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No, not really. Saying rap is misogynistic is an overgeneralization. It really depends on the subgenre which rap has many of. In the case of misogyny, it's prim

No, not really. Saying rap is misogynistic is an overgeneralization. It really depends on the subgenre which rap has many of. In the case of misogyny, it's primarily contained within the small gangsta rap subgenre, which has almost completely died out.

onewaystreet 12y ago
The "Gangsta rap" subgenre was heavily misogynistic, but as you say, it has completely died out. Most rap these days is about how rich the rapper is (Jay Z) or about racism (Kanye).
YTowOnt9 12y ago
NOT ALL RAP
- Recoil42 12y ago
  YES ALL INDIE POP
kyro 12y ago
Partially agree, but you still have rap/hip-hop club-bangers with misogynistic undertones that hit the mainstream every so often by the likes of Weezy, Lil' John, Flo' Rida, A$AP, Snoop, etc.
mjolk 12y ago
Eminem has "songs" about literally kidnapping and murdering women. Lil Wayne and Drake have a song called "Bitches Love me." Misogyny in rap isn't "primarily contained" within a subgenre of the past.
cmelbye 12y ago
Almost completely died out? Have you heard Kanye's new album?
- sehr 12y ago
  Yeezus is nowhere even near early 2000's gangsta rap, sonically or lyrically. Compare this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc0zKB88XPM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc0zKB88XPM To this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--824JnSx7U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--824JnSx7U
callmeed 12y ago
Ha. One of the faces of rap music (Dr. Dre) started in a gangsta rap group (NWA) and featured misogynistic lyrics in both his group and solo career. And, according to sources, is about to become an executive at the largest technology company in the world. If you honestly think misogyny–or, at a minimum, objectification of women–isn't easy to find in modern rap genres, I'd say you're seriously misinformed or delusional. Eminem has the #3 album on iTunes right now. Here's one lyrical excerpt[0]: Snatch the bitch out her car through the window, she screamin’ / I body slam her onto the cement, until the concrete gave and created a sinkhole / Bury this stink ho in it, then paid to have the street re-paved. [0] http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/eminem-hip-hop-we-shouldnt-accept-misogyny-in-2013 http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/eminem-hip-hop-we-shouldn...
- streptomycin 12y ago
  Speaking of Dr. Dre and misogyny... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dee_Barnes#Dr._Dre_incident http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dee_Barnes#Dr._Dre_incident [Dr. Dre] picked her up by her hair and "began slamming her head and the right side of her body repeatedly against a brick wall near the stairway" as his bodyguard held off the crowd with a gun. After Dre tried to throw her down the stairs and failed, he began kicking her in the ribs and hands. She escaped and ran into the women's rest room. Dre followed her and "grabbed her from behind by the hair again and proceeded to punch her in the back of the head." N.W.A.'s MC Ren later said "bitch deserved it", and Eazy-E "yeah, bitch had it coming." As Dr. Dre explained the incident, "People talk all this shit, but you know, somebody fuck with me, I'm gonna fuck with them. I just did it, you know. Ain't nothing you can do now by talking about it. Besides, it ain't no big thing-- I just threw her through a door."
  - xanados 12y ago
    It seems likely that he would have done the same to a male in the same situation, so I fail to see how that relates to misogyny rather than a general culture of violence.
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sehr 12y ago
Gangsta rap has been dying out, but other genres are ebbing and flowing all the time. Drill [1] for instance, is without a doubt more violent, misogynistic, and 'real' than any gangsta rap ever before. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drill_(music_genre) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drill_(music_genre)

onewaystreet 12y ago

The "Gangsta rap" subgenre was heavily misogynistic, but as you say, it has completely died out. Most rap these days is about how rich the rapper is (Jay Z) or about racism (Kanye).

YTowOnt9 12y ago

NOT ALL RAP

Recoil42 12y ago
YES ALL INDIE POP

kyro 12y ago

Partially agree, but you still have rap/hip-hop club-bangers with misogynistic undertones that hit the mainstream every so often by the likes of Weezy, Lil' John, Flo' Rida, A$AP, Snoop, etc.

mjolk 12y ago

Eminem has "songs" about literally kidnapping and murdering women. Lil Wayne and Drake have a song called "Bitches Love me." Misogyny in rap isn't "primarily contained" within a subgenre of the past.

cmelbye 12y ago

Almost completely died out? Have you heard Kanye's new album?

sehr 12y ago
Yeezus is nowhere even near early 2000's gangsta rap, sonically or lyrically. Compare this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc0zKB88XPM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc0zKB88XPM To this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--824JnSx7U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--824JnSx7U

callmeed 12y ago

Ha. One of the faces of rap music (Dr. Dre) started in a gangsta rap group (NWA) and featured misogynistic lyrics in both his group and solo career. And, according to sources, is about to become an executive at the largest technology company in the world. If you honestly think misogyny–or, at a minimum, objectification of women–isn't easy to find in modern rap genres, I'd say you're seriously misinformed or delusional. Eminem has the #3 album on iTunes right now. Here's one lyrical excerpt[0]: Snatch the bitch out her car through the window, she screamin’ / I body slam her onto the cement, until the concrete gave and created a sinkhole / Bury this stink ho in it, then paid to have the street re-paved. [0] http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/eminem-hip-hop-we-shouldnt-accept-misogyny-in-2013 http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/eminem-hip-hop-we-shouldn...

streptomycin 12y ago
Speaking of Dr. Dre and misogyny... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dee_Barnes#Dr._Dre_incident http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dee_Barnes#Dr._Dre_incident [Dr. Dre] picked her up by her hair and "began slamming her head and the right side of her body repeatedly against a brick wall near the stairway" as his bodyguard held off the crowd with a gun. After Dre tried to throw her down the stairs and failed, he began kicking her in the ribs and hands. She escaped and ran into the women's rest room. Dre followed her and "grabbed her from behind by the hair again and proceeded to punch her in the back of the head." N.W.A.'s MC Ren later said "bitch deserved it", and Eazy-E "yeah, bitch had it coming." As Dr. Dre explained the incident, "People talk all this shit, but you know, somebody fuck with me, I'm gonna fuck with them. I just did it, you know. Ain't nothing you can do now by talking about it. Besides, it ain't no big thing-- I just threw her through a door."
- xanados 12y ago
  It seems likely that he would have done the same to a male in the same situation, so I fail to see how that relates to misogyny rather than a general culture of violence.
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sehr 12y ago

Gangsta rap has been dying out, but other genres are ebbing and flowing all the time. Drill [1] for instance, is without a doubt more violent, misogynistic, and 'real' than any gangsta rap ever before. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drill_(music_genre) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drill_(music_genre)