The South Messed It Up

[TyphoonThaReapa]

A'yo, how many poeple besides me think that the south messed up the Rap game. I mean, there are so many Hip Hop artist from the south that suck. Now, I'm from the south and I would rather listen to a Hip Hop artist from the mid-west or east. But don't get me wrong. Not all the Hip Hop artist from the south sick. Just most of them that get too much credit. Now the south has some of the best beats for songs in the entire U.S. But their lyrics suck. What do you guys think?

[Roto13]

I think rappers messed up the rap game.

[TyphoonThaReapa]

I think rappers messed up the rap game.

What do you mean by that?

[ljkkjlcm9]

I think rappers messed up the rap game.
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THE JACKEL

[XxSephirothxX]

The South has messed up a lot of important things, which is a category the grating form of music known as rap does not fall into. The 2000 election is a good example. :p

[ljkkjlcm9]

The South has messed up a lot of important things, which is a category the grating form of music known as rap does not fall into. The 2000 election is a good example. :p

why do you have to bring up politics? And anyone who honestly thinks Gore or Kerry would have made a good president... I laugh in your general direction.

The south hasn't messed up much, and it's typically only northern people who don't want to leave the north that believe that.

THE JACKEL

[oddler]

I consider Hip Hop and Rap to be two totally different things. As far as the difference between southern rap and others, I don't really have an opinion because I'm not that involved with it. Personally, I don't think that the area you're from should really have that much effect on your music. Nobody ruined anything; it's just different in ways. That's just my piece.

[Mirage]

I can enjoy a lot of hip hop, but rapping ruins it :(. Only exception would be if they're funny. I can't stand rappers rapping about how hard a life they've had, or how much bling and hoes they have.

[Comet]

I can enjoy a lot of hip hop, but rapping ruins it :(. Only exception would be if they're funny. I can't stand rappers rapping about how hard a life they've had, or how much bling and hoes they have.

This is like my favorite type of rap. It's like a musical biography, and it makes you think that what you're going through e.g. too much homework, has nothing to do with what they have gone through.

[TyphoonThaReapa]

I consider Hip Hop and Rap to be two totally different things. As far as the difference between southern rap and others, I don't really have an opinion because I'm not that involved with it. Personally, I don't think that the area you're from should really have that much effect on your music. Nobody ruined anything; it's just different in ways. That's just my piece.

I agree with you about the fact that Hip Hop and Rap is two different things. However, no matter where your from in ether catogory, your words have a major impact on the catogory itself. The south has messed up lot lot of both Hip Hop and exspecially Rap with just their lyrics.


I can enjoy a lot of hip hop, but rapping ruins it :(. Only exception would be if they're funny. I can't stand rappers rapping about how hard a life they've had, or how much bling and hoes they have.

Actually, when you say you can't stand when they talk about how hard life is and how much bling and hoes they got, your really talking about Hip Hop. Not Rap. However, I can't hold that against you because there is a thin line between the two. Listen to some 2pac (Unedited) and some old Bone Thugs -N- Harmony and you'll get a better prespective of what Rap is and how it compares to Hip Hop.

[oddler]

Actually, when you say you can't stand when they talk about how hard life is and how much bling and hoes they got, your really talking about Hip Hop. Not Rap. However, I can't hold that against you because there is a thin line between the two. Listen to some 2pac (Unedited) and some old Bone Thugs -N- Harmony and you'll get a better prespective of what Rap is and how it compares to Hip Hop.

I can't really get with you on that one. Hip Hop and Rap are different music types. The lyrics aren't going to change the music type. Both Hip Hop and Rap can have those kinds of lyrics.

You'll have to give me some examples of how "the south" is messing up Rap with their lyrics. Like I said, I'm not big into details of Rap artists.

[Mirage]

You can rap to many kinds of music, or no music at all :p. I regard rapping as a style of talking/singing, then "hip hop" as the kind of music usually used by most rappers.

[oddler]

Well, now that I look into it, Hip Hop and Rap are synonymous in instances. There is rap music and there is hip hop culture.

[TyphoonThaReapa]

Actually, when you say you can't stand when they talk about how hard life is and how much bling and hoes they got, your really talking about Hip Hop. Not Rap. However, I can't hold that against you because there is a thin line between the two. Listen to some 2pac (Unedited) and some old Bone Thugs -N- Harmony and you'll get a better prespective of what Rap is and how it compares to Hip Hop.

I can't really get with you on that one. Hip Hop and Rap are different music types. The lyrics aren't going to change the music type. Both Hip Hop and Rap can have those kinds of lyrics.

