A lot of gangster rap has good grooves, and sometimes witty lyrics, but the glorification of gangs and violence against women is total bullshit. IMO if you are serious about gangster rap, you are a tool. I guess that's the moral of this story, anyway.
Sorry, my gut reaction in always with Eazy-E. Speaking of, NWA was very popular before this meeting was to have taken place. But I agree that its a cool read, true or false. CA is the worst for prisons. They are so overcrowded that they co-opted a prison in MI that was slated to be closed. They now ship some lifers to Northern MI, and I would have to imagine other states, too. Crime keeps falling, and the incarceration rate keeps climbing. Explain that; I know I'll never figure it out. One would think that as the number of criminals dwindles, so too would the number of individuals sent to prison. Thanks to the ultra criminalization of drugs, we will always have a hefty stream of "criminals" to take care of.
This does bring up a lot of interesting issues and I keep going in circles about people needing to take personal responsibility for their actions vs. the world around us being able to affect us in negative ways. I'm curious, does anybody here know about the real state of gang warfare in California today?