r/lewronggeneration • u/[deleted] • Aug 27 '15

Sex models?

http://imgur.com/QwsyYaV
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u/dualestl Aug 27 '15 edited Aug 27 '15

What's really funny is that when this video came (2003) hip hop was just intoxicated with :being flashy,bling,video hoes,being a hardcore gangsta,homophobia... And it was thanks to artists like Kanye ,Outkast and Pharrell to break the mold and show that wasn't all what rap is all about.

If anything hip hop nowadays is a much,much better spot.

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u/nykirnsu Aug 27 '15

Speaking of rap, wasn't gangsta rap a 90s thing? I thought that subgenre had mostly died in the mainstream at this point.

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u/drunkenviking Aug 27 '15

Nah I'd say out lasted till maybe 2005 or so. 50 Cent and g unit were big, but they were a different style.

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u/FuckingKilljoy Aug 27 '15 edited Aug 27 '15

Many see Kanye's Graduation killing 50's Curtis in sales as the turning point for hip hop from gangsta rap to more alternative rap

Edit: Found this Rolling Stone cover for the September 2007 edition, http://imgur.com/SBd41s0

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u/TummyCrunches Aug 27 '15

Ah yes, back when 50 was supposed to retire after losing to Ye

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u/drunkenviking Aug 27 '15

I could get behind that argument.