Rappers are, like, SO cool...

I'm sure the townie/RnB types on this site will be pleased.... now if they can just learn to write they could say what they think.

Townies can't operate computers. Everyone knows that. It's the jewellery. It prevents accurate typing.

ahhh... why do we bother soo much about the townie/RnB types when we are just soo happy and secure with our cheesy pop and every other genre we have pinched.

um, who's Fiddy?

also, "Guns don't kill people...rappers do." I like it

GLC are the best, although i hate rap/hiphop/crap, weird no?

Poncey half-arsed indie music is well better

GLC are 'the best' because they are NME's latest darlings and token 'Urban' act, they'll probably appear in next weeks poster pull-out alongside Pete Doherty.

GLC's album will be just above Outkast's latest album in every Indie kid's cd rack. Bless.

has anyone seen a show on mtv called Pimp My Ride?

so why waste your entire few minutes watching what is a poor excuse for a programme, er .... maybe flick a channel or two, you do realise you don't have to watch eeh....everything as not everything is actually made to your individual taste buds, lighten up with some positivity which means ignoring what you consider to be others shortcomings, I'm sure you're soooo perfect, you wouldn't jump at the chance of making a few quid jst in the name of presenting what is to you, a crap excuse for a programme, yeah... right!

Who is 'Mike Driver'?

It's not that weird... I like Wife Swap

I am but a fool Mr Diver., :)

what i love about rappers and r'n'b types is on Cribs (MTV)the all use phrase's like

off the hook
cheak out my ride
yhall
ect..
makes me larf!!! why do they talk like it, you dont see indie, rock types speaking like prats!

and izzle, when people add izzele at the end of everything it gets on my nerves but as far as good rap goes i love the streets

Hmm, interesting... I was thinking the other day during my lunch break about the hip hop and capitalism link...

i agree, more power to the underground, screw fiddy and his minions.

are you sure they all actually come from the ghetto or is that the marketing? think about it before you go off on lenghty explanations as though you know your facts. Let me re-phrase you only know what your told because it is comfortable and fits in perfectly with your stereotypes and prejudices and it sells. The hilarious thing is that you keep an eye on their every move every bahaviour, every word they utter, how they utter it, etc being so over judgemental but they don't bother to do the same with your types, I wonder who is bitter! just relax and if you love yourself and your type that much to the point that you think you are better than other types of people like you obviously do trust me nothing that anyone who is different from you does will ever matter so much!

Ch-ch-check this out.

Given an opportunity any man would do the same and sell his name for the millions of dollars that comes fom the new brand of footwear or soft drink, but it takes a bigger, better artist to realise that its not about fame, its about the music, or it should be.

Herein is where the difference lies.

An 'artist' is capable of realising that the music is what he is famous for, not for his face. The perception that he is actually famous for his actions and not his product is unfounded.

I can repect the man that makes a shit load of money from selling himself to the highest bidder, he has entrepenuerial skills... but at the same time i don't think it should all be about how much money you have. If thats truly what someone wants then fair play to them, I wish them all the sucess in the world but i'm not going to try and justify it for them.
It just seems that sometimes as the money rolls in the music seems to suffer, just look at the WuTang back catalogue, is Iron Flag anywhere near as dark and inventive as 36 Chambers?

Will 'Uzi (pinky ring)' change as many peoples perceptions of hip hop as say 'C*R*E*A*M' or 'Bring the rukus'?

Have any of Jah Rule's releases been about anything other than bentleys, diamonds and loui vitton suitcases?


as for the 'lengthy explanations' dig, hey man, i can accept that peoples opinons are different to my own and i can even being to understand them when they express their views coherently but You my friend seem a little to caught up in 'the game' as it were.

You call me bitter and over judgemental but these i am not. I like hip hop music, good hip hop music. I don't pay attention to people like 50cent, P Diddy and Jah rule because i have no desire to listen to them or their music. Furthermore i don't 'keep an eye on their every move every behaviour, every word they utter, how they utter it, etc' because to me their expressions have no immediacy, no impact and no musical merit, i can't relate to it. Why should i listen or even pay attention when they are offering me no more information than what size rims to have on my car, or whats the most over expensive champagne to drink?

I'm the first to admit i AM jealous of the lifestyle they lead, but who isn't...?

Contrary to your beliefs, i do not 'love myself' and i do not think i'm 'better' than these rappers, i just believe that when given that much scope and coverage an influential star could promote bigger issues, like equality and peace over pepsi and reebok.

You yourself are obviously bitter and have jumped so quickly to fufill the acusations you posted for me. You and 'Your types', as you so elequantly put it, should try to understand the people that you are so angry at for not understanding you, otherwise no one can ever begin to understand each other.