WHAT'S WRONG WITH HIP-HOP?: THROWBACK EDITION
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From the January 1991 issue of The Source:
- "As we move into 1991, what is the biggest problem facing rap music?"
1. "There are too many wack albums out there. Artists should have to have a successful 12-inch before they get an album deal." - I. Waner, Washingotn D.C.
2. "That wick-wack white rappers like Vanilla Ice can make an unintentionally offbeat song and it sells like crack." - F. Hamreman, Davis, CA
3. "The media and other conservatives making it seem like 2 Live Crew and Geto Boys are representatives of what rap music is all about." - J. Sledge, NYC
4. "Too many rappers trying to 'teach and preach.' That stuff is getting played out; it should be left to the real teachers like PE, BDP and X-Clan." - T. Duncan, San Jose, CA
5. "The negative publicity concerning publicity (2 Live Crew, Geto Boys), violence (Lench Mob, ATL), sampling (MC Hammer, Vanilla Ice), and the disregard of Houston as a burgeoning rap industry." - G. Wilson, Prairie View, TX
6. "This new R&B mixture with hip-hop is threatening hardcore rap on the whole." - J. Cox, Durham, NC
7. "It's adaptation by white, as was previously done with Jazz, Blues, and Rock n' Roll." - L.S. Ahead, North Miami Beach, FL
8. "Many radio people (from music directors to DJs) talk about how great hip-hop is, but few actually play it." - B. Warren, Philadelphia, PA
9. "The lack of intelligent black women stepping up to the mic and giving black woman a voice." - O. Freeman, Middletown, CT
10. "The CD industry. Records are quickly becoming scarce. What are the DJs going to use? Hip-hop will lose the one tool that has truly separated it from all other musical genres." - E. Whiteside, Mt. Vernon, IL
11. "The large tours are not being supported. Tours might become a thing of the past." - DJ Woody Wood (Three Times Dope), Philadelphia, PA
12. "There is too much violence at rap shows. It makes you not want to go out and support rap artists when their tour comes to town." - P. Derlich, Los Angeles, CA
1. Change "12-inch" to "mix-CD hosted by Clinton Sparks or Green Lantern."
2. Change "white" to "snap" and "Vanilla Ice" to either D4L or Dem Franchise Boys.
3. Change "2 Live Crew and Geto Boys" to "50 Cent."
4. Remove everything after "That stuff is getting played out."
5. At least you can take the "disregard of Houston" off that list. Sampling too.
6. In the end, who crossed over to who? Seems like hip-hop took over R&B, not the other way around.
7. It was already too late in 1991.
8. Now the complaint is why NY rap radio doesn't actually play any NY rap. See #2.
9. From Queen Latifah to Remy Ma? Oof.
10. Ah, little did Mr. Whiteside known about this on the horizon.
11. Tours became a thing of the past...for Three Times Dope.
12. Still too true.
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