"Wise Intelligent of the legendary Poor Righteous Teachers breaks down the connection between Hip Hop, music culture and the historic struggle for freedom, justice and equality." - Via worldstarhiphop
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I just want to say for the record that I disagree with a lot of what Wise Intelligent is saying here.
I think he's reaching way too far to make these connections. I don't think that the music industry is using rappers to hold back the black race. I think they are using rappers to appeal to a large group of the black race and the white kids that have become infatuated with it.
I also think that if you want to blame something, you have to look to the roots of poverty and quality of education. These two things have way more of an impact on people's lives than popular music. I think this man speaks well, and puts together some things that sound good, but when it comes down to it, it's like blaming school shootings on Marilyn Manson. It's a lot deeper than he's making it out to be.
What are your thoughts?
Drug dealing in the hood was going on long before rappers started talkin bout drug dealin in the hood. Music is a reflection of whats really going on, not the other way around.
The only thing I completely agree with him on is the thing about eliminating the song about cops and not eliminating the other songs. If youre going to censor an artist, you have to be fair.
It probably was a reach [but] people do need to be provoked; African Americans [dont] need to rebel when someone dies, or we'd rebel 24/7 [but] people [also] need to take a stand [.] the connect was a stretch but made its point[.] its a change in times [..] In the 60s people were at their boiling points [with oppression] in the [early] 90s was the samething[.] Young [african american] people arent as oppressed as they were [so] that connection was a huge hit [or miss]
Music is a reflection of the times[.] Public Enemy used to be apart of pop culture, positive energy was apart of pop culture; things change, now its Kanye & Wayne representing for hip hop [mainstream] They got big why [?] they took in on themselves to make their name a brand [on their own] They [dont] try to beef [or] have problems[.] So the Sean Bell shooting is a reflection of that [.] Instead of rioting N going crazy people expressed the anger in a calm manner [.]
His point [in my opinion] was that he wants the African [american] voice to be louder [than it is] He wants to see more action; maybe he was extreme with wanting riots [but] wanting his people to stand up for themselves isnt a bad thing [in my book]
I just think he needs to talk more about real issues instead of pop culture. And to say that there are meetings out there where music execs talk about holding back the black race is stupid [in my opinion]. They just want to make money, and this has been a very, very good marketing scheme that appeals to both people living that lifestyle and people intrigued by it. Not some big plan to hold anyone back.
shhhhhh....theyre watchin...shhhh...hes %100 right
shhhh....im a white exec
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