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- Опубліковано 12 лис 2017
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Sometimes I just want to give up on ignorant people. Let losers lose. Just less competition, it's so hard and exhausting trying to wake people up.
Interesting statement
@Kendra Brown I don't even drink coffee... LOL. If you are going to insult someone for giving another youtuber a compliment, maybe you woke up on the wrong side of the bed today.
@Kendra Brown (-;
@Kendra Brown Thank you, dear.
@Mr. Plow you are so right, brother. I feel that way too. It sure seems easier, doesn't it?
I'm black and hip hop is horrible. If it influences the way people dress it definitely influences the way you think.
God bless you
"I'm black and hip hop is horrible” 👦🏻
@@Imisstheoldkanye69 lol everything we say is white. If we don’t say we’re black. You call us racist. If we say we are. You call us white. There’s just no middle ground with your folks. Fuck you and rap.
Just like any music it's just supposed to be listened too but not taken literally. Unfortunately too many people glorify these rappers, Rock singers, outlaw country music, narco corridos singers. Not just music it's also movies, gangster prison movies also messed up the Chicano youth, and central American youth enhanced the popularity of street gangs, now street gangs are a big problem In El Salvador, Honduras , Nicaragua.
The whites are using the blacks to influence the whites
32 years old and I can confirm.
As a young man rap culture was like a new lifestyle.
Now looking bad it's just evil and childish.
Men in their 30s should definitely warn young men.
Ah yes, when kendrick lamar dripped gkmc, an album that tells a story about how he became christian, my first thought was how evil it was
@@breatheproofI realize you’re being sarcastic. Kendrick and J Cole are the best modern examples of what a “good” rap artist can be. However, in the same breath, they glorify the bs. They make inspirational masterpieces, but then Kdot glorify LA gangs like Pirus and Cole constantly mentions carrying a gun and running through women (which probably isn’t even true). And these are our best examples. You have to take the good with the bad in rap music. Play Stevie Wonder and see how you feel then play rap and see how you feel.
@@stocksxbondage i played stevie wonder and i thought it was ok and then i played rap and thought it was better
@@breatheproof follow up once you exit your 20s…
@@stocksxbondage im 32
You are right on Brandon. I’m 32 yrs old and it took a long time for me to realize the effects the music has on my psyche. Whenever i listen to hip hop i get bad thoughts and want to retaliate to someone or something for no apparent reason. I never have these thoughts listening to RNB, langston hughes, salsa, etc etc. These artist glorify violence, degrade women, and then have the audacity to justify their actions by blaming the system and the way they grew up all while attempting to be social justice warriors that supposedly want the best for the youth. I can comment because i rose from the dirt.
Pedro Roman It seem to me like your main problem with rap is probably that it violates your Christian beliefs in using clean language. Also, rap is protected by Freedom of Speech, like it or not. Plus, a lot of modern country music and other modern styles of music do the same thing you're describing.
You are weak if a rap song makes u think bad things i grew up on stright rap never had a record never been locked up its the person what about death metal that made them dudes shoot up that school in Colorado its weak minded ppl not the music
yup me too i was about 33
@@mainslservices9831Why is it on the Christians? It sure seems to me that many if not most rappers and their fans don't like Freedom of Speech if you disrespect them and their music. Other styles of music do the exact same thing he's describing?
I'm so happy you grew up and realized that you was being brainwashed. I hope and pray that more people start to wake up. It's nice to hear your voice of reason and common sense. God bless you man.
ifyoudontlikethis countrythenleave Amen
Yes
Rap is sad now. In the 80's and early 90's the artists were speaking in character but what they were really trying to do was give narratives to explain what was going on in the hood. That changed over time to straight-ahead glorification of the gangsta lifestyle. The part that really gets me with the mainstream hip hop is the constant glorification of alcohol abuse and my kids hearing it. The narcissistic 'get wasted and hookup' lifestyle of the music does go out of the hood and reach middle/upper class and cause problems.
