For starters, look, im not here to discuss social stigma about racism or whatever you folks like to talk about these days.
I aint american either, which might be in part due to the fact i find it a bit strange to talk about this. Still, lets move onward.
Right, so, even after the days of african americans being all funky ass motherfuckers doing that jazz and blues before white people thought it was cool, before the abolishment of the John Crow laws, it was some serious 'optimist' jam they had.
When they were abolished, some 20 years later, the whole hiphop scene came into the big picture. Sure thing, things such as the 'big' names such as 2Pac and Biggy came, but we had some before. But generally, that level of hiphop was pretty optimistic. Think about A Tribe Called Quest, Jurassic 5, Big Daddy Kane, hell, you call it, it was full of it.
The overall optimist message was very prevalent, even with the naysayers, but even then, the big shots in 'gangsta' hiphop those days were pretty.... Kinda chill, and were very 'human'. Mostly relying on their emotional train of thought to give the negative an influence, not one of pessimism, but one of asking for change.
It could be me. It could be that i've been scratching the surface of the wrong places and living under a rock, but goddamn, isn't hiphop fucking depressing these days? It's either the tough ass folks trying to act tough, as if they were of steel and iron, no humanity. The others (pic related) are depressed, while carrying the 'human' part and talent, all carry the ideal of self-destruction.
Sup Forums, i'm asking you, is it just me, or do you disagree? Is black hip-hop really that awful these days, not just in the music, but also the sense of the word?
