Gangstagrass (Tom Bogan Blues ROFL)

[fightingquaker13]

Here ya'lll go. Was that the sound of banjos? Yeah. Paddle faster bitch!!!! Sorry, but this one just amuses the the hell out of me. Fox (FX to be precise), the conservative, family values channel, just had the season finale of Justified. An uplifting story, where the two protagonists bond over shooting their fathers in self defense  in the season finale. You can't make this stuff up. Listen to the theme song, watch the show (they are both good) and give Tom hell, because that's aways fun. Its also a racially uniting moment. You take musically inclined ghetto bangers, equally musicaly inclined trailer trash from the holler. You put them toghther and they transcend race and bond over ...guns and shooting cops?
FQ13 Who is ROFL and apologizing to no one.

[fightingquaker13]

One more. I love these guys. Ghetto, redneck, and armed. What's not to lilke? All American, and not to be messed with.
FQ13 who thinks Sledge and Steve might want to apply a bit of this. These guys are the coolest thing since The Pogues and Flogging Molly. I mean how often do you hear some one say yo, I'm a Brooklyn nigger over a banjo tremelo and then explain that no one will take "their silver sided Gatt," while yodeleling', then go back to rap about how they are going to kill you? Screw turntables. Real men rap to banjos and mandolins.    
FQ13

[philw]

i like that   

[atmiller]

I did like that intro on Justified.  Even better with the full lyrics. 

[crusader rabbit]

Move over, Quaker.  I need some room to ROFL with you 

[Sponsor]

[Ichiban]

Sorry, that is just so wrong on so many levels.  Like steer horns on a Maserati, it just doesn't work once you get past the novelty of it.

FWIW & IMHO: While rap has it's place in music gangsta-rap lacks any socially redeeming qualities.  "Keeping it real" is just an excuse for a lack of talent and glorifies so many of the things that are wrong with a large portion of our culture.  But as long as people are stupid enough to buy that crap I'm sure no talent mopes will be lining up to sell it.  It's been that way since the start of time.   I weep for our culture. 

[Pathfinder]

Sorry, that is just so wrong on so many levels.  Like steer horns on a Maserati, it just doesn't work once you get past the novelty of it.

FWIW & IMHO: While rap has it's place in music gangsta-rap lacks any socially redeeming qualities.  "Keeping it real" is just an excuse for a lack of talent and glorifies so many of the things that are wrong with a large portion of our culture.  But as long as people are stupid enough to buy that crap I'm sure no talent mopes will be lining up to sell it.  It's been that way since the start of time.   I weep for our culture. 

It was some years ago when Charleton Heston read the lyrics to one of the more despicable elements of "gangsta" rap to a very very upper crust audience, including the head of Warner Records IIRC. The lyrics were from an album released by Warner.

Hip hop has its moment, gangsta rap needs to be put in the trash - along with its lying, cop-killer-wannabe, misogynistic, grill-showing, drug-dealing, sideways hat wearing POS no-talent practitioners.

[tombogan03884]

It was some years ago when Charleton Heston read the lyrics to one of the more despicable elements of "gangsta" rap to a very very upper crust audience, including the head of Warner Records IIRC. The lyrics were from an album released by Warner.

Hip hop has its moment, gangsta rap needs to be put in the trash - along with its lying, cop-killer-wannabe, misogynistic, grill-showing, drug-dealing, sideways hat wearing POS no-talent practitioners.

Censorship based on YOUR morality ? What a novel concept.
Isn't that what Hitler was doing with his book burnings ?

The Lyrics CH read were from the song ( ? ) "Cop Killer" and the audience was the annual stock holders meeting of Warner.

[m25operator]

Jimmy Rodgers meets Gangsta, oh the Horror.

M25 who is a Jimmy Rodgers fan, but the opening music to Justified is cool, I like the show too, some stinkers, but some very good ones. The women are VERY nice.

[PegLeg45]

Ya wanna talk 'bout ol' timey 'gangsta rap'?
How 'bout some OG, Robert Johnson and his 32-20 Blues.

 
PegLeg45, whose late father-in-law had a nickel plated 32-20 with 'Robert Johnson Special' stamped on the barrel.