May 17, 2015

Was it over the radio?

If it was then it doesn't count as getting into hip-hop. I also doubt that you, back then as an 8 y.o., would be able to understand rap.

 

May 16, 2015

Being from NYC, I was always surrounded by Hip Hop, especially Rap and graffiti. I didn't start taking it seriously until 94-95, when I was 9-10 years old. And a huge part of that was my uncle who grew up in the Bronx when Hip Hop was forming and also some cousins from the Bronx who were into what was popping in the 90's. My uncle put me onto older artists and my cousins put me onto the best artists of that era. Even my father would play "Planet Rock" and "Rapper's Delight" in the car when I was a kid.

 

May 18, 2015

My parents listened to every type of music you could think of, they bought every Eminem album, even both d12 albums.
The last Eminem album they bought was Relapse. We had/have a system whenever an album came out.. we wouldnt listen until all of us were together in the car.. my father used think the obie trice line ''I never would have thought that I'd see you out of control
Even though, my penis was deep down in your hole'' was hilarious, he used to rewind that s--- 20 times lol
In school my classmates thought it was cool as s--- to hear my parents listening to Eminem when they'd pick me up from school... my parents had me when they were very young & the rest of my classmates parents had them when they were in the late 30's & 40's, so their parents were old as s---.

There was a guy who lived in my area who was 11 when i was 1 years old, ive known him since then, he practically lived in my house as he was here everyday, my parents practically raised him, So i would consider him family, well, he introduced me to artists like NWA, DMX, The Notorious B.I.G., Outkast, Snoop Dogg, D.O.C, Nas & so many more. So i was introduced to rap at such a young age that its fused in me.

 

May 18, 2015

Hearing a song on the radio can be a gateway into getting into a specific genre is what my point on contention is.

Why can't people say they got into hip-hop thanks to Eminem at the age of 7-8 or whatever? Just because you may not like it doesn't mean that it's impossible.

And your continued parent comment is just painful. No one was given MMLP at the age of 7. You're just making up that point over and over again to fit your agenda.

 

May 18, 2015

I'm not bullshitting.

I didn't say I eagerly seeked out hip-hop as a 7 year old. Like I said radio was a main source of hip-hop because it dominated the airwaves. Not to mention music vids etc.

Mate, no need to make things personal and take a dig at someones parents.

You talk with generalisations and assumptions within your posts. Would it k--- you to read my posts, digest it, comprehend the thing and just accept that that's how I got into hip-hop?

Getting into hip-hop doesn't mean I had to willfully seek out material like a music nerd.

 

May 18, 2015

It was the gateway to my interest in hip-hop and what 'got me' into hip-hop. You don't have to understand the lyrical content to be pulled into the genre.

But you're too thickheaded to understand that anyways.