This morning I read in the Huffington Post that last Friday Kitty Pryde, Brown's opening act wrote about it. I personally think this is reflective of the disgusting values of the hip-hop & rap culture. Rap is not hip. Discuss.
Oh, OK, so you're saying this was just an isolated incident and doesn't reflect the values of hip-hop culture?
Hip hop culture is pretty much just as varied as rock n roll. There are mcs who represent debaucherous, mysognistic values as well as those that represent thought provoking, introspective values.
What is the difference between "free love" and "naturism" and lewd acts of public indecency? When a bunch of flower children were popping acid and touching each other daily in Central Park it probably didn't bother you.
No, it didn't I think there's a difference. With flower children it was about love and peace, but hip hop has a very different reputation -- materialism, chauvinism, lax morals, disrespect toward women.
I'm not condoning what happened. But is Jim Morrison whipping out his cock at a concert any better? I've seen musicians in ALL genres act with materialism, chauvinism, lax morals and disrespect towards women.
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No one really knows if Jim Morrison really did that, but whatever. Even if he did, he and Iggy Pop are the only rock stars to ever do that, as far as I know. But, still, I think you're avoiding the point that those negative values are much more prevalent in hip hop than they are in rock. I didn't even mention the violence that occurs at shows.
Then you obviously don't know much about rock lol. GG Allin is an example (just one) that takes the cake over almost anything in hip hop
Rockstars up until the late 80s were probably the worst sexual deviants I've ever seen, with their wild sex parties and groupies. Hell Ted Nugent became a legal guardian of an underage girl just so he could bang her. The difference is Rock musicians do it behind the scenes and rappers tend to have a lot of imagery in their videos that the public sees. They used to say Rock is satanic and the devils music, today Rap is the getting the same bad "rap".
The only people who used to call rock "satanic" were the straight people, by which I mean those who were not hip, did not use drugs, went to church, etc. But I get your point.
You don't see where that's hypocritical? Where the line is impossible to draw? To me, it's just a bunch of dumb kids being slutty. Which is perfectly fine, as long as they recognize the risk they pose to themselves, and try to avoid infecting others when/if they get an STI. Mainstream hip hop culture is absolutely disgusting to me. I don't understand how it's so popular, or why so many uppercrust white kids like it. But the flower children and hippies were just a bunch of young dreamers and exploiters with half-baked ideas and a want for adventure.