Bad Taste Trimphant

[gofaster]

What's traditional music?

[Ripsnort]

By definition, traditional music is music about a culture, usually handed down from generation to generation, and tells a tale about their culture. Therefore, Rap is defined as traditional music, even though the tradition appears to be that of drugs, Ho's, and killing. It is definately handed down to the next generation, and definately says ALOT about the culture.

[Lance]

:::shrugs:::

Could you tell me who released our animal instinct?
Got the white man sittin' there tickled pink.
Laughin' at us on the avenue
Bustin' caps at each other after havin' brew
We can't enjoy ourselves
Too busy jealous... Of each other's wealth
Commin' up is just in me
But the Black community is full of envy
Too much back - stabbin'
While I look up the street I see all the japs grabbin'
Every vacant lot in my neighborhood
Build a store, and sell their goods
To the county of sips (?)
You know us po niggas: nappy hair and big lips?
Four or five babies on your crotch
And you expect Uncle Sam to help us out?
We ain't nothin' but porchmonkeys
To the average bigot, redneck honky
You say comin' up is a must
But before we can come up, take a look at US

{Verse Two:}

And all y'all dope - dealers...
Your as bad as the po - lice - cause ya kill us
You got rich when you started slangin' dope
But you ain't built us a supermarket
So we can spend our money with the blacks
Too busy buyin' gold an' Caddilacs
That's what ya doin' with the money that ya raisin'
Exploitin' us like the Caucasians did
For 400 years - I got 400 tears - for 400 peers
Died last year from gang - related crimes
That's why I got gang - related rhymes
But when I do a show ta kick some facts
Us Blacks don't know how ta act
Sometimes I believe the hype, man
We're messin' up ourselves and blame the white man
But don't point the finger you jiggaboo
Take a look at yourself ya dumb nigga you
Pretty soon hip - hop won't be so nice
No Ice Cube, just Vannilla Ice
And yall sit and scream and cus
But there's no one ta blame - but US

{Verse Three:}

US... will always sing the blues
'Cause all we care about is hairstyles and tennis shoes
But if ya step on mine ya pushed a button
"Cause I'll beat you down like it ain't nothin'
Just like a beast
But I'm the first nigga ta holler out {PEACE, BLACK MAN}
I beat my wife and children to a pulp
When I get drunk and smoke dope
Got a bad heart condition
Still eat hog - mogs an' chitlin's
Bet my money on the dice and the horses
Jobless, so I'm a hope for the armed forces
Go to church but they tease us
Wit' a picture of a blue - eyed Jesus
They used to call me Negro
After all this time I'm still bustin up the chiffarobe
No respect and didn't know it
And I'm havin' more babies than I really can afford
In jail 'cause I can't pay the mother
Held back in life because of my color
Now this is just a little summary
Of US, but yall think it's dumb of me
To put a mirror to ya face, but trust
Nobody gives a **** about...

.....

A mass of hands press on the market window
Ghosts of progress
Dressed in slow death
Feeding on hunger
And glaring through the promise
Upon the food that rots slowly in the aisle
A mass of nameless at the oasis
That hides the graves beneath the masters hill
Buried for drinking
The rivers water
While shackled to the line
At the empty well

This is the new sound
Just like the old sound
Just like the noose wound
Over the new ground

This is the new sound
Just like the old sound
Just like the noose wound
Over new ground
Listen to the fascist sing
Take hope here
War is elsewhere
You were chosen
This is god's land
Soon well be free
Of blot and mixture
Seeds planted by our
Forefathers hand

A mass of promises
Begin to rupture
Like the pockets
Of the new world kings
Like swollen stomachs
In Appalachia
Like the priests that **** you
As they whisper holy things
A mass of tears have transformed to stones now
Sharpened on suffering
Woven into slings
Hope lies in the rubble of this rich fortress
Taking today what tomorrow never brings
This is the new sound
Just like the old sound
Just like the noose wound
Over new ground

This is the new sound
Just like the old sound
Just like the noose wound
Over the new ground

Is the new soundJust like the old sound?
Just like the noose wound
Over the new ground

