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Thread started 01/27/14 12:29pm

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Chuck D on Arsenio: Have black people lost rap?

Chuck is a bit more measured then back in the day:

http://www.arseniohall.co...index.html

It degrades black people because it makes lots of money. The power of love aint a pawn shop.

All you others say Hell Yea!! woot!
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Reply #1 posted 01/27/14 3:02pm

Gunsnhalen

Chuck Has always been ahead of his time. And still is with his words.

Pistols sounded like "Fuck off," wheras The Clash sounded like "Fuck Off, but here's why.."- Thedigitialgardener

All music is shit music and no music is real- gunsnhalen

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Reply #2 posted 01/27/14 4:24pm

mjscarousal

I love Chuck D! He is the only one that cares about Hip Hop and how black people are represented in it and its sad...disbelief He doesnt sugar coat what needs to be improved or problems that plague the black community. I think it is great he support local MC's by giving them a platform to showcase their talent.

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Reply #3 posted 01/27/14 8:11pm

Scorp

the forefathers warned the benefactors of their blood sweat and tear of conceiving this genre that if Rap/Hip-Hop was ever commercialized, it would be destroyed

they issued this warning in 1978-1979

and they were cash money on their proclamation....

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Reply #4 posted 01/29/14 2:19pm

namepeace

"Losing" rap -- the music and the culture -- to the marketplace was inevitable. The problem is that not only did the marketplace homogenize rap's sound, it also pushed prominent areas of "black music" to second, third and fourth billing.

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Reply #5 posted 01/30/14 4:04pm

woogiebear

No Chuck. Ur ex-Boss sold it under the table many moons ago. But People were so effin stupid kissin His ass & buying Phat Farm & Rush Cards that NO ONE said a word!!!!

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Reply #6 posted 01/30/14 4:13pm

Scorp

woogiebear said:

No Chuck. Ur ex-Boss sold it under the table many moons ago. But People were so effin stupid kissin His ass & buying Phat Farm & Rush Cards that NO ONE said a word!!!!

lol lol

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Reply #7 posted 01/31/14 5:06pm

paisleypark4

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It became a gimmick.

Now rich folks are rapping....people who don't know anything about rap are rapping....it became less about poetic justice and more of a means to make money.

Nas been said hip hop is dead
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