Well, if you're looking for Chili Peppers, here's "Power of Equality". By the way, without early hip hop, there would be no Red Hot Chili Peppers.Maybe it was the umpteenth coke-dealing anthem or soft-porn music video. Perhaps it was the preening antics that some call reminiscent of Stepin Fetchit.
The turning point is hard to pinpoint. But after 30 years of growing popularity, rap music faces an alarming sales decline and growing criticism from within about the culture's negative effect on society.
Rap insider Chuck Creekmur, who runs the Web site Allhiphop.com, said he got a message from a friend recently "asking me to hook her up with some Red Hot Chili Peppers because she said she's through with rap. A lot of people are sick of rap. ...
"The negativity is just over the top now."
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And here's one from the guy who answers the question in song--Nas with "Hip Hop is Dead". Someone get a waiver from the FCC so I can hear what this man is saying in full!
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So everyone in the RHCP has to play on stage without their shirts? Just like Britney Spears can't entertain without doing a bump and grind?
What's wrong with just plain old music?
The Beatles never did any of that crap.
My disgust knows no bounds. I'll submit to being educated about the Jalapenos or whoever, but this geriatric does not see why it has to be a show instead of a listen.
Definitely a philosophical difference among musicians. Plenty of musicians throw their bodies into the performance, a natural extension of that is some degree of nudity. Of course that can always be construed as a means of commidifying your live show, and I think the RHCP would be the first to tell you they do that all the time.
Don't let the flesh and the other flashy b.s. fool ya, they are consummate musicians. Even the singer. Dude's up there giving it his all with a mangled shoulder in the driving rain and his vocals are spot on.
Hey, i agree with that Skip guy!
Well Skip, I suppose I must investigate the RHCP more. I'll keep in mind your explanation in relation to other acts too.
I never had much money and so I have gone to very few live shows, that probably has something to do with my opinion on this. I may never get used to the idea of musical performance beyond the sonic, even in the age of You Tube.
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