Rappers gotta chill on the jewelry/money talk...

[CoCKy GeNiuS]

i'm saying that you don't have to be the top rapper anymore to push next level shyt.

Rappers are buying more and more expensive shyt, cause they're making more money.

you want them to live modestly so it makes you feel better about your life?

why would a "rappers" modesty make me feel "better" about my life ? my life is REAL lil fella, it's not a hot sixteen over a future hook LoL...

my reality and knowledge of self>>>>>your favorite rapper living vicariously through his ryhmes of speeding in the latest bugatti LoL.....

LoL @ u being upset that it's people out here that understand rap has become a otherworldly "image" and has been pulled from it's organic roots....


i'm that nikka regardless lil fella, I don't live thru these nikkas "lyrics" LoL... speak as a man when u reply to me lil guy, leave that simpleton shyt in the lyrics u admire.

 

[DaPresident]

But oh no, don't you dare download illegally...






They'll tell you that you're "robbing" them (which we probably are, but all that stunting makes us FEEL/THINK differently) but will talk about throwing INFINITE amount of racks/stacks at the strip club

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

Someone driving a Bentley has no effect or bearing on black financial illiteracy

And acting as though black financial illiteracy is some phenomenon happening in a vacuum outside of general American culture is dishonest + asinine

This is just another false start on your "black = less than all" campaign

proper posting.

this thread is heading into smart-dumb nicca territory and runny-ray doesnt like it.

I see some of the smart-dumb niccas have entered the thread as well.

U think rap's problem over the last 10 years has been trying to branch out too much??? Lol, is this a joke? Rap over the last 10 years has almost exclusively targeted the birdbrain, club hopping, materalistic idiot at the expense of every other demo, and its been counterproductive to the growth of the genre.

nah.

you obviously missed my point homie-boy.

My man, I am not getting angry, because why should I if the people who need to see they are being tricked, don't care. I'm just observing certain things, and letting them be known. The only anger I have is towards the people who don't change anything when they can, meaning the people who allow their households to let this shyt effect their family.

wow. youre making way too much out of this.

rap isn't effecting anybodys households homaye.

 

[Steve Piffler]

stop letting radio/tv dictate what you listen to. there are some dope artist out there if you take the time to look. we are in the internet age. there are literally MILLIONS of dope ass rappers at your fingertips waiting to be heard. nikkas will only listen to the radio/watch 106 & Park, then complain about what they hear on the radio/106 & Park THAT is the problem.

tip: most of the dopest rappers don't have record deals.

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

why would a "rappers" modesty make me feel "better" about my life ? my life is REAL lil fella, it's not a hot sixteen over a future hook LoL...

my reality and knowledge of self>>>>>your favorite rapper living vicariously through his ryhmes of speeding in the latest bugatti LoL.....

LoL @ u being upset that it's people out here that understand rap has become a otherworldly "image" and has been pulled from it's organic roots....


i'm that nikka regardless lil fella, I don't live thru these nikkas "lyrics" LoL... speak as a man when u reply to me lil guy, leave that simpleton shyt in the lyrics u admire.

Why you mad?

you were the one on some modest shyt, asking "what happened to rappers just having a clean audi?...why they gotta rap about having Bentleys and Lambos all the time?"

you were talking about how more people would relate if rappers toned it down, and rapped about having things regular people could attain.

now it's "Im that nikka, and these rappers flexing in songs doesn't affect me"



Like i already said, the problem is that folks want rap to cater to them, instead of deciding what they wanna hear, when they wanna hear it.

 

[theworldismine13]

rap isn't effecting anybodys households homaye.

it doesnt directly, buti indirectly it does, your culture and how you view money has a direct impact on your income, and rap music is encourages a view of money and wealth that leads to being a broke ass motherfuker

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

it doesnt directly, buti indirectly it does, your culture and how you view money has a direct impact on your income, and rap music is encourages a view of money and wealth that leads to being a broke ass motherfuker

it effects nothing.

rap reflects society. society doesn't reflect rap.

people have been spending money foolishly since the bible.

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

it effects nothing.

rap reflects society. society doesn't reflect rap.

people have been spending money foolishly since the bible.

