I'm not trying to diss mainstream rap, but...

The record deal issue is easy.... ANYONE can get a record deal now-a-days, whether there's talent or not.

As far as prefixes go, there's fads and people follow them, that's just how it is. I personally prefer to hear original names but not everyone has them, so whatever.

I have been reduced to accepting the fact that mainstream music is garbage now... so yes, it's all about seeking out underground stuff in local areas for actual quality music. The problem is that for every decent band out there there are 50 K-Feds and Fall Out Boys.

Ahh, I wish another music renassaince was upon us.

How is that a problem, though? It's not good, sure, but I don't sit there listening to the bands I hate, so to me, it's as though they don't exist.

Naturally you hear about bands, or hear songs and think "That's lame.", and you discuss them etc. I just don't see the point of dooming mainstream music. Mainstream music is just that, mainstream. It doesn't mean there's not good music, it means it's just accessible.

-AC

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
How is that a problem, though? It's not good, sure, but I don't sit there listening to the bands I hate, so to me, it's as though they don't exist.

Naturally you hear about bands, or hear songs and think "That's lame.", and you discuss them etc. I just don't see the point of dooming mainstream music. Mainstream music is just that, mainstream. It doesn't mean there's not good music, it means it's just accessible.

-AC

Gasp! Something we agree on! This calls for a really big smiley! tomcat

I honestly don't care, since I don't really listen to mainstream hip hop. It's just a fad I guess.

Originally posted by ~Flamboyant~
I honestly don't care, since I don't really listen to mainstream hip hop. It's just a fad I guess.

A 20-year fad... WHEN WILL IT DIE?!

OK.... I agree also... not with the fad thing, but with what Alpha said.

Originally posted by -hh-
low educated 😆

ironic

Originally posted by Broke Beat
😆 always takin shots H, always 😮‍💨

Originally posted by -hh-
😮‍💨 i came to bring the pain

method man? 🙂

Originally posted by JacopeX
True. Im annoyed with "BALLIN!". I swear if I hear another low educated ******* yell out "Ballin!" Im gonna flip!

Originally posted by ~Flamboyant~
Sorry, couldn't resist.

Originally posted by ~Flamboyant~
Sorry, couldn't resist.

hah BALLIN!

i think i like this one better

much better 😮‍💨

Originally posted by Bardiel13
What's up with the prefixes?! It seems every decade has a different one that almost EVERY rapper/hip-hop guy MUST conform to, lest they be better respected underground rappers. I don't listen to rap at all, but I dislike putting down other people's music and I'm sure some KMCers like these artists, but... what the hell?
In the 80's everyone was MC something (MC Hammer, MC Felix, MC Harvey), then in the 90's it was "lil" (lil John, lil Wayne, lil Kim), and now that's gone out of style, so it's been changed to "Young."
I know people should like music for the music, but if you're gonna make a name for yourself... make it original!! I'm not trying to be one of those non-conformist punks, but this is too much.
My dwindling respect for rap has bumped down a few notches.

Dude, go ahead and dis mainstream rap all you want, its crap. Literally.

shit

Originally posted by JacopeX
Acceptable? 😬

now i know for sure.

Originally posted by -hh-
i use to think u had some kind of problem...

now i know for sure.

Originally posted by JacopeX
What type of "problem" do you mean?

Originally posted by Arctic
Dude, go ahead and dis mainstream rap all you want, its crap. Literally.

shit

I'd rather not knock other people's taste in music. I'm sure some people on KMC like artists that start with MC, lil, or young.

Originally posted by Bardiel13
I'd rather not knock other people's taste in music. I'm sure some people on KMC like artists that start with MC, lil, or young.