youth in society pls

Rap: Blue Scholars

Rap: Brother Ali

Rap: Common Market

Rap/Hip Hop: Hopsin

Country: Johnny Fu­cking Cash

Country: Willie Nelson

How dare you ignore our love.

All I need is Rush, Black Sabbath, Yes, Jimi Hendrix, Judas Priest and Led Zeppelin.

Why are you awake?

I hear cannabis can help you with that.

i agree with you about rap, but hurt isn't a country song and the other one you posted sucks ass.

How did I know Hurt was gonna be in the OP... like always...

I could've linked tons of other songs, but this cover is amazing.

Here's stuff that isn't from the 1960's.

Johnny Cash's America albums were released around 2000, and is some of the best country out there.

The stuff you linked is fine, but I'm not huge on country rock. I prefer wizened old dudes singing about loss. Folk country's where it's at

White guys and a black guy that hates rap yet has no problem making money off it and trivializing the shit that happens in ghettos.

His message isn't subtle; it should be pretty clear that he is passionate about rap but hates mainstream hip hop that sensationalizes shitty lifestyles. As for there being white guys, so what? Eminem is white, and that doesn't detract from his talent. I'm not sure why you even think race plays a factor in their skill. Besides, of the five guys included in the selection, only two are white.

That shit isn't rap. Rap is street music from people who struggle, people rhyme and express themselves through spoken word.

How exactly does this not qualify? They're all grassroots hip hop artists from lower class upbringing and ghettos, responding to discrimination and struggle in those environments. Not every song has to be bitching about how much life sucks.

Rap in America came from stuff like the war poets in Africa. If I'm going to listen something that isn't from the greats in the 80s and 90s, I'm gonna listen to gutter motherfuckers who aren't signed to a record label and actually have something to say or at least actually represent what it's really about.

I'm not sure why you think a record label disqualifies a rapper, since it's basically mandatory in order to get anywhere in the industry, but Blue Scholars, Common Market, and Hopsin all founded their own labels, whereas Brother Ali uses a small, independent label founded by other artists.

What I posted are selections; if you think you can judge the sincerity or validity of their message off of that, you're out of your mind. I linked four great artists, and you sit there in your ironic ivory tower of nostalgia, dismissing them for their skin color or ability to manage a fu­cking label. What a load of crap.

not sure if this qualifies as rap but it's very fresh and spicy

Ye this nigga ChallengerX with that true insight on the game, informing you on how the cogs of the hip hop engine turn. Tell me more about these corn cob white rappers, bub.

Rap is shit

You played stuff like Johnny Cash, the FIRST people in Country Music.
Most people refer to the new stuff when they say "Country Music and Rap sucks".

Ugh... that generic southern pop-rock with a fiddle in the background isn't country. Neither is Taylor Swift.

Don't even get me started on "bro country".

I'mma be alright, you ain't gotta be my friend tonight. I'mma be okay, you would probably bore me anyway.

wow I just got wrecked