Chuck D Slams Older Rappers Who Still Rap About 'The Same Street Tale'

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"Chuck D never shies away from expressing his thoughts on the current state of rap, and he has now called attention to his fellow veterans who have failed to mature over the years.

On Monday (June 3), the Public Enemy MC took to social media and shared his opinions on artists who have become too comfortable with the same subject matter despite years of experience.

“If you over 40 and spitting meaningless dark energy in RAP you have to really think about what matters in the HipHop foundation that birthed your chance at it,” he wrote.

“I didn’t say cease and desist. I said T H I N k ……. A over 40 mind should have a better ability to KNOW self and surroundings better. The ‘green’ days is greying…”

The following day, the New Yorker uploaded another post to promote his upcoming book RAPilates: Body and Mind Conditioning in the Digital Age, which is due July 1.

In the caption, he wrote: “Im a rap head . Im in my 64th year… hiphop is over 50 years. Different ages have different appeals and elder folk money ain’t stupid. My listening ear doesn’t wanna hear the same street tale because thats for a new kid just finding themselves & the world.

“Over 40 its not crazy to hear a MC warn us on bad food , rent mortgage gas prices, kids ( yeah the 20 year old MCs have them too) pharmaceuticals , prostate and instead of battling MCs how about fukkin up cancer and diabetes!?!?! Theres a whole world of topics for MCs and over 40 money is good just check your local CVS Walgreens line … and stop believing the fantasy lies as much.”
Chuck D never shies away from expressing his thoughts on the current state of rap, and he has now called attention to his fellow veterans who have failed to mature over the years.

On Monday (June 3), the Public Enemy MC took to social media and shared his opinions on artists who have become too comfortable with the same subject matter despite years of experience.

“If you over 40 and spitting meaningless dark energy in RAP you have to really think about what matters in the HipHop foundation that birthed your chance at it,” he wrote.

“I didn’t say cease and desist. I said T H I N k ……. A over 40 mind should have a better ability to KNOW self and surroundings better. The ‘green’ days is greying…”

The following day, the New Yorker uploaded another post to promote his upcoming book RAPilates: Body and Mind Conditioning in the Digital Age, which is due July 1.

In the caption, he wrote: “Im a rap head . Im in my 64th year… hiphop is over 50 years. Different ages have different appeals and elder folk money ain’t stupid. My listening ear doesn’t wanna hear the same street tale because thats for a new kid just finding themselves & the world.

“Over 40 its not crazy to hear a MC warn us on bad food , rent mortgage gas prices, kids ( yeah the 20 year old MCs have them too) pharmaceuticals , prostate and instead of battling MCs how about fukkin up cancer and diabetes!?!?! Theres a whole world of topics for MCs and over 40 money is good just check your local CVS Walgreens line … and stop believing the fantasy lies as much.”





Aside from being critical of those who have been in the game for a while, Chuck D also makes it a point to prop up his peers with the same vigor.

Last month, the Hip Hop legend shortlisted some of the acts he would be honored to induct into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

In early May, Cypress Hill’s B-Real took to X (formerly Twitter) to share the following prompt: “Which 10 artists or group would you without hesitation induct into the Rock n Roll Hall Of Fame?”

Chuck, whose group Public Enemy were among the earliest Hip Hop inductees in the Rock Hall, responded soon after with his top picks, singling out several Hip Hop pioneers: Cypress Hill, De La Soul, Ice-T, KRS-One, Eric B. & Rakim, Salt-N-Pepa, Queen Latifah and DJ Hollywood.

Displaying his diverse taste in music, the Long Island native also listed rock band Deep Purple (who were inducted in 2016) and heavy metal icons Iron Maiden in his list."

Chuck D Slams Older Rappers Who Still Rap About 'The Same Street Tale'
 

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Rap is Neverland, they will never accept or respect this…coming from a luminary, a scholar, a random person with a brain, etc…You’re talking to a wall, for all intents and purposes. Salute to Chuck tho, ✊🏽, obviously he’s on point, but yeah…perpetual immaturity is always gonna be the wave in hip hop, the babies control the cool here and babies are idiots…because they’re just babies…the adults wanna be down tho, 🤢
 

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Preach!

To be honest, Chuck could've also said the same stuff 30 years ago about young cats. He was always all about rap with substance. Reading this does ring like he is also responding to 3K. Gotta be honest and say I also thought about Nas reading this; of course, Nas has extensive subject matter in the last 6 albums, but in many songs, he is rapping about "the same street tale." I wonder if that's also something Chuck intended.
 

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Whatever he saying.

He stopped writing and evolving as an elder legacy emcee in skills.

