geekWithA.45
Moderator Emeritus
Gun culture != Thug culture.
Originally posted by Armoredmanp/B]:
Call me old, but the only thing rap is missing, is the "c" at the beginning of the word. I see what the "thug life" and "gangsta" does to people, and it isn't pretty, not one bit. Our parents said the music we listend to was the devils tunes, but none of the music I listened to said "Time to bust some shots off/time to dust some cops off." Thank you, 2Pac Shakur, or whatvere your real name was.
They have us beat on the stupid names. Lord J and KRS-1? All I can throw at that is Meatloaf...
From the Blastmaster himself:Okay, what is the difference between hip hop and rap? Seriously?
Wouldnt want our children to listen to this thug life hoodlum.
...They got me chain and leg irons
I guess they got a good excuse
They know I'm gonna run the first chance
I get cause they never gonna cut me loose
And I really don't care if they shoot me down
I'll never be free again
I've got two long life turns to do
Both runnin' in the end
Hey there ain't so far to Mexico
There I can find my way
They're takin' me down to Huntsville
But I'm not gonna stay
I met a little girl in Knoxville,
A town we all know well,
And every Sunday evening,
Out in her home I’d dwell.
We went to take an evening walk
About a mile from town
I picked a stick up off the ground
And knocked that fair girl down
She fell down on her bended knees
For mercy she did cry
Oh, Willie dear, don't kill me here
I'm unprepared to die
She never spoke another word
I only beat her more
Until the ground around me
Within her blood did flow;
I took her by her golden curls
And I drug her 'round and 'round
Throwing her into the river
That flows through Knoxville town
Go down, go down, you Knoxville girl
With the dark and roving eyes
Go down, go down, you Knoxville girl
You can never be my bride...
what hip-hop do you listen to when you shoot.
Of course. I love Cash, Haggard and Jones, but I know full well of their exploits and misadventures at the height of their stardom and even beyond. I would never cite their examples as ones to be emulated, and that's not necessarily a judgment, 'cause I know I am no choirboy either. Taking it back to the topic of the forum, and the thread, though, I find it rather insulting how the writer of the article more or less implies the gun culture and the thug culture are one and the same. It's just as insulting as the implication that the thug culture and the hip-hop culture are one and the same. And as for this...I think you understood the point I was trying to make. That if you really want to look at negative musicians we can easily look at the rockstars, the country music stars, and alternative music stars as well.
as long as Chuck D and whoever else in the hip-hop culture actually believe this, absolutely nothing is going to change.As a matter of fact, in reality, guns only cause pain for everyone involved.
The same could be said of the punk rockers