Aint the new sound
Just like the old sound?
Look at the noose now
Over the, over the, over the burning ground
Aint it funny how the factorys doors close
Round the time that the school doors close
Round the time that the doors of the jail cells
Open up to greet you like the reaper
Aint it funny how the factorys doors close
Round the time that the school doors close
Round the time that a hundred thousand jail cells
Open up to greet you like the reaper

Ohhhh
Ohhhh
Oasis
This is no oasis

This is the new sound
Just like the old sound
Just like the noose wound
Over the new ground

This is the new sound
Just like the old sound
Just like the noose wound
Over the new ground

Like ashes in the fall

[midnight Target]

You guys all sound like my dad when we had the guts to put Led Zepplin on the car radio.

Or what about..

Down by the banks of the river Charles   (aw, that's what's happenin' baby)
        That's where you'll find me
         Along with lovers, fuggers, and thieves  (aw, but they're cool people)

Can anyone place a date on that little number?

Or this one...

You say I must be crazy, 'cos I don't care who I hit, who I hit.
But I know it's me that's hitting out and I'm, I'm not full of **it.
I don't care who I hurt, I don't care who I do wrong.
This is your mess I'm stuck in, I really don't belong.
When I take out my bottle, filled up high with gasoline,
You can tell by the night fires where Rael has been, has been.

More of the same... we are just older.

answers

1. Dirty Water - The Standells 1966
2. Back in NYC - Genesis 1971

[Ripsnort]

LZ didn't have too many lyrics of killing cops and raping women.

[Barney Fife]

I don't care what you say, Slayer rocks!

[kappa]

Originally posted by Ripsnort
LZ didn't have too many lyrics of killing cops and raping women.

You find what you look for.....

Hard to beat LZ... A lot of good rap and hip-hop around too.. Chronic (1992) was and is one of the best rap albums of all time hands down..

Slayer?? They got NUTIN on White Snake man.. Still of the NIGHT!!!! I'll hurt your feelings w/ some White Snake! lol

Winger!!!

Any argument made about modern music HAD to be made in the 80s.. Gawd what an awlful time for music!!!! If we could just delete that decade's music, the world would be a better place.. 8)

k
AoM

[Ripsnort]

Originally posted by kappa
Any argument made about modern music HAD to be made in the 80s.. Gawd what an awlful time for music!!!! If we could just delete that decade's music, the world would be a better place.. 8)

k
AoM

Agreed.  But I still find it tolerable.  There are some rap tunes (hip hop, crack music, whatever) that I just cannot tolerate due to the lyrics.

[midnight Target]

Originally posted by Ripsnort
LZ didn't have too many lyrics of killing cops and raping women.

Yea, they stuck to the "back door man" and squeezing "my lemon till the juice runs down your leg" stuff.

Neither of the 2 lyrics I posted were from LZ BTW.

[Ripsnort]

Originally posted by midnight Target
Yea, they stuck to the "back door man" and squeezing "my lemon till the juice runs down your leg" stuff.

Neither of the 2 lyrics I posted were from LZ BTW.

Sex has always been a common theme in muscial lyrics.  Now, how you TREAT women, as Ho's, well, that honor belongs to rap.  Its funny how political orgs like NOW never spoke out against such lyrics...

[midnight Target]

Originally posted by Ripsnort
Sex has always been a common theme in muscial lyrics.  Now, how you TREAT women, as Ho's, well, that honor belongs to rap.

wrong again...

"No time for romantic escape,
When your fluffy heart is ready for rape." - Genesis 1971

[Ripsnort]

Originally posted by midnight Target
wrong again...

"No time for romantic escape,
When your fluffy heart is ready for rape." - Genesis 1971

Again, put it in the whole context of the song. The Genesis song doesn't support the notion of rape. Rap and Hip hop do.

[Dago]

Rap exists so people with no musical ability can make money too.


dago

[Raubvogel]

You need to find other material. Genesis is teh sUCK.

Lyrics are one thing, there have been controversial lyrics before rap. What turns me off is the complete lack of musical talent or creativity. Resampling someone elses music, or talking over a canned beat isn't music. Put it in a different category, like "Spoken word set to music", or "Rhythmic Ranting", but it aint music.

[FUNKED1]

Lamest thread EVAR.