It's not about color, ethnicity or national origin. It's about culture.

Mainstream urban culture with it's music, dance, social etiquettes and customs has increasingly become more uncivilized and psychopathic.

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Whatever happened to jazz, blues or r&b.

I am no perfect person I listen to some hip hop but the direction it is continually going is towards more deviant and destructive behavior.

We cannot let psychopaths run the culture. We must have sane, rational and compassionate humans lead us.

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SW-User

I don't listen to it myself but have heard complaints from people who are parents. But you know, this isn't just a problem with hip hop.... hard rock, heavy metal and alt rock have been hated by parents for decades for a combination of bad language and violence.

cyberdude28 · 31-35, M

@SW-User Yes it's not just hip hop. Moderation is key. It can be entertaining but if we take it way too seriously and base our lives around a destructive culture then it becomes a problem for humanity.

Classical music to be honest is keeping me sane in these modern times. I'm not some sort of snob I also listen to modern music including hip hop but I believe it can be much more ethical or positively entertaining.

Growing as a teen and young adult I was never really a big fan. Yes I listened to it for entertainment but I never took it too seriously. Therefore, this is not just me getting older but rather it is what I have been about for a long time.

SW-User

@cyberdude28 I began to be all about classical music as a teen and remained so into my thirties. As a result, I missed out on all forms of popular music in the 70s 80s and 90s.

Now, I still love classical (and opera is still my favorite music) but I also enjoy almost all kinds of popular music. That said, there are some [i]lyrics[/i] that I find distasteful, and can ruin a song for me. For example, I won't listen to anything that is overtly misogynist or condones violence, particularly if it's against women or children.

SheCallsMeCrushDaddy · M

I will listen to old school hip hop but the stuff out now is nothing but mumbling. its terrible.

bijouxbroussard · F

The [b]same[/b] argument was made about rock music when it ventured into punk and metal. And you can claim it’s not about color or ethnicity, but it does matter who’s listening that determines who panics.

cyberdude28 · 31-35, M

@bijouxbroussard I don't disagree with the same argument being made. However rock, punk and metal are not mainstream right now. It doesn't have the same mass influence as mainstream hip hop does.

cyberdude28 · 31-35, M

@bijouxbroussard If sadistic metal or punk music was mainstream and it's cultural lingo was virtually every where I go then id probably be making the same argument for it.

bijouxbroussard · F

It’s the same story, it really is. Blues, jazz, even swing was mostly ignored while segregated to our community. But once white musicians became interested and white kids started learning the slang and the dances around it, the mainstream community first tried to quash it, then [b]appropriate[/b] it. They did the same thing with early rock/r&b, through folks like Elvis Presley. And that’s what has been happening with Rap/hip-hop. You don’t want it to be part of the mainstream, tell your [b]kids[/b] to stop listening and downloading it. And lots of luck.

Speaking of "urban" slang, the main word the mainstream community needs to stop using is "woke". None of them knows what it means ! 😩

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