Mike N Actually, a lot of modern country songs and such also glorify alcohol use. Plus alcohol isn't even illegal to drink unless your underaged, although you might disagree with drinking due to your religious beliefs. Most importantly though, rap is protected by the First Amendment.
+Mike N Right? 80's and 90's rap is still golden :) I love it, not the crap that's out today!!!
RedRoseSeptember22 Even as a progressive, I agree with you to a certain extent. To me, a lot of current pop music in general has lost the original uplifting messages that such music original had. I don't support censoring current rap or any other type of free expression, just for the record. One of the problems with pop rap these days is that it is produced and distributed more for prophet than it used to be.
So u mean to tell me that music in the 80s and the 90s didnt talk about drinking and smoking like come on the 80s u had nwa 2 live crew and plus more its the same content as now
Yes Dee, but U also had much more conscious rappers like KRS-One, De La Soul, Brand Nubian, and Rakim... 👌
I'd like to hear more of your testimony and what took you from "Young Savage" to a conservative policeman.
Tyler Me too!: I'd love to hear that story!
Tyler
He has a video up of why “he will never vote Democrat again”.
Yeah that is interesting.
I agree with what you are saying. What you see and hear all day long every day does influence your behavior. Especially if you don't have someone right there telling you right from wrong. These children need parents who are there to guide them. Parents not friends.
Thanks Brandon, for taking the time and efforts to bringing a different way of thinking to the masses .
I grew up in Detroit ghetto and found this to be my experience. I was an angry, violent person during this time. When I went to college I stopped listening to rap and started listening to classical music. I was amazed at how calm and at peace I was. Those lyrics, with repetition, were negatively impacting my behavior and outlook on life!
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I'm from France, I listened to rap (in French, French rappers copy the US ones). Like many, I guess, I loved it because of the good beats and hooks more than the lyrics which I found at first stupid. But slowly, without even noticing it, after years, some concepts of those lyrics became natural to my mind, and I was actually assimilating them. I slowly had in my mind concepts like robbery, drug dealing, naming woimen '"bitches" and so on. But after a while I began to be more lucid and get tired of the promotions of those concepts, which I had never been educated with, and then, I decided to take serious distance with all the rap world. It's really vicious how rap can introduce negative things in your mind slowly.
I agree, which is why I do Christian Hip Hop to counter the damage done by secular/gangsta rap...
Isn't Christianity considered a "slave" religion?
onlyone23km That is a grave overgeneralization. The vast majority of, if not all Christians are anti-slavery even despite God allowing it.
onlyone23km, YES! We are JESUS' "bond servants" (slaves). I AM ALSO THE SLAVE OF EVERY MEMBER OF MY HOUSEHOLD. It is a yoke I relish. All U.S. soldiers and sailors are slaves; they are government property and they CHOSE TO BE, just like I once did. SLAVERY truly means SERVICE WITH NO BOUNDS.
Therefore leads to abuse.
Abuse is just another default of fallen man. Obedience to the KING of creation is living to glorify JESUS CHRIST of Nazareth. HE is a living man and HE has his bodily members on the earth. We are "THE WEAK AND THE FOOLISH," not "the wise and the mighty."
Thank you. I’ve been saying this for years. (& I’m raising boys!)
@bad Mom , I too, been saying it for years BUT.... Saying it and doing nothing about it = ZERO. Drop Cable TV is the one of the most effective way to curb bad influences in our lives and our kids lives ... IMO
+Michael Miguel Mike, you sound like a young guy. But going help you out. Rap, used to have positive messages. Rappers like Grandmaster Flash, Run DMC, Wil Smith was the Fresh Prince and Heavy D. They spoke of unity and doing thing the right way. At the height of Hardcore Rap who own Record Companies like MCA, Sony, BMI as well as the distribution companies?? Hint wasn't people of color!! These Record Companies Owners could've stop this before it got started. But you rather put the blame on the Artists and not on the company which injected this Cancer in music that was made to inspire and not belittle. So my advice is if you're going to play the blame game, call out everybody!!!
