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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS
I hear ya girl!!! 
Folks also forget that hip hop's origins weren't as socially progressive and intense as people try to make it. The Sugar Hill Gang? Not even rappers and their rhymes were fluff. Hip hop was a call and response party thing--DJs were hip hop and then "emcees" picked up microphones and moved the crowd. All of this happened before Afrika Bambata called it "hip hop" and Kurtis Blow rhymed about the ghetto.
Mysogyny and negative images in hip hop began in the 80s. There weren't the same type of video girls and raunchy lyrics but when you allow a little bit, a lot is soon to follow. I still remember how Shaba Ranks' "Trailer Load of Girls'" video with KRS-One was cool back in the 90's. That was all the precursor for what we are seeing now. |
Thank You! The mysoginistic and negative images are definitely not just recent, they are just more widely accepted and commonly seen. And in no way were most of the lyrics socially uplifiting, please! I listened to rap tough in the 80's and the 90's it was headed downhill long ago. Still like to bump some of it though...