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Re:Wynton Marsalis says rap/hip-hop ‘more damaging than a st... by alanz1223 on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @04:28PM (#17137933)
Hip hop and rap music is one of the worst things that happened to culture. It appeals to most lowly desires and it's hedonism in music form. Track 1 of a rap CD can address how minorities are supposedly discriminated against yet Track 2 is filled with criminal intent and mysogyny. I am still in my twenties but I do not allow either my siblings nor myself to listen to it or I at least frown upon it.

You may say not all rap is this way but the truth is that most popular rap is this way.

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Re:Wynton Marsalis says rap/hip-hop ‘more damaging than a st... by unclebucknasty on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @05:55PM (#17138721)
>You may say not all rap is this way

That's correct.

>but the truth is that most popular rap is this way.

Why is this the case? I mean, doesn't it make you wonder whether it's the music or our culture overall that is the real problem?

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