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| suneel |
i used to listen to rap 5 yrs back. at that time in india not many knew about hip hop or rap. it was mostly rock for some stupid reason. Also edm was not favoured by the majority. this could be one of the reasons why i was not enlightened soon enough.
but then i found out that what i really liked in rap was the beats and the basslines. not the lyrics that are the same again and again. all of them have something to do with hustlers or hoodlums or wannabes talkin about "..yo i got this , yo i got that,i got geez and i got keys, i got biches and hoes, my nu benz, nu gold chain , flashy diamon rings, i smoke weed, itichy trigger happy ******..etc etc crappy " or it could be the mordeen eminem style throwing themes of "i had a bad childhood so i am spiting on onion rings in burgers,i am a looser so i will rap about it and become famous". man!! that is not music , that is ur sick life history for which i am nt interested in knowing or wanting to waste my money on!
so i moved on and trance found me! since then there has been no looking back. am so glad im cured and trance is mordern classical music.
another interesting thing is that now in India rap and hip hop are hapenning. :cool: so i just grin cause i know soon it will be trance. but there is a lot to be done esp when people think any 4x4 beat song is Techno. But a strong individual like me will survive and radiate trance xrgy everywhere around me !! |
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| Ocean-Glow |
I would see and in a way agree with you about simplicity and predictability of Rap/R&B music , and i went through that same stage where any hip-hop cds collected more dust than a thousand year barn so to speak but i have learned to be open minded where im not limited by horisons, giving me power to choose and understand the differances in tastes and particular aspects of life.
By saying i only love trance and nothing else is to say i only will speak to white people and not black, its of course not a bright example but im sure it would set a difference to where im coming from in your head. I can listen to ANY electronic music now, R&B well some of it and even spun like Cure and Depeche mode, sore its not the best thing but when you manage to listen bit of everething you apreciate other things with a bigger view as you have something to compare to and understand what makes the particular style of music unique and why you like it, from there you go to a deeper views, maybe conctrating on the new things you found.
Sooo if you had a listen to few diff styles of music which were listenable and were not tooo bad and then threw on some trance you maybe would realise that bass line in trance is so much better than the rest so you try Drum 'n' Bass for example.
I can go on for ages about this but im sure you would get a tiny bit to where at least im coming from, after all theres no limits to a particular meaning considering how much of new things are released these day. |
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| deejayle |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ JEM
LOL! once i was spinning at this show for school and in the back was this big fat stinky black girl. i was bored so i started talking to her and i asked her if she was the bouncer (she had a head set on) and she was like naw just helping get ready then she asked me if i was the DJ )She Saw my shirt( and i told her yeah i was . so it was my turn to go spin for about 2 hours and after that the show began and i had to scratch and bull the croud. well they wanted me to spin for about 3 more hours in between acts. but i didnt have enough records with me so i had to start replaying certian mixes and using he other side of the record. anyways when the whole show was done this other black girl comes up to me and hands me this letter. she says that its from her friend and that her friend really likes me. so i'm thinking nothing at this point except that my whole body hurts and my ears are ringing like a bitch. i get home and read the letter " hey Mr. Dj its' me head set, anyways i think you look so sexy djing and i know we are like 2 years apart ( i was a sohmore and she was a senior) but i would really like to get to know you. call me some time *phone number* bye sexy" so i call her the next day and find out who she was (up till then i had no idea who it was) and she answerd the phone and i went nuts once i found out who she was (this chick must have weighed 600 pounds)anyways thats my story for tonight |
heehehe:D |
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| NYCTrancefan |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sand Leaper
Dear lord :stongue: :stongue: :stongue: |
My sentiments exactly I am black but cannot stand Rap Music, with that said it is the variety of humanity that makes life so vibrant. While I don't listen to hip-hop and find it to be offensive to blacks and especially women as far as cultural values it promotes, I understand that it is a part of black culture that many people seem to enjoy, I don't care for it though and would never, ever buy a CD of it for the most part. There are exceptions of artists in hip hop who are more creative in their work as opposed to an expletive every two seconds, sadly they are far and few in between. |
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| dj_inferno |
| I've been into trance for over 5 yrs now and I still like hip-hop. As far as it being simple. I think most edm with a 4 on the floor kick is simple. Just listen to the arps and pads in trance. It's all a matter of opinion though. |
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| XaNaX |
As sad as this is, Rap music enjoys popularity in the States for a two reasons:
1. All the talk about drugs, money, boats, cars, chrome, guns, bitches and hoes, gold, Versace, phat wheels, etc appeals to economically depressed black youths looking for a quick way out of the ghetto and into some money.
This is the saddest reason, because it has created a "thug life" culture here among black youths where they see how thug they can be. The more thuggish you are, the cooler you are. Of course, typically that also means you end up in prison, on welfare, dead, or working some dead end job.
Rap musicians could do their community a real favor if they would spend some time rapping about going to school, getting a job, making a good legitimate living for yourself and giving your kids a better future.
Instead you have a bunch of wannabe gangstas rapping about how hard they are and how much coke they sell and how many people they shoot when in reality they don't do any of that . But the continue to tell young black youths that being like them is the way to get ahead in life. How ignorant.