Exactly. shyt was fukked up way before rap, lot of Americans have the same problems as black people without rap. Lot of people are doing great despite being lifelong rap listeners. This is just another instance of TWISM shytting on black culture.

 

[theworldismine13]

it effects nothing.

rap reflects society. society doesn't reflect rap.

people have been spending money foolishly since the bible.

That's bullshyt, it's a two way street, society reflects rap and rap reflects society, that is true of all art forms, art and society are intertwined with each other and are symbiotic

Yeah people have been spending money foolishly since the bible and some have not, the ones who spend it foolishly end up broke and the ones that save and invest end up rich, that's why the lifestyle portrayed in rap music is a lie and it's basically a how to guide on how to become a broke ass motherfuker

 

[theworldismine13]

Exactly. shyt was fukked up way before rap, lot of Americans have the same problems as black people without rap. Lot of people are doing great despite being lifelong rap listeners. This is just another instance of TWISM shytting on black culture.

Yeah im shytting on this aspect of black culture, mos def, is black culture above criticism or something?

And again I am specifically talking about black people, what other people are doing is their own business

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

That's bullshyt, it's a two way street, society reflects rap and rap reflects society, that is true of all art forms, art and society are intertwined with each other and are symbiotic

Yeah people have been spending money foolishly since the bible and some have not, the ones who spend it foolishly end up broke and the ones that save and invest end up rich, that's why the lifestyle portrayed in rap music is a lie and it's basically a how to guide on how to become a broke ass motherfuker

wheres the correlation?

who are these people that go out and spend their money all crazy because of what they heard on a rap record? most of them didn't even go out and buy the retail copy of said record.

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Yeah im shytting on this aspect of black culture, mos def, is black culture above criticism or something?

And again I am specifically talking about black people, what other people are doing is their own business

Self-destructive materialism is an American phenomenon, not a black phenomenon. It has nothing to do with rap music. To look at materialism in the black community as a black phenomenon influenced solely by factors unique to black people is a mistake.

 

[HoLLaBaCK]

I agree 100 percent.Why you think this song has already went 6 times platinum
MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS - THRIFT SHOP FEAT. WANZ (OFFICIAL VIDEO) - YouTube

I agree to a certain degree...but I'm sure them being white had a whole lot to do with it as well.

 

[theworldismine13]

wheres the correlation?

who are these people that go out and spend their money all crazy because of what they heard on a rap record? most of them didn't even go out and buy the retail copy of said record.

there is a correlation and a symbiotic relationship with society, media and art impacts what people spend money on, it's not just rap music, that's true of everything

The notion that music and art do not effect people's buying habits is really a retarded thing to say, there is mountains of evidence that show that what people on tv impacts what they buy, I don't even see how any intelligent person can live in America and not know that or why anybody thinks that there is something special about black people or rap music where black people are not impacted by what rappers say

If I have to explain to you how the media impacts consumer choices you obviously live under a rock and are completely ignorant of this multibillion dollar industry called "the advertising industry" why don't you use google and learn about the advertising industry and maybe they can explain better than me how the media that a person consumes effects how people spend their money

 

[Kenny West]

nikka, Mafioso rap was all about rapping about excess, regardless of how you word it... or what aspects you speak on.



MC Hammer had 19 racehorses, a Mansion,KFC endorsements, 200 people on his payroll and blew 30 M's...and regardless of how you feel about him, he was a rapper....he's what all these rappers get warned to not be.

breh, Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis were damn near $200...for the system alone, and games were $60... back in fukking 1994...Biggie was rapping bout some shyt, that was more than some peoples rent.

look at how much that shyt cost, in 97... but nah, that don't count right?

Rappers have always bragged about shyt regular people didn't have/couldn't do/didn't live....but y'all got a problem with it now?

The fact you even tried to kick that " it wasn't cool to act like you were ballin in the 90's" when NYC rappers were playing mafia, and giving themselves Italian Gangster names...is utter bullshyt.

Didn't Ghostface just brag about having his Jesus Piece and Gold Eagle back in 94?

I had this as a kid living in the projects....no idea the games costed that damn much. thank u mom