The government is encouraging brain-dulling rap

16  2016-09-10 by real-nig

The new rap mainly has been changing for the worse. Songs by artists such as Young Thug, French Montana, DJ Khaled, and other abysmal producers use basic techniques and music schemes.

As music continues to decline in orginality/creativity, and turns towards songs such as "Best Friend", the audience will grow more comfortable and accepting to whatever they hear. Good or bad. As shown with the attraction to songs like this.

As music continues to get so bad, someday we will be listening to chalkboard screeching as the subtle beats in the background, until our senses have diminished through synaptic pruning.

The dumber people are, the easier for the NSA and government who have ulterior motives

33 comments

7  katjeborgesius666 2016-09-10

Been saying for years, plus encouraging violence in order to redirect dissent in the black community towards self destruction. Popularize a literal imbecile like Chief Queef and you'll sure as shit have the ignorant, desensitized masses killing each other in no time.

2  ConspiracyAccount 2016-09-10

Don't forget the frivolous spending on worthless trinkets and baubles which keeps them broke and relying on government assistance or worse; they might have to resort to violence and larceny.

1  real-nig 2016-09-10

You're right

3  katjeborgesius666 2016-09-10

People blind out here man it's a tragedy

3  Agenda2030 2016-09-10

The "government".

2  Autocoprophage 2016-09-10

honestly, you talk about basic techniques and music schemes, but I think production-wise, instrumental-wise, music nowadays is more complex and more meticulous than ever, and that includes the shittiest rap artists as well as the shittiest pop artists. As far as what's popular, I can't disagree that lyrically, a lot of it is extremely shallow to the point of being meaningless, but personally, I can't tell the difference between today's popular music and the popular music from 20 years ago. There's always a few deep artists who break through here and there, and there's always huge dry spells that appeal to the majority because people don't care. Do you have any data points that would suggest it's getting significantly worse?

1  K-StatedDarwinian 2016-09-10

Idk if there is government influence or not, but I have read both old and new accounts of "businessmen" from private prisons working closely with the moguls of the rap industry. Not all new rap is bad though...see Mysonne and Immortal Technique.

3  whyd_you_kill_doakes 2016-09-10

Tbf Immortal Technique is far from new. In the same vein though, check out dead prez, army of pharaohs, and jedi mind tricks.

I used to love hip hop because these guys had a story to tell, something to say. Now it's "45s, 40s, dimes, and dimebags" in just about every song. From time to time a song will come out that I enjoy but 99.9% is shit to me.

1  K-StatedDarwinian 2016-09-10

I know IT isn't new, neither is Mysonne...they're just still relevant is what I was saying. I'm familiar with Prez and Jedi too.

Yeah, I agree. The "bling-bling era was cute", and gangsta rap is counter productive. Mysonne has a lot of mixtapes out that buck this trend though...updates constantly on datpiff. Still from the street and has the persona as far as is rational, but he's always intelligent in his delivery and analysis.

1  hikikomori_forest 2016-09-10

Pop music has always been full of fluff, Dave Clark Five, The Archies, Ann Murray, Milli Vanilli, it goes on and on.

Some recent mainstream hip hop is some of the most interesting music being made in our times, and some isn't. Same with every genre in every time.

1  HanzK 2016-09-10

I'm allowed to like Young Thug and still be aware. Harambe is a killer (rest in peace) track, not that Jeffery is getting much radio play.

Besides, it's not just rap music that has this quality to it. I have a coworker who only listens to Top 40 from the past twenty years or so and he is an awful, morally bankrupt person with no empathy and an unnatural obsession with sex.

EDIT: I should also mention that he rejects other music to the point of violent tendencies.

1  hikikomori_forest 2016-09-10

Sounds like his problems extend beyond musical taste.

1  HanzK 2016-09-10

You're not wrong. What's more likely is that his musical tastes reflect him, or that correlation != causation

1  moreblueforlessgreen 2016-09-10

Young Thug is a talented artist, you just ignorant

0  superguyguy 2016-09-10

Certainly worth thinking about.