You'll have to give me some examples of how "the south" is messing up Rap with their lyrics. Like I said, I'm not big into details of Rap artists.

Alright then, For one thing, the lyric of the south are too simple. Have you ever heard a song By Paul Wall? Young Geezy? Lil Wayne? The Six Mafia? Them Franchise Boyz? T.I.? They all suck in most of their songs. Second of all, they say the same things in there songs over and over again. Thrid of all, most of them don't even write their own lyrics. You see what I'm saying?

[ljkkjlcm9]

Alright then, For one thing, the lyric of the south are too simple. Have you ever heard a song By Paul Wall? Young Geezy? Lil Wayne? The Six Mafia? Them Franchise Boyz? T.I.? They all suck in most of their songs. Second of all, they say the same things in there songs over and over again. Thrid of all, most of them don't even write their own lyrics. You see what I'm saying?

First of all, whether they suck or not is an opinion. Secondly, most songs say the same thing over and over again. Maybe not most rap songs, but most songs in general. Thirdly, lots of artists don't write their own lyrics, and I guarantee it's not every southern rap artist that doesn't write their own lyrics, just a handful you choose to point out.

THE JACKEL

[edczxcvbnm]

The South has messed up a lot of important things, which is a category the grating form of music known as rap does not fall into. The 2000 election is a good example. :p

why do you have to bring up politics? And anyone who honestly thinks Gore or Kerry would have made a good president... I laugh in your general direction.

The south hasn't messed up much, and it's typically only northern people who don't want to leave the north that believe that.

THE JACKAL

There is a reason the people in the north don't want to leave(despite harsh winters and other uncontrollable things). I don't think Kerry would have been much better but I think Gore would have done a much better job. Even more so with the current situation of an increased awareness on the environment.

[oddler]

Alright then, For one thing, the lyric of the south are too simple. Have you ever heard a song By Paul Wall? Young Geezy? Lil Wayne? The Six Mafia? Them Franchise Boyz? T.I.? They all suck in most of their songs. Second of all, they say the same things in there songs over and over again. Thrid of all, most of them don't even write their own lyrics. You see what I'm saying?

It's up to the person listening to the song to determine if it sucks or not. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Saying the same thing repeatedly in a song is a part of music. It gives it a sense of pattern. That's why "hooks" are put in rap. Lastly, not writing your own lyrics is something I can't really agree with. However, the artists are paid to perform the music, not write it.

Edit: I pretty much just wrote the same thing THE JACK</>EL did. >.>

[ljkkjlcm9]

The South has messed up a lot of important things, which is a category the grating form of music known as rap does not fall into. The 2000 election is a good example. :p

why do you have to bring up politics? And anyone who honestly thinks Gore or Kerry would have made a good president... I laugh in your general direction.

The south hasn't messed up much, and it's typically only northern people who don't want to leave the north that believe that.

THE JACKAL

There is a reason the people in the north don't want to leave(despite harsh winters and other uncontrollable things). I don't think Kerry would have been much better but I think Gore would have done a much better job. Even more so with the current situation of an increased awareness on the environment.
Yeah, because they don't know any better, and most people raised in the north think it to be so far superior. Granted a lot of the school in New England are better in general, but that area of the country is far from better. This coming from someone born and raised in MA. Great schools growing up, but I hardly think the north is better.

THE JACKEL

[TyphoonThaReapa]

Alright then, For one thing, the lyric of the south are too simple. Have you ever heard a song By Paul Wall? Young Geezy? Lil Wayne? The Six Mafia? Them Franchise Boyz? T.I.? They all suck in most of their songs. Second of all, they say the same things in there songs over and over again. Thrid of all, most of them don't even write their own lyrics. You see what I'm saying?

First of all, whether they suck or not is an opinion. Secondly, most songs say the same thing over and over again. Maybe not most rap songs, but most songs in general. Thirdly, lots of artists don't write their own lyrics, and I guarantee it's not every southern rap artist that doesn't write their own lyrics, just a handful you choose to point out.

THE JACKAL

First of all, whether are not it's my opinion, it's true. I could sing their lyric in my sleep after hearing them for the first time. Secondly, most songs may say the same things, but they all don't have the same flavor. Southern Hip Hop/Rap artist have the same exact feelings as their last song. Lastly, in Rap/Hip Hop, it's all about how you the artist feel. If some one wrote all of your songs for you, your as fake as breast implants.

[Mirage]

Not writing your own lyrics is for assembly-line artists.
Btw, all music is (should be, anyway) about how the artist feels.

[Roto13]

Anyone who doesn't write their own material isn't an artist, they're an art supply.

