Panties, Pu$$y & Pills: Where’s the Variety in Today’s Rap Music?

Ebro drops gems about having balance in rap music. Gia Peppers & Marisa Mendez question whether or not the strip club ruined the state of hip hop. See what they all had to say in this episode of #TalkAboutIt.
Directed By: @AlyshaP & @DirectedByWayne
Producer: Rebecca Francois
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[@NonsoHendrix]

Ebro stays dropping gems, y'all need to turn this into a podcast

[@tna4life123]

+Ian Carter No we don't.

[@yusef21595]

+tna4life123 you do

[@BlackFridayNights]

+Ian Carter Ebro is a clown, way better people out.

[@BIGOPP718]

+Joseph Okori no love for thots.

[@darnarxz]

she should listen to different artists maybe. there's a bunch of variety in the hip hop I listen to.

[@devilsadvocate9011]

facts

[@123jeffries123]

Well she said radio ...

[@darnarxz]

Outer Space Men yeah..I jumped the gun lol. I commented before I finished the video

[@samuelalsina6478]

+Joseph Okori Joey, Mick Jenkins, Lamar, Cole, Rass Kass, Cormega, Immortal Tech, BJ the Chicago Kid, Anderson Paak. all dropped amazing music within the past year. step ya music game up for you talk b.

[@ariesmayhem]

+D Miles yeah this is the internet era, not 95 so use the internet wisely

[@iTankid]

Her forehead is amazing

[@jayinthebx]

i said the same shit

[@Ayplus]

This series turned out waaay better than I expected. Keep it coming.

[@cameosisj6007]

+Antoine Rashad Seconded. Good convos

[@basedty7776]

cold 97 talk about the same shit everyday

[@svddsosa7396]

cold 97 lmfaoooo

[@MrHENRYTHEGAME]

This is why I love Fabolous' music. He's the most diverse artist ever. Party tracks, street tracks, soul tracks, r&b tracks(for the females), anthem tracks . He will talk about the most realist shit in "Sacrifices" and you'll hear him in "She Wildin". From "Young OG" to "Cuffin Season.. From "So Into You" to "The Plug". He's dropped street mixtapes, now his next album is an R&B album. He can make any type of hiphop music, only a few can do that. Still the most underrated and underappreciated artist of all time.

[@BIGOPP718]

👏🏽👏🏽🙌🏽 my favorite rapper

[@lorenzofranco8406]

Loso the man, mayn, but, he ain't 'the most underrated and underappreciated artist of all time'.

[@citizencaine5089]

+Henri Afari The most diverse artist ever? Not even if you talking just in NY...

[@MrHENRYTHEGAME]

Citizen Caine sorry bout that, rapper! Most diverse in terms of rap, but not artist.

[@citizencaine5089]

***** That's not what I was disagreeing on. I knew what you meant the first time.

[@JJermane]

Don't get mad at the very same music you cosign, ladies.

[@gangsquad967]

I don't listen to the radio.

[@Sandland113]

Gang Squad we're on the same boat so you're not alone.I don't listen to the radio ether!

[@qdeb345]

There is a fair amount of variety in today's music. But most radio stations don't play all the music that's out there. Radio stations don't play a lot of Kendrick, J. Cole, Logic, Lupe Fiasco, Big Krit, King Los, Immortal Technique, Run The Jewels, Chance the Rapper etc. just to name a few. But every time a new Future, Drake, Young Thug, song comes out. The radio plays it out. I dont get it

[@MrJduke40]

Marisa mind set makes me wanna create a program for little girls with no dad. Save them while they young. Save the little girls from this messed urban environments..

[@duff423]

It's sad because she actually has a father

[@ChiknThighTatorPie]

+Jordan McDuffie he must've been a finish-last simp

[@getbuckets4252]

Fetty is bae? Opinion disregarded

[@williambonk3681]

+GetBuckets ya if this dumb bish wants balance stop listening to club records.... so dumb

[@imtoononfiction175]

This argument about "balance" in music or on the radio needs to stop... especially when you say an artists' one bar complimenting a women, followed by saying something sexual, is "BALANCE". GTFOH. Then, in the next breath, say y'all don't even know what songs are about. This video is clickbait as fuck.