Lawrence Michael Record companies put out what the people will buy. They aren't in the business of losing money. Rap culture was not influenced by record companies. Record companies are putting out music that will sell. Black culture is 100% to blame for Gangsta Rap. I've been listening to Rap since the 80's. I can't, in good conscience, support it any longer. It has become the nothing more than verbal porn. I realized this when I started seeing black women with their kids in the car blasting this vulgar, murderous filth with the windows down so that my kids would be subject to this horrible shit. I'm no prude but, I wouldn't play this crap within ear shot of anyone, much less my kids!! Better yet? Their kids. It's not about black culture either. You can't convince me that black people, as a whole, would stand together on this. You'd have to accept that abusing a childs mind is black culture. That doesn't make a bit of sense. You might as well let them watch snuff films laced with hardcore porn! The mind is so fragile at that young age. It absorbs EVERYTHING and it forever holds onto those things. Visually or verbally. It doesn't matter. It's abuse! I can't ride with that.
+Common Nons3ns3 Look Blame has a piece for everybody and everybody has a piece in this, SMH!!
+Common Nons3ns3 Also Whites do the same thing from your Marilyn Manson's to your Charles Manson's. Look at both sides of the field and keep it 1000%, OK!!
Wow you have balls for this one
BlackKidWithTheGlasses the fact that you say this...shows ya how bad this problems is.
BlackKidWithTheGlasses IKR
BlackKidWithTheGlasses .....Balls is what gangster rap isn't. Sissy non talent cowards.
SO YOU ARE GOING TO COMPARE A PRESIDENT WITH A RAPPER WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU???? KEEP DEFENDING
Ivan Campbell .....Lower case, uneducated.
So true..also television rots the mind
yup
Nah social media rots the mind worse
I have a whole slew of rap CDs.
I don't listen to them the same as I did when I was younger fact when I listen to them now I feel a Pang of guilt. The rap culture has come back and bit the black community in the ass.
Calsatsu That's because you are wiser now. When we are young we are very narrow minded; hence the term "young and dumb." I was the same way too. There are thousands of people with tattoos that are remnants of someone they "used to be."
Shred them!
SO THIS GUY IS GOING TO COMPARE A PRESIDENT WITH A RAPPER WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU???? KEEP DEFENDING, THIS GUY LOVE TRUMP DOES NOT MATTER WHAT HE SAYS OR WHAT HE DOES HE ALWAYS LOOK A JUSTIFICATION FOR HIS ACTIONS
@@ivancampbell8123 hey, I don’t like to mind someone’s business. He’s different than you, you’re different than me. We’re all different, if it’s something bad or good, doesn’t matter. Respect for someone’s own business matters.
Thank you for touching on and discussing a subject that not too many talk about.
Isn't he great!
It's great that you're getting this message out to the young people. And it's not just young African Americans - young white, hispanic, and Asian people are also under the sway of gangster rap. I still belive that hip hop can be a positive influence with bands such as Tribe Called Quest, Digable Planets, etc. Sadly though, these are not the band's that are popularized through the media. The media seems only to promote talentless rappers who mostly talk about bitches, forties, and killing other young people. It's a shame, and kids need to wake up to the game that is being played at their expense.
Keep up the good work, Brandon!
I remember it started in middle school. There was a split between us. Some of us got into rap, some of us punk. We all started acting, dressing, talking, you name it, the part. We all got into varying degrees of trouble, raised some hell, and made mistakes being young and dumb. Fast forward, now we're in our 30s. Us punk rockers, most grew up years ago, hold down good jobs, many are married, good parents, politically active, have degrees and/or training, aka adulting. Most of those who got into rap, many from nicer homes who had both parents, seemingly were stunted in growth. Continously in legal trouble, once just experiments in drugs and drinking are now full on addictions, can't keep jobs, promiscuity problems of cheating and illegitimacy, where the men won't take care of their kids, the women's kids are on welfare. I will let you guess which group still walks, talk, dress, and act the part and which group grew the hell up. Doesn't matter the race, gender, gay or straight, religion, economic status, or anything else. It isn't just music to some, it's a lifestyle choice. One that is apparently hard to stop and turn around.
