Comments on: You Ain’t Sayin Nuthin: Rap Music’s Lost Message

By: DaLivest1

DaLivest1 — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:10:45 +0000

‘… Let’s face facts, although MC’s lace tracks/
it doesn’t mean behind the scenes there ain’t no dirt to trace back/
That goes for all of us, there ain’t nobody to trust/…’

Guru of GangStarr on Moment of Truth

By: yoo

yoo — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 21:34:26 +0000

man hip hop is still an artform…you just gotta be ovservantand listen to the right artists

check this out and i bet you this went right over your head…Nas and other keep hip hop an art

http://www.thisisscolla.com/nas.html

By: CR aka MR.ER

CR aka MR.ER — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:20:12 +0000

i dnt no about da rest of d’s rappers but my mc stands 4 MAD CRACK, cuz das wat i spit, check me out
http://www.myspace.com/ocnmusick

By: yung

yung — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:09:07 +0000

okay for all of u who think they kno there history…when hip hop started it had 2many critics…wat r u ? critics..when hip hop started ..was anybody caring about who listened? no cuz it was jus fun talkin about there everyday lives..what is the everyday life of a rapper now? jewelery, sex , drugs, and money because we gave that 2 them..we did this 2 hip hop 4 buying it n the first place..the more we brought it ..the richer the rappers got ..and the more interested became white wealthy america …think about it..if rappers start rapping 4 free again..then down with white wealthy america..that brings the real artist out who really love hiphop..nd dnt love it cuz it puts money n there pockets..we also have 2 blame the internet 4 puting everything out 4 free..the u have 2 pay extra taxes 2 buy songs or anything on the net..the day record sells come bac ..thats the day the american economy bounces back..im onli 18 and i see this everyday..its not the rappers..its us 4 buying this stuff its us 4 allowing the record companies 2 dictate wat we listen 2

By: amachi

amachi — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:03:32 +0000

when hip hop began it was a PARTY music, not until it KRS-one and NWA was it gangsta. But, message rap started with Grandmaster Flash and the Furious. Other than that the game was about boastin and braggin and being creative FOR FUN. The reason why cats dont buy music is because there are toooooo many avenues, to obtain FREE/STOLEN music. Lets keep it real, if cats have to the opportunity to cop something and not have to pay, then know that they’re gonna take advantage. Music sales have nothing to do with the content, but, the over saturation of the industry and the-make-a-new-artist-everyday mentality by these conglomerate music money makers which young (mostly white) consumers eat it up, and then move on to the next.

By: shine95

shine95 — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 06:33:50 +0000

in my opinion, I don’t think you have to emphasize that your music has to have a message. if you listen to Illmatic, Nas ain’t really hittin yall off with the positive messages or important world topics like that. yeah you got ” The World Is Yours” that’s like a message but that’s like a joint right there where if you wanna come up that’s the song the ride to or bump on the steps. I think being introspective within yourself has lacked in alot of albums. only Nas and Jay are doing that now. listen to Pac’s albums and Big’s albums and yall know ” Everyday Struggle” (Ready To Die), Dear Mama (Me Against The World) that personal is lacking in albums now. but no knock to the X Clans, Brand Nubians, Public Enemy albums they was schooling the youth at that time. So if you picked up any albums in the 90’s (K Solo, even Dana Dane, Cool C, PRT, ) I’m tellin ya you share that fortune that insight that you got open on shit like that like rap albums was like actual books. I still look at them to this day like audiobooks. Especially if you didn’t rhyme, you are a true hip hop fan to the heart cause you ain’t even comin from an MC’s perspective where you got school yourself on albums. we still got Nas and Jay to hold us down in the forefront. (there’s a reason why they in the forefront and people like Busta and Common ain’t mentioned like how they get mentioned. Leadership and Skills. I still like the gun toten stories cause it’s a skill to be rhyme narrator. G Rap is a master at that. I think the only way to get the kids to get open on messages is to get them open on listening to complete packaged albums instead of flava of the month singles filling the whole 12 to 13 or more tracks.

By: opoplolli

opoplolli — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 03:13:54 +0000

And if u talkin about regins again then heres what it is. There just ass much good New York music as there is southern music. And theres just as much bad New York as there is bad south. The problem today is that theres too much southern music bein put out. I mean I wanna hear music from all over. Not just New York, not just the south, not just the west or midwest. Everywhere has somethin to say. New York makes incredible music that will never see the light of day cuz all stations waana support and play is south. I love the south but it gets boring when thats all you hear. It aint that deep and complicated. Hip hop aint about one city or place. Its about us. All of us. Thats why you have songs like the Put On remix with Jeezy and Jay. Thats hip hop. We better together than against each other. I would love to see Nas and Ludacris do another song together. Thats power people. But we oo dumb to realize that. But its whatever. All I’m sayin is like what Nas said… If I Ruled the World… lol.

By: opoplolli

opoplolli — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 03:05:08 +0000

It aint evenabout all that. Music today just sucks. I mean we have great moments like any other genre has. But the feeling of the music just aint like it used to be. Everything sounds watered down, it all sounds the same and it seems like no effort is put into a lot of the music thats put out.

By: County Of Kings

County Of Kings — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:10:31 +0000

i wont send the xtra long comment on here, it seems like he feels how i feel
this talkin is all good, but when is the change goin to happen, hiphops voice is sooooooo powerfull and influential we can change the world in 2 minutes

By: C. Franco

C. Franco — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:54:13 +0000

Great article. I am going to use this on my site.

Nigel – I will link to RealTalk and get in touch with Michael

you already know – hiptics.com