tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872220190320311355.post1405360405701002821..comments2023-06-08T09:25:17.078-07:00Comments on African American History, Fall 2012 : Dead Prez, Conflict Theory and Hip-HopUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872220190320311355.post-58367380950084486682012-12-05T14:19:09.615-08:002012-12-05T14:19:09.615-08:00Carson thank you for your post. I have read throug...Carson thank you for your post. I have read through many of the posts about hip hop and for the most part they do not provide the insight that yours does. It's easy to look at the flashy, "gangster" rappers and see the stereotypical rapper, but you provide an alternative image that many of us may not be familiar with. I really appreciate how you dissected the group and their message, showing that the tone of their music rather than the message conveys the same element of violence, yet they are still a conscious, political rap group. I think the movie was aiming to show that under all of the popularized, hardcore, gangster rap image is a complex identity that all rappers are grappling with, even the conscious ones. Overall, I think the media is a source of the warped image of rap and rappers; and, the major reason why many alternative rappers are overshadowed by the more flamboyant, gangster rappers, because they are ultimately portrayed as the primary representation of a rapper.Destiny A. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16351043513770303405noreply@blogger.com