Top 5 Reasons Why Hip-Hop Is Dead!!
Posted on March 21, 2007 4:47 AM
My Girl Queen Princess did an interesting female perspective on why many argue the fatality of Hip-Hop. As you all know this debate is always a good one. When I read her shit, I was impressed at how well she put her thoughts down.
It’s pretty dope. I wonder why we don’t see more women in Hip-Hop. I remember when Foxx Boggie, Kim, and Da Brat were all on the scene, the shit was getting a little exciting. Hell even Angie Martinez looked promising for a minute…I said a minute.
Here’s her shit, check it out.
Top 5 Reasons Why Hip Hop Is Considered Dead":
In the year 2007, it is likely to hear people talk of the long awaited Hip-Hop album releases and who’s really hot. Though with almost an equal amount of negative characteristics to Hip-Hop, it is also likely to often hear a simple three lettered phrase, “Hip-Hop is dead.” Now, this doesn’t mean go throw Nas and Jay in the bin, it just means that the art is due for a major repair. There are a number of reasons as to why people turn away from today’s mainstream Hip-Hop, and these are my top 5 reasons.
#5 Over population
The music industry is overflowing with new artists from every corner of the world, and countless musicians are being signed on a daily bases. It is guaranteed that every hood, suburb and major city from every state has some rapper representing a specific area code. There’s the addition of our legendary Hip-Hop artists trying to make crazy comebacks. Then, there are also the artists who just linger. It’s one thing to consecutively drop hot albums, but when they start sounding way off tune, it’s time to take a break and think things over. And don’t forget about those artists who intentionally make one hit just to get a little money. These are the ones who are just taking up space.
#4 It Just doesn’t Bang!
Sometimes, only sometimes can rappers get away with an album based solely on beats. People may say the album deserves a hearty “boo” and two thumbs down, while others may appreciate the way their speakers bang when they’re driving around town. Anyway, if your sound system is on point, you can’t even hear the lyrics. There are times when the artists’ lyrics may be up to par, but if the flow or the beats aren’t there. No heads are nodding, no physical action is taken, no bounce, not even an occasional hand clap. In short, it just doesn’t bang!
#3 Mediocrity/similarity
Okay, so you have a collection a CD’s. They’re by different artists and you like them all the same. Though when you play the best 3 or 4 songs on each CD, there really is no variety in the sound. Hip-Hop is a viscous game and when it comes to solid 5 mic albums, it becomes hard to compete. The rap game has been tricking consumers for quite sometime now. An artist releases the first single produced by one of the big time hit makers, and it gets major radio play and club spins. The second single is a slow jam aimed at the ladies. This one blows up too, but only for a minute. Now, the artist almost has you. He/she waits to drop the CD, because they might not move enough units with just those two singles. A week or two before the release date, they drop the collaboration track. Whoever is the current hot artist is most likely to be featured on their collaboration, or what I like to call the “Persuasion single.” You buy the album to find it’s a flop! That’s never a good look, or in this case, it’s never a good listen.
#2 Mass media/Consumer Criticisms
The world of “Hip-Hop” has evolved greatly over the past few years. The reason I put Hip-Hop in quotations is because Hip-Hop with the inclusion of crunk music, hyphie tracks and instructional dance toons (i.e. The snap dance, walk it out, motorcycle, two steps, rock ya hips….must I go on?) doesn’t parallel with the roots of original Hip-Hop music. Besides the music in general just lackin’, we have the mass media criticizing lyrics and overall messages being portrayed in the music. Inappropriate videos and lyrics have become the central focus of Hip-Hop instead of the actual art. Consumers as well just don’t appreciate the music anymore. There’s a reason that the Backstreet Boys and N’Sync sold more records than almost any Hip-Hop act. They knew how to target their consumers. Hip-Hop heads don’t trip if words were forced to rhyme, or if a song isn’t in correct English. We all know that’s not what Hip-Hop is about. Though, now-a-days it’s just getting ridiculous. Song and album titles like “Dat firs Dey”, “U ain’t craken no headz” and “Krank dem feet” just don’t do it. Is frozen molasses in the minds of people who come up with this stuff?
