Media Chin-Check

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I personally think they are drawn to hip hop because of its rebellious nature. White kids have always been rebellious and right now hip hop is the most rebellious form of expression in America. It was the same way with rock and roll, heavy metal, grunge, and punk rock. What ever their parent don't want them to get involved with...thats exactly what they get involved in.

Seriously, what's rebellious about hip hop nowadays? I guess it's still considered on that level by some (like really conservative, white bread types) but like Saul Williams said: "Hip Hop has become Republican..." (mp3 link: http://www.soundclick.com/util/DownloadSong.cfm?ID=1942689)

More on my thoughts about this topic here: http://straightbangin.blogspot.com/2005/04/people-actually-like-this.html

(or click the comments here: http://www.haloscan.com/comments/litmanj/111351663456367654/) and

here: http://beerandrap.com/2005/04/rappers-are-fucking-stupid.htm.

BTW SOHH really needs to enable some basic HTML tags in their comments including URL hyperlinks.

Ian,

All due respect:

What is not rebellious about hip hop? Just about everything in hip hop is rebellious to one point are another. Hip Hop is rebelling against the powers that be saying, this is the way you should talk, dress, act, conduct yourself, and feel about social issues. Hip Hop says fuck that I'm gone dress how ever I want. You say wear slacks and lofters, but I'm gone wear baggy jeans and Timbs or 1's. From the clothes we were to how loud we listen to our music is form of rebellions. Its our subliminal way of saying fuck you to a society that has shown us (African Americans) the back side of their hand for centuries.

Rebellion - opposition to one in authority or dominance

Respectfully

i been waiting forever for this book to come out. i'm so excited.

Well I love Hip HOp and I'm a 15 Year old white Female Rap artist. I love the art of word play and Hip Hop is my freedom of expression.

So If you have a second check me out!

http://www.myspace.com/missblitz
http://www.blitzmusiconline.com

haha

Blitz: Nothin personal, but, umm, you're wack as hell. If you're dead serious about hip hop then you need to work on your lyrics, cuz you fixin to be the next Vanilla Ice.
I am also a 15 year old M.C., but you sound like I did when I was 11.
Here's some advice, start freestyling. Get into cyphers, assumin your not one of these rich white kids who thinks its funny. Study up on the greats Rakim, KRS-One, Chubb Rock is a good one, because one of your problems is that your rhyme pattern is so simplistic Dr. Seuss could've written it in the third grade. For someone who "loves wordplay", you aren't particularly adept at it.

If you think nobody cares about you, try missing a couple of payments.

Dont worry heard your stuff and shorty your music is hot!

As a local rap artist in billings, MT
i believe that Bakari does not know what he's talking about. just because he's been around hip hop doesn't give him the right to judge what whites blacks natives or latins what to listen to. Music is for people not for races. and using racial slur like Wigger is very inmmature on his part EX(if a black person started singing country,people would not look at it as negative or okward, but a white guy get's into hip hop and the whole culture goes off the deep end) as a native american it upsets me to see this hatred and negativity coming from a minority, as a minority it's are purpose to keep peace with in are country but still stand our ground and Bakari crossed the line by using racial slurs, a white guy drop the N bomb and he's considered a racist and a skin head Ect. on a scale of 1 to 10 on how good this book was i consider it to be a -10

u have a fan club? hahahahah
ur site is a big joke and so is ur music
just be urself im sure you'll do alright
its hard to tell whether ur really in this culture or its just a phase in ur life either way only time will tell

ur cute tho
try doin some of that pussycat dolls kinda shit