Hip Hop is very very influential. A lot of people outside the country actually learn English by listening to Hip Hop music.The coli has always told me that hip-hop has zero effect on the psyche and thus actions of the masses
And the women are trying to look like Nicki Minaj.yeah i know firsthand breh....my little cousins in africa be wilding out tryna be like soundcloud rappers. them and they friends be dressing like them and shyt. They fukk with Lil Uzi Vert and Yachty and Migos and shyt. Idk if they on that lean yet but I'm sure they tryna get it
You really bout to make me go back and forth on this
Were we more in control of Hip Hop back in the day true or false?...false
we've argued about the extent of the influence and who is behind it. you have steadily maintained that rappers are helpless sheep who do the bidding of massa. it's always some cac boogie man in a suit with dusty fools like you.
these brehs want to emulate their favourite rappers and their fav rappers want to be destructive with no consequence, where people stop agreeing is on them not being culpable but rather their "handlers"
the irony is a lot of that destructive element has a huge following and base in the community. instead of denouncing that you aim squarely at the man in the shadows and allude to mind control like brehs can't CHOOSE to turn off the bullshyt.
BREAKING we're being programmed and can't help ourselves is basically your stance
this exactly what I'm talking about. when were cacs not in control of the music business?
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@Retired Dude read your whole post and couldn't understand what you meant at all, son has gotten so used to repeating himself he can't really thinkYou really bout to make me go back and forth on this
Breh, every single person on earth is susceptible to the power of music. Music itself is one of the most powerful forces in the universe. It has the ability to manipulate our feelings, thoughts and actions for the good or the bad. Its not about being an "idiot", its about being a human.
I'm the farthest from a jewelry person but even I was buying chains and watches because of the "bling bling" era in the late 90s. I wasn't an "idiot", I was just an impressionable minded teenager who was influenced by fancy rap videos and the music.
Not even sure what you're trying to argue right now. They saw how influential this new genre "hip-hop" was becoming in the early 90s and decided to change it from something that benefited blacks to what we have now: total garbage that glorifies a lifestyle that will lead to nothing but prison, death or an extremely unproductive life.
Whether you agree or not, folks ARE out here being heavily influenced by the themes of hip-hop. Dudes in this thread are giving first-hand examples. Even if 5% of listeners are being influenced, that's 5% too many because hip-hop is supposed to be a weapon FOR us, not a weapon being used against us.
We have to first recognize that it indeed is a weapon being used against us. Too many of us think its "just entertainment"
Cool, Good day sir...
