Chambahs Posted February 16, 2009 Report Posted February 16, 2009 http://www.yahoo.com/s/1031016 I think thats so cool. It makes alot of sense to me. If you think about it, it DOES teach patience and how to see what consequences will come with what actions you take. Sure, playing chess wont necessarily enlighten someone to the point where it drastically changes their lives, but its a step, and again, it makes sense. Well, to me anyway.
»Lynx Posted February 18, 2009 Report Posted February 18, 2009 Lol@that The weird thing is, that whenever I've said that hip-hop and negative music is a reason to these stupid neanderthal sheep-like kids shooting one another, I've always got a look of 'No way man, how can you blame it on the music' but now there are established chess clubs created by hip-hop icons that reinforce that logic. I see no hip-hop in that video, all I see is chess and the traits you pick up while playing chess - patience and strategic thinking. Therefore, the negativity in the video must have been expressed in the title via the hip-hop reference. Also, I'm skeptical to chess being the reason why these kids are no longer 'bustin' caps' in each others arses, but more so they're actually doing something that may not be productive, but doesn't require sitting on their arses loitering, drinking, smoking... or whatever negative 'something is bound to happen soon' activity you can fit into this void. Further, that kids bum fluff on his top lip is annoying, somebody please tell him to stick his head out of a car doing 40 so it falls of. -l
Samapico Posted February 18, 2009 Report Posted February 18, 2009 How is bitchez, money and bling-bling negative? But seriously I'm with you on that... Not that I believe the music itself is responsible for anything, but the whole culture of it is not too far of its stereotypes. But there are people who like hip-hop music without "being hip-hop", just like a lot of "marginal" music genres (punk, emo, ...) (not that hip-hop is very marginal these days.. more like mainstream, but whatever) I'll end my comment here and go to sleep even if my last sentence did not end with proper punctuation... Because I can.
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