Video Rap music and politics

[USApat]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkv3mcDXfQI

Another rap/hiphop song about Trump. For whoever doesn't know, that's Amber Rose. She spoke at day 1 of the 2024 RNC.
Too much more of this and us old folks are going to become rap fans -not really, I hate rap, but it is pretty cool young people are doing this.

It kills me that Rap killed the positive music coming from Motown era and true funk. The Motwon and Funk era is when musicians performed on instruments and spoke of positive things. And it was hard for you to make a living during that time if you didn't have a simply bad ass set of pipes. I was one of only a group of white guys to go to some old school funk shows in some hole in the wall bars back in the day because we had a very music oriented town. Top acts would show because of this.

But, I absolutely loathe Rap though. I had a vinyl collection of Rap albums of a bout 500 that I sold as a group to a local record shop a couple of years ago. Many were name acts and sold on Discogs for a lot of money but I didn't feel like dealing with selling them.

They were left at a car dealership in a mechanic's bay after the dealership shut down. I was asked if I wanted some items from the dealership and took the albums with some other things. We tried to locate the mechanic who owned them as he was a part time DJ. I picked them up so that I could get them back to the owner. I eventually talked with him and held them for a long time for him to pickup, but he never showed up. So, I sold them. I felt bad for the guy, because nobody likes to lose their albums. It's one of the things you save in a divorce! But, I made some money off them and that's all I can say that's positive about Rap, other than I hope these songs for Trump help shake up some dumb-asses who listen to this crap and they vote correctly. (Sorry if you're a Rap fan, but it simply sucks.)

 

[Dave]

It kills me that Rap killed the positive music coming from Motown era and true funk. The Motwon and Funk era is when musicians performed on instruments and spoke of positive things. And it was hard for you to make a living during that time if you didn't have a simply bad ass set of pipes. I was one of only a group of white guys to go to some old school funk shows in some hole in the wall bars back in the day because we had a very music oriented town. Top acts would show because of this.

But, I absolutely loathe Rap though. I had a vinyl collection of Rap albums of a bout 500 that I sold as a group to a local record shop a couple of years ago. Many were name acts and sold on Discogs for a lot of money but I didn't feel like dealing with selling them.

They were left at a car dealership in a mechanic's bay after the dealership shut down. I was asked if I wanted some items from the dealership and took the albums with some other things. We tried to locate the mechanic who owned them as he was a part time DJ. I picked them up so that I could get them back to the owner. I eventually talked with him and held them for a long time for him to pickup, but he never showed up. So, I sold them. I felt bad for the guy, because nobody likes to lose their albums. It's one of the things you save in a divorce! But, I made some money off them and that's all I can say that's positive about Rap, other than I hope these songs for Trump help shake up some dumb-asses who listen to this crap and they vote correctly. (Sorry if you're a Rap fan, but it simply sucks.)

I don't know your age, but rap was positive or at neutral at first. Blondie had the first commercially successful rap song with Rapture.
I'm not a rap fan and I wasn't, even in the early 1980s with the Sugarhill Gang -that was some before all the gangsta' rap idiocy that black folks seem to love.
I do kind of enjoy examples of such a typically morally bankrupt genre of music, being not as indecent though.
But otherwise, yeah, I pretty much loathe rap too.

 

[USApat]

I don't know your age, but rap was positive or at neutral at first. Blondie had the first commercially successful rap song with Rapture.
I'm not a rap fan and I wasn't even in the early 80s with the Sugarhill Gang -before all the gangsta rap idiocy that black folks seem to love took over.
The indecent, gang stuff took over rap though, and made it useless for most decent people.

Unfortunately, I'm no young buck and I should have termed it gansta rap and not rap.

I have lived the entire era of Rap. George Clinton & Parliment Funkadelic (P-Funk Allstars) playing in his diaper from 12am to 4am sweating the house down was quite a memorable show back in the day! I reckon there were about 1,000 folks at that show in the hole in the wall that was torn down many years ago due to city development projects. Sugarhill was indeed a foot tapping rhythm and still is to this day. I have that tune here in 12 inch vinyl.

I made an "A" in History of Rock & Roll in college. That may sound rather stupid to state here, but the number of A's in that class was very small on the bell curve with more than 500 people enrolled each semester. I think it was near 3-5% A's. I knew this going into the course, but couldn't believe it was true. After the course, I understood why. BTW, it was an elective credit hour and not part of a degree program. The class was not really about rock and roll, but more about history during the 60s and 70s and how it influenced society. Things like the Vietname War, Presidents and other things were discussed and how music influenced the culture and outcome of the 70s and 80s. It was not just a course where you recited songs and who produced them and that's how you got your grade.

