but as an adult I appreciate they are more upfront versus playing some "dont do drugs kids" hypocrite. Shyt, as an adult I bump future, and if its time to get active and party that music is an overwhelming preference.
The problem I have with @PhonZhi is his anti-black agenda that makes it seem as tho rap is the only genre that encourages drug use. Rock almost made it mandatory that its listeners be on acid or other types of hallucinogens to "get" the music, and there has always been a strong connection with drug use and that scene and genre.
Even today EDM, is centered on molly and ecstacy. When EDM talks about "love" and being in "love" they are talking about rolling their t*ts off on molly. Young people get fukked up. It is what it is, bruh and its reflected in music.