[@dave32195]

Ebro has good head and full of knowledge man. Wish I could meet him.

[@kenn.alexander]

The rap industry has Peter Pan syndrome and it infects the entire urban community.

[@MrJduke40]

yeah it stunts the growth. it's sad and sickening for real.

[@williewright1900]

I'm a emcee an tru i agree

[@krisr8260]

Gia Peppers seem like the honor roll student / church girl that always had an opinion , but everybody knew she was freaking off on the low trying to fit in.

[@RegalToneT]

And for the record this is a very valid conversation that they are having. When you really sit down and disect what is being played on the radio and you cant tell what in God's name the song is about then houston we have a problem and as a matter of fact we been had a problem I am just surprised that we finally are discussing this. Im kinda proud, I see old man is doing his thing after years of (light jab) playing "southern music" thats shit!!

[@thablackkat9905]

Word. Especially when artists can't stay on topic. White artists are taking the music we used to be proud to make and they're making us look like fools.

[@EmrlsCommunity]

well played. a healthy conversation on the state of radio hip hop

[@jimlahey9158]

This video made it apparent that they have NO idea what they actually play on the radio lol

[@yungsh0w]

I only watched this because of that Gia peppers,😍😍😊👍.

[@RealLouiV]

+yungsh0w Why? Shorty odee regular.

[@Sandland113]

yungsh0w She's wife material!

[@OnAPlain88]

I feel both ladies. Gia wants a little bit of intellectual activity in her songs. Even though some of the songs she called balanced I really question though. You can't compare obviously heartfelt rap ballads of yesteryear {So into you by fab} to what being played on the radio today. There is no comparison between lyrical quality and production of a lot of the tracks that came out back then or even songs that are out now but don't get that much shine. Gia I know what you trying to get at but I ithink you should check out a wider variety of music not only Hip Hop.The reason why it doesn't seem balanced is because what you consider the jam or the "turn up" HAS NO SUBSTANCE. It's like going to the local butcher and demanding broccoli. You simply won't find it there. Ebro said it best when he said people can get in a box. Most people who complain about the radio sounding funny these days only listened to Trap, ratchet... Or frequent World star... On social media following some artists who put out incoherent opulence and call it music. By getting into other kinds of music you will free yourself from that boxed in feeling you get when you consume alot of the same shtick in my opinion. There ain't nothing wrong in having fun just don't believe all that hype.... In other words don't be stoopid.

[@Ana-dq7lw]

Lol Ebro is a genius lol

[@DafineDesign]

"That's holy!" "That's blasphemous."

[@dave32195]

Ebro a has good head and full of knowledge man. Wish I could meet him.

[@alliedhamilton654]

Amen Ebro

[@tambakongoh]

1st SAMPLE provides that

[@DJAUDIO1]

E-BRO dropping endless science.

[@mallamby13]

Radio complaining about radio -_-. If they didn't restrict quality rap music to a small Sunday evening time slot, this conversation wouldn't need to exist.

[@MattMcClary]

Best Segment on Hot 97

[@KingJRZJ]

agree 100% with Ebro

[@AARONKAYE]

VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC.

[@JordanClemons]

Krit got plenty of joints radio ready, love songs, introspective shit, and gets no burn on 97

[@majinpsyduck]

Dammit I thought I was the only one that did that with the cable porn

[@eseibio]

i blame the radio

[@marcelohendrix6139]

Marisa just had to plug Ty

[@southerncalifornia970]

I was on a hip-hop forum a couple years ago and somebody brought up a theory regarding rap music.. After the 9/11 attacks that's when Southern rap music started taking over mainstream outlets (I know cash money/no limit was slowly bubbling from '97-2000) but people just wanted to party and feel good and dance after the terrorist attacks,that's how the South took over. Maybe it was just a changing of the guard. N.Y. and the west had rap on lock from day 1 until about 2002.