#1 Lyrical Content
Lyrical content goes along with the beats. If the beats aren’t of good quality, then an immediate downgrade is presented. Even if an artist raps over a Neptunes or Timbaland beat and messes it up, the other thumb turns down. Hip-Hop started out with lyrics being the main focus of a song. It wasn’t all making club hits, but rather portraying positive message. These days no one is saying anything in their songs. All but a few artists are talking about the three G’s; Goons, Girls and Guap. Where are the conscious rappers and why are the few that we have overshadowed by club mobs who are steady leanin back? The substance from songs are MIA? I feel like I’m playing where’s Waldo. Except when it comes to today’s Hip-Hop game, I feel like I’m playing where’s anything? Hip-Hop heads should not listen to an entire CD without once saying, “Man, that’s deep” or “I never though about that” No I’m not talking about the rapper killing someone either, I’m talking about conscious topics. Write your lyrics before you go in the booth if you have to. There’s no scoreboard in the studio calculating points for going in off the top. Bring Hip-Hop back. Do CPR on the lyrics, Heimlich the beats or something. Artists! Just bring Hip-Hop back. Maybe then we can have a huge revival with some good ol’ Hip-Hop music.
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I do whole heartedly. I think baby girl is going to have a bright future ahead of her if she keeps her attention, and hustle up like she’s been doing. Check out her work in Streetz Magazine, Raw Magazine, Magazine 101 and School of C magazine. Also, she writes weekly hip hop art and fashion related columns for Format magazine.
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she's right hiphop has no substance these days and people are becoming retards listening to jus about any bullshit put out there.
people prefere to listen to someone with a swagger than somoene with lyrics.
hiphop is dead
The generation born during the late 70's to early 80's are the only ones who can appreciate where this all came from, how it started, and what the art form is really about. The problem for todays artists is we don't buy any of the BS that the recording industry is spewing out now. Which is why the execs had to turn hip-hop to mainstream pop, just to be able to even target 8 year olds with an allowance who never heard of Juicy but damn sure well know how to shake they Laffy Taffy or Walk it out. Hip hop isnt dead. It just didnt age right. My generation is getting older, while hip hop is moving backwards, not aging like a fine wine, but turning into Sesame Street to a beat.
So true every word....pt 6 though....bitter washed up rappers/execs...not willing to sign new acts...I call it "the recycle vibe"...the fans are tired of the same faces calling the shots...that's why you see the same niggaz gettin put on...look at the west....how many times we gonna see those same cats?...ny...let those new cats thru....pap...jae mills etc..the game period needs work...and why would anybody listen to anything positive when you see tv and radio and all they promote is trash...so who do you blame hip hop...or the powers at be that keep inking this bs?...labels don't want positive cats they want the dum shit...you gotta understand that the avg consumer has a 8th grade education..that's why were stuck with the BS...hip hop aint dead...real rap is dead hiphop is leaning and rockin...going hyphy and siippin drank with grillz and ballinnnnn...sad.
top 5 reasons
1. tony yayo and that damn dance
2. young jeezy no rhymin crack music
3. lil zane chingy and bow wow
4. rated r artist being slep on (webbie)
5. veterans get no respect (ice cube did't even go gold and his cd was bangin.
6. 50 snitch
you're talking about hiphop all the time in this blog... but do you know what hiphop is?
it's as much art as it's culture!! and hiphop consists of 4 elements! DON'T FORGET IT!
callling your little blog/site HipHop ans only focusing on rap (even if its good music) isn't right!
you talk about the culture and what the problems are... think back! remember back in the day... there were bboys, graf-artists and djs along with the mc (who early on just introduced the dj!)
but what do i, a white kid from austria know right?!
cosign to everything in this article...though no one is going to do this anytime soon
I cosign everything in that article! There are too few quality artists out there. I'm tired of the coke talk, the guap-talk, etc. I don't need to hear no "tip-drill" everytime i turn on the tv or radio.
