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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Debate & Discussion > Hip Hop and Social Consciousness
 
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Koalas March
May 21, 2007

Meredith Baxter-Burnout posted:

In 1991, along came a rapper named 2Pac and holey moley, he would piss off the establishment so hard. His mother and father were Black Panthers and he spent time in jail before he was even born. He was making music about sexual abuse and police abuse in the black community. He said it so smoothly and eloquently; he would own hip hop for the first half of the 90s.

2Pac - Brenda's Got a Baby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRWUs0KtB-I

2Pac - Trapped
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCEmTaWSPTk

I know it's cliche, but holy gently caress do I love me some Pac.

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Koalas March
May 21, 2007
Thanks for fixing my link! Sometimes when I'm phone-posting my formatting gets weird af.

I also want to add that The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is a loving masterpiece.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE-bnWqLqxE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-Co5Kz2LuI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6QKqFPRZSA

Not exclusively Hip Hop, but TLC had some songs with good political messages as well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WEtxJ4-sh4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2gy1Evb1Kg

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Koalas March
May 21, 2007
Since we're talking about Lupe I really love this verse. His flow on it's so sick.

Patrick Stump ft Lupe Fiasco - This City posted:

Now what if I told you my city was the best
And my city was a threat to the rest
But you can't rest inside my city
My city's so cold if you ain't dressed
And what they accept, better had a right address
Parts of my city, certain colors can't step
And sadly I'm talking about the color of your skin
Sorry my brother, I can't let you in
Cause the property value might go down to a level that's
Economically unacceptable and socially taboo for us to live around you
Uh, uh, is this what it's down to?
Root for the same team, maybe had the same dream
Not the same reality,
Actually, mines is a bad education and gentrification
Despite all the above I love...

It's electro-pop/funk so I'm not gonna post it but when I'm riding through Detroit I love to turn it up, haha.

Koalas March fucked around with this message at 18:59 on Sep 30, 2016

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