[TyphoonThaReapa]

Not writing your own lyrics is for assembly-line artists.
Btw, all music is (should be, anyway) about how the artist feels.

At least someone agrees with me.:cool:

[Mirage]

But we still disagree regarding the difference between rap and hip hop :p.

[TyphoonThaReapa]

But we still disagree regarding the difference between rap and hip hop :p.

What are you saying? I agree that rap and Hip Hop are different. They're is a thin line between the two but they're different none to less.

[Mirage]

We're both saying they're different. In what way they are different is where we seem to disagree.

I'm arguing that hip hop is the actual music, while rapping is the style in which the lyrics are spoken.

I listen to a bit of hip hop without any lyrics, and I can hear rapping in many other musical genres than where it's commonly found.

[TyphoonThaReapa]

We're both saying they're different. In what way they are different is where we seem to disagree.

I'm arguing that hip hop is the actual music, while rapping is the style in which the lyrics are spoken.

I listen to a bit of hip hop without any lyrics, and I can hear rapping in many other musical genres than where it's commonly found.

So, your sayin' Rap is more like poetry and Hip Hop is exactly what is shown?

[Mirage]

I would say rap isn't just poetry, it's a technique. It's in what way you speak, and to a certain extent how you rhyme and stuff. This can be done both with and without a rhythm, but it would in most cases be easier do to it with one, I'd say.

The music that most rapping is done to to is what I think of as hip hop. This music can also be made without lyrics, for example RJD2 and DJ Shadow make hip hop and hip hop influenced music with few or no lyrics.

I think these two terms are sometimes not distinguished between because in almost all cases, rapping is done to hip hop music. I have however heard people rap to both techno, rock and metal too :p.

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Thought it was relevant.

The lyrics don't need to have too much to do with the musical style of a song. If a metal band suddenly decided to sing about romance in one of their songs, the song could still be in the metal genre. Likewise, your typical pop singer could be singing about satan returning to earth and devouring souls, and it wouldn't count as metal :p.

[TyphoonThaReapa]

I would say rap isn't just poetry, it's a technique. It's in what way you speak, and to a certain extent how you rhyme and stuff. This can be done both with and without a rhythm, but it would in most cases be easier do to it with one, I'd say.

The music that most rapping is done to to is what I think of as hip hop. This music can also be made without lyrics, for example RJD2 and DJ Shadow make hip hop and hip hop influenced music with few or no lyrics.

I think these two terms are sometimes not distinguished between because in almost all cases, rapping is done to hip hop music. I have however heard people rap to both techno, rock and metal too :p.


Agreed. You see, I normally listen to old school Rap/Hip Hop artist. And when they do what they do, they don't beat around the bush. They get their point across swiftly and smoothly. And when I would hear a current Hip Hop/Rap artist from the south sing, it makes me sick! That's one of the main reason I don't even listen to the radio. And the current artist that are trying to keep Rap and Hip Hop alive are all not from the south. Bone Thugs -N- Harmony, Naz, Twista, Eminem, these are just a few examples of the ones truely holdin' it down for Hip Hop and Rap.

[fire_of_avalon]

I don't like a lot of rap or hip-hop, but even I haven't been impressed with most people coming out of the South. I think Luda is smart as a whip, funny and skilled, but I still don't really like his stuff.

Really, I think both genre's are in a rut. They'll bounce out of it sooner or later.

EDIT: Also, I'm moving this to the Lounge.

[Ryth]

I think rappers messed up the rap game.

[Eiko Guy]

I like rap. What I don't like is raps about what people got. Or about some girl and her body. If the song has a meaning and isnt just to be flashy I might like it. Rap just doesn't work for me ya know"

[escobert]

Hip hop Is Dead.

[NeoCracker]

You want real rap listen to someone like Sir-mix-alot. Either that or the only man today who can save the rap game, Jason Mraz.

[Hazzard]

I wouldn't say rap is dead, yet.
There are still many rappers, who actually have lyrics which have deep meaning, but most of them like to now talk about hoes, and guns, and killing some guy who tried to smurf his bitch.
That's what it's mainly about these days, and to be up front- I like the southern rappers. I don't really care about the lyrics, i just like the beats, and the way they spray their bars.

[escobert]

I was referring to the new Nas CD. I think rap has lost it's touch except a few artists who have been around and make music for the people and not for the money.
Ain't got nothin' to do wit old school, new school
Dirty South, West Coast, East Coast
This about us, this our thing, 'knaw'sayin'?
This came from the gut, from the blood, from the soul
Right here man, this is our thing man
You know, so I say what I say
And I say what I say, and I mean it
Y'all take it how you wanna take it
Cause if you're askin' - Why is hip-hop dead?
It's a pretty good chance you're the reason it died, man
It's a pretty good chance your lame ass, corny ass, is the reason it died, man
You don't give a fuck about, you don't know nothin' about it
You want this paper, be a hustler
You a hustler, you ain't a rapper
Get your paper man
YouknowwhatI'msayin, but this rap :skull::skull::skull::skull: is real

that's what he ends the CD with.

