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Money's just a tool, a greater message was that he felt trapped and was trying to express to plight of his people. Idk if enlightenment was the right word, maybe a revelation for him and money is an enabler. Impossible to say, as I haven't interviewed the guy, nor can I read his mind.

 

Here's another song:

 

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He's trapped?

 

The blight of his people?

 

It's honestly one and the same.

 

The "man" isn't keeping him down, he's got the same opportunities, parental influence aside, as everyone else.

 

The "trap" is his own culture, the way it muddles his "people" into poverty and crime.

 

I'm just saying, the "man" who keeps him down is his own.

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I've definitely started getting into rap/hip-hop recently (I classify hip-hop as the music and rap as the lyrics or whatever). I'm mostly into older, smoother and more positive artists like A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul and LL Cool J (mostly). The more "socially conscious" rappers that reflect on society rather than talk about how great they are all of the time.

 

It also bothers me a bit when people say those who sample are "talentless" and "lazy". Artists like DLS and ATCQ do it very well.

 

Anyways, here are some of my favorites:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRrM6tfOHds

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1CaN4thI5w

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hendrix was a piece of shit for more than just that, luckily his music is dope

 

it is what it is

 

john lennon might be best music example of scumbags who made influential music

 

that revisionist history son

 

i don't got much nice to say about lil wayne even his most popular stuff i don't like

 

oh lollipop got me laid so i guess thx for that lil wayne

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