Whatever happened to sense of humor in Hip Hop?
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Growing up, my favorite rappers were Redman, Busta, ODB, Luda and Em. And the one thing they had in common was that they were all funny as hell. They said outrageous ? , and had the funniest videos. That kind of thing was respected in hip hop. Now when someone comes out in weird colorful clothes a la Busta, says some outrageous psychopathic ? a la Em, or or does weird ? with their voice like ODB, it's considered ? , ? , crazy, etc. Granted, these individuals look stupid doing it in their +30s, and the ones that are doing it currently (Nicki, Wayne, Tyler) aren't as talented... but since 05 I seen a surplus of artists taking themselves way too seriously, and the ones that don't are considered wack and written off as one hit wonders. Everyone is either making money, ? someone's ? off the money they made, or killing someone cuz they hated on them making money. Everyone wants to be perfect and not look silly, even if by accident. Where are the funny videos? Where's the crazy drugged out psychopath talk? Where are the cartoonish personalities that can still be real artists? I miss that.
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People are caught up in being "gangster" and having "swag". I really think alot of these rappers care about how people view them, ? is sad yo.
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yea ? gone I'll neva forget da hate I got on here for makin comedic songs havin fun da fans are super serious now
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Rap ain't suppose to be funny.
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that element has always been a part of hip hop you can go all the way back to guys like the fat boys, de la, digital underground, flavor flav.
now the fans expectations are different so the artists have to follow suit. -
have yall heard future album?
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young_reezy wrote: »that element has always been a part of hip hop you can go all the way back to guys like the fat boys, de la, digital underground, flavor flav.
now the fans expectations are different so the artists have to follow suit.
All You Can Eat is a top 5 song in music period. -
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The artists have to follow suit?...That's the opposite of art...
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Times always change. Sometimes you gotta just listen to what you want even if its 15 years old or whatever. At least theres those artists you like, even if they didnt come out yesterday I still listen to 90s stuff all the time, but be bumpin Future or whoever now.
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A1000MILES wrote: »The artists have to follow suit?...That's the opposite of art...
well thats where the difference is.
hip hop is more of a business today than ever before. when you take things like marketing and target demographics into account, at the end of the day it's all about making the most money in the least amount of time.
the art does tend to suffer because of it because you have a lot of copy cat artists who feel like instead of being true to themselves and what they feel they have to conform to whats current to sastisfy the demand for whats hot.
we live in a assembly line society. -
One main difference frm a 70s baby (was in my teens-20s in 90,'s),society was different. This was before terrorattacks and money was much easier to come by. However you wanted to get it. But im lovin life now.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TImT9oBWRg
one of my favorite tracks i did ? had a meanin too i was tired of them frontin hoes lls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5emgYb7qK4
lmao drugs was behind dis track
man wish da youtube of Charlie Sheen Swag was up btw da vid is ? up but dat track was creative as ? lls -
young_reezy wrote: »A1000MILES wrote: »The artists have to follow suit?...That's the opposite of art...
well thats where the difference is.
hip hop is more of a business today than ever before. when you take things like marketing and target demographics into account, at the end of the day it's all about making the most money in the least amount of time.
the art does tend to suffer because of it because you have a lot of copy cat artists who feel like instead of being true to themselves and what they feel they have to conform to whats current to sastisfy the demand for whats hot.
we live in a assembly line society.NoCompetition wrote: »One main difference frm a 70s baby (was in my teens-20s in 90,'s),society was different. This was before terrorattacks and money was much easier to come by. However you wanted to get it. But im lovin life now.
I remember when D12's Devil's Night came out in '01. Purple Pills was poppin. Then 9/11 happened just when they dropped the vid for Fight Music. At that point people didn't wanna hear about violence being made fun of. To me though, the industry is still insensitive to society cuz they push this rock star baller lifestyle on a country in massive debt with a high unemployment rate. I guess it's a reflection of society itself; we've become so desensitized and cynical in life that the only thing that moves us is money. -
Danny Brown's pretty funny. Not the greatest rapper, but he's one dude carrying that torch.
