2/27/07
Jose
Chicago
This, and other top-quality PBS programming, discuss real issues that unfortunately are not openly addressed in a nationwide forum. We are all taken hostage by our natural tendencies toward greed and self-centeredness. It is extremely important for us as individuals, to search within and find our true selves, accept our fragile state, and seek spiritual awakening. This is the only path that will allow us to celebrate the richness that is life, while encouraging us to continue struggling to stand firm in the face of life's many challenges. As for the documentary, excellent and very telling of all the above.
2/27/07
Stephen Sobers
Gaithersburg, MD
Q1-my perception hasn't changed only cause i knew already what the film exposed...and i've felt this way for a looooong time
Q2-not much positive has happened with the exception of Gospel hip hop and some of the teachings in SOME of the churches these days on being a man, loving God and having a healthy masculine understanding based not any
preconceived notions of being superior to women...but knowing being strong doesn't mean making someone feel weak
Q3-being in radio i know for a fact what mr neal said is TRUE...but the sad thing is its almost become a circular argument...a what came 1st the chicken or the egg scenario...sort of the musical/video version of high fructose corn syrup...once its tasted then that expectation of sweetness is the norm even though its really really bad for you!!..and worse its addictive...so now being a thug is the norm...and the portrait of black and brown America is booties shaking, crystal flowing, money wasting, ice flashing, 20 inch Im riding, pants sagging trap stars with sex and murder on their mind...despite the high incidence of HIV...HERPES(for sex) and prison(for crime/drugs-murder)...and now the victims of broken families now perpetuate the situation...the addiction
My comments on the film
EXCELLENT!!!...on of the best documentary's I have ever seen...my friend Steven Fill looked really really bad in this film and i know he knows the answer...but like me and so many of us in the "biz" we're doing the same thing jada kiss referred to...sadly at the end of the day we're trying to feed our families but the cost of doing so is incredible and untenable
2/27/07
Stephen Sobers
Gaithersburg, MD
I saw the hip hop independent lens documentary last nite... This was by far the most moving, educational, inspiring, informative, piece of film that I've ever seen about hip hop!!
2/27/07
Terrence Fultz
Frederick Maryland
I enjoyed the film but how come you didn't hold the women who appear in the videos more accountable?
2/27/07
Indianapolis, Indiana
Los Angeles, Ca.
First, I want to say I thoroughly enjoyed the segment on Hip Hop that appeared on PBS. I want to say that the culture of Hip Hop is powerful and I would have to say that all of us ave made it what it is today. It is rebellious, joyous, discriminating, uplifting and more. I am a 41 year old man and I absolutely love it but I also have to remember it's entertainment. Hip Hop is art imitating life and vise versa, some folks rebuke it altogether but as I said before we created this. Hip Hop is a platform where artist can express real life incidents, whether they experienced them or not. The fact of the matter is these incidents, people can relate to especially when you put a sick beat behind the lyrics. It is the world in which we live, hustling is a 40 plus hour work week and it doesn't always mean selling drugs. TY
2/27/07
Markus Cuff
Los Angeles, Ca.
The Hip Hop doc was great, the excessive censorship was annoying.Due to the subject matter it's important not to gloss things w/ blips.Of the people who care to watch this show who could possibly be offended? OK-a few words, maybe, but 's***'-that's getting silly.It's a shame when adults have to watch only HBO to get the full deal.'Viewer Discretion' should be bannered and then--if ya can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.' The doc was vital, Chuck D is a sage,so tell it like it is and don't cower under this 'politically correct' era/ administration.
2/27/07
Cyrus Read
Girdwood, Alaska
I too love hip hop and thought you made a good point in your show, but you came up short in one regard: covering the conscious hip hop this bearded white Alaskan who can't dance listens to every day. You make it seem as if conscious lyrics died in the early 90's, when it is a style like jazz or the blues that bloomed from its roots in black America as a uniquely passionate and original style of music. That is what I hear in people like the Primeridian, J-Live, Jean Grae, Zion I, Lateef, Immortal Technique and Aesop Rock. These and many other conscious artists of every ethnicity and class are carrying another incredible contribution to American culture past what the corporate interests are trying to make it. In your show, Mos Def is in the background in some shots, but why not display some of his poetic and thoughtful lyrics? These people who are speaking poetry over beats are on another level from those that you covered in your show, and should have been shown to juxtapose BET rap with REAL hiphop, whichI believe is seeing a renaissance in style and culture that is spreading another African American musical innovation around the world.
Also, not all white hip hop fans are like that putz in daddy's SUV. There are many that can hear passion in poetry over beats, and appreciate it for what it is.
2/27/07
Ty
Los Angeles, CA
Great documentary. This documentary says what thousands and thousands of black people have been saying for years about commercial rap music. Which is that as it became commercialized, and as the target market became white, and the majority of the consumers became white, it turned into a modern-day minstrelsy show designed not to uplift or inspire the African American community, but to entertain and titillate the "white" community. That is where the money is and that is what ultimately directs the content of commercial corporate sponsered rap music. Ironically, when the smoke clears the young white male audience can just walk away, wondering 'what is wrong with black people?,' without taking any responsibility for the commanding role they play in destroying hip hop.
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