Punk never had mainstream or corporate support so it died out and we grew up. Punk never got nominated for any Grammys. Rap and hip hop has gotten a ton of mainstream and corporate support.
Maybe those kids are just dumb?
Rap is evil
I myself have done away with most rap music. I feel much calmer and at ease. The violence and rage against everything have left me.
I hear ya'. I cannot listen to the rock I so loved
Cal Dylan Goss really? I love the 80s music especially rock when I listen to it though I picture drugs, sex abs everything else. Even though they are feel good songs. I feel like the rock songs of that time keep you in the mindset
Man I've been trying to tell ppl this for years, thank you so much for making this vid
Hey Brandon Tatum.
I became addicted to rap music for 4 years starting halfway through age 13.
I am white and my rap music addiction got me addicted to black culture for 3 years starting halfway through age 14.
It was a painful grip that addiction was, it made me arrogant and more unpopular at school.
Halfway through age 17 I broke the addiction to rap music, I look back on those days and think how depressing that addiction was.
It’s important to respect all races.
I am white. I am an immigrant. When we got to the US I was at the mall and bought a rap cassette. I was excited and my dad was outside the store. He asked me if he could see the tape. He read the song names, not even lyrics cause it was not opened, and he told me to March back in there and exchange it or get my money back. He muted all commercials. He never swore and he treated my Mom like a queen. I wish I could be half the man he was.
Thanks for sharing!
Preach on Brandon Tatum, you speak the Truth Absolute, may your message change someone in a positive way.
I have seen this come to fruition. I used to jam out to Tupac...
Now my daughter has found a not so decent group of friends and thinks that standing around with your AK all day waiting for Death Around the Corner is the only way to be cool in life. I pray for her and I'll never let my grandchildren listen to a moment of it
MAY GOD BLESS YOU IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, KELLIE RICE, YOU AND YOURS. I bind this demon that grips your daughter and I cast him to the feet of JESUS! (Matthew 18:18-20 suggests you should say AMEN right now, Love)
Hmm. I dunno....
I still feel that it's how you're raised. I remember when 2live crew came out with their album "nasty as they wanna be" or something like that. I was 15 maybe. It was totally forbidden and you couldn't buy it unless you showed ID that you were 18. Today there are no such restrictions.
Also, I would never be caught with music like that in my car. It was as bad as having a bag of weed or something. My parents would have killed me. Now parents are listening to people like Eminem WITH their kids. Sad really.
oof eminem heh? that's what you call bad rap? clearly never analyzed him and you clearly have no idea what you re talking about
@@midnight687 Eminem’s balanced tho, hint of gangsta and another hint of wisdom from him
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Music producers should NOT be able to release the soul-poisoning garbage that’s making them wealthy. They are LITERALLY “Making a Killing”….influencing young people to kill. That’s one of the BIGGEST crimes against rappers, their families, the people who are hypnotized by that evil BS…ultimately, it’s a MASSIVE CRIME against humanity! It’s utterly sickening. Truly heartbreaking!
@@MarcusStaAnaBurSelFand if it gets any worse in 20 years are you going to say today's music isn't that bad too it's progression it's called the frog 🐸 in The boiling pot eh
Rap music promotes arrogant pride, violence, hatred, drugs, objectifying women, thuggery, criminal behavior, and makes people divided in many ways. I used to listen to Tupac, and many others, and it impacted me in my younger years too, and it was a waste of my life. The mindset of rap culture is so bad for us as people in general.
You are RIGHT.
I tell all blacks to teach that rap is a genre not a culture.
I go to My neighborhood bar and hear the "N" word constantly on the juke box... I'm white and that offends Me.
@Jerry, Frank could be offended due to the word being used to degrade blacks. There are older blacks that don't like that word being used due to it's history, but some might use to for it's purpose which means a black person act'n stupid (or out of character), lol.
Jerry Junior because he is an individual. He did not use the word nor did he invent the word. He has nothing to do with who ever invented the word. You wouldn't want anyone to blame you or link you to the bad behaviour of your race so don't do it to others.