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young_reezy wrote: »A1000MILES wrote: »The artists have to follow suit?...That's the opposite of art...
well thats where the difference is.
hip hop is more of a business today than ever before. when you take things like marketing and target demographics into account, at the end of the day it's all about making the most money in the least amount of time.
the art does tend to suffer because of it because you have a lot of copy cat artists who feel like instead of being true to themselves and what they feel they have to conform to whats current to sastisfy the demand for whats hot.
we live in a assembly line society.NoCompetition wrote: »One main difference frm a 70s baby (was in my teens-20s in 90,'s),society was different. This was before terrorattacks and money was much easier to come by. However you wanted to get it. But im lovin life now.
I remember when D12's Devil's Night came out in '01. Purple Pills was poppin. Then 9/11 happened just when they dropped the vid for Fight Music. At that point people didn't wanna hear about violence being made fun of. To me though, the industry is still insensitive to society cuz they push this rock star baller lifestyle on a country in massive debt with a high unemployment rate. I guess it's a reflection of society itself; we've become so desensitized and cynical in life that the only thing that moves us is money.
I dont wanna go all conspiracy theorist in here but my thoughts behind that is that the societal powers that be would rather keep folks in a dumbed out state of fear, so songs making light of violence and bringing humor to it is now frowned upon after 9/11, but songs about cashing out, balling and big spending are still celebrated even though the country is in massive debt as you stated. just my opinion. -
ASAP Rocky and schoolboy q are funny too.
some of these new rap ? are some funny looking muthafuckas.
when it comes to being funny no one is funnier than Ghostface and ? -
What u mean?? Ain't 50 still tryna make a comeback??? That's ? hilarious!
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it's a few artists who have used humor in thier style over the recent years some that jump right out at me are people like snoop,busta,em,redman, and even mac dre.
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Busta went thug
? died
Red can't drop an album (label trouble or laziness)
Luda tried to mature his content
Em tried to mature his content too
Let's be honest though, Em's humor was slightly ? mixed with some horrorcore. idk how people can still listen to his music 10+ years later -
^^^^^I know damn well I can't
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hip-hopisalive wrote: »Busta went thug
? died
Red can't drop an album (label trouble or laziness)
Luda tried to mature his content
Em tried to mature his content too
Let's be honest though, Em's humor was slightly ? mixed with some horrorcore. idk how people can still listen to his music 10+ years later
I agree, and if you look at that list of artists besides odb being dead and red's label issues the other emcee's basically tried to mature their content or change their image which was more of a marketing strategy than an artistic influence.
oh yeah and em's humor was sick and ? , you could tell that it was coming from a real place within himself, the listeners can tell if the music is authentic even if they aren't consciously aware of it.
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hip-hopisalive wrote: »Busta went thug
? died
Red can't drop an album (label trouble or laziness)
Luda tried to mature his content
Em tried to mature his content too
Let's be honest though, Em's humor was slightly ? mixed with some horrorcore. idk how people can still listen to his music 10+ years later
Redman dropped Reggie in '10... I liked it, not his best though. C/S everything else... that's due to them dudes growing up though (cept Busta, he hasn't made a real mature album yet). And hell, half of what's considered funny, especially back then, had some ? overtones. That's why it's so funny... we know they won't go there, at least not fully, but it's extreme enough to where it has that WTF factor (Em crossed the line with that Bruno ? though). -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NgXDxXUX1Q
drugs was behind dis track too I have no idea why i said i wanted to make it rain wit monopoly money lls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLnlfqg70Xs&feature=relmfu
makin fun of ? blatant lies bout trappin druglord rap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwmAXgpeI5E
made dis during da cavs 27 game losin streak same day i made it nd released it they snapped it against da clippers lmao
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Axel just turned this into a promo thread lmao
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hip-hopisalive wrote: »Busta went thug
? died
Red can't drop an album (label trouble or laziness)
Luda tried to mature his content
Em tried to mature his content too
Let's be honest though, Em's humor was slightly ? mixed with some horrorcore. idk how people can still listen to his music 10+ years later
lol, good point.
I remember when rappers used to make fun of themselves in videos. Will Smith's "I think I can beat Mike Tyson" was one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t9SCHLRDoY
Times change and emo/swag rap took over. I blame it one this younger/lame generation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_K8evSd1N4