I just cant bring myself to go along with the whole hip hope is dead thing i hear what yall are saying i listened to everyside while standing by the road and though i thought that i would be left by myself when i choose not to hop aboard the "Hip Hop is DEAD" bandwagon there where still people standing there with me when that truck pulled off in the end its not what the "Big Buisness" is putting out there it's what we as a people, Black, White, Asain etc. Decide to listen to. Remember when passing judgement that every thing has it's purpose. Dance tunes are for just that dancing. Back in the day's in a state of depression slaves made songs some sad some happy but all were made to bring the people to a certian point. If all day you think of political things and all of that then buy a Talib Kwali (my bad if i spelled it wrong) Mos Def, Common Sense Cd. If your tiered of stressing and just want to let loose buy some hyphe, some Crime Mobb etc. If you want story telling my favorite Buy that Nas, The New Devin the Dude, all in all I just think people need to stop blaming others "Artists" and blame there selves we are the ones who pick the cds off the shelves. People say "well I can't help it, thats all they play on the radio thats all i see on the tube" Tell me what record lable exec was sitting with you in your car or at your house on the couch with the Gun to your head saying "You bet not turn that channel" LOL. Turn it off it's not hard to Turn it off. Buy what makes you happy and try to rub off on the youth around you not by saying to them "this is what you should listen to, that other stuff is bullshyt" but instead by saying "O that's what you like ha well take a listen to this its just as good as that and there nothing wrong with you liking more than one thing ya know". I have so much more to say but i will leave it at that all love to those who acctually care about the music the artistry and the overall power music has on the masses!!!
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I agree with all your points. Hip Hop is the new jazz, it incapsulates a time and the new material is a watered down reflection. It lacks any substance. Like the old saying "if you don't stand for something you will fall for anything." Well Hip Hop doesn't for anything anymore. No variety and no law of governing.
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Pick up that new Devin the Dude
Not dick riding, shyt I dont even know the dude but when you truely like something you want to share it with all that are willing to listen
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Hip Hop wasn't just a music, it was a movement and that movement is dead. Rakim, Kane, Kool G Rap, De La Soul, P.E., BDP, Tribe Called Quest, Jungle Bros., Heavy D, Queen Latifah, LL Cool J (Mama Said Knock You Out Era) all had classic CD's out in the 88-92 era. I can't name one classic CD that came out recently. Good maybe, classic nah.
Yes, that is true but you have to think about how prevalent the oppression of blacks and all other races was. I’m Not saying things are better now I’m just saying thing aren’t out in the open like they used to be Malcolm X, Martin Luther Kink Jr. had to be in the forefront then because it was out there like that causing a movement. Every one you mentioned in the forefront because though hidden the problems were still there same for Tupac and The Notorious Big. The thing is I feel like we are doing an injustice to those who are still speaking and trying to guide us now, by saying Hip Hop is dead. I feel like it is a slap in the face to those who are reaching there specific following crowds. Remember a life form isn’t DEAD until every Cell in it has no way of functioning until then Hip Hop is alive I still breath what I feel is Hip Hop I still love what I feel is Hip Hop!!!!!!!
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Damn I forgot to mention Epmd, Biz, Brand Nubian, Das EFX, the list goes on. Damn try name acts that drop hits like that era. It was contageous, everyone was trying to top each other.
I feel u Gin, its just disheartening that everything that is on the radio that get the publicity is crack rap. Which wouldn't matter if it didn't directly impact what is being released
Fa sho pimp, but for the dope bois that's the music they trying to hear cause that’s the life they livin, but believe you me i feel ya on all ya points. I guess at the end of the day all that can be said is to each his own. Lets just hope that people will start using there brain and being individuals start buying what they like and not just what they think everyone else is into!!!
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Anyway, yeah she pretty much on point. Artists like Talib Kweli and Common should not be the exception but the norm. I don't care how crunk Yung Joc makes you feel, he still needs to take his lyrics serious. Too many ppl, particularly women, give these simple rappers a pass. Until we change the standards of what makes a good hip hop track, it will be dead.
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HIP-HOP IS NOT DEAD AND HERE'S WHY:
It's 2007, and you have the following major events happening:
- War in Iraq
- Idiot President
- Weak economy (as compared to the late 90's Clinton Administration)
With that said, people don't want to hear conscious/depressing reality rap music, they just want to feel good about themselves! Like seriously, why would I (if I were just a casual, suburban hip-hop listener which I'm not, I'm just generalizing but that is who is buying albums) buy a Nas album, when I could go buy a Rich Boy album and sing-along to Throw Some D's and feel happy and have a good time???
The only reason you hear rapper's talking about the "Three G's" (Goons, Girls, & Guap) is because in these times, that is what matters. The average hip-hop consumer (suburban white male 18-24) can relate to his love of women, money, and acting macho with his friends. This is the same reason why Gangster flicks always do great at the box office too.
