Oh well, this argument will go on forever and ever. Tom, I appreciate your open-mindedness on this. Most people here would just say the same thing as Larry. I've posted several times about how I had to put up with a lot of crap from other people in DR because of what I listened too but everything has its critics. My father calls it "el tunki-tunki" because of the bass in most songs, even though I won't blast it unless I'm throwin' a party. I will agree with Tom because he said that alotta gangsta rap is garbage, and truth be told, a large amount of gangsta rap is garbage. It's mostly the record label's fault for trying to find a gimmick that sells and that stuff does sell. Then the artists want to make money so they rap about bullshit cars and material things that don't make sense and they don't even have. That's why I just listen to early 90s hip-hop, groups like Tribe Called Quest which had something to say about their communities and the people, it was about upliftment of your people.
Nowadays, the people in DR are picking up on it but I feel that it is an unfair generalization when people call everyone who listens to it a chopo or a low-class person. It all depends on the person. I'll just keep on rockin' music by that group called Little Brother, excellent music and lyrics that make sense, the antithesis to all the crap that's out or whatever the (wack) mixtape DJs are putting out. I notices a difference in DJs in DR, after DJ Mahogany started doing gigs in the jevito clubs, all the other DJs stopped using CDJ players which only use CDs, and switched to turntables. Several aspects of Hip-hop are taking over whether people like it or not, it all depends on how you choose to look at it. For example, Eve just created a clothing line and she models for Chanel in Paris, P. Diddy received an award for new clothing line of the year last year by a group of design companies, can't recall their names but I know that Italian and French firms like the aforementioned Chanel, also the one that Alexander McQueen designs for, form the majority of the group.
And Little Brother makes fun of coffeeshop rappers........."brothers wit dreads callin' theyself 'Gods'/ with white girls named Caitlyn".........funny rhymes, haha....
