A couple questions about pop culture today

Hey folks, I am a long time member and reader of gamespot forums. I post sometimes but not too often.

I have 2 questions regarded pop culture in todays society.

First question is, why do kids think its cool to buy tons of fitted hats yet they keep the gold sticker on the front and the bill completely flat? I never understood this and it looks completley stupid to me.

Before I ask my second question I just want to say this: I DONT like rap at all. I actually dislike it strongly, esspecially popular club style rap. At the same time, I will not ridicule people for listening to and enjoying this kind of music. I understand that everybody has different tastes and arguing about what music somebody likes is senseless and a complete waste of time.

Ok now that I have that out of the way onto my second question.......

Why do most popular rap / club songs have some guy constantly saying "hey" or "hoy" or "yeah" over and over and over again as part of the beat? This drives me completely crazy, what are they saying hey too? Why are they saying yeah over and over? Are they saying hello to somebody over and over again by repeating "hey"?.

OT please clarify this for me!!!!!!!!!

The people who wear the fitted hats with the stickers on them piss me off. Most the time they are shallow dumb wannabee gangster people. Its completely pathetic how so many dummies in our world find it cool to dress like a gangster.

These same kids would piss there pants if they were confronted by a real gangster who was about to blow them away.

Another thing I hate is people who wear sports hats for teams they DO NOT CARE ABOUT. I see so many idiots at the bars and walking around wearing White Sox fitted hats with the sticker on. They think its cool and gangster because Fifty cent does it and Dr. Dre did it wayyyyyy back in the day. Id be suprised If I asked some these people who are the best players on the team they wouldnt even know the White Sox are a baseball team.

PATHETIC!!!!!

Please help me regain faith in humanity people....please......

Leaving the sticker with a flat top is an Usher/Fat Joe/Soulja Boy thing. It used to be curved tops without a sticker, and that was much better. Anyway, people like Fat Joe and Soulja Boy, that's why it's popular. It's Bullcrap if you ask merageofstreets

i am pretty sure that it started WAY before the likes of Fat Joe (whos career has died, btw) and Soulja Boy (who we barely hear of ever since his breakout song has faded away).

[QUOTE="rageofstreets"]Leaving the sticker with a flat top is an Usher/Fat Joe/Soulja Boy thing. It used to be curved tops without a sticker, and that was much better. Anyway, people like Fat Joe and Soulja Boy, that's why it's popular. It's Bullcrap if you ask meWestSideAzn

i am pretty sure that it started WAY before the likes of Fat Joe (whos career has died, btw) and Soulja Boy (who we barely hear of ever since his breakout song has faded away).

I think I need to bump this topic back up in the afternoon when all the teenagers are out from school. They probably have a better idea about the stupid hat trend than I do.

I'm trying to figure out which theory of popular culture could apply to any of the two questions. For the first one, I think we can apply the "people are unthinking masses and will devour any item en masse" theory. That's the technical name for it.

For the question about why hip-hop artists include various words... I don't think I have an answer for that. It probably came from someone stalling trying to think of a verse, the artist actually using it and people liking it and other artists adopting the method. .MattUD1

I think that might be right.

As far as that hats, I always thought they were suppose to be worn like that. Aren't those things stickers of authenticity? I guess you could remove them, but I'm guessing kids you say something along the lines of "your hat is fake" for something like that. Rappers made it super popular.

abraham simpson can sum it up for you:

" i used to be with it, but then they changed what it was. now what i'm with isn't it anymore and what's it seems weird and scary. i'll happen to you too"

pop culture today, for the most part makes me want to slap people.

Hey folks, I am a long time member and reader of gamespot forums. I post sometimes but not too often.

I have 2 questions regarded pop culture in todays society.

First question is, why do kids think its cool to buy tons of fitted hats yet they keep the gold sticker on the front and the bill completely flat? I never understood this and it looks completley stupid to me.

Before I ask my second question I just want to say this: I DONT like rap at all. I actually dislike it strongly, esspecially popular club style rap. At the same time, I will not ridicule people for listening to and enjoying this kind of music. I understand that everybody has different tastes and arguing about what music somebody likes is senseless and a complete waste of time.

Ok now that I have that out of the way onto my second question.......

Why do most popular rap / club songs have some guy constantly saying "hey" or "hoy" or "yeah" over and over and over again as part of the beat? This drives me completely crazy, what are they saying hey too? Why are they saying yeah over and over? Are they saying hello to somebody over and over again by repeating "hey"?.

OT please clarify this for me!!!!!!!!!

abraham simpson can sum it up for you:

" i used to be with it, but then they changed what it was. now what i'm with isn't it anymore and what's it seems weird and scary. i'll happen to you too"

comp_atkins

Answer to both questions:

People have bad taste

Why do most popular rap / club songs have some guy constantly saying "hey" or "hoy" or "yeah" over and over and over again as part of the beat? This drives me completely crazy, what are they saying hey too? Why are they saying yeah over and over? Are they saying hello to somebody over and over again by repeating "hey"?.

OT please clarify this for me!!!!!!!!!

Flabu

Stop playing dumb, Flabu.

1. Sheeple

2. People have bad taste in music..

in regards to the hats -- It's just a fad, like parachute pants or leg warmers.WestSideAzn

Ha, I saw my friend with a hat in the exact description you gave. I dunno, its just the new style. I'm sure I'm gonna hate it when my kid wears his clothes with the tags still on. :roll:

[QUOTE="Flabu"]

Why do most popular rap / club songs have some guy constantly saying "hey" or "hoy" or "yeah" over and over and over again as part of the beat? This drives me completely crazy, what are they saying hey too? Why are they saying yeah over and over? Are they saying hello to somebody over and over again by repeating "hey"?.

OT please clarify this for me!!!!!!!!!

ShadowJax04

Stop playing dumb, Flabu.

If you go out to clubs / bars you are not going to hear these songs. You will hear the pop rap / dance garbage all night. Thats what im talking about here. These kinds of songs are played all over the place no mattter where you go.

The hat thing came from hip-hop artist. People in low-income areas were bootleg/knockoff clothing is common would leave the stickers on to show that they owned a authentic New Era hat and not a counterfeit.

I have a question too. Why do you care?!!! You say that you understand that people have different tastes yet you complain about the way people wear their hats!!!Who gives a damn how people wear their hats. They bought it, they can wear it however they want.

They do it to show it's new. You leave the tags on the thing it shows you have money, cause you always got new stuff. I think I'm going to leave the window sticker on my new car when I get one. So the hoes know I'm financially stable.xXDrPainXx