I can honestly say that the next time Hip-hop can flourish again is when:
- The hood starts buying albums. (Then you'll have the right to complain about the state of hip-hop, because right now, seeing as how you (minorities, myself included) are not the main consumer of the product, the marketing is not going to be tailored to you and that is why you hear the same shit on the radio 20x a day).
- We have a strong economy again.
- No war, the country is at peace.
SO BASICALLY, STOP COMPLAINING, BUY ALBUMS, AND WHEN THINGS SWING BACK AROUND, THEN YOU'LL SEE THAT HIP-HOP IS ALIVE....
WELL, FOR NOW THAT SHIT IS DEAD! HIP-HOP IS VERY EXPRESSIVE BUT, I THINK THAT THE LABELS ARE USING THAT TO THEIR ADVANTAGE AND SAYING SHIT.."THESE MOTHER FUCKERS ARE IGNORANT SO LETS CAPITALIZE ON IT".."LETS FEED THEM THE IGNORANCE THAT SURROUNDS THEM AND WE CAN KEEP THE IGNORANCE ALIVE IN THEIR SOULS AND THEY WILL PASS IT TO THE CHILDREN AND WE WILL BE RICH BEYOND OUR YEARS" AND WE AS PEOPLE EAT THAT SHIT UP AND DO JUST WHAT THEY WANT US TO DO..THEY LEAD US TO WATER AND THEY MAKE US DRINK. I HAVE PURCHASED 5 CDS IN THE LAST 6 YEARS..CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT? I HAVE BEEN A HIP-HOP HEAD FOR A MINUTE MAN (30) AND I USED TO COP LIKE 2 TIMES A WEEK! I BOUGHT NAS, ROOTS, TALIB, COMMON, JAY AND GAME..THAT TELLS YOU WHERE HIP STANDS WITH ME!
Rap became dirt when it lost its best storytellers. Just listen to ANY pre-1993 Ice Cube albums/songs and you will hear great storytelling/rap the way it was meant to be done. Also, Hip-hop sales died out when stores charged $14.00 for a CD and you can get a bootleg CD for $5.00 and it sounds just as good or download just the one good song on the album for $1.00/free. The music content has to change for the better 'cause I'm not living the Champagne Dreams and Caviar wishes lifestyle and neither are you or anyone that you know. Hell, even the artist aren't either. Don't let them fool you.
Hip hop is dead because of the fickle audience it attracts. I recently moved to Atlanta and this music is straight garbage. D4L,FRANCHISE BOYS,LIL'JON,CHERISH,YOUNG DRO all had a song out at the same time about the same dance?! WTF? Who gave the ying yang twins a record deal? That's complete bull in itself. There aren't any true lyricists any more. Nas, Common, Talib Kweli, Jean Grae are true in it's purest form. But living in the South, I'd have to say it's pathetic down here. 50 cent came out dissing Ja Rule because he sings on records and now the G-Unit AKA The 5 Heartbeats sing on almost every song. What's gangsta about having 20 bodyguards?! The South doesn't pay attention to lyrics. Get a tight beat, catchy hook, and you'll get a deal...i promise.
IF HIP HOP WAS DEAD YOU WOULDNT BE TALKING ABOUT IT.
Hip hop is not dead. The artist that many about are still here and still making music. It is not being played in the main stream anymore. If you want more uplifting lyrical hip hop then you need to check out the undergroud scene or when the more lyrical artist release an album GO BUY IT. It is crazy to claim that hip hop is dead because it is alive. What is the level of OUR participation. Are we illegally downloading the music. Are we support artist that we claim is hip hop. Are we really? Are we voting though lyrical video on MTV or BET? Are we requesting it on our radios. Hip hop is a CULTURE. Rap is the music. WE CONTROL THE CULTURE so if we want 'hip hop' back, lets stop complaining about the content and vote and request the rap we want to hear.
BK Jay Was right.
Hip Hop was originally an education art form/American Peace Movement meant to liberate the humble massses and Stop Violence in america. But Guess who fucked it up....
Another sign that hiphop is at least dying: None of the journalists, rappers, DJs and other people debating whether hiphop is dead even mention breaking and graffiti.
First of all I must say that I find it more than strange that hip hop finally "died" when the south started representing.
