Armando - What percentage of rap songs are about a good respectable women? Why not write about men who have sex with anything that moves? Is there a derrogatory term that defines them? Why demean strippers -it’s a job…a job that only exists because of men. What I am trying to say is that there is something very wrong with wanting women only as sex objects and then demeaning them for it, or even advocating violence against them while ignoring worse behavior in men.

A word that has carried such hatred against a person’s race can be a horrible reminder for those who have been on the receiving end of that hatred and racism. IMO, these terms are just used for shock value to impress friends. It is hard for this old hippy to accept that subsequent generations are as aware of racism and social injustice. I think that rap lyrics represent the current state of mind of those listening, which indicates a serious lack of leadership on the part of the parents, by not instilling morals ethics, consideration and compassion in their kids, which is so painfully obvious today.

Just my opinion, Armando. :o)

I get ur point! But not all rap is th same. There are worthy songs in th business for all. When they talk abt women as hos or whatever they’re not talking abt good homesome women tht r respected in life. They reffer to th hos, there are plenty. They talk abt th strippers and th ones on th street.

Trust me I have 3 little girls and whn someone is playing th music loud while cursing. I just drive on or raise my windows. There’s alot of things I have to protect my girls from. Like child abusers and kidnappers. Drugs and rape. Not a rapper calling a ho a ho. IMO. I respect yours truly. It does some times get out of hand.

As far as th “N” word it is offensive. But in rap it becomes almost a term of endearment. It has been separated into 2 terms. I have friends tht say tht to me and I’m Hispanic/white. I take like thm saying what’s up homie. No offense. Now if a KKK member says it, it carries hate and years of struggle for blacks. It’s just a street term for th kids saying it losely. Most rappers are actually limiting th use of th word on records. But a ho is a ho, male or female
same thing lol

I understand that rap is an excellent way to communicate the injustices of living in the worst conditions. I have no problems with that, but women are not pieces of property to abuse, and obsession with that in any form of music is repulsive. What do you call a male “ho” anyway? Get my point?

My book is extremely drug centric and it refrences alot of sex and destruction, and it has sold very well. I listen to rap and produce th music with a great deal of apreaciation for th influence is had on my life. Rap music
is th best way to release ur hidden angers, almost therepudic. IMO

Obama listens to Lil Wayne and Wayne sold more thn any rock band ths year!!!

Beleive it or not some of th oldschool guitar rifts and classical violins can b found in beats created for rap songs. Being a indi music producer I encorperate all music into my beats. From sharp piano to flickering harps. I’ve produced a couple of rock song for an amazing rock band. As a matter of fact I saw th Rolling Stone at Church Hill Downs and it confermed tht they r th best band ever. My father has seen The Doors, Simon & Garfunkle, Jefferson Airplane, he’s even seen Pink Floyd several times. Not to mention a thousand other bands. Funny enough he can still get into some Eminem.

Rock, music in general is very well alive. Rap music even more, and
tht is because of it’s way to reach it’s audience. It screams th words most of us wish to say. It takes you on journeys, whether it’s through th crack world or th ghetto life or even their own struggles which mostly connects with all of us. It’s been stereotyped because of th liberal tree huggin donut hole punchers who can’t open their minds enough to see where another person is coming from. But yet we paid attention to Stevie Wonder when he said we are th world, yet he’s never seen it.

In th words of Biggie: “Picture me being scared of a man who breathes th same air as me…”

In th words of Mick Jagger: “Wild horses couldn’t drag me away…”

in th words of Armando: “Music is my air, period”

No! Rock cannot die. It has been around for too long to just be a fad. When we were kids, only our age group generally loved rock while parents screamed “turn that noise down!” Today classic rock has a whole new audience. I work for a group that was recording in the 60’s & 70’s who has been sucessfully touring for the last 14 years. Grandparents are out there with there kids and grandkids enjoying the shows. Age doesn’t matter anymore with classic rock. Rock goes through phases, from Elvis to the early Beatles to heavy metal, but I doubt it will ever die. I think it will not only live but be incorporated into other genres, like we saw with Carlos Santana’s “Supernatural” CD which was a beautiful collage of Latin rock lead guitar with new artists and some rap.

In contrast, today’s rap lyrics, obsessed with gangs, violence against women & killing is not only repulsive, but it makes violence “cool”. As an older women’s libber, I just wonder how long todays girls can continue to listen to women referred to as “ho’s” and “bitches”? If the rap genre does not start to evolve into some more sophistocated lyrics, it will die as the young female generation matures.

I can only recall 2 other songs back in the 70’s that had the F-word: The FISH chant of Country Joe and the Fish, which turned into another F-chant, that started the anti-war song “I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ to Die” and a Harry Neilsson song “Your Breakin’ My Heart.”