What happened to socially/politically concious rappers

<3 charlie xcx

if we're counting the Coup, Can Ox & Dad Prez as successful group then why wouldn't Run the Jewels count?

groups

because a raccoon said so

Despite some colorful details ("Handcuffed in back of a bus, 40 of us") Deck's verse on C.R.E.A.M. is more defeatist than political imo -- an older person teaches him the value of hard work ffs

"Fellow-traveler" hiphop, maybe

who did what now

― un chill goon (some dude), Wednesday, January 7, 2015 11:45 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Pitchfork's Chris Ott takes No Prisoners

lmao "dad prez"

no way RT is Ott

xxp my previously posited ott-sock theory was mostly for lols

Why would ott pretend to be british

there are dozens of rap forums out there that are just a bunch of guys like RT calling each other soft batch

sloth pretty surprised you've resisted this thread so far.

Death Grips

as far as troll behavior goes, creating a persona isn't exactly uncommon, but yeah, my ott theory - which was like 25 percent serious to begin with - is most certainly inaccurate

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many of us should spend some time tonight looking critically at ourselves in the mirror

evan i saw no percentage in engaging w/ any of this stuff bc even people who bless their hearts were trying to give serious answers were getting nothing but dickish behavior in return, but i felt i should clarify the joke

has no one made the 'he will be a zing-flinging jaded ilx regular by 2017' post yet? no?

Anyhoo, I'll play along through all this bullshit because I'm bored, just to get facts straight because you're just using your fucked up raccoonesque perception of reality, the following are cold hard facts:
These were Metacritic's top rap/hip hop artists from the 00s (as you might be aware they have these scores by summing different review scores from popular zines):

http://i.imgur.com/DBVlge3.png

And this is the list of best selling rap/hip hop albums in the USA since 00s:

http://i.imgur.com/E8zXOVd.png

He's already flinging that's for sure. xp

its a ott sock ster

No use Moka. It's common knowledge that raccoons have tunnel vision, making it common for them to cherry pick.

I'm sure you'll continue saying that they are previous generation artists or whatever but the truth is they are still the ones getting the best reviews and sales. I'm sure in your 15 year old world it seems like the only artists that matter to other people are Minaj and Drake but there's hope out there. Hang in there, buddy.

http://www.squirrelstore.com/files/744999/uploaded/79100pp.jpg

that's fucking cruel

― ..but is he a virtuoso? (Raccoon Tanuki), Thursday, January 8, 2015 8:08 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

new theory: it's calum

where's my cane

the following are cold hard facts...

What about streaming, mixtapes and YouTube tho? Metacritic is OK, but I don't know if sales is that representative of the RT successful + popular criteria.

This guy went from 50 to 80(!!!) flagged posts in a matter of hours. You won't be seeing him for a while.

that shit on the Charlie Hebdo thread was p bad tbf

hip-hop is safe!

Looks like for YouTube Vevo, it would be Pitbull, Chris Brown, Nicki, Black Eyed Peas, Lil Wayne, 50 Cent, Kanye West, Drake, Nelly, Soulja Boy and Tyga, depending on what you label as rap/hip-hop.

http://vidstatsx.com/vevo-most-viewed

It takes quite a lot to get 51ed in this day and age but I have never seen anyone accumulate flags that quickly.

man am i glad i didn't read RTs thoughts on Hebdo

Getting some big data up in here. Fight ignorance with science.

Oh I haven't flagged him yet! Let me contribute.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads15/cig%2Braccoon1256176039.jpg

They FP'in! Aw, made you post
You a slave to a thread made by ott's ghost

Too many people are trying to derail, ignore the point, trivialize, troll.

― ..but is he a virtuoso? (Raccoon Tanuki), Wednesday, January 7, 2015 7:10 PM

up early in the morning
dressed in black
don't ask why cuz I'm down in a suit & tie
they killed a raccooon that I went to school wit
i tell ya life ain't shit to fool wit

This is pointless.

I'm out.

― ..but is he a virtuoso? (Raccoon Tanuki), Wednesday, January 7, 2015 7:10 PM

But every now and then,
I wonder if FP was put up to keep Racoons out or to
Keep our ass in

Who's that trolling in my window
POW nobody now

it's sad he was a virtuoso

6 in the mornin' police at my door
fresh racoon paws squeak across the floor

thank fuck for that

my question was why.

1. rap became pop. pop music is rarely political, esp since I dunno, end of Vietnam War era.
2. it became passe, seen as corny to be overtly "conscious"/"political". this goes for just about every genre that once wore its heart on it sleeve.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oLazoHUu0yc/Tpi6il5Z8OI/AAAAAAAAABs/tiaChtjXe2M/s1600/here_comes_a_new_challenger.png

I don't think it's wrong to note that rap is different now, just that all the ways and reasons for it cited by RT were basically wrong

http://i.imgur.com/PlAnnXF.jpg

See you soon, little racoon.

forks with the comic timing

"with the protest song "cash rules everything around me"

Rza actually quotes this to Paul Walker in the movie Brick Mansions and then says "You heard of that one?" Meta-hilarity!!