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By: leon757

leon757 — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 20:48:00 +0000

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By: Mumm_Raa

Mumm_Raa — Tue, 18 May 2010 08:55:59 +0000

Look… Everybody knows that when you turn on the radio, you’re gonna hear music that’s supposed to be hip hop and it’s nothing but musical dreams.. It ain’t even music.. They are spells. What else you know that’ll make someone ‘hate’ on someone else?… That’s all we know is hatin, swagg, chicks, money, drugs, and music that amounts to nothing.. Jerks don’t even do a %age of what’s being talked about.. But we like it so much cuz we figure it tells about our struggles.. It’s making a blueprint for our downfall..
We all are blind and stubborn so how’re we gonna get the music to save us?…
Make music to save us…

By: critical22

critical22 — Mon, 17 May 2010 22:07:38 +0000

Lets forced these so called thugs to educate themselves and make positive hiphop music, that can enlighten the masses instead of push us down like we are now… there are too many black neighborhoods where killing is rampant SMH… Keep it up LUPE FIASCO..you are doing a great job. All those who hate what Lupe is saying you just do not get it. Like OBAMA said its time for a CHANGE, and I am talking about real change.

By: marcus_james36

marcus_james36 — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 23:49:56 +0000

Does hip-hop create an environment of drugs, crime and hopelessness? Or does America’s lack of positive attention to inner city communities do?

I think it’s the latter. Much respect and love to Lupe. But, the problem with black on black is with our race and our nation.

A child shouldn’t be able to obtain a gun by age 10 instead of a good education. Adults who manipulate children for recruitment in street gangs are themselves “child molesters”. They’re screwing with someone’s childhood and innocence for their own selfish needs.

Our President Obama needs to go after youth violence and gang crime with the same vigor into passing Nancy Pelosi’s health care bill.

Lupe Fiasco’s words are powerful. However, they place blame to an entity with little control of changing a society’s perception about Urban America.

By: bigwillylandis

bigwillylandis — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:22:47 +0000

lupe the great once again

By: misterfillemup

misterfillemup — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:16:10 +0000

First of all, HIP-HOP is not to blame for this childs murder. Music genre
has nothing to due with a person who has a weapon in their hand unlawfully, a weapon that has been attained through ignorance, a mindstate that has no respect for their own life let alone anothers. Certain environments are going to have a higher percentage of casualties such as this, due to the levels of ignorance surrounding possessing guns. Innercity killings are more prevalent because of the abundance of artillery that is readily available. Lupe you were wrong for saying that….!!!!

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By: WeAreWhatWeRead

WeAreWhatWeRead — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:20:59 +0000

@greywolf5…I COULD NOT HAVE THAT SAID THAT BETTER MYSELF..YOU TRULY HIT IT ON THE HEAD..

By: 2daTopnonStop

2daTopnonStop — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:39:40 +0000

simple~ quit allowing media and the entertainment industry raise our kids!

By: blacklolita

blacklolita — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:43:36 +0000

“The fact that alot of blackwomen on here, only comment on gossip, reflects why these young boys and young women act they way they do. Once the mothers sense of character is lost, the whole community suffers”

Your statement is nothing but the truth!@Ramses_NY

By: blacklolita

blacklolita — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:39:25 +0000

I guess some of us cant deal with the hard truth!
Most of these youngins listen to more Hip Hop than they do their simple minded parent.He is on point about all the negative music on our youths!

By: MonsterSlanga

MonsterSlanga — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:57:54 +0000

i m behind lupe 100% every since i heard the cool i been a fan his music compared to most rappers no is a breath of fresh air

By: Youngblk09

Youngblk09 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:46:51 +0000

Damn almost evryone has an essay, but he’s rite, thts all we listen to. I kno its bull but everyone tht listens to it isnt affected the same way by it. But as of now the “best” music ive heard is stuff by drake, and kanye, eminem. They can flow and they not talkn bout killin nobody. I mean the game need change, it need to go bak to the older skool where it wuz just about expressing urself without tellin somebody u gon kill them.