I always loved Motown and funk and my collection of vinyl was noted by all generations and colors who used to visit for the Memorial Day and July 4th parties I had for several years running. That was a long time ago. But, almost everyone knew that I was the funkmeister when I chose tunes and had the place dancing whether you were white, black, brown or purple. You always left in a good mood and plenty of beer with some folks sleeping overnight on the floor for the next day rather than drive. And my cassette funk tapes I recorded from a cross section of albums often disappeared from the cabinet to never appear again after someone borrowed it for too long.

This link below is a classic and has Mr. Clinton and was about when I wrapped it up for Rap.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjsvqQUcqCs

I do believe Clinton is one of the most sampled artists in music. Here he is not very long ago playing the original 1978 version sampled in the video above. Hard to recognize Clinton without the crazy hair, but definitely looking good for his age, but not dancing in his diaper (Depends ) !!!


View: https://youtu.be/IxAcW7zgAD4?t=222

And here's the closing generic musical pop quiz question to finish my thread hijack!

MUSIC QUIZ TEST:

Q. Who sang the 1970's song: "Falling in Love"?

Don't cheat you fuckers. Don't just Google it Answer the question before you look it up skid-bags!

If you've ever heard many 70s tunes, then you've heard this song. I bet none of you get it right if you are honest in your answer. I have asked this same question to many people over life and only one person could answer it in over 20 years. Everyone else was kicking themselves in the ass that they didn't know the answer once I told them the name of the band. If you are too young to remember, well, then I'm just an old fart I guess, or I studied in school - Haha!

Let me know!

Hijack out!

 

[Dave]

Unfortunately, I'm no young buck and I should have termed it gansta rap and not rap.

I have lived the entire era of Rap. George Clinton & Parliment Funkadelic (P-Funk Allstars) playing in his diaper from 12am to 4am sweating the house down was quite a memorable show back in the day! I reckon there were about 1,000 folks at that show in the hole in the wall that was torn down many years ago due to city development projects. Sugarhill was indeed a foot tapping rhythm and still is to this day. I have that tune here in 12 inch vinyl.

I made an "A" in History of Rock & Roll in college. That may sound rather stupid to state here, but the number of A's in that class was very small on the bell curve with more than 500 people enrolled each semester. I think it was near 3-5% A's. I knew this going into the course, but couldn't believe it was true. After the course, I understood why. BTW, it was an elective credit hour and not part of a degree program. The class was not really about rock and roll, but more about history during the 60s and 70s and how it influenced society. Things like the Vietname War, Presidents and other things were discussed and how music influenced the culture and outcome of the 70s and 80s. It was not just a course where you recited songs and who produced them and that's how you got your grade.

I always loved Motown and funk and my collection of vinyl was noted by all generations and colors who used to visit for the Memorial Day and July 4th parties I had for several years running. That was a long time ago. But, almost everyone knew that I was the funkmeister when I chose tunes and had the place dancing whether you were white, black, brown or purple. You always left in a good mood and plenty of beer with some folks sleeping overnight on the floor for the next day rather than drive. And my cassette funk tapes I recorded from a cross section of albums often disappeared from the cabinet to never appear again after someone borrowed it for too long.

This link below is a classic and has Mr. Clinton and was about when I wrapped it up for Rap.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjsvqQUcqCs

I do believe Clinton is one of the most sampled artists in music. Here he is not very long ago playing the original 1978 version sampled in the video above. Hard to recognize Clinton without the crazy hair, but definitely looking good for his age, but not dancing in his diaper (Depends ) !!!


View: https://youtu.be/IxAcW7zgAD4?t=222

And here's the closing generic musical pop quiz question to finish my thread hijack!

MUSIC QUIZ TEST:

Q. Who sang the 1970's song: "Falling in Love"?

Don't cheat you fuckers. Don't just Google it Answer the question before you look it up skid-bags!

If you've ever heard many 70s tunes, then you've heard this song. I bet none of you get it right if you are honest in your answer. I have asked this same question to many people over life and only one person could answer it in over 20 years. Everyone else was kicking themselves in the ass that they didn't know the answer once I told them the name of the band. If you are too young to remember, well, then I'm just an old fart I guess, or I studied in school - Haha!

Let me know!

Hijack out!

Haha. I'm old too, man, maybe not as old, but not so young that I don't remember 45 records and albums., and I appreciate Motown Records music too.
I think we agree more than we disagree, man.

 

[Dave]

Unfortunately, I'm no young buck and I should have termed it gansta rap and not rap.

I have lived the entire era of Rap. George Clinton & Parliment Funkadelic (P-Funk Allstars) playing in his diaper from 12am to 4am sweating the house down was quite a memorable show back in the day! I reckon there were about 1,000 folks at that show in the hole in the wall that was torn down many years ago due to city development projects. Sugarhill was indeed a foot tapping rhythm and still is to this day. I have that tune here in 12 inch vinyl.

