Rick James dressed like that because he didn't know any better. Androgyny was just being created and he helped start the trend along with Boy George and Prince. That was in the late 70's and early 80's. They didn't know the error of their ways. Plenty of real nikkas probably dressed like that in that time frame. Watch some vintage soul train and you'd probably see Tookie Williams type nikkas dressing like that. They get a pass because black masulinity wasn't celebrated at the time. But to do this shyt post gangsta rap era is beyond comprehension.
Lol so now black masculinity = gangsta? So we can't be regular heterosexual males anymore? Your view is distorted like the nu age hipsters.
You think that hip hop and urban culture should stay the same forever. With people acting and looking exactly the same.
the underlying logic is: if everything about your art is tired, repetitive, dull and overdone.....dressing like Psycho Mantis from Metal Gear Solid isn't going to make it better (and it shouldn't)....but in this day and age you have most of the marquee rappers doing just that...regurgitating the same songs with the same topics but presenting their music and themselves as some sort of deep, high-brow artistic shyt
they are not actually pushing the envelope or furthering the genre, but they want to prance around in public dressing and acting like the artists from yesteryear who ACTUALLY DID
and sure, some of it is just a fad of the times: the stupid literal minimalist cover art kanye is so fond of, all the corny illuminati symbolism shyt that they have been milking, etc etc
but on a bigger scale, it's a symptom of the rap game as a whole: it's hemorrhaging money...popularity has waned...record labels are scared to invest in acts like they once did...so there is not a lot of room for error, or a lot of room for creativity...
now as for your point about Prince, sure there are things that make it hard to give artists passes for no matter how much you like their music...and sure people could look back at some of those artists and say "but they were just as weird looking and pretentious as artists today"
Michael Jackson made a big budget movie about saving a bunch of young white kids by transforming into a Power Rangers Megazord version of himself, and a lot of people think he was fukking those young white kids.....but like Chappelle said...he made Thriller man...Thriller
meanwhile Asap Rocky is running around wearing dresses putting out shyt like "I'm comin diiinnneee...pourin uuuuup....gold grill, my nikka wuuuuutt" like he's signed to fukking Swishahouse or something
2 Chainz puttin out singles called "I'm Diff'rent".........can someone explain to me how the fukk he's Diff'rent?
no, you didn't. not even close. you're either just remembering the names that lasted or outright lying to help push your point.
what this thread really is just dude's bytching about what other dude's are wearing.
If you're wearing jeans, baggy or slim, below the crack of your ass, that's dressing like a bytch too. That's some prison shyt that became popular beyond them walls. Like I said, even the alternative that you kept bringing up had some ridiculous shyt that went with it.
U old nikkaz have some very convoluted thought processes when it comes to this generation
I mean I like to just keep it simple and say ur just bitter ol nikkaz but I guess nikkaz dnt wanna keep it simple nowdays
Where did I imply Rick James was a homo? I said Rick James was Androgynous in which he was. Same goes for Morris Day,Prince,Boy George,George Micheal and Ready for The World. That was the 80's though. Once Gangsta Rap took in the late 80's that Androgyny shyt should've been dead because R&B was no longer the most dominant form of urban music in the ghetto. How do you go from seeing how soft and homo something was and then return to it. It's like seeing how wack your parents bell bottoms were only to be walking thru a thrift store and decide you want to cop some and hit the streets in em. I'd rather see my ppl wear tall T's and baggy jeans over Kilts,Blouses and skin tight jeans any day. I'm not with that androgyny shyt bruh and only fags can co-sign that shyt in 2013. All dem 80's nikkas get a pass because they didn't know no better. But to be raised watching authentic nikkas like Scarface and Too Short to go back to Androgyny is the epitome of fagdom.
If you're wearing jeans, baggy or slim, below the crack of your ass, that's dressing like a bytch too. That's some prison shyt that became popular beyond them walls. Like I said, even the alternative that you kept bringing up had some ridiculous shyt that went with it.
Where did I ever say nikkas should rock oversized clothes? But if I had to choose between baggy jeans and skin tight jeans i'll choose baggy everytime. I rock shyt that fit not shyt that clings to me. You nikkas can't seem to grasp the difference. You think you gotta rock jeans where nikkas can see the coins in ya front and back pocket.
this is ALL kanyes fault, and to an extent jays
but no ones tryna hear that :belip:
Straight up, you're a fakkit.
This thread has so many different opinions but it's been a good read because mostly everyone has contributed well...and then there's you.
Shout out to Charmander.
If thats what you think, then why even bother ask for an explanation... have your opinion and keep it moving... we are having a discussion here