What exactly would protesting at any of these bureaus establish? You should know that #DCFerguson has been protesting at DoJ - the bureau that actually has some jurisdiction and power to fix some of these problem administratively - every single day for the last several weeks.
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There's nothing "wrong" with our generation of blacks. Fuck respectability politics. Sag your pants and talk your shit because it shouldn't give people the right to disrespect you anymore than doc martens and flannel did grunge kids. But somehow instead of blaming a racist society, we blame the...
No. We make decisions as a society based on logic and not religion. See: government for starters. So people can believe whatever the fuck they want to, we don't drive cars b/c we think theyr'e blessed by god.
You're right, cuz Nas and Common donated all the profits from their "meaningful" art to the 'hood.
Stop finding these ridiculous bullshit ways to differentiate when they don't really exist. The game got super profitable so everybody and their mama wanted to rap to get a piece of the pie. It's...
I think you're missing my point, but that's fine.
My point is that there's just as much "smart" music today as there was then. This hip hop is getting dumbed down argument is bullshit. Now, sure, you can make the argument than not as much "smart" shit gets sold, and that's fine. But to say it's...
He's just listening to the wrong music. Let's not act like Wu Tang were fuckin' philosophers.
There's just as much dumb shit on the radio now as there was in the 90's. Actin' like "how do you want it," and "shimmy shimmy ya," were expanding minds. Fuck outta here.