Anyway, All music goes through times when the "norm" just aingt good enough and it has to reinvent its self. So.....stop worrying hip hop is fine.
if all they guna talk about is booty and fine ass femalez and getn high n bustin caps...ur guna loose ur audience easy...cuz it gets old...fast
Yo hip hop is not dead. Its you narrow minded people that even bitch about it in the first place. I bet 97% of you haters are from above the Mason Dixie Line. U guys are upset because what you call hip hop is dead, the hip hop u grew up listenin to is dead...yea son i said it..."hip hop is music of many forms" - Mony Love..But yet she says that what Jeezy does isn't hip hop. She contradicts herself with statements like that..So if someone lives in NY, a hip hop city, that makes him a better artist...U say we make dance music,,well isnt that a form of hip hop, dance? I mean what is conscious music, stuff like Talib Kweli, Common, or Mos Def?? I could say so but your own city doesnt support these artists..Why havent they gone platinum like the rappers down here and else where...Because your hip hop is dead..Wat happened to DEF JAM,,,in the 90's , they were the premier record label for rappers, north or south,,,what do they have to show for it...NEYO and RIHANNA. Where are your rappers that make "hip hop" music...Most of em aren't eatin cuz they too worried bout wat we do down here...I agreed with JEEZY,, hip hop lives in the south now..You have to accept that. I tired of you bitched complaining that hip hop is dead..STOP HATIN and enjoy the music...At the end of the day, were not getting any money from these artists..SO I suggest we just let them do what they do to eat..And stop hatin cuz yo bitch cant pop lock and drop it, and two step. And dont be mad cuz we sellin records,...and i bet niggas in yo hood snappin in tha mirror at the house..oh yea i forgot you guys do tha aunt jackie..WOW THATS HIP HOP
Well for one I'm over forty so I've seen the rise, ascent, leveling off, transformation and declination of rap/hip-hop(or what ever you call it these days) music over the last 25 years
Iagree with quite a few of you...most of the artist nowadays are carbon copy cookie cutter clones of some other artist of maybe just a few years ago...I mean the lyrical content is insignificant and uneducated jibberish at best and who better to understand it that people of the same low class mind set, now I'm not saying this is the norm but being of the coorperate mind set I find it hard to take serious someone who spells young like this...yung, is this person of Korean descent or another person who says cuz instead of cause...in order to be taking seriously you have to be serious. I cant imagine all the 15-29 year olds today listening to an oldies station 25 years from now and still being able to identify with this music then. There's been a resurgence in old school R7B stations because many have been turned off by the lack of talent, message and lyrical content of todays music. How many different ways can you rap about your 22" rims, your money, your mouth grill(which is a serious health hazard to the gums by the way)the party life or how much some kid spends on a bottle of wine...be it East or West coast it's still recycled ryhmes and in more cases than not recycled beats. having spent 25 years in the military and literally have traveled all over the world I've seen R7B music in many contries. Kuwait for example is today where rap music was in the mid to late 80's with the spandex, cut-off shirts, addidas sneakers, and big hair but it is growing and have you evr even heard a pakastani hip hop song...I have and it's not pretty,
I'm just saying let the music evolve on its own everything runs it's course and eventually will die or fade away...just like rock & roll music and a new and more socially aware genre will arise from the ashes.
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YOU WANNA KNOW SOMETHIN HIP HOP/RAP AINT DEAD, IT JUST CHANGED ITS NAME BECAUSE IT WAS TOO ASHAMED TOO HAVE ALL THESE CLOWN ASS "RAPPERS", SO IT WENT UNDERGROUND SO PAPOOSE COULD GET HOTTER THAN ANY OTHER SIGNED RAPPER. KANYE WEST HAS BEEN ABLE TO HOLD IT DOWN FOR A WHILE BUT FOR HOW MUCH LONGER. I REMEMBER WHEN I CALLED 50 CENT DAT HOOD SHIT BUT NOW HE IS PLAYED OUT AND WACK. I HOPE MY FRIENDS MAKE IT INTO THE INDUSTRY WITHOUT CHANGING HOW THEY ARE TODAY. BECAUSE THEY MIGHT BE THE ONES TO SAVE RAP BECAUSE WHEN REAL RAP EXISTED MAINSTREAM(NAS, JAY Z, BIG, PAC, SNOOP, AZ, ICE CUBE,WU TANG CLAN(NOT THE CLOWN DANCE) AND EVERYONE BEFORE THEM. RAP PASSED THA BATON AND NO ONE WAS THERE TO PICK IT UP, SO THE SOUTH DIDN'T KILL RAP, THE NORTH DIDN'T STEP UP TO THE PLATE WHEN IT WAS THERE TURN AFTER THE OLDER GENERATION OF RAPPERS STOPPED, SO THR NORTH DIDN'T BIRTH A GENERATION OF ORIGINAL MC'S......IM NOT EVEN DONE TALKIN BUT LEMME LEAVE IT UP TO SOMEONE ELSE TO FOLLOW UP O WHAT IM SAYING.
Before I make my brief comment, "Supreme", your point is totally without merit. You throw the reasoning to "hard times". If we are under such hard times, why would this music genre be so pathetic as it has become? Why is it that during Vietnam, American culture produced some of the most expressive music to ever come from this continent? Why in the wake of economic turmoil did metal come to fruition? After the First Gulf War, Death metal become a major, innovative force in metal and rock subgenres as a whole???? I mean, these are the times when emotions are high, and so should the art be. PRIME EXAMPLE: The Ghetto is a terrible, oppressive environment- why would hip hop arise from it if "bad times cause bad music"???? Your premise cannot be extended beyond this illogical stream you created.
Anyway, all I was going to say is that Rap has gone the way of Punk. It is fragmented, diluted, safe, uninventive, and stupid. A few maintain the old spirit, but it is largely dead and ignored. Rap has probably been commercialized to an extent even greater than punk to be honest. Get used to it, because it'll only get worse. Rap influences will be a dime a dozen, but the old "real" stuff'll be dead.
The South Don`t Make Hip Hop Dead Mutha Fuckers Just Jealous The South Run this Shit Fuck Static Fuck Mobb Jeep And Hip Hop Ain`t Dead Its Just No Lyrisicm In Hip Hop No More.
Young Dro Ain`t Garage Hes The Future Of Atlanta U Dick Head Now Dj Unk,The Allicane,D4l,DFB, Fuck Up Hip Hop The Danceing Ass Niggas But Far As T.I,Jeezy,Joc,Dro,Luda,JodyBreeze They Is Atlanta The Sou
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hip hop aint dead, it just evolved and people aint ready for da evolution. it is still real lyricists out there, nigga im a example. go check out my music page on myspace www.myspace.com, and dat aint nowhere near my best. as long as lyricists like me is alive, hip hop will neva b dead
She makes some good points. Mainstream rap is dead, but there is still good music being made out there.
The Streets, a British rap group, fronted by writer, rapper, producer Mike Skinner is as good as it gets these days, in my opinion. However, the fact that he's white and British, and uses British slang, is why he's not recognized as widely in North America
There are others, like Atmosphere, but beat wise and lyrically, The Streets really tare it up.
Take a listen to them. Namely, "Has it Come to This?", "Let's push Things Forward", "When You Wasn't Famous", "Hardest Way to Make and Easy Living" and "Hotel Expressionism"
the REAL hip hop resides at Def Jux...
Though with almost an equal amount of negative characteristics to Hip-Hop, it is also likely to often hear a simple three lettered phrase, “Hip-Hop is dead.”
That phrase has 12 letters, not three.
Hip Hop Dead? - well if you dont explore outside the radio hits.
P.P.T. - they will change your mind.
Hip hop is viscous?
Having the characteristic of viscosity?
Or having relatively high resistance to flow?
That sounds like the opposite of what hip hop is to me.
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These reasons are so vague. You could say them about any genre of music. Hip hop compared to other types of music is so versatile and constantly changing and adapting. I think it's long from dead. I'll go so far to say not only is Hip hop not dead, it's bringing many past forms of music back to life. The Grey album is a perfect example.
i grew up around this kind of musci from day 1. my mom turned on 2pac the day she got out of the hospital with me so i don't agree. hip hop is fine the way it is. where i live (grand cayman) ppl think that hip hop needs to keep going the way it is. lets face it the old skool is so...plain the beats werent heavy at all just lyrics. i dont like that at all. 2day most tourists give me the disgusted look because i listen to 2pac on my portable stereo. if hip hop went back to the old ages it would cause such a revolt among the commnity. it's only white ppl i notice that attak hip hop. wanna kno y? cause your parents won't let u listen to it from an early age. also because you go and shoot som1 after u listen to a song and then blame it on the artist.
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Hip Hop isnt dead if it does die it would be becouse of the *fans* there are good artists puting out good things but hearing a crappy abaybay or crank that ruins peoples impresion on Hip Hop. ex. of good artists Lupe Fiasco (his new album was great), Kanye West, Nas some of Chamillionaire , Ludacris, and Eminem.Dont let 20 out of millions of rap songs ruin ure opinon on rap/Hip-Hop. Explore a little dont just watch Mtv's videos(the little amount of videos they play)
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the south and the east coast really needs to stop fighting before it comes to another coast war like east vs west but it will turn out to be south vs north. another war like when they fought in the old days, (north won) but fa real though, if u like that snap shit, you wack for real. i aint tryna be hard over the keyboard and i hope a dumb nigga dont try and get hard back cause u wont say it to my face. but we can all party but the point is, yall dudes that do that snap shit, aint creative, and u cant say that it is because someone else already done it. niggaz been crankin that for the longest, souljah boy aint the first, TRUS ME! people like MISSY AND TIMBALAND are creative. SWIZZ is creative, especially the get me bodied joint, no singer ever sung over a hip hop beat like that. niggaz need to get creative and do something new instead of following this trash. (not just the south, but most trash comes from there). trash comes from new york too, the west side and up north too. not just the south, but yall do got alot of trash fuckers that dont say shit. OH AND FOR ALL THE GIRLS CRANKIN THAT SOULJAH BOY, LET ME TELL YOU WHAT IT REALLY MEAN, HE'S REALLY SAYING SKEET ON HER BACK AND PUT A BLANKET ON HER BACK. DONT BELIEVE ME GIRLS, GOOGLE IT! THAT SHOWS YOU THAT MOST GIRLS (NOT ALL) DONT REALLY LISTEN TO MUSIC. LOL
the south and the east coast really needs to stop fighting before it comes to another coast war like east vs west but it will turn out to be south vs north. another war like when they fought in the old days, (north won) but fa real though, if u like that snap shit, you wack for real. i aint tryna be hard over the keyboard and i hope a dumb nigga dont try and get hard back cause u wont say it to my face. but we can all party but the point is, yall dudes that do that snap shit, aint creative, and u cant say that it is because someone else already done it. niggaz been crankin that for the longest, souljah boy aint the first, TRUS ME! people like MISSY AND TIMBALAND are creative. SWIZZ is creative, especially the get me bodied joint, no singer ever sung over a hip hop beat like that. niggaz need to get creative and do something new instead of following this trash. (not just the south, but most trash comes from there). trash comes from new york too, the west side and up north too. not just the south, but yall do got alot of trash fuckers that dont say shit. OH AND FOR ALL THE GIRLS CRANKIN THAT SOULJAH BOY, LET ME TELL YOU WHAT IT REALLY MEAN, HE'S REALLY SAYING SKEET ON HER BACK AND PUT A BLANKET ON HER BACK. DONT BELIEVE ME GIRLS, GOOGLE IT! THAT SHOWS YOU THAT MOST GIRLS (NOT ALL) DONT REALLY LISTEN TO MUSIC. LOL
you want to talk shit about hip hop, but at the same time you're hyping all of these fucking shitty "artists" who i wouldn't piss on to put out a fire. for christ's sake, there's a fucking article about fergie on your site. what's she ever done for hip hop? oh yeah, that's right. she sang on "my humps", possibly the worst song of all time of any genre.
so fine, hip hop is dead, but you killed it. moar articles about t-pain and rich boy pleaz.
uh...it's been 29 years since the Sugar Hill Gang dropped "Rapper's Delight" in 1979, did you really think that hip-hop wouldn't change? Hip-hop is the longest running genre of music among the youth (compared to the previous popular genres) and in that long span of time there has obviously emerged 2 generations of hip-hop. For example, you could have an old school hip-hopper born in 1970 who had a child born in 1990, ie Souldja Boy. Would you expect for them to listen to the same music? Do you and your parents listen to the same music? Like I said hip-hop is the music of the youth. If you're not in the targeted age group, then the music on the radio is NOT for you...stop tripping. The Motown era of music faded away but guess what? Your parents can still go buy a Temptations CD and the same applies to ol' school hip-hop or what they now catagorize as ol' school hip-hop (pre-1998). Bottom line...hip-hop is not dead, it has however degraded itself into YAHH BITCH YAHH!!!!
With an exhausted sigh of discontent...I'm out
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