By: deshawn121

deshawn121 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:24:44 +0000

if someone says black people need to be more responsible they will be attacked by many ignorant blacks who just want all the blame to be on white folks shoulders.
if you notice davettalashley, which is a couple coments down wants to bring up that we are being lynched and murdered by hordes of white mobs as if its 1850 and we are slaves, he doesnt see a difference in that time and the progress we made because he wants a permanent excuse which is the white man.
he will ignore hundreds of cases on black on black violence until he finds a white on black crime to exploit,DO YOU THINK HE CARES ABOUT HIS COMMUNITY OR KIDS OR HAVE HIS OWN AGENDA. BLACK PEOPLE WAKE UP THIS MENTALITY IS NO DIFFERENT THAN A HORDE OF RACE HATERS

By: Gods_chosenman

Gods_chosenman — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:45:03 +0000

Lupe is right and I love his music…truly refreshing and i hope he sticks around for a long time. If rappers changed the subject matter black kids would follow.

By: greywolf5

greywolf5 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:56:45 +0000

In 1969 The Temptations came out with a song entitled “Cloud 9″ I remember it being the backdrop of my life at that time. None of those lyrics applied to me but if The Temps said it was coool to get loaded, then it was cool. When Superfly and The Mack came out I saw guys want to become drug dealers and pimps. Despite all of the positive music and cinema that was out at the time people ALL PEOPLE have an affinity for the BS. What artists need to r4alize is that they are the prophets and voices of their time and generation. There’s no escaping this. If you are being heard you are also influencing the one’s who are hearing you. The whole movment of the 50′s,60′s and 70′s was fueled by the music and the artists of that time. The wisdom of Sly, the spirituality of EWF, the truth of Gil Scott Heron, the radical conscious raising of Coltrane. Those of you who don’t wanna recognize this missing a great truth about art and its affect upon people. We are a vulnerable people. Yes we have parental problems and if any of you have ever rasied soemething besides hell you’ll know that when children reach a certain age ( around 14) they begin to rely uopn their peers to determine and test the wisdom which was taught to them by thier parents. If the mantra of that time is to smoke weed and get laid…That is gonna compete with the message of stay in school and keep your dress tail down. And if the mantra is “Reached back like a pimp and slapped the ho” or ” Nobody moves nobody gets burned” or pick the damn song, then that will be competing with whatever good that child has been exposed to…And until that child has a wake up call, it will be a major impact upon that child’s decisions. Lupe isin’t blaming all of this on Rap…But Rap needs to be held accountabel for its BS just like the makers of Superfly and the Mack need to be held accountabe for theirs

By: davettalashley

davettalashley — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:00:09 +0000

All this negative talk about Rap and Hip Hop are nothing but a COVER for the real reason they are attacking it. Here’s the REAL reason: Hip Hop and Rap music are being ASSASSINATED because “alternative” cultures cannot easily ASSIMILATE and/or DOMINATE it. Because of the origin and nature of Hip Hop and Rap, you cannot SEPARATE, DISENFRANCHISE or DISASSOCIATE the black community from it, which means that you cannot easily put a non-black face on it and sell it as successfully as you could other popular forms of music. It’s kind of the only musical genre out where NOT being black is a handicap, not an asset, so it has to die. Think about it…

By: davettalashley

davettalashley — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:37:43 +0000

In a country where black people are STILL being lynched and murdered just for being black, race haters don’t NEED an excuse to hurt or kill black people!!!

Don’t you get it??? Are you that damn obtuse??? It’s like Bruce Lee said in that movie – it’s like a finger pointing to the moon – DON’T WATCH THE FINGER OR YOU WILL MISS ALL THE HEAVENLY GLORY. Don’t waste your time arguing over the REASONS why black people are being attacked and killed – STOP THE KILLING!!! WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: CaliFemme23

CaliFemme23 — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:39:37 +0000

Good frief I am so SICK of people NOT taking responsibilty for actions. Why is violence blamed on hip-hop? Why not blame the violence on the weak minds of people who commit the violent acts? Thats why people dont ever elevate, because the media and idiots like Lupe Fiasco give reason not to. Lay the blame on someone else then you can keep acting a fool…I have been listening to hip-hop/Rap all my life…starting further back than NWA, and we know they promoted violence, but did I ever go out and kill someone or rob a bank, or jack anybody? No I didnt, because ITS JUST MUSIC! And if someone can be so little as to allow music to determine their behavior, then they need not listen to certain types if they cant control their own actions. EVERYTHING in this world presented to us is upon FREE WILL. Most people dont listen to their parents, authority figures etc…so Im supposed to belive that Lil wayne or UGK can push someone to do dirt? Lets stop giving folks a reason to act a d*amn fool these days…