[Rocket Edge]

I would partly agree with you. Hip-hop from the south usually consist's of party music for club's. But let's face it, gone are the day's of rap where it was intense, and i don't mean the intense where-as 50 Cent talk's about killing you 57 times in one song, i mean the real raw lyric's carried out by 2Pac, KRS 1, people like that. Not only is the rap community lacking in natural talent as someone like 2Pac, but also, they aren't given a contract unless you can sing like Lil' Jon.

Almost all the rap i listen to nowaday's is from 88-96 period, and although there is nowaday exception's, it just isn't the same. I soley blame commercialism.

[escobert]

Yeah, most rap I listen to is from the 90's unless it happens to be a newer Naz or AZ CD.

[TyphoonThaReapa]

A'yo hold on. I never said Hip-Hop or Rap is dead. People, I'm going to say this once and only once. These two catogories are not going anywhere. And I agree that in the 90s Rap and Hip-hop reached it highest statue. However, that does not mean it won't go higher. And If you guys believe that Hip-Hop and Rap is all about Cars, Women, Murder, and Money, then your obviously been listening to the industrayal Rap and Hip Hop too long. You see, today's artist didn't make Hip Hop and Rap what it is today. The Industry did. And the south is almost completely taken over by industry artist. You know, the kind that don't write there own songs. If you want to hear real lyrics that came from the heart, regredless of what's being said, listen to same underground Rap and Hip Hop. Then come talk to me.

[El Bandito]

I can't hate on the South because Outkast are from Georgia and they can spit some fire (listen to "Bombs over Baghdad" and try to say otherwise). Ludacris is also a very respectable rapper from the south.

I honestly wouldn't worry so much. Hip-hop has become just as diverse a genre and label as "Rock" music. Just think of the Krunk/Dirty South songs as another fad. Remember how huge Cali gangsta rap used to be? I'm sure people who listened to old school hip hop and didn't like that sound at the time said the same thing. The hype surrounding southern rap will die down until the masses choose to embrace something else.

As I said, hip-hop is so diverse that you'll find stuff you like and stuff you won't. Whether you turn to turntablism (RJD2, Shadow, X-Ecutioners) or to the underground (MF Doom, Blackalicious, Mos Def) or even back to older stuff (to name a few sub-categories), there's something that you'll like. Does it really matter which one is popular at the moment?

[TyphoonThaReapa]

Actually, to be honest, most of the time it is a popularity contest which I think is sad.

[Big D]

There's still a whole lot of genuine creativity and and talent in the rap and hip-hop world; the only real problem is commercialism. So much contemporary hip-hop is manufactured, paint-by-numbers stuff that's just responding to what the market has been trained to buy. The result is that the truly good stuff is relegated to the artistic underground. The general public form a low opinion of the genre because of the mass-produced material that's saturating the market, so they never get a real chance to experience and appreciate the honest, compelling stuff that's out there. Even some self-proclaimed fans probably never get exposed to the real talent.

Basically, I think that people like Bubba Sparxxx and Chingy represent everything that's wrong with hip-hop today. Not just them, of course, but performers of their type.

[Momiji]

Actually, when you say you can't stand when they talk about how hard life is and how much bling and hoes they got, your really talking about Hip Hop. Not Rap. However, I can't hold that against you because there is a thin line between the two. Listen to some 2pac (Unedited) and some old Bone Thugs -N- Harmony and you'll get a better prespective of what Rap is and how it compares to Hip Hop.

I can't really get with you on that one. Hip Hop and Rap are different music types. The lyrics aren't going to change the music type. Both Hip Hop and Rap can have those kinds of lyrics.

You'll have to give me some examples of how "the south" is messing up Rap with their lyrics. Like I said, I'm not big into details of Rap artists.

Alright then, For one thing, the lyric of the south are too simple. Have you ever heard a song By Paul Wall? Young Geezy? Lil Wayne? The Six Mafia? Them Franchise Boyz? T.I.? They all suck in most of their songs. Second of all, they say the same things in there songs over and over again. Thrid of all, most of them don't even write their own lyrics. You see what I'm saying?

