What Does An Artist's Background Have To Do With Their Music?

[sdotdub]

They might be two of the biggest rappers but that doesnt mean that they are any good. Bow Wow, Soulja Boy and others have been some of the biggest rappers at certain points. Doesn't take away the fact that they suck.

 

[t_m_a_c_f_a_n73088]

Take Wayne or Rick Ross for example

They may have questionable pasts

But the music they put out is quality

How can anybody deny the fact that they are the two biggest rappers right now

as far as ross goes I agree. Wayne on the other hand hasn't been shit since carter 2. Anyways their background don't have shit to do with shit. I care about the music they put out, not their past, not whether they really "buss they gun", and not where they're from. If you're trying to say they're two of the biggest right now you're right, but only one of them still puts out quality music.

 

[jonlakadeadmic]

well i dont agree that waynes music is quality but.........

we all love a good story

 

[BackInWhite]

bruh, this is rap/hip hop
a.k.a. the soundtrack to fatherless, role model-less, disenfranchised youths in the ghettos across America
if you ain't sold no pies, had a job, had a nice upbringing, 2 parent home, or never got shot or shot at then niggas gon hate you
unless you make dance songs

 

[bankrupt baller]

i just dont like them but thats just my opinion

 

[lamontbdc]

bruh, this is rap/hip hop
a.k.a. the soundtrack to fatherless, role model-less, disenfranchised youths in the ghettos across America
if you ain't sold no pies, had a job, had a nice upbringing, 2 parent home, or never got shot or shot at then niggas gon hate you
unless you make dance songs

exactly how the game works

 

[hnic1978]

bruh, this is rap/hip hop
a.k.a. the soundtrack to fatherless, role model-less, disenfranchised youths in the ghettos across America
if you ain't sold no pies, had a job, had a nice upbringing, 2 parent home, or never got shot or shot at then niggas gon hate you
unless you make dance songs

Bout the realest statement ever said. All you missing is the most success you achieve you either a sell out or coon......or both

 

[TheFix]

Rap Is The Ghetto's CNN - Chuck D. Now take that statement and ask yourself, do you take mediatakeout seriously as a media source? A lot of these niggas are media takeout ass niggas, but when you really want to know something. You go to a credible news source.

 

[Sovo_Nah]

Nice REASON thread. real talk.

I use to think like this back in the late 90's. back when it mattered. but it dont matter no more. i thought about this subject with wayne. he been making money since 14. how could people respect that? people did. he skill outshined his loot.

kanye too. skill outshined the cornyness.

paved the way for a Drake. and many others.

 

[TheFix]

As long as niggas stayin true to themselves, I personally don't have a problem with em, music is music, but music or anything without integrity is flukie as hell, and gets no play in this ride. Don't lie about ya background because where I come from, your word is everything.

 

[tompetrez3]

maybe if these niggas can stop talking about 1988 we wouldnt worry about their backgrounds.

 

[Sovo_Nah]

people are people. and people go their own way. Pac should have been a new malcolm X. Biggie the next bob marley.

but it didnt go like that.

 

[BackInWhite]

people are people. and people go their own way. Pac should have been a new malcolm X. Biggie the next bob marley.

but it didnt go like that.

get the fuck outta here, nigga

 

[Turfaholic]

I like my music to be genuine. Something I can relate to. So if the artist is just making up shit, I miss the connection that music is supposed to make. I feel like Joe Budden is the last artist out here that remains true to himself in his music. He speaks on emotions that regular dudes can relate to. %99.9 of hip hop listeners dont know what its like to ride in a Maybach. Most of us arent owed favors by the real Noriega. I would appreciate it more if Wayne just rapped about what it was like to be 14 making millions. What emotions he was going through. Wayne has proven himself to be nice with words. they could be used better than yelling su woo and other unimportant bullshit.

 

[BackInWhite]

wayne wasn't 14 making millions
niggas in here lying like all the music they listen to is just real genuine shit
stop frontin
niggas whinin about not knowing what it feels like to ride in a maybach but be bumpin jay-z and shit like that
not 1 of you niggas got racks on racks on racks
ain't none of yall on that zan with that lean
or whatever the fuck else you be listening to
it's real convenient to be a genuine real article type hip hop listenin to-er when threads like this pop up

 

[Turfaholic]

wayne wasn't 14 making millions

niggas in here lying like all the music they listen to is just real genuine shit

stop frontin

niggas whinin about not knowing what it feels like to ride in a maybach but be bumpin jay-z and shit like that

not 1 of you niggas got racks on racks on racks

ain't none of yall on that zan with that lean

or whatever the fuck else you be listening to

it's real convenient to be a genuine real article type hip hop listenin to-er when threads like this pop up

speaking in subliminals like a true Jay-z fan/ hoe ass nigga.......smh

 

[Sovo_Nah]

wayne wasn't 14 making millions
niggas in here lying like all the music they listen to is just real genuine shit
stop frontin
niggas whinin about not knowing what it feels like to ride in a maybach but be bumpin jay-z and shit like that
not 1 of you niggas got racks on racks on racks
ain't none of yall on that zan with that lean
or whatever the fuck else you be listening to
it's real convenient to be a genuine real article type hip hop listenin to-er when threads like this pop up

dude, quote me directly. dont be round-and-about. i said it. wayne was 14 making millions. and if he wasnt, blame Baby. I heard the album. it was and is a classic. "get it how you live."

dont be gay. speak ya mind directly.

 

[new account2]

i guess I would be considered a rick ross "Hater" on here.......but i was listening to some shit this weekend.....dude got the best music in the game on that mainstream level, you cant deny that......

beyond that....cant just fuck with dude on a whole hearted level...its not even about his past.....its about how he handled the shit....even dudes who fuck with ross will tell you that......if he woulda came out and told the truth, I could fuck with him some more......

Lil Wanye.......I never really got the whole kissin shit.....me personally, I cant understand kissin another man in the mouth, but that nigga say thats his pops so I'mma leave it at that....plus he addressed it in his music......... before them pictures, it was like a big rumor, so it wasnt as big a surprise when it came out....

all and all, its about how you approach the shit...a lotta these cats have pasts that some people can get with.....me personally, I'm not big on your pasts, but how you handle shit........at the same time, I do understand why its a bigger deal to some than others.....

 

[Sovo_Nah]

speaking in subliminals like a true Jay-z fan/ hoe ass nigga.......smh

lol, thats what im sayin.

 

[Stew]

If you dont listen to someone because of their background or some shit they did 20 years ago your a dummy......unless they come out the closet.