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Originally Posted by Mercury Rising
I doubt to the highest degree you will find any popular rap songs devoid of problematic lyrics or implied sexual/criminal themes, in fact the only ones I would imagine that don’t have those would be gag ones, like raps concerning computers, religion, ect.
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Hey, what's so bad about nerdcore? (Yes, that is an actual subgenre of hip-hop.)
I found
this thread with some options, although I have to question some of those songs (including Beastie Boys' "Fight For Your Right To Party"--read the lyrics sometime--and DMX's "Party Up", whose lyrics are past the line for a FIRST event, even when edited). Any way you slice it, someone's going to have to put 'em all on the iPod (or Walkman, if you're old-school) and give them a listen before using them.
Paging through my collection, a few that come to mind:
-Virtually any Will Smith (try "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It" and "Miami" from
Big Willie Style--avoid
Willennium at all costs)
-Black Eyed Peas, on occasion (suggested: "Let's Get It Started" from
Elephunk--note that the original edit was called "Let's Get Retarded", so check the label)
-Any Linkin Park (but listen first on
Reanimation--it doesn't have a PA sticker, but I know there's a few choice words on there).
If I think of more, I'll edit.