I figured as much. Again, like I said in the FF8 Rap thread, I don't like rap or hip hop, at all. But what makes me hate it is the lack of complexity and how repetitive it is, along with the subject matter of the music. If it was different, who knows, maybe I'd like it. But then again, there is one rap/hip hop artist I like, I just can't remember who he is. I just remember that he didn't rap about sex/drugs/violence and constantly swear up a storm in the rap. He's a newer artist, I think...anyone have any idea who I'm talking about? o_O

[escobert]

Actually, when you say you can't stand when they talk about how hard life is and how much bling and hoes they got, your really talking about Hip Hop. Not Rap. However, I can't hold that against you because there is a thin line between the two. Listen to some 2pac (Unedited) and some old Bone Thugs -N- Harmony and you'll get a better prespective of what Rap is and how it compares to Hip Hop.

I can't really get with you on that one. Hip Hop and Rap are different music types. The lyrics aren't going to change the music type. Both Hip Hop and Rap can have those kinds of lyrics.

You'll have to give me some examples of how "the south" is messing up Rap with their lyrics. Like I said, I'm not big into details of Rap artists.

Alright then, For one thing, the lyric of the south are too simple. Have you ever heard a song By Paul Wall? Young Geezy? Lil Wayne? The Six Mafia? Them Franchise Boyz? T.I.? They all suck in most of their songs. Second of all, they say the same things in there songs over and over again. Thrid of all, most of them don't even write their own lyrics. You see what I'm saying?

I figured as much. Again, like I said in the FF8 Rap thread, I don't like rap or hip hop, at all. But what makes me hate it is the lack of complexity and how repetitive it is, along with the subject matter of the music. If it was different, who knows, maybe I'd like it. But then again, there is one rap/hip hop artist I like, I just can't remember who he is. I just remember that he didn't rap about sex/drugs/violence and constantly swear up a storm in the rap. He's a newer artist, I think...anyone have any idea who I'm talking about? o_O

If you listened to more hip hop you would know there are a few rappers who spit knowledge. And not all popular rap is :skull::skull::skull::skull:ty, Hip Hop is Dead debut at #1, Mos Def is getting alot more spot light. Quan has a CD comming out (an actually good southern rapper!) AZ just had a good CD come out (although it sold for :skull::skull::skull::skull:) Lupe Fiasco is pretty good. Luda is always good. The Game is nasty as hell. A bit more gang banger but he still can still drop some ill :skull::skull::skull::skull:.

[Momiji]

Actually, when you say you can't stand when they talk about how hard life is and how much bling and hoes they got, your really talking about Hip Hop. Not Rap. However, I can't hold that against you because there is a thin line between the two. Listen to some 2pac (Unedited) and some old Bone Thugs -N- Harmony and you'll get a better prespective of what Rap is and how it compares to Hip Hop.

I can't really get with you on that one. Hip Hop and Rap are different music types. The lyrics aren't going to change the music type. Both Hip Hop and Rap can have those kinds of lyrics.

You'll have to give me some examples of how "the south" is messing up Rap with their lyrics. Like I said, I'm not big into details of Rap artists.

Alright then, For one thing, the lyric of the south are too simple. Have you ever heard a song By Paul Wall? Young Geezy? Lil Wayne? The Six Mafia? Them Franchise Boyz? T.I.? They all suck in most of their songs. Second of all, they say the same things in there songs over and over again. Thrid of all, most of them don't even write their own lyrics. You see what I'm saying?

I figured as much. Again, like I said in the FF8 Rap thread, I don't like rap or hip hop, at all. But what makes me hate it is the lack of complexity and how repetitive it is, along with the subject matter of the music. If it was different, who knows, maybe I'd like it. But then again, there is one rap/hip hop artist I like, I just can't remember who he is. I just remember that he didn't rap about sex/drugs/violence and constantly swear up a storm in the rap. He's a newer artist, I think...anyone have any idea who I'm talking about? o_O

If you listened to more hip hop you would know there are a few rappers who spit knowledge. And not all popular rap is :skull::skull::skull::skull:ty, Hip Hop is Dead debut at #1, Mos Def is getting alot more spot light. Quan has a CD comming out (an actually good southern rapper!) AZ just had a good CD come out (although it sold for :skull::skull::skull::skull:) Lupe Fiasco is pretty good. Luda is always good. The Game is nasty as hell. A bit more gang banger but he still can still drop some ill :skull::skull::skull::skull:.


Lupe Fiasco! That's the one! :)

[fantasyjunkie]

Anyone who doesn't write their own material isn't an artist, they're an art supply.

Wisest remark I have heard all week. Sir, my hat is off to you. :)

[TyphoonThaReapa]

Yeah, you guys are namin' some good Rap artist.:cool: