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Rappers Tone Down Their Bling

April 16th, 2009 12:08pm EDT Post a comment

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ATLANTA (AP) — The hip-hop world is a less bling-bling place these days. The music genre has been defined as much by diamond-encrusted watches and platinum chains as its gritty urban lyrics.

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Thu Apr 16 2009 15:10:36 By: LisaLaggrrr (

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Its about time. That is an ignorant way of showing that you've "Made it" considering that it is more about luck than talent, and you are rubbing in the face of your fans that while they may have trouble paying rent, you have jewelry worth enough to feed in entire country in Africa. I'm sure some people want to see this from their rap icons, but it is time to put some real thought into things, not just "ooooh, sparkly!"

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Thu Apr 16 2009 19:15:22 By: d0nt _j0ck_my_shet (

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nope dat was too much to read

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