Look at all GOD has given in this age, right at our fingertips.
@Jerry Junior Official You can't decide what other people find offensive.
THANK YOU BRANDON! I have been saying this for twenty dam years and i can only hope your message reaches parents so they more closely monitor what is influencing their children. God bless
Man I feel like I can listen to this video thrice! I came to the same realization after I left high school. The change of environment was one of the main factors that woke me up to the truth about this so-called "music". Awesome video brother!
when I was young, I tried to get into the rap game in the mid 90s. I even signed a contract and did a couple of shows. There was pressure to follow the trends and to be 'real' and to not be a 'studio gangster' but gangsta rap was so popular and dominant. It wasn't long before I was told that my image was too 'clean cut' (my job demanded of me that I maintain a conservative appearance). I'm so glad that God didn't allow me to go down that path.
I have long believed that feeding your mind hate & bad attitudes makes your mind hateful...identifying as a strong independent gangsta rebel is about the worst thing a person can do for there life career & relationships.
As a social worker, I've been saying this for years.
Rap music has become one of the worse things to ever happen to blacks collectively. Its a government weapon being used to perpetuate the most negative stereotypes of blacks to a worldwide audience
I can't listen to 3/4s of the rap music I used to enjoy. Most of it has explicit lyrics and I feel convicted. The music is "too immature" for me. It has no meaning. I hate how it's promoting rude and violent behavior. Wish I had grown up in the 50's when people had Christian values.
We need more hip hop artists like Lecrae! Get some spirituality in hip hop and use the platform to bring positivity and hope into young culture.
Brandon, you're 100% right, that music influences youths mind a lot. I have my own experiences too.It put s thoughts to your head, good or bad, it depends what you listen and gangsra rap is worst possible music to anyone. Not one positive thing to say about it.
Amen
Much needed topic. I agree and you’re brave for taking this standing. How we speak and what we think and listen to has so much influence on our lives I know first hand
The 24 ppl who thumbed-down ur video might wake up one day.
Yeah, some people age like wine
Rap music today is "THE GOSPEL" of the hood. Role models need to step up!
It has highjacked the culture of mainstream black people. Look at the damage it has done. Until smart black men start telling the truth, there is no hope for the young black male. Bring back real music, positive topics and role models. It is a ruthless slave master!.
Curtis Bird You conservatives are relentlessly authoritarian. You claim to oppose being "politically correct" yet you oppose other peoples' free speech when it offends you.
@@mainslservices9831opposing free speech is ok. Forcing is not. Right or no. May have worded it wrong idk lol
Rap music is a detriment to society. I stopped listening to it once I realized the exact same truths you spoke of in your message. Thank you.
Marco Blazquez same here I listen to jazz music all the time and classical music more often now
The agenda if rap is very deep and frightening that many will be too scared to believe so just leave it at that. Wish this video was longer.
I agree with Brandon 100%. All rap music is nowadays is "bitches and hoes" or "drugs and killing and gangs" etc. Nothing good ever comes out of those type of songs, it's poison for our youth.
I agree Brandon these rappers should be rapping about education things instead of just violence drugs money and sex
A Gaming I'm sorry but you're gonna get laughed at trying to rap about education. Most see rap as a come up and that only works if you're popular and people are fuckin with you, nobody is getting hyped listening to the education rap, its not relatable to their target demographic. The situations create the songs not the other way around.
nws void I know
Sex and drugs sells albums. Always has.
@A Gaming.... Rappers should have directed their talents and efforts to topics of self improvement, comedy, love etc .,... not violence, politics, drugs etc ... but IMO .... too late, that horse already left the barn !
