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YouTube ^ | 2-17-17 | Bikk

Posted on 02/16/2017 10:58:10 AM PST by Bikkuri

I think this was around 1986 (or so)... when the nice rap was being taken over by the (future gansta rap) crap we see today..

This isn't bout rap, or any specific genre, but by users/people taking advantage of the 1st amendment.

I think many here know what I am talking about.. but I also think many here are too young to remember before rap was even invented :p

(not just about rap, but the degradation of not only music, but social norms in general).


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: different; music; old; past; rap
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Have at it.. When I was in Uni.. Rap was cool.. and 'safe'. This sex/drug/kill was not in the lyrics yet :/

btw, I prefer classical :D

1 posted on 02/16/2017 10:58:10 AM PST by Bikkuri
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To: Bikkuri

Blondie - rapture. the first real rap song (the last part)


2 posted on 02/16/2017 10:59:49 AM PST by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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To: camle

I was hoping for ‘Rapping with Rodney” Rodney Dangerfield


3 posted on 02/16/2017 11:12:28 AM PST by RightWingNut
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Moved quickly FROM this (1989): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy4FXhkm6Nw

Anyway, just ranting.. From my childhood (1970) until now... I can’t even imagine what my father went through.. or even bigger, what his father may have gone through between then and now ;/


4 posted on 02/16/2017 11:13:55 AM PST by Bikkuri
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To: RightWingNut

May as well list links .. loved Rodney :D


5 posted on 02/16/2017 11:15:14 AM PST by Bikkuri
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To: Bikkuri

I recognize the music on elevators now.

ps. Get off my lawn


6 posted on 02/16/2017 11:16:59 AM PST by Spruce
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To: Bikkuri

I recognize the music on elevators now.

ps. Get off my lawn


7 posted on 02/16/2017 11:17:03 AM PST by Spruce
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“I recognize the music on elevators now.”

And the grocery store. Ugh.


8 posted on 02/16/2017 11:20:12 AM PST by pinkandgreenmom
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To: Spruce

You are mistaken, elevator music MUST be Enigma or Yngve Malsteen ;D

OH.. or Enya... Prefer her over the other 2


9 posted on 02/16/2017 11:25:51 AM PST by Bikkuri
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NOTICE: this is NSFW ... NOT SAFE FOR WORK ... also not family friendly...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE70jwRG8yI

I think this was around 1987, or so.. Even in my younger and stupider age (yes, new word).. I started getting the heck away from that ‘music’.

And again, make sure your kids (up to about 20yo) are nowhere near your city or town if/when you play/watch this...


10 posted on 02/16/2017 11:34:18 AM PST by Bikkuri
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To: Bikkuri

Surprisingly coherent from the group that brought you:

Me love you long time.

Never heard this before today. Not my cup of tea. Mostly good sentiment.


11 posted on 02/16/2017 11:42:49 AM PST by correctthought (Oh goody, another lefty riot.)
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To: Bikkuri

Oh man, listened to their other crap. It’s totally revolting.


12 posted on 02/16/2017 11:44:58 AM PST by correctthought (Oh goody, another lefty riot.)
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To: Bikkuri

when tipper gore made her attempt to censor lyrics, the pendulum swung to the utterly nasty... run dmc never had a chance after that.


13 posted on 02/16/2017 11:51:31 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: Bikkuri
Some of my favorite rap tunes
14 posted on 02/16/2017 11:54:26 AM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: correctthought

“Me love you long time” was common phrase from Vietnamese prostitutes during ‘nam.. :/

and yes, their ‘music’ gets worse over time.... I believe this group, and their court cases, which they won in Florida, where the start of the ‘openness’ of what we have today that includes all of the sex, drugs, and violence.. Was cool at the time; now it is destruction of society.


15 posted on 02/16/2017 12:00:04 PM PST by Bikkuri
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Joe Strummer was rappin’ with the Clash, before him it was Dylan. Nothing new under the sun.


16 posted on 02/16/2017 12:00:32 PM PST by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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To: Fiji Hill

Very nice... I am sure my dad would have loved these :)


17 posted on 02/16/2017 12:08:32 PM PST by Bikkuri
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To: Bikkuri

I have always thought that Ernest T. Bass from the “Andy Griffith Show” was the original rapper. There is one episode in which he drums on a kerosene can while chanting a weird poem.


18 posted on 02/16/2017 12:10:44 PM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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Given the era, it was probably intended to be a spoof of beat poetry.


19 posted on 02/16/2017 12:11:59 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: teeman8r

If I remember correctly, Run DMC combined rap to rock and brought it to populace.. (mixed with Arosmith, by request.. and they said OK.. good idea)..

Run DMC was good group.. in bad beighborhood (L.A.)


20 posted on 02/16/2017 12:14:16 PM PST by Bikkuri
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