Why Hip Hop Hates Will Smith: The Darth Vader Theory I The Breakdown REWIND
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
- Will Smith (AKA The Fresh Prince) has definitely left his mark on Hip Hop, but he seems to be constantly and unjustly overlooked whenever the greats are mentioned. Even after all he’s done for the culture, why does Hip Hop hate Will Smith? Let’s break it down…
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The first Murs video in so long and its a reupload 😢😭. Come back murs we miss you
He's probably to busy touring with Strange Music
I remember back in the height of the pandemic in 2020 I was going through some shit. Couple of close friends had just passed, I was still struggling to get out of my old life as an addict and dealer. I was driving at like, 2 A.M. on the interstate on a warm summer night, windows down, road empty, and 'Summertime' came on and like... everything gelled for a moment. I dunno how to word this, but it was the first time in a long time I'd felt alright. So yeah, I have respect for the man.
If there's a hip-hop critique of Will Smith it's that he was never able to break out of that simplistic pre-1988 rap flow. He already sounded old school even in the late 80s and early 90s.
? Big Willie Style didn't ahev that style. His flow on getting jiggy with it was more modern.
not true at all his flow on Gettin Jiggy Wit It (and the whole Big Willie Style album) definitely was a late 90's flow, and his albums in the 2000's flow were very modern
Super dalse, his flow actually evolved over time and stayed really current. Dude is highly adaptable when it comes to rhyming
One of the my favorite breakdowns ever, didn't realize how underrated Will Smith was as an MC.
Also cool for mentioning Jazz since I saw him DJ'ing at a concert last month.
Shout out to Joyner Lucas for showing props to our heroes, while they are still alive.
Remember Will Smith won the first Grammy? And they ain’t even recognize Hov until Annie
ONLY PEOPLE THAT HATE ON WILL ARE TRY HARDS. WILL HAS A CLASSIC FOREVER WITH SUMMERTIME, SOMETHING NOT MANY CAN DO OR EVEN HAVE
I watched this video a year ago when it came out and I thought it was really insightful and it made me rethink Will Smith. For what it is worth I am a 42 year old white guy that went to high school in the 90's when hip hop was exploding. I came back to this video when Joyner Lucas did the song/video "Will" because I remembered how much I liked this HipHopDX video and it made me think.
Just saw Will Smith slap Chris Rock at the Oscars, and honestly my first that was "Who's Darth Vader now, bitch."
I know, right
All this is eclipsed by the fact that he slapped Chris Rock
If you ain't jiggy with it we can't be friends.
"To sit on my throne as the Prince of Bel Air!"
Let's not forget
HOUSE REAL BIG
After the Will remix... I beleve every artist RESPECTS the hell out of my boy Will! The legend!(pun intended)
Biggie smalls even references Big willie style on Players Anthem by junior mafia. So you know will smith is certified
Maybe it was a term and Will ran with the name on his album.
Willie used to mean "player" or "baller" back then... a person getting money is stackin bills. Bill is a nickname for William, and Willie is also a nickname for William. When you getting big bills, you're a Big Willie. He wasn't biggin up Will Smith.
Will Smith didn't invent Big Willie Style
Summertime and Brand New Funk are 2 of my favorite songs of all time... not just fav rap songs either. Great video
This is a very well thought out video. Kudos.....with that being said will Smith deserves a little more credit than he gets......
i come back to this video so often. one of my favorite videos on youtube. miss you, murs
Even this video cant get the love it deserves. Will's music is so underrated
So sad how hip hop to this day does not mention him or dj jazzy jeff
True hip hop heads love and respect Will Smith. The fuckin Fresh Prince. Also shout out jazzy jeff one time 😤🔥🙏
Moody Blues that’s facts, Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince is a historic duo, and Will is a slept on lyricist. There’s a reason they still book shows 🤷🏿♂️🔥
So happy to get a video let's break it down 💯💯 💯
I think it has to do with the despair of the nation for decades through the mid 90s. It would also explain the rise in popularity of grunge. The youth were angry, and wanted that reflected in their popular culture. Plus the popularity of cultural (African American and Italian American) exploitative films in the 80s and 90s that romanticized gang violence. The Vader theory magnified a 1000.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve shared this video. I genuinely feel like every hip hop fan needs to watch this. Even if just for some perspective.
You brought back some memories with this one.
I love Will Smith as a rapper, a human and as an actor. He is so wholesome.
he is evil look at his kids.
Well well well
@@nigelnyoni8265 😂😂👋🏾
How the turntables
This comment aged great
Say what you want, but Will made hiphop public.