+A Gaming Hip hop is more far reaching in its efforts than simply glorifying narcissistic behavior and an overindulgence in drugs, money, women, and all things materialistic. There are tons of hip-hop artists (listen to Blackalicious, MF DOOM, Aesop Rock, Eyedea, milo, Open Mike Eagle, Why?, Doseone, Serengeti, Mos Def, Dälek, Deltron 3030, Aceyaone, Myka 9, Busdriver, Saul Williams, Pharoahe Monch, Illogic, Y Society, Sole, Sage Francis, Blueprint, Freestyle Fellowship, MC Paul Barman, P.O.S., Shabazz Palaces, El-P, Edan, Buck 65, DJ Shadow, Mr. Lif, CunninLynguists, Sadistik, CYNE, cLOUDDEAD, Dark Time Sunshine, Latryx, J Dilla, The Roots, and Antipop Consortium) that incorporate abstract and often consciously-driven themes into their songs while showcasing a mastery of the English language.
As a young black man I can assure you that Rap music is a curse to our societies and causes so much harm then good. Thank God I quit listening to that filth
Rap is music only at the most basic level. I'm surprised such hateful crap is allowed.
thanks Brandon as always you speak truth.
I can’t believe I once thought all of that stuff was cool. Almost brings me to tears.
This is the epitome of reality for the youth. Thank you Brandon for caring and exposing corruption which is mistaken for music.
Bless your message! Thank you for speaking on very real topics of concern!!!
I use to listen to all of it too. Never really listened to the lyrics just like the tunes. As I got older I did pay attention to the lyrics and I’ve got to admit I feel stupid for not realizing how bad it was 🤦🏻♀️
Juli that’s called being under mind control
Rap music turned Black-Men into “Niggaz” and Black-Woman into “Bitchez” . Just Think About It..
Peer pressure in the black community is fierce and vicious. You are not allowed to be an individual. We're so grateful for guys like you who lay it on the line without spin or excuses. My family is black on my mom's side. If one of my cousins was ever caught listening to that crap... they wouldn't do it twice, I guarantee you. My brother and I were not allowed to buy it or listen to it. And my mom keeps up with all the rap and hip hop artists. She knows what's what.
Terrific, heartfelt, truthful and ... inspiring. You have more common sense that most of the politicians in DC. Your messages on every issue you address are so "right on." You are a leader destined for great things to come!
Gangster music sucks.....
HolyKnightGaming it does that's why I listen to jazz and classical because is the best music out there objectively and very good for your health and mind. artist miles davis John Coltrane mozart Beethoven Bach Herbie Hancock chopin etc...
Yes it is
All rap is not gangster music 🤷🏾♂️
Couldn't agree more. Music should not promote cursing, killing,raping and all other crap.
Sandy D Actually, a lot of modern country music does that.
Anyway, I hope you're not saying that it should be illegal. It is in fact free speech under the First Amendment.
I remember when it started back in the 80s when it really took off when people tried to say anything about it they were shouted down saying that it was a cultural thing and to be against it was racist. "To me" this was just another way to tear down the morality of our society. The language used is just pure vile.
Exactly.
First time listener, love,love, love, it!!!! Thank you, SIR!!!
100% agree! I've been saying rap music was poisoning the black community for along time. But because I'm white I get seen as a racist for pointing it out. Listen to the lyrics and wake up, people!
Mike Mikesell
I'm black grew up in the hood and I totally agree with you.
Great topic ! Gangster Rap is a big influence on the youth and just as you said, it glorifies the thug culture. Great topic !
This conversation's got me shivering. Guys Hip Hop is DESTROYING the black race. LITERALLY!!!
True
As a Hiphop Producer and Rapper, I approve this message.
Keep telling it like it is, Brandon. Love your show.
You are AMAZING!!!! I'm hooked! I love hearing smart people share their point of views. Candace Owens is another fantastic role model, not for the "black community", but for all Americans. Really inspiring stuff on your channel. Very glad to hear a new perspective and just smart advice all around. Thank you!
I've been realizing that the industry is my enemy. Since this election, I do my best to no longer fraternize with the enemy
Brilliant man delivering exceptional wisdom
Excellent message
Hey Brandon Tatum.
I know what it’s like for a person to become addicted to rap music plus I obsess with mental health.
Wow, this was really well thought out...Thanks for discussing what has bothered me for so long!
Rap music is not only a negative influence on society but also signals the death of art.