I made an "A" in History of Rock & Roll in college. That may sound rather stupid to state here, but the number of A's in that class was very small on the bell curve with more than 500 people enrolled each semester. I think it was near 3-5% A's. I knew this going into the course, but couldn't believe it was true. After the course, I understood why. BTW, it was an elective credit hour and not part of a degree program. The class was not really about rock and roll, but more about history during the 60s and 70s and how it influenced society. Things like the Vietname War, Presidents and other things were discussed and how music influenced the culture and outcome of the 70s and 80s. It was not just a course where you recited songs and who produced them and that's how you got your grade.

I always loved Motown and funk and my collection of vinyl was noted by all generations and colors who used to visit for the Memorial Day and July 4th parties I had for several years running. That was a long time ago. But, almost everyone knew that I was the funkmeister when I chose tunes and had the place dancing whether you were white, black, brown or purple. You always left in a good mood and plenty of beer with some folks sleeping overnight on the floor for the next day rather than drive. And my cassette funk tapes I recorded from a cross section of albums often disappeared from the cabinet to never appear again after someone borrowed it for too long.

This link below is a classic and has Mr. Clinton and was about when I wrapped it up for Rap.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjsvqQUcqCs

I do believe Clinton is one of the most sampled artists in music. Here he is not very long ago playing the original 1978 version sampled in the video above. Hard to recognize Clinton without the crazy hair, but definitely looking good for his age, but not dancing in his diaper (Depends ) !!!


View: https://youtu.be/IxAcW7zgAD4?t=222

And here's the closing generic musical pop quiz question to finish my thread hijack!

MUSIC QUIZ TEST:

Q. Who sang the 1970's song: "Falling in Love"?

Don't cheat you fuckers. Don't just Google it Answer the question before you look it up skid-bags!

If you've ever heard many 70s tunes, then you've heard this song. I bet none of you get it right if you are honest in your answer. I have asked this same question to many people over life and only one person could answer it in over 20 years. Everyone else was kicking themselves in the ass that they didn't know the answer once I told them the name of the band. If you are too young to remember, well, then I'm just an old fart I guess, or I studied in school - Haha!

Let me know!

Hijack out!

Hey, man. Identify this song below..

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPrZZUuxXaU

 

[Dave]

Q. Who sang the 1970's song: "Falling in Love"?

Don't cheat you fuckers. Don't just Google it Answer the question before you look it up skid-bags!

If you've ever heard many 70s tunes, then you've heard this song. I bet none of you get it right if you are honest in your answer. I have asked this same question to many people over life and only one person could answer it in over 20 years. Everyone else was kicking themselves in the ass that they didn't know the answer once I told them the name of the band. If you are too young to remember, well, then I'm just an old fart I guess, or I studied in school - Haha!

Let me know!

Q. Who sang the 1970's song: "Falling in Love"?

Don't cheat you fuckers. Don't just Google it Answer the question before you look it up skid-bags!

If you've ever heard many 70s tunes, then you've heard this song. I bet none of you get it right if you are honest in your answer. I have asked this same question to many people over life and only one person could answer it in over 20 years. Everyone else was kicking themselves in the ass that they didn't know the answer once I told them the name of the band. If you are too young to remember, well, then I'm just an old fart I guess, or I studied in school - Haha!

Let me know!

Hijack out!

I had to cheat, but have heard that song.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l2bTXE3x2k

 

[USApat]

Hey, man. Identify this song below..

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPrZZUuxXaU


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPrZZUuxXaU

That's significant musical and political history there. It's a short version of Freebird written by Ronnie Van Zandt and Alan Collins. Never got released when it went down in the plane crash in Alabama. Rumor is that Lynyrd Skynyrd couldn't release it due to 70s activist feminists suing the band because they disliked the word "him". The feminists grew old, married dykes, adopted cats & kids, and they all vote for Biden now. I wrote a thesis about it after taking History of Rock & Roll which made me a millionaire. LOL.

Haha. I'm old too, man, maybe not as old, but not so young that I don't remember 45 records and albums., and I appreciate Motown Records music too.
I think we agree more than we disagree, man.

I don't know man. I wasn't disagreeing at all until you called me an old fart. Don't misconstrue the message, I'm just wise about ancient history.

I don't know your age, but rap was positive or at neutral at first. Blondie had the first commercially successful rap song with Rapture.

You fail getting your A in history of Rock & Roll. LOL

Kuris Blow released Christmas Rappin' in 1979 and Rapture bloomed in 1981. I have a 12 Inch long version and single of Christmas Rappin' here. Old school length of 8 minutes and Blow playing a piano solo.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xUFnGWWtoQ