Yes and no. He was one of the many pioneers to assimilate hip hop out of the alternative lexicon and into the more mainstream flow, but no the sole progenitor of that
Doomie Sonofprince I agree. Will and Jazz had a HUGE hand in the commercialization of Hip Hop, but they had some help. You gotta mention RUN DMC, The Fatboys, MC Hammer, and a slew of other acts in the 80s that had a big part in that too
You see the same thing with Chance people hate on him for being positive lol Peoples idea of corny is literally just happiness
I had a new balance ad that had Jaden Smith in it. That’s the funniest shit ever
I don’t think people necessarily hate the good guys. I just don’t think people can relate to them. Thats my best guess.
Drop Zone Media people relate more to the good more than bad guys not everyone is a Gangsta that’s just what they try to be
Deandre Jackson guess u got a point there. Well there ya have it
I missed this Murs videos, comeback man
What’s with the repupload? Is Vlad running HipHopDX now?
😅😆😆
Will Smith is a legend, but his acting career surpassed his rap career.
While he had a few dope albums with DJ Jazzy Jeff, they're pretty dated in that corny '80s rap sound which doesn't help his case, and his solo albums were hardly classics. A few big hits here and there, but that's it.
Dope storytelling MC with bars and punchlines, sure. But he doesn't have the body of work to be up there with the GOATs.
will just killed the remix, he is a legend
It aint summer until the DJ plays "Summertime". That song will never die. Also BRING BACK MURS ON THE BREAKDOWN!!
I feel inclined to agree, but not on the basis of just hating on the nice guy for being a nice guy.
Villains and antiheroes just seem more attractive and interesting to talk about, whether it's movies or books or personae. People just love the bad guy. It's this fascination with the darker side of humanity that for some reason keeps drawing us in...
I'm sure there's some literarary, philosophical, or psychoanalytic determination as to why. But I am not that organized in my thoughts to give an explanation, so I just take it as this social cultural that somehow grabs our attention and doesn't let go.
This is a really great video. I'm just now getting into hip-hop primarily 90s.
Na this is old and I would like some new material please...I definitely been waiting
Tbh no one cares
pay for it
I remember watching this a good while back now it's re-uploaded I see good timing
Different material, similar title.
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - A Nightmare On My Street was the first rap song i was allowed to listen to. I was like 5 or 6 and my dad had the cd is his car. I am now listening to it and it is bringing back so many good memories. I am very happy now.
I miss videos like this in this formant
Yes! Welcome Back Murs! We missed You!
DienamicDEVO its a reupload tho
ALL FACTS. It’s very easy to overlook these impeccable stats, because of what the accepted norm is. And your point about Drake, spot-on! Having to occasionally mention some gangsta shyt (knowing he ain’t no thug), so he can be “edgy” enough for the mainstream. Smh. Will definitely never faked to be something he’s not. He kept it 1000 through it all, and continues to. Plus he played ALI. Nuff said.
I agree with this more than anything. Will can Rap circles around a lot of rappers. The Fresh Prince of Bel air is a classic. He had some great movies. Will is one of a kind and he is from Philly 👍
West Philadelphia born and raised
There's not a person on Earth that can't finish that phrase!!!
Bars
Because he slapped Chris Rock
We gotta do another one on E-40 and Silk The Shocker. The comments on Silk videos have me dying laughin on the floor, but Silk that guy lol. E-40 hands down, one of the greats
Grew up watching Le Prince de Bel Air (yup that's the French translation) and yes we all learned the song not speaking a word of English and that's all Will's impact. It's about damn time people put respect on this great man.
Yaaaaasssss a murs video and congrats on the album
I love seeing someone with MURS talent and credibility giving Will Smith props. This is amazing. Love them both.
Please update this.
YESSS welcome back Murs
He will be always the Prince of Bel Air to me , GOAT
Hip hop doesn’t hate Will Smith we think his raps were super corney and his son’s a weirdo but we don’t hate him
1017 zoe majority of rap back then was corny lol
His raps were dope for their era, he was just not "street."
Jaden Smith is disgustingly underappreciated.
Just gets hate because he's Will Smiths son.
Anthony Moore exactly. People forge to realize he was in the era where his raps were “in”.
@@vincients569 His music by itself, is nothing special.
Yo my man, Murs!
Crazy. This a re-upload.
incredible video and argument and bro is so right cuz i knew all this about will and still never thought of him as top ANYTHING. We gotta fix that.
Time to do a follow up
Speaking straight facts. The Star Wars comparison brings it home for me
wait, this is a reupload!?
