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Why isnt UK Rap big in America?

Started by Maximus, Nov 23, 2016, in Music Add to Reading List

  1. Maximus
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    in response tho that, future, thug and a few other rappers nowadays are harder to understand, and i could see that being a barrier for other countries to accept

    lets just use kanye for example, everyone can understand him so it's okay

    for a UK rapper to be big in america, would he need to tone down the accent and slang?
     
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    We don't need you to listen to it.
     
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    just curious as to why it hadnt caught on, thats all
     
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    cultures develop though to the point where mumbling rappers and ghostwriters are acceptable
     
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    bruh future and thug use american slang

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    when people say like "rap culture" what do they mean exactly?
    like is it, the upbringing of it? is it the "dont sell drugs instead rap and make it out!" is it the "i come from a life of miss fortune and unfair treatment"? or is it some race related thing?
    genuinely curious, because like "American rap culture" (imo) really isn't that different to say Aus/UK the only difference is that white rappers in Aus/UK are far more common. but as far as content goes it's very similar (in a broad kind of sense)
     
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    yeah thats what i mean, and why i can't see them going international
     
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    yea cause melodies matter more than lyrics rap culture isnt that old bro its relatively new history wise so of course its gonna go through changes

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    were the foundation of rap so were rap culture

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    its cool to understand why some things havent taken off in America, because IMO some of the best rap talent is in the UK
     
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    we founded it so no one else can do it cause were the best at it
     
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    no yall can do it but dont complain when yall arnt popular over here we are the spotlight yall arnt because rap is our culture im not trying to be a d-ck im just being real u can take it how u want of course yall are part of it because u add to to the culture but thats a very small part

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    yeah so Australians born into ghettos and rap to make it out are just culture vultures stealing the American way of life from underneath them
    :what22:
     
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    oh okay that makes more sense
     
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    those rappers are only hard for you to understand because you don't smoke weed, pop pingas and sink lean with the boys. they aren't even accents, they are people speaking while high on drugs.
     
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    it makes sense

    but i still don't understand how talent counts for f--- all
     
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    not getting your meaning on that line

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    Bad choices in op but

    Americans are plebian this has been known
     
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    like someone can rap their whole life and build up their skills as a rapper

    but the fact they have an english sounding voice makes them totally irrelevant
     
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    Grime mcs are way better than hip hop mcs imo but worse at making music
     
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