Well said
Good topic some very valid statements there. God bless see you next time
Its 100% toxic. A world without any rap/hip hop culture would be a better world.
If I could meet you I would shake your hand very well said thank you you are one of the brothers that woke up and you don't blame other people for what you went through I wish a lot of our black young men would wake up.
People rap about their community. It's just like a news reporter. I'm sure that the community was bad before rap music ever came. If all someone knows is the street life than that's what type of music they create. If you wanna change the message in the music you have to change the environment of the artist.
I remember when T.I. said this.
Oh horseshit....most the damn rappers nowadays never lived that type of life...
Courtney Tubbs depends on the artist, you have some that put on a front while others are about that life and have no problem pulling up with that stick and dropping somebody. At the end of the day it's nothing than a song, some people take it too serious while most like me see it as nothing more than words over a beat that we like.
Iniquitous rap and iniquitous rock are both "doctrines of demons" and GOD ain't mocked
And I know what it is like to be under the spell of iniquitous songs
Whenever I see adults listening to rap music, they’re kids to me
Thank you honestly this needed to be said. I said if many of times.
I am white but if rap is a black culture thing there is far better black music out there,JIMI HENDRIX!!! Best guitar player ever!!! Fantastic talent!!
Some older rap songs were possitive in my opinion, West Coast Rap Allstars (Same Gang), or KRS One's Stop The Violence Movement's (Self Destruction), Queen Latifa. Grand Master Flash's (White Lines),
MY GOD you are so right.
God bless you for spreading the word ❤️👌
Rap sucks. Actually most music made today sucks. That why I listen to mainstream and Bebop jazz of the 40s, 50s, and 60s when music was beautiful. Jazz is the classical music of America. Support it!
Hip hop is more far reaching in its efforts than simply glorifying narcissistic behavior and an overindulgence in drugs, money, women, and all things materialistic. There are tons of hip-hop artists (listen to Blackalicious, MF DOOM, Aesop Rock, Eyedea, milo, Open Mike Eagle, Why?, Doseone, Serengeti, Mos Def, Dälek, Deltron 3030, Aceyaone, Myka 9, Busdriver, Saul Williams, Pharoahe Monch, Illogic, Y Society, Sole, Sage Francis, Blueprint, Freestyle Fellowship, MC Paul Barman, P.O.S., Shabazz Palaces, El-P, Edan, Buck 65, DJ Shadow, Mr. Lif, CunninLynguists, Sadistik, CYNE, cLOUDDEAD, Dark Time Sunshine, Latryx, J Dilla, The Roots, and Antipop Consortium) that incorporate abstract and often consciously-driven themes into their songs while showcasing a mastery of the English language.
Your opinion sucks. You are a close minded moron Victoria, and you have no idea of what you speak on. This is why conservatives like you and other center right commenters aren't taken seriously by your opposition on the left and the center.
Victoria NLN same here and classical music aswell to mozart Beethoven Bach Chopin etc... are the best
^ salty liberal
+Abraham Palmer You are a dumb ass and a beta male that makes stupid comments. Shut up.
Great video. Let me break it down. The bible warns us to becareful what we let in our minds. TDJakes and many inspirational speakers tell us the power of the mind. Marketing Psycholigist have studied how music and images influenced behavior and companies spend billions of dollars a year on using this psychology to sell and control human behavior.
The US government has done many studies on psy ops. What we see and listen infects/affects us. I remember as a kid rap was fun, sugarhill gang, funky 4 plus one etc. The inner city black communities had problems still but the youth had respect, the families were much more intact. And before that, there was a black wall street....this hood ghetto rap culture has infected the minds of the young. The scene from Tylor Perry, A Family Reunion sums it up. Remember the matriarch of the family saying what happen to our young people of the day? Watch it, it was poindent. The battle is in the mind family.
100% agree with you Sir, God Bless you and your family!
I am 21 and my friends warned me not to listen to Rap anymore , I can't agree more, the way you think definitely changes and when you stop listening to Rap you become a more positive and better person
Not all rap is horrible. There are many rappers that don't curse or talk about violence. Like Brandon said, the problem is the "gangsta rap'.
