Music influence survey

[Freesteyelz]

Originally Posted by Boofo

I'm not sure where you are getting your so-called facts about RAP but you need to update the nook or look elsewhere for truer facts about it. Everything you've posted in here so far is of your opinion, just like ours, and has nothing to do with facts as far as I can see.

I have no interest in sharing my opinions while discussing the origins of rap or any other musical genre for that matter. If I don't know it to be factual, I simply won't state it. To do so will just be a waste of my time. My intent is really to separate the untruths from the truths and not to sway anyone to become a fan of rap.

Now since it is the claim that what I've stated to be opinions and not facts, I'd like to pursue the discussion. My position is that the origin of rap was never about violence, drugs or negativity. But are there violence and drugs in the Hip-Hop culture? Yes. Though, the violence and drugs are not the Hip-Hop culture nor were they ever expressed in the original rap songs. That is a key difference.

So, which claim should we analyze first?

Originally Posted by Boofo

Rock NEVER had the hostility involved with it that RAP does. I Don't remember a whole lot of drive-bys going on when the Guess Who released "American Woman". Maybe I didn't read the paper that day?

Rock has it's share of hostility but that's not what I was referring to. Many parents and adults back in the day did not understand Rock & Roll and took an aggressive stand against it. Their views and the movement to ban Rock & Roll were hostile.

Now the violence of today cannot be compared to the violence of yesterday. It's no longer about chains and knives but about guns. Now drive-by shootings isn't about rap but about pride, gangs, territories and money. Drive-bys were actually made famous by Cosa Nostra, decades before rap came into existence.