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Hailing from mean streets himself, Seal grows passionate when talking about gangsta rap. "There are millions and millions of kids in the ghetto who just want to get out," he says. "And then they see their idols like B.I.G. and Tupac who do get out and what do they do? They make videos of loads of women in Jacuzzis and scantily clad and refer to them as ho's, taking the whole ghetto life and glorifying it and showing that this is what you have to aspire to. People that glorify this kind of life-style don't love themselves...
...depressing as it is to admit, it is a sad fact of life that gangsta rap just isn't what it used to be. Gone are the glory days of Dr Dre's The Chronic, Snoop Doggy Dogg's Doggystyle and 2Pac's All Eyez On Me in which rap was a fearless institution that was invigorating because of its intelligent presentation and smart, pulsing sounds...
Which is a damn shame, because rap has always made the musical world far more interesting, not only through its sharp, well engineered sounds, but also by the way it has always thumbed its nose at the conventional standards of society. While the ideas that gangsta rap preaches, such as cop killing, are far from condonable, they are presented with such obvious showmanship that ultimately the music is simply a harmless, creative outlet. Although gangsta rap is clearly fading, there are still several bright spots remaining, one being the West Coast trio of Cypress Hill...
Requesting--and instantly receiving--a Glock .45, a Smith and Wesson .45 and a Smith and Wesson 9 millimeter made us feel like we had somehow entered Hughes brothers movie. Fluorescent pink goggles and industrial strength ear-muffs punctured our delusions of gangsta grandeur, however...
...launch a line of urbanwear in 1999. Beastie Boys has a record label, a magazine and a clothing line. Rapper Master P is set to co-star as a computer specialist in Takedown, a movie from Miramax's Dimension Films about computer hackers. Master P may play a gangsta on his CDs, but in Takedown his character will work alongside the FBI. Says Andrew Rona, vice president of production at Dimension: "I'm not sure what it is, but [rappers] speak to their generation. People see them in a role, and they relate...