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Just because you're from down South, don't mean you have to support everything coming from there.
Some of yall just support these clowns because they're from the South....and no other reason.
It becomes a territorial thang and you just support them regardless of whether or not they're doing themselves and their people a disservice.
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Kareem, Again I fail to see your evidence of how the Southern Rappers have
soley contributed to the decline of hip-hop/rap. So, I suppose "fo-shizzle, my nizzle" and "crip walking" was more of ........how did you put it.....a "metropolitan" way of expressing this genre of music??? And I wonder where did the sheer genius of Chicken Noodle Soup orginate from (North)? Must have been a mastermind to come up with that - all by themselves.
Sounds like hating going on to me - mad that some of your boys from the North/West aren't getting as much air time as these
"southern slaves who just stepped off the plantation" as you so eloquently put it.
I would support your claim had you made it a more general accusation. But to single out any one region for the decline of hip hop isn't a fair assessment. And for the record I don't support all southern artists simply because I'm from the south. I enjoy music from all geographical locations, be it the Boogie Down Broncs or the dirty rural roads of Mississippi.
For you to act as if the North and other regions should receive some type of award when they are just as guilty is obsurd. I came to the realization record companies are going to promote what sells and radio staions are going to play what is hot - and right now - Southern hip-hop is hot. Every region has had their time to shine. It is now the time of the South to shine. Deal with it and move on.
PS - You mentioned Jodeci as being role models of sorts. Did you know that two of their members were habitual drug users???