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Can anyone suggest any grammatically correct rap/hip hop?

I dont mind the swearing, glorification of violence, abject sexism, materialistic idolatry, and outright bragging but when I look at the back of a rap CD and read the songs, the spelling mistakes annoy me. Im pretty sure this is deliberate.
helenS · 36-40, F
"Im pretty sure this is deliberate.
— Sure. These songs are written by professional writers. They write things that will sell. The most important point, to them, is a careful analysis of the likings of their customer base.
chrisCA · M
@helenS I doubt many rap albums would sell if the artist spoke like Alistair Cooke.
helenS · 36-40, F
@chrisCA I believe writing these songs is a rather difficult task. It's not like simply spending a couple of weeks "in the ghetto", and listening to how pimps and drug dealers speak. That's because the audience (the customers) do not know how these guys speak. Rather the language used in the songs must match up with the [i]customers' expections[/i], the way the customers imagine ghetto language. You need a good professional writer to accomplish that task.
chrisCA · M
@helenS I would think any song is difficult to write regardless of the genre.
I grew up on a farm, but I probably could not write a Country song if my life depended on it. Lol
CoffeeFirst · 56-60, F
It's the "being deliberately wrong is cool, I'm bucking society" thing. It would bug me, too.
SW-User
Try Mr B The gentleman rhymer

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUO-8bF627Y]
Jm31xxx · 41-45, M
@SW-User chap hop 😅
SW-User
@Jm31xxx I'm not making any claims to the musical quality 😂
chrisCA · M
I doubt spelling, and grammar was a forte of someone growing up in "the hood".
Jm31xxx · 41-45, M
@chrisCA no I think they're just trying to be cool by spelling 'that' as 'dat' and so on.
chrisCA · M
@Jm31xxx I agree. Many middle class kids try to sound cool by using street lingo.
SW-User
Neffex all the waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!!!!!!! Super inspirational rap/rock/hip hop songs[youtube=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J7q5W3ABUp8][youtube=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HFAmjqY1DQg][youtube=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ccsh_-Cucl4]
Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
🙄that's like saying you enjoy Opera but only if it's American !
The best rap song

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4o8TeqKhgY]
Fernie · F
If you understood what you were reading/seeing...what difference does it make to you? It's petty quite frankly. It's not your world...it's the rappers

 
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