To let someone write his rhymes.
To flaug instead of applying himself.

So you can't say shyt.
simoly because you not gon serve nobody tho.


The problem with all them ol school legacy way of thought nikkaz. Who transitioned and allowed passage.
to the new school way of thought Is.

they was flaug'n.

Then to scary to fukk with the real. Knowing they had no sway.
all because their skills diminished.

like a frank Thomas white Sox contract deal ammendment.


Build ya skills to serve somebody off the top.

or stfu.


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I got tha table on mek.
 

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Chuck, y'all pushed out Professor Griff from Public Enemy because he was calling out the Jews and LGBT.

The direction and range of topics that rappers could talk about got set in motion THEN. You did that.

:beli:
Did chuck ever address this?
I know griff talked about kinda
 

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he is right


Show and prove

Chuck is peddling a book.
Yet never strengthened his skillset. To take leadership from krs...so since Chuck never did that. As the college educated seminar style rapper. Who failed at emcee'n.


As the real emcees sword.

Never ages.

Till Chuck pick up and re-strengthen his sword.

To take out krs and diss bambaata


Chuck can not talk.

Or speak on a business.
in the piller of emcee'n.
that rap is derived from.


Not to mention....
Chuck let blasphemous gangsta rap go unchecked. As Chuck enabled ice cube to flaug. Violating the culture of hiphop and the pilla of emcee'n.

As Chuck never held cube to the fire. For using a ghostwriter over bomb squad production. Plus Chuck succumbed.
to letting another .
write his rhymes as Well.

So till Chuck shows and proves. As a real emcee from grassroots re-dominance off the head. Chuck has no power. While also enabling. That which he just tried to diss.
.as Chuck is the reason for gangsta rap to go unchecked.
To allow ruthless records to run the world. While never taking 'priority' over the situation. So that ruthless records was put into check.

Rash took priority.

Yet I see rashes head.
Hanging from the mantle.
Aging and decaying.
For decades as a jit to a man.



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he is right


Show and prove

Chuck is peddling a book.
Yet never strengthened his skillset. To take leadership from krs...so since Chuck never did that. As the college educated seminar style rapper. Who failed at emcee'n.


As the real emcees sword.

Never ages.

Till Chuck pick up and re-strengthen his sword.

To take out krs and diss bambaata


Chuck can not talk.

Or speak on a business.
in the piller of emcee'n.
that rap is derived from.


Not to mention....
Chuck let blasphemous gangsta rap go unchecked. As Chuck enabled ice cube to flaug. Violating the culture of hiphop and the pilla of emcee'n.

As Chuck never held cube to the fire. For using a ghostwriter.
over bomb squad production.
plus Chuck succumbed .
to letting another write his rhymes as. Well.

So till Chuck shows and proves. As a real emcee from grassroots re-dominance off the head.
frestyle or written.

Chuck has no power. While also enabling. That which he just tried to diss.
.as Chuck is the reason.
for the draw of gangsta rap.
As well as the allowed the gateway to the prison industrial economy
to go unchecked.
To allow.
ruthless records to run the world. While never taking.
'priority' over the situation. So that ruthless records was put into check.

Rash took priority.
To rid us of cube culturally.

Yet I see rash's head.
Hanging from the mantle.
Aging and decaying.
For decades as a jit to a man.



Art Barr


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Show and prove

Chuck is peddling a book.
Yet never strengthened his skillset. To take leadership from krs...so since Chuck never did that. As the college educated seminar style rapper. Who failed at emcee'n.


As the real emcees sword.

Never ages.

Till Chuck pick up and re-strengthen his sword.

To take out krs and diss bambaata


Chuck can not talk.

Or speak on a business.
in the piller of emcee'n.
that rap is derived from.


Not to mention....
Chuck let blasphemous gangsta rap go unchecked. As Chuck weed ice cube to flaug. Violating the culture of hiphop and the pilla of emcee'n.

As Chuck never held cube to the fire. For using a ghostwriter over bomb squad production. Plus Chuck succumbed to letting another write his rhymes as. Well.

So till Chuck shows and proves. As a real emcee from grassroots re-dominance off the head. Chuck has no power. While also enabling. That which he just tried to diss.
.as Chuck is the reason for this gangsta rap to go unchecked.
To allow ruthless records to run the world. While never taking 'priority' over the situation. So that ruthless records was put into check.

Rash took priority.

Yet I see rashes head.
Hanging from the mantle.
Aging and decaying.
For decades as a jit to a man.



Art Barr


ITO OHTOWA
PROTEGE TO A LEGEND
GROWN CUB OF THA LONE WOLF : HEAD DECAPITATOR
STFU
 
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