Finally a black man tells the truth.
Rap music is ruining our economy in 2023. People are not spending money these days like they did yesterday..
Bro what
How is music ruining the economy 💀
I remember as young kid in the 80's rap had little explicate lyrics, it was more of party hip hop music to dance to, gangster rap was very small no one thought it would ever go anywhere. Even in the early 90's rap music would only get only a few hours or less of radio play on the hip hop & RB stations.
I used to listen to Run-DMC, LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Big Daddy Kane, Eric B. & Rakim,
Boogie Down Productions, Roxanne Shante, MC Shan, Biz Markie, Queen Latifah, The Fat Boys, Whodini, all great stuff, with virtually no cussing or violence. It was great. Gangster rap started with Ice-T, NWA, Eazy-E, some people even consider Schoolly D gangster rap, so after those groups came out it really went downhill in the 90’s.
Love to hear a righteous american man speaking His Truth. Thank you and may God bless you and yours! - amen
what is your reaction to the NYTs opinon piece "Can my children be friends with white people"
Michele C. I just mentioned this to my fiancee. I saw it on Twitter. He said Civil Rights used to be about equality, but now, they don't want equality, they want to crush others. I ration my time on social media because of the venom.
Michele C. I just heard about that this evening. It's awful, just awful. Shaking my head; I don't understand. I have many friends of different races and backgrounds. Breaks my heart. 😔
Luckily, I am a Metalhead and a Country lover! \m/ yee-haw
great!
amazing video I use to listen to rap music myself and i realized that I didn't have the motivation to read and do better for myself and I used to hate classical music because I thought that music was boring and for rich people. but now I listen to mostly jazz and classical and roots reggae and I realized that I developed a lot more critical thinking skills and started to think things critically. rap is poison especially gangsta rap was popular to now trap era. great rant bro
Before gangster rap, it was more of a philosophical message. Back in the 80’s/70’s, it was great music
Brilliant
I would disagree with Brandon on this one. I loved rap music. Most of my favorite artist were nwa, 2pac, Eminem, Eazy E, Scarface, and spice 1. I would never do what these people were talking about doing. To me it wasn't a glorifying the life it was a warning to not go down this path. Rap is art. I don't believe art makes people do bad things. It might aspire them to do that bad thing in a certain way but I don't think it makes them do bad things. I think if we teach people that it only art. It how the artist point of view is. Remember art is objective. I think if we teach that more it become clear this life isn't the way to go.
tobyyawn24 I agree with you. I live in California and listen to everything. But ive always known I had to pay for my own choices. I grew up with a single parent. I people are raised by the environment you live in.
Yes, but young impressionable children in a one parent home, I've seen it too often. In low income areas, where people really sell drugs and shoot one another: it is the gospel. These kids see, hear it live it everyday, it's only natural that it's the norm. Of course not everyone falls victim to the negative aspects of the music, but enough to know something needs to change.
The shadow I grew up in a one parent home. My mom did none of which you mentioned. You just attempted to make us a statistic and failed. What other ignorant information you want to make up
Marvin Williams I read your comment about being accountable for your actions and I feel the exact same way. But we can't pretend that pop-culture doesn't influence the youth, whether positive or negative. But again I agree we are ultimately responsible for our failure or success. Peace.
If you’re trying to make the argument that culture has no affect on behavior, you failed big time.
I just subscribed to your channel. Your videos are great. Informative and on point. Keep up the good qork.
Thank you for speaking on this Brandon!!
Rap music is trash. Somehow, some way, it's glamorized a life of drugs, drive-bys, jailtime, making babies but not raising babies, looking for trouble, and then playing the victim when trouble finds you. To add insult to injury, the music isn't even original and is usually sampled from older songs that are FAR better. You can't spell "crap" without rap.
Sorry that you hate the First Amendment to free expression so much, except for when you wanna demonize black people.
Like Rap or not we have to admit nothing has contributed so much to cultural decline of black americans than rap culture.
Amen