• LucyLastic@sh.itjust.works
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    Except that a lot of early and grass-roots rap railed against those things, but that wasn’t what got large scale commercial backing in the long run

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      Can you suggest me songs from the early days that does this? I’ve always hated how much rap songs glorify those things.

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        De La Soul, Jungle Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Brand Nubian, Digable Planets, The Pharcyde, Digital Underground, Souls of Mischief, Del the Funky Homosapien, Freestyle Fellowship, Arrested Development, Goodie Mob, Outkast, Fugees…

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        Grandmaster Flash, De La Soul, and Public Enemy would be good examples of rap that was politically and socially progressive, I’m sure a bit of digging would give a long list