[@nmessai215]

the issue with the west was that they were never that lyrical. They also played a part in hip hop changing for the worse. Common's "I used to love her" was a shot at west coast hip hop

[@CrimsonKiller92]

Attention all Ladies, females, and young girls. Gia is wifey material. Aye Gina, I'm about to start law school in the fall. You can be my Claire Underwood

[@Tililweet]

one thing i learned is to never listen to what people say what they want in an ideal mate.These girls will say "i want a gentlemen",i want to go on dates w/e but then they will still be harping about an ex or going to a club an getting ran thru by anybody.People dont know what there talking about half the time.

[@kinzafaiz5161]

Ebro comes through like a hip hop professor. I'd take his class any day, his fine ass.

[@maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat]

"We were just talking about how people are still stupid in 2016." ... What? I can't believe thats how you chose to start the conversation.

[@PopssJr]

damn.

[@TariqAmazin]

IF D RADIO IS SO BAD WTF DO PPL PLAY IT..ITS 2016..U R NOT FORCED TO PLAY D FUCKING RADIO!

[@lazaroclarkeii8994]

Ebro is obviously not aware of KDAY 1580am which back in the early 80's(I moved from DC to LA in 83) and they were playing rap/hip hop 24/7 all the way until they went off the air in 91. And they didn't just play west coast but east coast, and south as well. Most of y'all (unless you from LA) didn't know about KDAY until you saw "Straight Outta Compton" movie because KDAY was largely responsible for NWA's early success. But they were the first 24 hour rap station. Just an FYI.

[@ibzillah1761]

I think it's always been diverse, but who controls the speakers?

[@MadEastern]

#1 played song on Hot 97 is from Justin Bieber? smh

[@CraigBradshaw]

So.....she's starting off talking about disrespect and Ebro there just on his phone disrespecting her right there! Gotta start at your own door!

[@Blaaaaah51]

MARI MORE BODIIIIIIIIIIIII

[@gigac521]

9:55 G shiet

[@KillitoKortez]

Imagine if Laura or Rosenberg was on there phone like that

[@brandon181]

so these 2 girls knew mayb 3 of their employers top 20 songs?? but theyre complaining about how "all music" is the same. that was painful

[@altonfinklea4182]

The hills is about his addiction to cocaine

[@redz1love]

Ebro you forgot DC .....

[@Classikh]

5 outta the top 7 artist on that list were Canadian.

[@JAE_LENS]

Y'all are deadass complaining about something y'all play on the radio all the fuckin' time. Y'all hate it so much and wish the content would change but y'all play it on the radio every single day. The only time y'all play anything different from trap music is on Real Late and that's when niggas is sleeping

[@lxrdox]

+Jaelen Wilder Technically, they can't. Money talks to these radio stations, and the biggest record labels pretty much own them. Of course they're gonna play their product only.

[@eseibio]

what about the west coast

[@Sandland113]

A quote from Floyd Mayweather Who I think owns 2 strip clubs:Sex & Alcohol will never go out of style.

[@JordanClemons]

who is that? Ol' Ol' Nellz?

[@lavery0365]

Ebro can't even give the lady his undivided attention for messing with his phone, twittering, puhleeze. Is it really that big of deal bro? Forreal? Nope....

[@tambakongoh]

My vocals are raw #Tamba#kongoh

[@JordanClemons]

the irony of the title here, coming from another fuckin radio station that interviews dope artists that never plays their music.

[@immitchy931]

Gia and Marisa have to be the best writers to have jobs as bloggers. They aren't lookers by the most generous sense of the word.

[@immitchy931]

can you read?

[@michaelsanchez4959]

ebro wants to be tyler the creator/skater so bad

[@nyricaswalker1489]

and they don't even listen to the words fetty be going in on females too

[@KnotBoxing]

Mari the body probably thinks she famous now

[@Buyis]

Ebrohim is one fine ass man

[@msjuyastreet6622]

Huh? They weren't playing rap music on a regular before 1992? What is Ebro talking about? It must have been a NY thing cause it was on all the time in Detroit. WJLB 98 (97.9) was the top station for R&B, Rap, etc in the 80s. They had a whole timeslot dedicated to rap (after 5 if I'm not mistaken) so you could hear Will, RunDMC, LL, Cutis Blow, Kool Mo, etc. Am I confused? Any other Detroiters want to chime in?

[@pculiarman4858]

+MsJuya Street homeboy's history is flawed. i'm from detroit as well, and rap music, like newcleus, afrika bambaataa, egyptian lover, kurtis blow, run dmc, whodini, and the fat boys was on the radio pre 1985 on the REGULAR. u'd hear 'it'z like that', 'jam on it', and 'planet rock' like ALL DAMN DAY. stations just weren't as segregated back then. u'd hear madonna, then grand master flash, then the police, then prince, then duran duran, then michael jackson...ALL BACK TO BACK. hell, kurtis blow's 'the breaks' was GOLD way back in 1980. buy the time 1990 got here, acts like ll cool jay, salt n pepa, and the beastie boys were POP status, with songs all over the charts AND radio. and as far as '90s radio just playing "non rap versions" of songs...in 1992 michael jackson had heavy d rapping on his hit record 'jam' BECAUSE rap was so big.

[@tambakongoh]

Do You @Tamba Kongoh

[@tambakongoh]

Do You @Gia Peppers @Ebro @TambaKongoh

[@youtubed3951]

lol marissa

[@TheSupinesmokey]

Ludacris good lovin

[@RoamFM]

I made a song about fuckin' called "Sex Noises"(Check it out). Whats wrong with that? None of us would even be here without some boinking going on. Lol

[@amnesiahazecronik8805]

Jeremih vs The Weeknd

[@dos32zh]

Marisa is a freakkkkk lol Balance major key!

[@urineanxiety]

the woman on the left is cool

[@Flipper35]

This just in... Scotty Beam is thick as creamy peanut butter & tastes even better. That being said, she needs to be in more Hot97 videos. That is all

[@mikethevicious]

rns... Scottie fine as fuck

[@pculiarman4858]

there WAS, IS and ALWAYS WILL BE diversity and balance in rap...the mainstream media just doesn't reflect it. just like it blames NWA and other black rappers for glorifying misogyny, violence, crime, bastard children, and drugs...and introducing all this to rap. well, remember these lyrics? "father to many, married to none and in case u'r unaware i carry a gun stepped into the party, the place was overpacked saw the kid that dissed my homey and shot him in the back man, i had to get a beeper cause my phone is tapped u better keep ur mouth shut cause i'm fully strapped i got money in the bank, i can still get high that's why ur girlfriend thinks that i'm so fly i've got money and juice, twin sisters in my bed their father had envy so i shot him in the head if i played guitar i'd be jimmy page the girlies i like r underage girls with boyfriends r the kind i like i'll steal ur honey like i stole ur bike my father, he's jealous cause i'm making that green i've got a list of girlies' numbers from the places i've been ...there it is." lyrics by legendary, white, hip hop group the BEASTIE BOYS. and they went QUADRUPLE PLATINUM talking like this way back in '86, a year before cube, eazy and dre blew with it.

[@ilexx876]

Marissa smh.. If you listen to the Joe Budden podcast you know not to take her seriously..

[@tolvera97]

50 Cent was a balance? Ahahah stop it This Rap game always been like this

[@FALUKYOURMOM]

How the fuck Justin Bieber the most played?

[@Warhorse1UK]

Gia Peppers talks about having balance, but she is not exactly balanced herself. Throughout this conversation, she skipped over all the ratchet and expletive sexual stuff, and went for the romantic abstract bullshit. You have to have both. Congratulations, you played yourself

[@n-ciddy1678]

I completely understand what the girl on the left is talking about tho..Talking about sex in EVERY SONG is so boring and has no substance whatsoever..The fact that this is what people want more of in music just shows how people don't have taste for more meaningful music. I find it hard to believe that music about effing hoes is really meaningful and good stuff to listen to ALL THE TIME...Maybe it's just because I'm an artist, but I would much rather listen to the real songs that have some meaning to them if I had to choose between the two, if it was a choice between that and ratchet songs the rest of my life, just saying

[@coronado718]

also ebro shouldnt even be in these convos

[@Fernisdope93]

this is living proof that hot 97 is lame and irrelevant, we are in a new golden age of hip hop where you can find music from just about any topic on the internet. It's like they don't listen to any music outside of what radio plays

[@EZ95]

what is with these "talking about nothing" do you even listen to lyrics? fetty be simping and pandering to women that it makes drake look better. foh

[@amity111plus]

They sound like hypocrites...

[@FettiMagazine]

Boohoo! Radio DJ's are completely biased. They are not allowed to tell the truth and say if an artist or an artist's music is garbage. The mainstream radio DJ's job is to tell the people that every song on the radio is hot. That's why real people don't listen to this trash that's on the radio.

[@theguru2249]

Ebro doesn't brag about getting girls? Hmm, lies child

[@rizzla47]

lets face it,shes right,,rappers arent talking about jack shit anymore cause they're all man-children,,not one of these rappers are fucking men with ideals and beliefs like Pac etc,,they'll try replicate any old hit that works and sell singles,not an ounce of individualism in hop-hop anymore,,still some lyrical and flow skill with people like Kendrick but for the most part,,rappers need to fucking up their game,or dont bitch when they get replaced,,,bullshit wont fly forever lol

[@rizzla47]

+john doh sidenote,yes Pac was hypocritical and changed his beliefs as he grew,,but at least he fucking believed something,and the ability to grow,learn and adapt to a new belief when your old one was incorrect is not a weakness,its a strength.

[@TopFlightSecurity415]

marisa a freak lol

[@TopFlightSecurity415]

True Journey lmao!!!

[@Joeslim86]

Y'all radio people so called killed hip hop

[@winslowsewell]

J.cole is the only valid artist on that list, everything else is garbage. Damn, know that I think about it I haven't listen to the radio since Ed Lover and Dr. Dre morning show era.

[@JLC4LIF3]

Marissa hop off ty dolla $ groupie

[@louieloveslondon11]

This is terrible, and ebro has to insert himself in everythingg

[@lpgrv71]

there is XM radio where you can listen to songs of old R&B joe blackstreet carl thomas etc so if you dont like the new school music which i dont you can turn on old school R&B i think its the younger generation like the 20s and early 30s but hey you girls allow the young men to talk to you like this so hey it is what it is . i dont listen to none of that crap i dont like drake or nikki or trey cause these guys have no real skills lyric wise or music i listen to smooth jazz and neo soul like ledisi and Dwelle and Robert Glasper Lalah hathaway thats more my style but im 45 so your ear for music will change and grow up too as you get older more mature .

[@nyricaswalker1489]

this is not too accurate

[@daryllights]

here you are: soundcloud.com/daryl-lights-1/reminicent-3-5-16-mp3-2

[@zuuwuucfc6391]

go listen to drake there's your balance

[@Dave....]

Marisa could get it. She dress like a ratchet but she cute and got a nice shape.

[@immitchy931]

+Dave fish spot?

[@nmessai215]

I disagree

[@Dave....]

nmessai215 disagree with what?

[@peepsi23]

+Dave did you ever seen this bitch without make up and her shape from behind? you may change that thought

[@Dave....]

Peepsi DT she don't got a nice ass? Her thighs be looking on point tho

[@TheAndreCato]

Hagel much?

[@asafbeats6342]

Nott even nessa supafine ass yo nessisito por favor

[@mallygardner2124]

wasted 19 mins of my life