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BUTCH1

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Platypus said:
You do realize that song is 26 years old right?
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No, I didn't, but has rap evolved into anything better?, dude's rambling on and on about his gun, his 'I'd kill you in a heartbeat" attitude. A Long time ago music form African American's was what all the white musicians tried to emulate because it had soul, emotion, percussion, melody, it was simply better in every way, hell had Chuck Berry been white he would have sold more records than Elvis. I'll stop posting in this thread because I don't want to be an "old fart thread-crapper" but do yourself a favor and listen to some Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Temptations, you might like it, who knows??.
 
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BUTCH1 said:
No, I didn't, but has rap evolved into anything better?, dude's rambling on and on about his gun, his 'I'd kill you in a heartbeat" attitude. A Long time ago music form African American's was what all the white musicians tried to emulate because it had soul, emotion, percussion, melody, it was simply better in every way, hell had Chuck Berry been white he would have sold more records than Elvis. I'll stop posting in this thread because I don't want to be an "old fart thread-crapper" but do yourself a favor and listen to some Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Temptations, you might like it, who knows??.
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And Chuck Berry sang about his "ding-a-ling" :p
 
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BUTCH1 said:
No, I didn't, but has rap evolved into anything better?, dude's rambling on and on about his gun, his 'I'd kill you in a heartbeat" attitude. A Long time ago music form African American's was what all the white musicians tried to emulate because it had soul, emotion, percussion, melody, it was simply better in every way, hell had Chuck Berry been white he would have sold more records than Elvis. I'll stop posting in this thread because I don't want to be an "old fart thread-crapper" but do yourself a favor and listen to some Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Temptations, you might like it, who knows??.
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I already quite like all the stuff you mentioned! NWA changed rap forever arguably, that record in particular. Whether you like it or not or see value in it is somewhat irrelevant since art is subjective, but it's rather silly to make uninformed comments like that and then double down on the awkwardness by trying to 'educate' as if we've never heard of those artists before.

To answer your question, yes hip-hop/rap has evolved into something much greater in the 26 years since the release of that album. I don't personally care for gangster themed rap much but I can certainly appreciate the massive door that album opened for the genre as a whole, which produced a lot of other really great music as a result.

I don't want to turn this shitty thread into something meaningful with an actual discussion though ;)
 
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BUTCH1 said:
No, I didn't, but has rap evolved into anything better?, dude's rambling on and on about his gun, his 'I'd kill you in a heartbeat" attitude. A Long time ago music form African American's was what all the white musicians tried to emulate because it had soul, emotion, percussion, melody, it was simply better in every way, hell had Chuck Berry been white he would have sold more records than Elvis. I'll stop posting in this thread because I don't want to be an "old fart thread-crapper" but do yourself a favor and listen to some Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Temptations, you might like it, who knows??.
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with really no effort put into it heres 2 songs released on the same album 3 years later

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRrM6tfOHds&feature=kp
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6TLWqn82J4&feature=kp

both from the same album and imho are more of a representation of rap in the same time frame than the OP, OP is a pure (early) gangsta rap track (even though that same album effected all rap majorly)
 
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BUTCH1

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sa7an1 said:
with really no effort put into it heres 2 songs released on the same album 3 years later

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRrM6tfOHds&feature=kp
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6TLWqn82J4&feature=kp

both from the same album and imho are more of a representation of rap in the same time frame than the OP, OP is a pure (early) gangsta rap track (even though that same album effected all rap majorly)
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Hmm, that almost sounds like the opening song from "The fresh prince of Bel-air" LOL and don't even get me started on sampling. "hey, we can't write our own cool groove, we'll just use one from an old song instead, ton's easier and the kids won't even know it, they'll think we've actually got talent!"..
 
QueBert

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almost? I'm not sure which you're referring to, but it doesn't matter because neither sound anything even remotely close to the Fresh Prince theme.
 
SP33Demon

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Jodell88 said:
Oh, I know. I have been listening to him for years (and I'm just 25). He still sang about his "ding-a-ling" :awe:
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I've actually seen Chuck Berry live in 2008 at Virgin Festival in Baltimore. It was amazing.
 
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