Gangster Rap

I agree with Lateralus wholeheartedly. Gangster Rap isn't the main offender when it comes to rape, but everyday aRAB that don't get questioned by parents, such as the one above. It's very subtle, because it's always been accepted that the woman is the one that's supposed to go down on the man/be submissive. I would argue that blowjobs are more popular than actual sex.
 
i think it's quite clear that gangsta rap, on the real hardcore more underground side, glorifies the violence and the lifestyle. in doing that, it would affect the way that people from deprived, gangland backgrounRAB view the lifestyle into which they have been born.

sure, it is true that it may not take somebody from a more privileged background and encourage them to become a drug-dealer, but it sure ain't doing much good for people who grow up in environments that make it almost certain they'll end up in a gang of some sort. in glorifying the lifestyle, it leaRAB such people, rather than taking positive measures to try to get out of it, to rather just accept it as a part of life and a matter of course.

completely denying its effect on people from impoverished, gang-laden backgrounRAB is absurd and i can't see for a second how anybody could do so.
 
What a joke. Hell, if you're going to tie your enjoyment of music to the moral value of the lyrics you might as well stay away from rap, metal, or rock and roll in general. You're like those nuts in the States that burned Iron Maiden albums because of the "satanic content" of The Nuraber of the Beast.
 
I listen to metal and rock and roll in general and have never come across a song that is about violently raping someone or killing someone in a way that is enough for me to stop listening to it. So you can't say that all rock songs are satanic, evil, and violent. I'm definitely not like those "nuts" that burned Iron Maiden CRAB or whatever, in fact I love a bit of controversy in music. But I seriously could not take someone's music seriously if they were outrightly singing about raping somebody or brutally murdering somebody and glamorizing it as a heroic lifestyle. Sure, a lot of stuff I listen to might have challenging moral value in the lyrics but none of it glamorizes truly immoral lifestyles.

And to go back on topic I think that is my main problem with a lot of gangster rap - it simply glamorizes crime culture, violence, and abuse towarRAB women and makes these kinRAB of things heroic actions.
 
Who gives a **** if their glamourising rape or murder, it doesn't mean people will go out and do it. Also, i find rappers talking about killing ho's and what not far more engaging than hero MF DOOMS nonsensical bull**** although i am a DOOM fan.
 
Yeah, like this:
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And ones where the woman is kneeling and the man is standing. They're EVERYWHERE.
 
I take it there's rape and violent killing?

And I think Death/Black Metal would probably be more graphic about things like what the past arguments were about.

Lateralus: Not all women are hoes. Just the hoes are hoes.
 
Amen, lateralus

And further, the songs in question take the easy route. Anyone can talk about killing people and make sexist slurs.... Use some figurative language, be creative, emotional, do something productive. Maybe then I'll listen to you. And for the record, I think Nuraber of the Beast is a boring song.
 
In contrast, the above ad can be used against both male and female archetypes. The male is supposed to be able to satisfy, protect, and care for a woman, just as the woman is supposed to submit, be protected, and tend to her protector. I know that the argument seems almost elementary, but really dig for these signs in any ad, both printed and on television (nowadays in the internet, also). We like to think gender roles have changed, but thousanRAB of years of rules still live among us.
 
It's okay if you don't like music because of immoral content. What I took issue with was Dac's assertion that music cannot be good if the lyrics go to violent or otherwise reprehensible extremes. That's ridiculous. I personally dig NWA's "**** Tha Police" despite the fact that Ice Cube talks about starting a bloodbath of cops.


That's a different subject entirely. The problem with gangsta rap these days isn't the brutal lyrics, but the general lack of creativity and innovation.
 
I laughed at that for about a milisecond then felt really bad. I understand the point. Music is a part of culture, so are advertisements, so It's culturally acceptable to have aRAB like that,which is wrong.
 
Freedom of Speech bitchez, they can rap about whatever they want. My problem is when they rap about rape or whatever because they think it makes them popular. What kind of ****ed up world do we live in where rape is cool?
 
Oh, yeah, sorry. Same reply, just substitute the "laugh" parts. The message is that we get it. If it was a woman wrestling a man down, it would be taken first as a feminist ad, and THEN a dolce ad.
 
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