defconcepts said:
This is half the problem with rappers and hip hop these days....People think that hip hop is ALL ABOUT portraying street life and coming up in the struggle.. Whta most hip hop fans these days fail to realize is The pioneers of hip hop did very little of this , it wasn't until NWA...and Biggies ready to die albums that this became "the way " of hip hop. Big daddy kane, rakim, boogie down productions, public enemy ....talked very little about street life as opposed to having fun...talking about rhyme skills and things...People FORGET or NEVER even knew that this was originally where hip hop's essence lays.....using a hot record and being the best at rhyming skills. As far as taking samples goes ANY IDIOT that is ANY kind of fan of hip hop Would never suggest that Hip Hop NOT USE SAMPLES at all....HIP HOP started by rapping over someones elses beat and making their own....THATS WHERE this all started..... Our production company samples very little these days , But we would NEVER give it up entirely.....sampling IS HIP HOP
Have you ever listened to a BDP album?
Their first album was CRIMINAL MINDED, it was about street life, one year after the release of that record Scott La Rock was shot dead (Since your probably dont know who Scott La Rock was he was the other half of BDP)
Public Enemy was about being poor, living in the ghettos, and fighting for a better life, although positive one some levels related 100% to street life
Big Daddy Kane was all about the women, being a pimp etc
Not much in hip-hop has changed
This was a terribly misinformed post
The essense of hip hop was around when BDP were children, Akrica Bambata, Grand Master Flash, Kool Herc, parties in the parks, and you know what? It was still about street life, they had dancable songs like Sugar Hill Gang with Rappers Delight
But for instance Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five were about street life
Songs like the message and white lines about drugs, alleysways and street life
Kids were getting shot and stuck up before, after and during the block parties
Street life is a very large portion of hip hop from the very beggining whether you like it or not, it started in the projects and inner city and caught on, but its still based there and everyone needs to respect that more then look down on it