Did NWA damage Hip Hop?

they had a wholesome message
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u31FO_4d9TY

Yes and no. They influenced a whole generation of artists who in turn made even better albums. But they make gangster rap with no catharsis, just glorification of violence. Its pretty crass.

Don't you fuckers get it?

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>>71876964
>just glorification of violence.
That's pretty much all gangster/hardcore hip hop. Not saying it's bad. But most of it is usually usless.
These garbage sub genres killed all intelligent Hip Hop like Tribe and De La

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jY66zHksLc

>>71876992
kys

>>71876992
Eh, not exactly. A lot of gangster rap albums, at least the more popular ones, showed a lot more nuance in the 90s. I'm thinking of Big L, Mobb Deep, Ice Cube, Scarface, etc. Its still gangster rap but there is definitely much more than just glorification of violence; there is understanding of why it happens and the effect it has on people.

>These garbage sub genres killed all intelligent Hip Hop like Tribe and De La
Top kek

>>71876919

Hip hop was stagnating and NWA came along name made it dangerous, which reinvigorated it. In retrospective, Straight Outta Compton sucks and it did change the culture of hip hop and to a large degree the culture of generations of young people who took to emulating the gangster bullshit that they glorified.

But someone was bound to take it that far and NWA was not the first to do it, they were just the most successful and hit the button at the right time.

Mainstream Hip Hop isn't permanently damaged, it has pivoted out of the "gangsta or nothing" mentality, fortunately.

>>71877043
I will not good sir.

>>71876964
They don't just glorify violence. They show how horrific life is in the ghetto. If you listen to dope man you can tell they don't approve of the negative influences on their community, and hip hop was an effective way of showing the social strife. NWA May seem just like shitty gangsta rap, but when you listen and realize who was listening, it's clear that it was a message to show how tough life is for people in their communities

The thing I like the most about Niggers With Attitude is that they were very influential in helping people to understand just how violent and subhuman the Negro is. I am very thankful for this.

>>71877153
Reminder that Kanye West was rejected alot in the mid 2000 for not being ganster enough

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Gangsta rap is here to stay. Sorry guys.

>>71877694

Literally who

>>71877729
Resurgence Records