Rappers and their Mommys

Gildwulf · #1 10-29-2006, 03:37 PM

Hi all,

I got a question for all those rapxprts out there in OOT. I was going through my itunes and listening to some nas, tupac, etc. and realized there is a pretty common theme for rappers: they like to write songs about their moms. Nas' 'Dance' is about how he longs for one more dance with his momma. 2pac writes a letter to his momma in 'Dear Momma'. Eminem bitches out his mom in 'Cleaning Out the Closet'. I don't really think this theme shows up in any other type of music.

So why is it such a phenomenon in rap to write about your mom? It seems kind of strange that these guys who put on such a front of being tough and balla, etc., etc. write entire songs about a subject matter that is generally considered a little sissy.

Enlighten me please.

GW

TxRedMan · #2 10-29-2006, 03:38 PM

it shows up in country music.

Iconoclastic · #3 10-29-2006, 03:38 PM

Oedipal complex

diebitter · #4 10-29-2006, 03:41 PM

A boy's best friend is his mother.

The Yugoslavian · #5 10-29-2006, 03:42 PM

It's the only subject where a rapper can be "sensitive" while still keepin' it street.

Yugoslav

loveminuszero · #6 10-29-2006, 03:42 PM

tupac wasn't so hard i could probably beat him in an arm wrestle

bisonbison · #7 10-29-2006, 03:50 PM

Because a lot of rappers were raised only by their moms, and they're grateful.

How hard is this stuff to figure out?

IggyWH · #8 10-29-2006, 03:50 PM

Most don't have fathers so their mother raised them alone. While you hear about it frequently in hiphop, talk to anyone who was raised just by their mother and they will have strong feelings about their mother.

Gildwulf · #9 10-29-2006, 03:54 PM

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Because a lot of rappers were raised only by their moms, and they're grateful.

How hard is this stuff to figure out?

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I just thought it was an interesting question, easy there internet cowboy.

I guess if you want to get into the causality, rappers are more likely to be lower income and lower income people are far more likely to be raised by single moms.

bisonbison · #10 10-29-2006, 04:02 PM

I just thought it was an interesting question, easy there internet cowboy.

I didn't call you a moron, I didn't tell you to think for 10 seconds, or to actually listen to the songs and put the pieces together for yourself. I didn't even say 'terrible thread'.

That was easy.