2. Young suburban upper middle class white kids who want to show how hard they are buy that rap crap music. I mean if you are driving a brand new car your dad just bought you to your expensive private school that is 95% white from your expensive new home in a suburb that is 95% white you are still obviously a hard ghetto mofo if you blast some 50 cent from your $1000 car stereo that daddy bought you. |
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| Zenchowdah |
| quote: | Originally posted by XaNaX
As sad as this is, Rap music enjoys popularity in the States for a two reasons:
1. All the talk about drugs, money, boats, cars, chrome, guns, bitches and hoes, gold, Versace, phat wheels, etc appeals to economically depressed black youths looking for a quick way out of the ghetto and into some money.
This is the saddest reason, because it has created a "thug life" culture here among black youths where they see how thug they can be. The more thuggish you are, the cooler you are. Of course, typically that also means you end up in prison, on welfare, dead, or working some dead end job.
Rap musicians could do their community a real favor if they would spend some time rapping about going to school, getting a job, making a good legitimate living for yourself and giving your kids a better future.
Instead you have a bunch of wannabe gangstas rapping about how hard they are and how much coke they sell and how many people they shoot when in reality they don't do any of that . But the continue to tell young black youths that being like them is the way to get ahead in life. How ignorant.
2. Young suburban upper middle class white kids who want to show how hard they are buy that rap crap music. I mean if you are driving a brand new car your dad just bought you to your expensive private school that is 95% white from your expensive new home in a suburb that is 95% white you are still obviously a hard ghetto mofo if you blast some 50 cent from your $1000 car stereo that daddy bought you. |
"Registered: Jun 2004"
Good to have you aboard :D |
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| Denser |
| quote: | Originally posted by UWM
Only an American ... |
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| Wraith |
| quote: | Originally posted by XaNaX
As sad as this is, Rap music enjoys popularity in the States for a two reasons:
1. All the talk about drugs, money, boats, cars, chrome, guns, bitches and hoes, gold, Versace, phat wheels, etc appeals to economically depressed black youths looking for a quick way out of the ghetto and into some money.
This is the saddest reason, because it has created a "thug life" culture here among black youths where they see how thug they can be. The more thuggish you are, the cooler you are. Of course, typically that also means you end up in prison, on welfare, dead, or working some dead end job.
Rap musicians could do their community a real favor if they would spend some time rapping about going to school, getting a job, making a good legitimate living for yourself and giving your kids a better future.
Instead you have a bunch of wannabe gangstas rapping about how hard they are and how much coke they sell and how many people they shoot when in reality they don't do any of that . But the continue to tell young black youths that being like them is the way to get ahead in life. How ignorant.
2. Young suburban upper middle class white kids who want to show how hard they are buy that rap crap music. I mean if you are driving a brand new car your dad just bought you to your expensive private school that is 95% white from your expensive new home in a suburb that is 95% white you are still obviously a hard ghetto mofo if you blast some 50 cent from your $1000 car stereo that daddy bought you. |
So true.
On a serious note this thread has been done to death. Who cares if 800000000000 people listen to rap. Listen to what you want to and piss on everyone else who can't respect that. |
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| NYCTrancefan |
| quote: | Originally posted by XaNaX
As sad as this is, Rap music enjoys popularity in the States for a two reasons:
1. All the talk about drugs, money, boats, cars, chrome, guns, bitches and hoes, gold, Versace, phat wheels, etc appeals to economically depressed black youths looking for a quick way out of the ghetto and into some money.
This is the saddest reason, because it has created a "thug life" culture here among black youths where they see how thug they can be. The more thuggish you are, the cooler you are. Of course, typically that also means you end up in prison, on welfare, dead, or working some dead end job.
Rap musicians could do their community a real favor if they would spend some time rapping about going to school, getting a job, making a good legitimate living for yourself and giving your kids a better future.
Instead you have a bunch of wannabe gangstas rapping about how hard they are and how much coke they sell and how many people they shoot when in reality they don't do any of that . But the continue to tell young black youths that being like them is the way to get ahead in life. How ignorant.
2. Young suburban upper middle class white kids who want to show how hard they are buy that rap crap music. I mean if you are driving a brand new car your dad just bought you to your expensive private school that is 95% white from your expensive new home in a suburb that is 95% white you are still obviously a hard ghetto mofo if you blast some 50 cent from your $1000 car stereo that daddy bought you. |
I couldn't agree more, sadly many young blacks simply don't care that aspiring to that lifestyle is merely a pipedream, they think its cool. That is what pisses me off, because what is it about rap music that I see as a young black person myself that others young blacks don't. Maybe my value systems are just different as well as tastes, who knows. To each their own in the end. |
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| SYSTEM-J |
Personally I think hip-hop is a total ing waste of rapping. Rapping is my favourite type of vocal when its done right- when the KLF use raps in their tracks it's amazing. When The Prodigy feature Kool Keith as a rapper it's brilliant. When RATM rap to guitar riffs it works better than if he was singing. When some hip-hop artists (like the Beastie Boys) rap it sounds good.
These guys are rapping creatively, whether it's about politics, humour or just daft stuff, it sounds good to the music. But hip-hop annoys me because they waste this brilliant lyrical tool over annoying looped jingles and beats so weak they may as well not bother using them. And they rap about complete bull most of the time, about how well they compensate for their migit penis by wearing tons of gold bling and womanising at every opportunity. |
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