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By: Ramses_NY

Ramses_NY — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:19:30 +0000

You hit the nail on the head MAJESTIK, we’re so brainwashed, that we think graduating from college means being educated. Commonsense, and a desire to seek out higher than financial growth, is the major reason why we’re lost as a people. The fact that alot of blackwomen on here, only comment on gossip, reflects why these young boys and young women act they way they do. Once the mothers sense of character is lost, the whole community suffers. As far as where are the parents Soco_nest12, we’re a village, who’ve been brainwashed and co-opted to think like crabs in a barrel with that way of thinking. The whole community is to blaim, from the pimpin reverends, to the mediocre educational system-that fails to teach anything afro-centric. To the fathers that are no where to be found, and the women that seem to only open yall legs to the men that wont be around next year.

By: SoCo_Nes12

SoCo_Nes12 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:53:34 +0000

someone’s always putting some type of blame on hip hop. That’s like, put part blame on the parents who were shocked when they seen their own sons on that tape. The only ones that are at fault are those animals that did this to him which is shown in that video I am thankful I didn’t see. Where was “hip hop” featured in that video. And is the person that video taped this getting some type of punishment?

I kn everyone wasn’t raised learning right from wrong but there are choices, whether you choose right or wrong, you have to deal with the outcome. Those boys admitted what they did and God and hopefully justice will be done. R.I.P. Derrion Albert

By: MAJESTIK7

MAJESTIK7 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:30:30 +0000

I’ve noticed something, Ya’ll. Correct me if I’m wrong. But everytime there is a ‘Conscious” topic such as this, it’s mostly the Brothers that comment. When it’s some petty celebrity dating/relationship drama, the Sisters chime in, in abundance. Wassup Wit Dat?

Is that part of the problem? The mentality of a lot of Our Sistas that are raising these children by themselves? -hmmm.

I think all of these “roots to the problem, ie Rap, Absence of the Black Man, Single Parent Sistas, etc” are actually just symptoms of a greater problem…that is BLACKS/AFRICANS are colonized. Meaning that another people control Our institutions, economics, media, etc. for their own gain. We haven’t known true Freedom, which is Self Determination, in over 500 years.

Blacks/Africans, get Our heads right, take control of what belongs to Us in our own interests, and get from under the influence of White Power.

By: Schelby

Schelby — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:21:03 +0000

All ya’ll attacking Lupe, if you notice he said “partly” to blame not fully. Of course there are other culprits at work. Of course, people have free will. But unfortunately, this music is marketed to youth and today’s youth, especially, are very impressionable in their search for role models. Negative role models or those who refuse to the “role model” title to escape responsibility for their own reckless lifestyle, are seen as cool because the “bad boy” image has been celebrated as far back as James Cagney gangster roles and Marlon Brando in “The Wild One”. These days, little kids wanna be Wolverine while their older brothers and sisters run out and buy cigars so they can emulate Scarface. It’s a poison all around us. And today’s pied-piper rap music is the most obvious place to start disinfection. It’s easy to rap about negative subjects when you’re retiring to a nice cushy 5 star hotel at the end of the night after a show or studio session with room service, bodyguards and a few groupies in tow, not worrying about finances or the threat of violence. Most of the listeners don’t have those luxuries and go out charged up on the lyrics and don’t always use good judgement.

By: PuroMestizo

PuroMestizo — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:30:41 +0000

Lupe is merely speaking the truth on the avenue he knows, musical influence. But just like Bill Cosby, he’ll recieve backlash from those who say, “There are other problems out there too”. My father always taught me, fix the problems you control first and that’ll take care of most of the issue. The only rap my kids hear is Talib Kweli, Common, Mos Def, The Roots, OutKast, Lupe Fiasco and some Nas and Tupac.