Hip Hop anyone?

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Permalink Reply by Kev'Ron on June 4, 2008 at 11:45pm

I have been to concerts in NYC which most would consider as a diverse city and i have seen crowds of just black and latino people. Depending on the artist and where it is being held the makeup of the crowd changes. So if hip hop is not a black thing why are there more black artist than white ones? Why aren't more artist talking about problems in the white community?

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Permalink Reply by Conejita on June 5, 2008 at 12:19am

there are nerd rappers, if that counts....

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Permalink Reply by Arsenic Candy on June 5, 2008 at 10:35am

nerd rappers..... that reminds alot of my school .........

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Permalink Reply by BoneStarr on June 6, 2008 at 3:40am

What do you consider to be a nerd rapper?

Ô_ó

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Permalink Reply by Mr Hatake on June 5, 2008 at 2:30am

well, i guess over here on the west coast (LA, SF) its rare to see black people as the majority in hip-hop concerts.

I agree that it depends on the artist, city, etc, etc. but, i am saying hip-hop concerts as a whole, the majority are not black crowds. i am positive that most of the money that artists get from album sales and ticket sales come from white middle america. i am not saying that none of it is coming from the black community, i am just saying that its not the majority.

why are there more black artist than white? because thats just the way the media markets hip-hop. you go to some hip-hop club in sf and the artists are black, white, asian, or latino. its diverse and its not seen as "a black thing". just because the majority of artists on tv are black doesn't mean that hip-hop is a black thing. why aren't more artist talking about problems in the white community? because there are no problems in the white community.

i am not saying hip-hop is not just a black thing because of the artists. i am talking about the supporters. yea, the majority of emcees are black, yea, most of the good emcees are black, but, that doesn't mean that only black people support hip-hop. i guess growing up in the 80s hip-hop is a culture that has no color. yea, the majority of the djs, mcs, and bboys/girls that i knew of were black, but the majority of the supporters were white.

thats just my perspective, i guess its different for everyone. i am not trying to argue with you and your experiences, i am just disagreeing with nina harper's comment.

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Permalink Reply by Marcellus on June 5, 2008 at 7:49pm

it all depends on how known the artist is. If he's local black, then thats gonna get a black crowd, but if its underground and hipster know of it then everybody packs it in.

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Permalink Reply by Chig Champa on June 5, 2008 at 3:24am

A black thing? So we're going to start re-segregating things?

I call air conditioned restaurants and clean bathrooms for the whites!!!

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Permalink Reply by Mr Hatake on June 4, 2008 at 11:48am

were? i still am. sadly, we are lucky to get only 2-3 good hip-hop albums a year.

you can add the new 9th wonder & buckshot album to the 2008 list.

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Permalink Reply by BoneStarr on June 4, 2008 at 12:52pm

Yes, It is a decent album,there has been a couple of good albums out this year...

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Permalink Reply by Mr Hatake on June 5, 2008 at 2:42am

damn, if the formula is a decent album, you gotta fill me in on these "couple of good albums this year".

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Permalink Reply by BoneStarr on June 6, 2008 at 3:31am

Lol..

Good albums this year:

Tanya Morgan - The Bridge EP
The Green Album - Omer Saar
100dBS & Ryan Oneil - The Adventures of The One Hand Bandit & The Slum Computer Wizard
The Roots - Rising Down
Elzhi - Euro Pass
J Live - Then What Happened?
Custom Made - Original Dynasty
Cyne - Starship Utopia
Nicolay & Kay - Time Line
Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons You Paint That Shit Gold
eMC - The Show
Bun B - II Trill
Pete Rock - NY's Finest
Black Milk & Fat Ray - The Set Up
Black Milk & Bishop Lamont - Caltroit
Akrobatik - Absolute Value
Guilty Simpson - Ode to the Ghetto
Killah Priest - Behind Stained Glass
The Grouch - Show You The World
Prodigy - HNIC 2
Living Legends - The Gathering
Torae - Daily Conversation
Wale - Mixtape About Nothing
9th Wonder & Buckshot - The Formula
Chaundon - Carnage
9th Prince - The Prince of New York
Kidz in the Hall - The In Crowd
Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
Substantial - Sacrifice
Pete Rock - NY's Finest
Sheek Louch - Silverback Guerilla


As I said, just a couple... ;-)

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Permalink Reply by PREÐATOR on June 5, 2008 at 3:29am

The only rap song I ever really liked was...

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