"What passes for a '40 and a blunt' good times in most of hip-hop is really alcoholism substance abuse and chemical dependency. When brothers can talk so cavalierly about killing each other and then reveal that they have no expectation to see their twenty-first birthday, that is straight up depression masquerading as machismo".
Rap has come to a point where it's about how "gangster" rappers can be. How often they get drunk or smoke a blunt with their brothers is their way of having a good time and these are the stories they can rap about. They live life with no care about themselves because they don't expect to live long. His relates to our society since many believe that in order to be cool or to live life you need to act like a thug or act "hard". |