Will political hip hop suffer if a Democrat is president?

The "political hip hop track" question sparked a thought in my mind. When Reagan, Bush I, and Bush II were in office there was plenty of good political hip hop. However, with Clinton political hip hop was limited. Obviously the hip hop community is a liberal one, so if we elect Obama or Hillary, do we see a decline in political hip hop. Just a thought.





(Obviously, I'm not saying I'd rather have political hip hop than a better system of government, so don't bring up that point)





By the way vote for Brian Moore for president.

Will political hip hop suffer if a Democrat is president?
Yes...because most of the political rappers know ish about politics beyond what the media presents about the president...if a Democrat does win, then Immortal Tech and the like will have their content cut in half
Reply:the early to mid 90s produced some of the most insane hip hop to date, so if thats how it works than bring back the democrats.
Reply:i dont think its a matter of demo/rep hip hop is always going to have some political issues in it.... when it was started (hip hop) that was one of main topics to ryme about.(poverty, guns, drug ect) ... whats going wrong with the government and i feel like no matter who is n office weather it be black , white, latino, demo or rep,,,, we are still basically going to have the same issues..... they are not gonna fix them cuz its set up this way 4 a reason,,,,,,, to keep certain people down while making certain others richer.... just my thoughts i study up alot on thses topics....
Reply:Great question! I don't think it will now - not in this day and age. The damage this Bush administration has done has left scars that will take a very long time to heal. Whoever gets in next has got their work cut out for them.


Plus, I'm not American, so I see first hand the effects that American forgien policy have on the world - although the neo-cons have doen the most damage, the Democrats aren't exactly saints either.


There's still unfair distribution of wealth, paying for healthcare (seriously, in a country where it's free, I just don't get that one), Iraq, Israel/Palestine, inherent racism - the list of things to rap about is endless.





(btw, this answer isn't a diss to Americans, I don't like the way people run things in my country either!).





Edit: I KNEW this answer would get me thumbs down. Oh well.
Reply:nah.. it wont suffer.. there will always be politics to talk about , even if it's positive.. but our country will never be perfect no matter who;s in office and there will always be societal problems to rap about and shed light on... i just think that over the past few years, the poorass job the gov't and president have been doing has EVOKED alot more political songs, than normal because it's so overwhelming how sh!tty of a job this administration has done
Reply:They can rap about Congress lol.
Reply:well history repeats itself, so if there was a decline with the dems. before....it could very well happen again if one slips into the whitehouse