late 70's- early 90's cosign... after that HELL NO
You think gangstas wasn't listening the fun light hearted hiphop,even the militant shyt like Public Enemy?That music wasn't changing anything for the beter either....Chuck D in fact gave prophecy of what would happen if REAL CHANGES didn't get mad in the crack era
..The following generations was everything that was to be expected....Gangstas listened to Willie Hutch and the Chilites before and after hiphop,dont make them nikkas all simps and lover boys
...Hiphop just gave them a more fitting soundtrack to do they dirt too.
And I didn't say it was the best line of defense,but its been the most powerful for us even if by default....It depends on how you see white supremacy,based on history I know its more to it than just wanting to kill us off and destroy us....Its not all simply evil like that,many of us undestimate the innate savior complex of white people,they want to "save us from ourselves"...They only want us to talk better,dress better,spend OUR money the way they think we should,raise our kids the best way they see fit based on their studies
...The hate can come simply by rejecting the offer and letting them saying "No thanks,I would rather have my own identity
"...I think its safe to say we've seen negative effects on blacks accepting the offer and wanting badly to fit in and "assimilate" in a designed for white people for white people.
Hiphop no mater the era,no matter the ignorance has slapped the hand away and defiantly said "fukk that cac,I'ma be a nikka for life
" in many different context....that can play out in negativeways as well as positive just like anything else....I appreciate hiphop being a nice stop gap that allowed us to not lose ourselves culturally,and in fact allowed black americans to rebuild ourselves in our own way culturally,having lost much of our identity through slavery
After everything hiphop has been and shown these nikkas,you still got cats worried about how to put nikkas in a suit because that's how successful white men told you your supposed to dress
....Quick to talk that Egyptian/Moors shyt when talking about black excellence,but it always comes back to the damn suit,nikkas aint talkin about going back to wearing linens and robes,matter of fact they'll even downplay and shyt on a nikka wearing a bunch of gold