Rap Music
Re: MJ and James Brown: download the VIDEO!!!!
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 10:45:26 -0500 (CDT)Newsgroups: alt.music.michael-jackson
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Tattoo, What criminals performed on that show? R. Kelly was the only one who performed who has been accused of a crime. You all can't blame black people for giving R. Kelly props, when pop radio is the one who is playing his music to death. Pop radio is the reason that "Ignition" went to number one. As far as rap and hip-hop music perpetuating violence, what about rock music? I hear about more violence, drug overdoses, suicide from rock stars and music more than I do with rap and hip-hop. Rap and hip-hop music does not perpetuate any of those things in their music. They do perpetuate the image of "bling, bling", money, cars, scantily clad women( so does rock), etc. As long as rap remained "underground", mainstream America could have cared less about what it portrayed. When white teenagers, and that is the reason that is has blown up, started buying the music, then there became a huge outcry against it. The rappers are not holding guns and forcing mainstream America to buy this music. Now with Emmien portraying more violence in his lyrics and videos than any black rapper has ever done, who is mainstream America going to blame? Are they still going to blame black rappers or Emminen? I agree that there are some negative aspects to rap music, but rock music has portrayed those negative aspects even more. Who can forget the drug-filled and violent music of Sid Vicious and punk rock music? Who can forget Ozzy Osbourn's drug and Satanic references in music and stage antics? The list goes on and on. For every rap negative portray, I can name one or more of rock music who does worse. To try and paint rap and hip-hop music as the only culprits in this cauldron of music degeneration is unfair and shallow. PAM
