[QUOTE="Lockedge"]It isn't so much the backpack rappers we're against, it is (most) the people who listen to that type of Rap that carry on the elitist mentality.[QUOTE="iHeartCali"][QUOTE="XDeSuEhTX"]What is that you have against "backpack rappers" anyway? I've never understood poeple who hate on guys like Sage and Sole... XDeSuEhTX
That the only good rap is unheard of, or away from the public eye?
If so, I guess that's pretty elitist, because some good stuff stumbles into the mainstream eventually, and there are some great producers doing solid stuff for mainstream rap/hiphop.
... and I agree. There is some good stuff in the mainstream. But, in my opinion, the majority is not. Not just because it's mainstream, just because of what it is. Played-out, repetitive, un-original, un-interesting and sounds too much like the next thing. But there are some every so often that catch my attention... which I don't know if I can really say that, because I honestly, really, just don't watch tv. I have no bias that way, I listen to what I like and don't what I don't like, unaware if it's in the mainstream or not (unless it's super obvious). But I find most of what I really like the best to be the underground stuff... possibly because there's a whole lot more to be discovered there.
The bottom line is, I'm willing to give almost anything a chance, but I know what qualities I like and what I don't. I like mainstream and underground, but more so underground. I don't think of myself as an elitist.
Agreed.
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