Lmao finessing views
Yup it is
Had to rewatch after seeing that Will remix
You raised great points 👍
Will. One of the greatest ever
Ong
this is my favourite video ever.
You’re back :3
Me and Will Smith are almost exactly the same age, Sept-Dec same year. I'm a white guy that grew up listening to everything, my first taste of Rap was the Sugar Hill Gang, then came UTFO many more but I don't want to waste time on here. Then came DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince! Man I loved them guys! Back in those days all of us black and white listened to everything. You turn on your "boom box" and you could here TFP and Def Leppard in the same 15 minutes, then they would play Michael Jackson, and I loved his work too!!!! What did it mean then??? NOTHING! It meant you liked all types of music! Then in the end of 1988 came NWA, and I tried to listen to it, but it did not have the same effect as TFP, or Michael or LL UTFO. It pissed me off bad, the rap scene or hip hop however you want to put it became so culturally diverse that I refused to listen to it. It was almost like Racism took form as music. But wtf do I know, I only grew up with it and watched it unfold into the mess we have today...
I dont think hip hop hates will smith, rap and some rap culture does. But he gets respect from some of your favorite greats
I used to think Uncle Phil on The fresh Prince was Suge Knight
Lol this guy is my only reason I’m still subbed
Also why is he using a gaming laptop? Is my boy a true gamer?
Urm! Educational rappers like KRS1?
Part of the reason Will is overlooked is bc he DISSED rappers 4 cussin' @ tha 1999 MTV VMA's & the rap community NEVER 4got dat!!
Idk what hip hop u talking about caption person but “our hip hop” nyc, black, latins we like will smith. He never sold out, never tried to be gangsta, he a good family man and some sht. So whats the problem?
Bruh I can't name a single person that hates Will Smith.
Now?
@@trocustar3450 yeah my comment didn't age well
So will Smith is basically the rap version of the rock
This is starting to happen to Chance too I swear.
Hi guys, maybe you could try a video about the Theseus paradox in Rap,
Crazy Fact, the presenter and Will Smith both kissed a man before
Bro I love Will Smith because I grew up on him but I would never fix my lips to say he's in my top ten.
Love the video 😌😌💖☯️
After chance the rapper i gotta say hell yeah
facts!
It's simple. Will Smith was too nice and a people pleaser in hip hop. He never shown any aggression.
We gotta remember that people were trying to punk Pitbull until he punched someone publicly in the face on stage for getting money thrown at him.
Guess what. Pitbull never changed. He stuck with the club music suited persona.
Will Smith should have stuck with the club rapper too. As a matter of fact, he should make a comeback or at least tour.
Love the laptop
Hip hop doesn't hate Will otherwise he would not have sold so many records 🤷🏾♂️
Hip Hop doesn't hate him. But he's not an actual emcee, he doesn't make you feel anything from around the block or that feeling you get in your chest from certain punchlines and competitive flows and patterns. Hollywood made him as big as he is bc his movies are great but his music isn't. The industries make his music seem great but real emcees know that's not true
The breakdown on a Tuesday?!??
Im all that was basically a response to ppl who dissed him
that shirt is fire!!!!!
Will is always a GOAT.
Though this conversation has been had before...
Here.
He's usually left off lists because he's no longer seen as a rapper.
The last time he rapped for real was when kids were kids.
And, even then he was an actor.
The last time he was strictly a rapper was when him, Jeff, P.E., Salt & Peppa, and everybody else was boycotting the Grammy's.
He's transcended the title.
And, the sound is different.
Kids call Ross old.
What you expect?
NOT THE JERSEY GIRL CLIP!?! 😂🤣😂🤣
To not mention chance the rapper was kinda crazy. Might have slipped ya mind but he definitely is in that Good guy rapper lane.
I remember this video having a lot more views, I wonder what happened
I think that Switcheroo song was on lost n found🤣
I say hell yea
Big Will is alwayz clean , funny, love every races and stay positive in hip hop music since"" fresh bel air era ""
Thats why east and West coast Gangsta'z mafias nation Maybe hate him in my opinion
Im right or Not ?
Peace all of you
All live matter coz yes we can
My opinion, Will Smith was the best. They hate him because he kept it CLEAN!
Where’s Murs and Justin at?
I don't think that hip hop hates will smith because he a awesome person that I look up to as a role model when I was kid. So no I don't think that hip hop hates will smith I think the producers and the people that don't his music on the radio no more that hates him
Yay
He's one of my favorite rappers
Feels like Deja vu.
Throwback Tuesday?