What happened to socially/politically concious rappers

Where have all the socially/politically conscious rappers gone?

Long time passing

Where have all the socially/politically conscious rappers gone?

Long time ago

Where have all the socially/politically conscious rappers gone?

Gone to Bandcamp, every one

When will they ever learn? When they ever learn?

raccoon how old are you? serious question

also, why do you post here? serious question

Had too much swag, needed to shed some

if RT is not a sock I'm kind of stoked for his presence here, real old school ilx troll feel

no he needs to go, check him out on the Charlie Hebdo thread and then hit FP

yr exercise in pointing out that the most popular rappers of today are rarely explicitly political is pretty useless considering that if you were to apply the same test to the most popular rappers of the supposedly halcyon days u refer to in yr first post, they would still fail the test. w/ 2-3 exceptions depending on how permissive u wanna be, the artists listed in the op were not among the most successful rap artists of their day.

Some of this concious stuff doesn't age that well, even at the time I used to wince at the KRS One tracks where he tries to chat like a ragga mc from the Yard. In recent times old lags like Juicy J and Gangsta Boo have released far better albums than anything from that era imo. At least in this era twats like Brand Nubians are recognised for what they are - completely fucking worthless hateful arseholes.

― xelab, Wednesday, January 7, 2015 8:05 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

eh some of the ignorant shit doesnt age well either, i do kind of think conscious rap gets a bad rap these days

This thread has given us a gif of a raccoon with a jet pack if nothing else, so my morning is made.

leave it to ILX posters to start talking about... feminism and gay rights and transgenders. This is hilarious. Why do I even post here with you saps. I'm losing swag by the second with you lames.

So, are you going to take accountability for this incredibly wrongheaded and generally fucked up statement?

do you even have to ask

So, are you going to take accountability for this incredibly wrongheaded and generally fucked up statement?

― ed.b,

lmao

yr exercise in pointing out that the most popular rappers of today are rarely explicitly political is pretty useless considering that if you were to apply the same test to the most popular rappers of the supposedly halcyon days u refer to in yr first post, they would still fail the test. w/ 2-3 exceptions depending on how permissive u wanna be, the artists listed in the op were not among the most successful rap artists of their day.

― dyl,

Dumb shit said by Nikki Minaj and Charlie XCX fans in this thread #4080

Oh no, he's back

Dumb shit said by Nikki Minaj and Charlie XCX fans in this thread #4080

Explain.

Or was your use of bold text supposed to be self-evident?

"Charli XCX fan" is not perhaps the damning insult that RT, judging from the number of times he's used it, believes it to be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF1GudpHqeg

:)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc1N5vjvMFw

xxp-taking out the more underground acts

these were all some of the most successful and popular rap artists of their time. Dyl talking shit only a Charlie and Minaj fan capable of.

KRS,
Slick Rick
NWA,
P.E,
Mos,

Wu,
Kast,
Pac,

Nas,
Dead Prez,

Tribe,
De La,

Brand Nubian,
Furious 5,
Kane,

Jungle Bros,

Goodie Mob,

Gang Starr,

Fugees

;)

(dad prez left in for that one song, that blew up majorly while being hugely political, that song wouldn't exist now)

what's your first language, Raccoon?

there is tons of new underground positive stuff. most of it is terrible. just listen to illmatic again!

"Charli XCX fan" is not perhaps the damning insult that RT, judging from the number of times he's used it, believes it to be.

― Re-Make/Re-Model,

haha, oh yes it is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO72qcXvakE

^awful music, objectively

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziX5dzRvzbU

RT: where does that list come from? And how are you judging success there? I'm just curious about your methods ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3jberLd7B4

:}

Lex, Some Dude, Dyl, all you guys, you probably never even heard of most of the rappers in first post.

tell me more about this "Nas," o wise one

Wu-Tang: I've heard of him, he sings about karate!

"tell me more about this "Nas," o wise one

― un chill goon (some dude),"

He wears a kufi, that Jim Jones said would "smack off his fuckin head"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL3Lq6OvXxU

:}}))888

racoon can you answer my questions

raccoon how old are you? serious question

― marcos, Thursday, January 8, 2015 10:07 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

also, why do you post here? serious question

― marcos, Thursday, January 8, 2015 10:07 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol @ the idea of Wu as political rap, they're like one step above coast-to-coast FM

*AM, sorry. it's too early

RT deluded about the commercial success of his listed rap acts, and about their "political" content (Wu? Slick Rick? gtfo). I pointed out that P.E.'s "Fight the Power" is probably the peak commercial success of an explicitly political rap act, and that didn't even place on the Billboard pop chart.

as opposed to multiple people who have been cited so far who are among the biggest selling and critically acclaimed rap acts around

BDP never cracked the top 40, for example

RT, you might find some artists that fit the profile you're describing here:

rolling CORP low bar just to appear hip to teens thread 2015

I can maybe see finding it amusing watching this loser shit himself in public (or pretend to, which isn't better) but trying to actually have a discussion is like

what the fuck are you guys doing

De La Soul had one hit single (with zero political/conscious content). Jungle Bros had zero.

xp

Kids say the darndest things

RT deluded about the commercial success of his listed rap acts, and about their "political" content (Wu? Slick Rick? gtfo). I pointed out that P.E.'s "Fight the Power" is probably the peak commercial success of an explicitly political rap act, and that didn't even place on the Billboard pop chart.

― Οὖτις,

BDP never cracked the top 40, for example

― Οὖτις,

De La Soul had one hit single (with zero political/conscious content). Jungle Bros had zero.

xp

― Οὖτις

You've said some dumb shit but this takes the biscuit. Lol @ you conflating success and influence with pure commercial gains. Ironic. Wu were platinum by the way.

with the protest song "cash rules everything around me"

with the protest song "cash rules everything around me"

― un chill goon (some dude),

OH WOW you really jus went FULL DUMBASS with that shit you fucking Charlie XCX moron

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa9LNPwZIGA

RT aren't you banned yet?

with the protest song "cash rules everything around me"

― un chill goon (some dude),

Can't quite believe you just KO'd yourself like this so easily. I knew it would happen you've been saying some pretty dumb shit even for a Minaj and Charlie XCX fan but this just proves you KNOW JACK SHIT of what you're talking about

You clearly have no idea about that song past the hook that you completely and hilariously misunderstood

Let me help you out Charlie XCX fan, next time you try to mock, make sure you know wtf you're talking about.

It's been 22 long hard years and still strugglin
Survival got me buggin, but I'm alive on arrival
I peep at the shape of the streets
And stay awake to the ways of the world cause shit is deep
A man with a dream with plans to make C.R.E.A.M.
Which failed; I went to jail at the age of 15
A young buck sellin drugs and such who never had much
Trying to get a clutch at what I could not touch
The court played me short, now I face incarceration
Pacin', going up state's my destination
Handcuffed in back of a bus, 40 of us
Life as a shorty shouldn't be so rough
But as the world turns I learned life is Hell
Living in the world, no different from a cell
Everyday I escape from Jakes givin chase, sellin base
Smokin bones in the staircase
Though I don't know why I chose to smoke sess
I guess that's the time when I'm not depressed
But I'm still depressed, and I ask what's it worth?
Ready to give up so I seek the Old Earth
Who explained working hard may help you maintain
to learn to overcome the heartaches and pain
We got stickup kids, corrupt cops, and crack rocks
and stray shots, all on the block that stays hot
Leave it up to me while I be living proof
To kick the truth to the young black youth
But shorty's running wild, smokin sess, drinkin beer
And ain't trying to hear what I'm kickin in his ear
Neglected for now, but yo, it gots to be accepted
That what? That life is hected