Talk:Hip hop culture/Comments

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I've read a few of the articles here, and although we all have our own opinions on "hip hop", well here's mine. I'm a mother of a 24 y.o. son, so I've had the pleasure of growing up along with my son in the world of "hip hop", and "rap". I understand what your saying about why does it seem most rap is about violence, sex, rape, bling, and whatever else you can throw up in there. But, remember this...we've all been through our own pop-culture world. Unfortunately, I have the rememberance of "disco"...gag me. Oh and how about country music...what about that, you have "country singers" "wannabe's" trying to be like some sort of "rock star" instead of actual country. And, what do they sing about, how their girlfriends, wives, husbands, etc left them for someone else, how they lost their job, or got arrested, or shot someone and killed them. Give me a break people; the only difference between that and rap is that rappers are using a different language to tell their story by.

Instead of wishing this era of music would end, why not try to understand it. Listen to the lyrics no matter how vulgar and see what the artist is trying to say. Music is a means of expression, just as a painting, or a poem. Yes, we may at times get frustrated that you have to go to the next block to hear someone talking on the phone because the guy next door (or gal) decides to wash their car or whatever and has their music banging too loudly to even carry on a conversation. Heck, I say get out there and start jammin' and dancin' to that funky beat. At age 50; cranks up her box and jams to Nelly! Fawnice (talk) 12:11, 18 April 2008 (UTC)Fawnice