Are there any positive rap/hip-hop songs out there?

Question

My brother was just wonderin' if there are any positive rap/hip-hop songs out there and not about drugs, s*x, money, thug life, etc. I don't listen to rap/hip-hop so I am just hopin if y'all know. Please and thank you.

Answer 1

yes there are hundreds. open your eyes and look around you instead of listening to the media **** about rap and hip hop all being a bad influence.

Answer 2

i can awready tell what Kind Person  ur Bro. is...

Here Goes a Good one...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHQ9DLZt_...

...REALLY Makes U Think..

Answer 3

h**l yeah man, i gotchya,

lil wayne, T.I., Crime Mob, NWA, Brotha Lynch Hung, Esham, Koopsta Knicca, Wu Tang Clan, Da Lench Mob, Ice Cube, Ice T, Shawty Lo, Lil Scrappy, Lil Jon, Boosie, Pastor Troy, Tupac, Killer Mike, Eminem, Dr. Dre, try some of them, they gots all kindsa nice songs.

Answer 4

its not like those songs are negative...really

Answer 5

Lets see, I have about 1400 on my computer.

Try ANYTHING by

Common

A Tribe Called Quest

Mos Def

Talib Kweli

Lauryn Hill

Outkast

The Roots

De La Soul

Jurassic 5

The Pharcyde

Hieroglyphics

Lupe Fiasco

Kanye West

Pete Rock and CL Smooth

Heavy D and the Boyz

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

Afrika Bambataa

Shad

K-Os

Brother Ali

K'naan

And a good majority of the songs by 2pac, Nas, Rakim, KRS One, Blu and Exile, Black Eyed Peas, and Cunninlynguists.

Then there's political hip hop like

Public Enemy

Immortal Technique

Dead Prez

Jeru the Damaja

Jedi Mind Tricks

Pharoahe Monch.

Answer 6

try Lupe Fiasco. he's definetely a positive influence on the hip-hop community and is personally one of my favorite rappers.

Answer 7

hard to believe but there are like:

kanye west

wyclef jean

akon some what

lfye jennings

here are a few of there songs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2N8cAGJP...

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

This is the best one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujl3cLm3Q...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMv3fwbML...

seriously lyou and your brothers listen to theses songs

there are some more but these are my favs

Answer 8

stop listening to the radio and mtv ****

There are trillions of great rap artists with positive rap songs. Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Blu and Exile. You're forgetting the fact that rap is poetry, poetry is usually positive.

Answer 9

you should try Mos Def and Talib Kweli for the positive side of reality... the drugs n violence when not glorified is real too because they can be used as life lessons.