warning: olde person.........

[jamesfrmphilly]

i am very angry at young people for letting their music culture slide so far down.
by this i mean the fixation on hip hop to the exclusion of everything else.
hip hop is OK, i listen to some myself but i'm really upset when i hear the youth talking as though they are Gods.
i mean, it's some of the dumbest music in the world.
it takes little to produce and even less to listen to it.

it hurts to think that young people cannot deal with any more complex music.
jazz, blues, gospel, whatever.

cats spend 20 yrs perfecting their art only to get beat out by some kid with a drum machine?

how low must our education be?

What kind of HipHop are you listening to? Get some Public Enemy, Dead Prez or Little Brother and go from there.

[jamesfrmphilly]

Originally Posted by G.o.d.f.a.t.h.a.

What kind of HipHop are you listening to? Get some Public Enemy, Dead Prez or Little Brother and go from there.

you miss the point.
i'm talking about young people who seems to feel hip hop is the only music on the planet.

they are missing out on so much.
everything from albert ayler to ziggy marley.

black music is so much bigger than hip hop.

[Gorilla]

I cant think of one black person I've ever met that just listened to rap or hiphop (even the young kids now get some exposure).

my fault james..............

[tiptop53]

Instead of being anrgy at the music choices of our young people reach out and open thier minds to diffrent music genre out here.

This summer in chicago we had hig school bands preform jazz and blues. There are always young folks singing in the gospel choir.

There are young people who do listen to all kinds of music and enjoy it. I know there are artist out here who have honed thier craft for many years and don't get recognize for thier work. Blame that on the record labels that don't promote them. Blame the radio stations who don't play them. Blame the schools and parents who don't open up thier minds to all of the music out here.

My son who is now 20 has been expouse to all kinds of music. I now have to get some of my old school and jazz from him.

So please don't be angry just help open up thier minds.

From and olde baby boomer.

[trinigirl]

James i totally understand you my bro. This myopia results from lack of knowledge of self. If we knew self we would know the vastness of our range and ability, we would KNOW WE are RAP, ROCK, JAZZ, COUNTRY and every art form imaginable..

BLACKMAN/WOMAN ..KNOW THYSELF..
peace

black voter it also falls in the lap of the parents also. That mess you seen on tv is called PopRap not HipHop. How come you all are fooled by this false imitation of true music?

HipHop = Dead Prez, Public Enemy, Goodie Mob, Black Market Militia, Sunz of Man, Gravediggaz, KRS1, Immortal Technique, Talib Kweli, Common, Mos Def, The Fugees, Paris, Ras Kass, Little Brother and many other intelligent cats who do not degrade women and make the black man look foolish.

PopRap = that crap that comes on BET, MTV, MTV2, VH1, and other lame *** television programming. Kanye West isn't a HipHoppa. He is not in the category of HipHop. You all are getting confused.

[goodcookinmama]

true dat but every one has there own likes and dislikes and the kids today just happen to like rap and hip hop there is a diffrence and all hip hop or rap is not garbage it is a powerful tool to be used thats why tupac and biggie are no longer with us also look at the stars of the 50s and 60s and 70s they were a powerful tooks also and ther voices still have an effect on us like marvin his music is still going strong and has a message behind it the music that you mentioned is more like easy listening where is the message , dont get me wrong they are good musicians its not all about my baby done left me or my man done me wrong james just take the time to really listen to some really good hip hop and rap and i betcha that you change your mind about this music

[jamesfrmphilly]

Originally Posted by goodcookinmama

james just take the time to really listen to some really good hip hop and rap and i betcha that you change your mind about this music

i have been down since african bammbatta and the zulu nation.
i heard "the message".
mellie mel.
the last poets.

my opinions are based on knowledge.