0  dom-91 2016-09-10

Define "basic techniques and music schemes", instrumentals are normally fairly basic loops right? can't make them too distracting. The lyrical content? idk you could be mixing up effect with cause. Lots of music uses simple motifs or ideas, sometimes deliberately. In terms of production, it's probably more complex these days since the tools are a lot less expensive, although i know producers do use presets/sample packs instead of semi-obscure records.

Noise already exists man, Merzbow etc, we've gone past the nails on the chalkboard thing. 99% people don't like it cos it's pretty technical/academic.

0  [deleted] 2016-09-10

Peace - don't make me laugh! All I hear is motherfuckers rappin sucotash Livin large, tellin me to get out the gang I'm a nigga, gotta live by the trigger How the fuck do you figure? that I can say peace and the gunshots will cease?! Every cop killer goes ignored They just send another nigga to the morgue A point scored- they could give a fuck about us They rather catch us with guns and white powder If I was old, they'd probably be a friend of me Since I'm young, they consider me the enemy They kill ten of me to get the job correct To serve, protect, and break a niggas neck Cuz I'm the one with the trunk of funk And 'Fuck tha Police' in the tape deck You should listen to me cuz there's more to see Call my neighborhood a ghetto cuz it houses minorities The other color don't know you can run but not hide These are tales from the darkside...

-ice cube

-1  depleteduraniumftw 2016-09-10

That's why I only listen to this: https://youtube.com/watch?v=zSxAbEQgcZI

-4  Sodaducky 2016-09-10

I don't think so

6  real-nig 2016-09-10

Haha

0  Sodaducky 2016-09-10

Ok where is your evidence of your claim? All you have is just another person saying how today's music is shit compared to that of past music

3  real-nig 2016-09-10

It is? Do I have to have a doctor tell you that the song's ive been referring to are very dull? Do you consider them good/creative artists? Or basic of the basic. This is an idea

I think new rap is being shovelled out, with low standards. The more people begin to accept it, the more it continues.

The more you stand for lesser, the worse

1  Sodaducky 2016-09-10

Never said it was good music however there are those who like it. That goes for every genre of music ever made. Do you know why they keep making the music they do? It's because people keep buying it. If people keep buying it then of course they will keep making more. Music evolves with generations and will continue to do so. When it comes to music, to each his own

6  real-nig 2016-09-10

Some weird evolution of rap, people yelling "Skaw skaw!" and "Brrrap!!" "popopopopop!!!"

These are the sounds someone with a speech problem might make, or a young child watching cartoons. You really think it is actually part of music "growing"?

1  Sodaducky 2016-09-10

Never said growing, I said evolving. These songs obviously never last longer than a season and are quickly forgotten by the mass. There are those few that are pretty decent thag last while longer but the majority of people knows that those songs you are talking about, never last long

1  real-nig 2016-09-10

Something to agree on, hopefully

1  Homako1920 2016-09-10

They like it because it's what they hear, they don't have a choice

1  Sodaducky 2016-09-10

How don't they have a choice? Is the government blocking every other music out there except rap?

3  Homako1920 2016-09-10

2 chainz "I'll be fresh as hell when the Feds watching" such a powerful positive message

-1  Sodaducky 2016-09-10

Idk why you think I believe they send a positive message

2  katjeborgesius666 2016-09-10

Take drill music vs 90s hip hop, or even stuff like public enemy (fight the power comes to mind). Drill and other rap like it encourages nihilism (young thug, digits -"why not risk life when you're gonna keep going"... bunch of other examples where that came from) violence, self abasement, etc. Music could be an uplifting platform but instead it panders to and compounds negative tendencies created by a racist system.

0  Sodaducky 2016-09-10

So essentially what you are saying is music has to be made a certain way or else it's a conspiracy? If someone makes music and people buy it, who cares? This isn't some elite conspiracy to enslave the people

1  teein_off 2016-09-10

Consider things like this. http://youtu.be/9YS-f5gMMvg

1  Sodaducky 2016-09-10

Idk what you expect me to take away from that

0  Sodaducky 2016-09-10

So essentially what you are saying is music has to be made a certain way or else it's a conspiracy? If someone makes music and people buy it, who cares? This isn't some elite conspiracy to enslave the people