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in the forum here at RHHF we have a lot of productive discussion on hip hop. Here was a beautiful comment posted by our new user Panther in response to a YouTube video entitled "Is Hip Hop Hurting The Black Community?": here's the original video that sparked the discussion: and here's his response: No, I don't think hip hop can be solely to blame for the portrayal of the "black community". I think it is a large melting pot of reasons. A lot of it is ignorance, conditioning to an ignorant form of living, and a lot of it is being pressured by our societal standards into fitting these stereotypes which have already been painted, even before hip hop music came out. I understand that many people... Read more » |
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An article on our very own Rhhf artist, Vigalantee
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Blackvoices.com Ever wonder when the day will come when rappers are not trying to bling with diamonds they spent their rent money to buy or balling in rented cars that will be towed away right after the video shoot is over? What about the day when Hip Hop artists take stands in their communities for something powerful, like fighting against racial oppression or for the respect of Black women? Well, Kansas City has an artist who embodies all of this in an unapologetic fashion. His name is Vigalantee, and his goal is to get hip hop artists to stop (in his words) "Bojangling" for c... Read more » |
 LatinRapper.com interviews an established b-boy, considering Latinos, Boricuas (puerto ricans) in particular, have made major contributions to Hip Hop. So to kick things off right, we get the 411 from none other than hip hop pioneer Mr. Wiggles. Born and raised in the South Bronx, and raised on Hip Hop during it's earliest years, Wiggles is a writer (graffiti artist), B-Boy (breakdancer), MC, popper and a practitioner of locking. You've seen him in the classics Beat Street and Wild Style, and his moves have graced videos like Usher's "My Way", Missy Elliot's "Work It" and Limp Bizkit's "Rollin". A member of the legendary Roc Steady Crew, Wiggles took time out to speak with LR about Hip Hop history and more. LatinRapper.com: How did yo... Read more » |
 OK, so this is a bit late, but i had a school project to formulate an argument against these two articles in my philosophy class and i thought i would share them. The following are (in order) Dawkins' original article (blue writing), LaSor's rebuttle (green writing), and my response (black writing): Gods and earthlings
The 'science of intelligent design' is science fiction.
By Richard Dawkins April 18, 2008 If we were visited by aliens from a distant planet, would we fall on our knees and worship them as gods? The difficulty of getting here from even our nearest neighbor, the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri, constitutes a filter through which only beings with a technology so advanced as to be god-like (from our point of view) could pass. The capabilities and powers of our interstellar visitors would seem more magical to us than all the miracles of all t... Read more » |
This is a response to this article. this article can also be seen in the comments below the article itself: http://www.desihits.com/blog/article/vins-forecast-for-hip-hop-in-2009-20090101  The REAL Hip Hop Forecast For 2009! I came to this site because I got a google alert about this article and while I somewhat agree with the focus on your article, I think if your forecast actually occurs we will see the final nail driven into hip hop's coffin. You see, 50 Cent, no matter what Eminem and Dr. Dre do, is a parasite. He feeds off the talent of other rappers and brings them down to his level by creating these unnecessary beefs that have proven off-putting for years. His ridiculous beefs with Nas and the Wu Tang Clan, for example, not only lead to him looking like a complete idiot and getting lyrically embarassed, it lead to unnecessar... Read more » |
 Gangster rap, or hardcore rap, is generally considered a subgenre of the larger category of rap music, which itself is a subcategory of hip-hop. Gangster rap is differentiable from other rap music in that it makes use of images of urban life associated with crime (Haugen, 2). According to the Encyclopedia explanation of gangster rap, the top four images associated with the genre are violence, drugs, materialism and sexual promiscuity. Gangster Rappers as Defining the Hip-Hop Social Group
As the hip hop movement has gained recognition throughout the United States, it has established itself as one of the fastest growing social groups anywhere. In the late 1990s immediately following the murders of both Tupac Shakur and Christopher Wallace, two nationally known gangster rappers, a propaganda campaign escalated against rap music and the hip-hop culture (Slaughter). Although gangster rap o... Read more » |
 According to dictionary.com, the main entry for the word drug is "a chemical substance used in the treatment, cure, prevention, or diagnosis of disease or used to otherwise enhance physical or mental well-being." So what is your definition of the word drug? For most people it has a negative connotation, contrary to the aforementioned definition. I have, for several months now, been researching this topic and through my research i have found only more overwhelming evidence supporting my case. Empirical evidence shows that there are more benefits than negative consequences of legalizing all drugs. Currently in the U.S., with our conservative drug policies, there is a steady increase in drug abuse. The White House Drug Policy reports a steady increase in illicit drug use among the overall U.S. population over a period of 22 years. In 1979, the percentage of U.S. citizens reporting illicit drug use... Read more » |
I came across an interesting forum discussion today. The topic was “Why don’t the majority of blacks support pure hip-hop?” As overly-discussed as this issue may be, I always find these debates not only informative, but entertaining at the same time. Some of the questions posted in response to the forum were “What do you consider pure hip-hop?” by several individuals, and “Is this a subliminal way to bash the mainstream?” by others. Though I believe that there is no one answer to this question, I will share my sentiments nonetheless. Google has several definitions for the word pure listed. Depending on sentence context, pure means “without flaws or sins,” “free from extraneous elements,” and the list goes on. When I think of something that is pure [from a broad perspective] I think of something that is innocent, clean, organic or natural. When it comes to hip-hop, I don’t think using the term “pure” to describe it at its current state is appropriate; whether underg ... Read more » |
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