Monday, September 3, 2012
The Modest and The Stupid
So I was chilling with one of my friends and we were listening to rap songs on youtube on a playlist on my t.v. He happens to be into Young Money and doesn't like many raps that aren't by them, or atleast hasn't shown that he does, and the playlist was set to switch off between a song he wanted and a song I wanted. So I was putting up G Eazy and Hopsin while he was putting up Drake and Lil Wayne. And he points out that Hopsin isn't walking around in expensive shit, he's wearing hoodies and wifebeaters. And I mean I never noticed that, but it shows something. He's modest, yea MODEST. Modesty equals respect to me, not showing off every chance you get. Watch almost any video with a Young Money artist and they're all wearing expensive stuff and driving in some fancy car. The only video I can think of with two Young Money artists in it and they're being modest is Forever by Drake Ft. Lil Wayne, Kanye West, and Eminem. And that's just because it's an ode to Lebron James. But most of these guys are talking about coming from the ghetto (Drake didn't come from the ghetto) well I'd like to see some guy driving a Ferrari and wearing 200 dollar shirts in the ghetto. Unless he's a gang member he's going to get jumped and lose all that shit. And then there's Nick Minaj showing off her ass and tits with almost every video being her in a bikini half the time. I think it would be a miracle for Nicki Minaj not to get raped if she walked through a ghetto by herself or with one of her friends. Like I can't believe that I just noticed this in the videos, I always noticed this in the songs, but most of the rappers I like are modest in them. Eminem was recognized for wearing a hoodie, not some expensive coat. Forever is the only song I like by Drake and that's cause it's the only one with modesty. Now I'll argue that he shows a talent when he does other songs like Motto but that's all. I'm okay with listening to Drake, but I find him annoying at points cause half the time I'm too busy to pay attention to his lyrics and when I do I'm just like, I think he took a giant shit on my brain right now. I haven't listened to some of the older songs by Lil Wayne where I would call him real because he'd mention it, but right now the only song I can say off the top of my head I'll listen to is Mirror. He's talking about real problems. Now I'm not some rap fascist that will only listen to music that is modest and crap, it's just the ones I tend to listen to. I think Drake has skill, but he has to improve the content. Maybe someone should shoot him in the kneecap a couple of times, or he could get handicapped, maybe then I'll have more of an inclination to listen to him.
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