Hip-Hop Is DYING!!

[Tizzle312]

I HATE LUPE FIASCO straight up garbage just like Kanye West

 

[mahlye]

don't even compare lupe to kanye or make any comments on hip hop from here on out because I'm not sure they can be taken seriously now.

 

[saynotothebs]

who cares about hip hop, why dont luda or jayz or anyone of them, give me loan to go to to college, i will pay them back the money with interest once i get a job...im sure you spent more on a car,chain,partys,basketball teams....

 

[BobMarleySpliffs]

The real problem lies in the numbers. Popularity kills everything eventually when it gets too popular. Think about in 1990-99 in the prime days of hip-hop, there where probably a total of 10,000 MC's globally, now every other person selling a gram of dro thinks they are thugs and rap stars, and the total MC population has risen to over 5 million at least.

When you get the popularity, you loose the individualism and rarity of the art and it gets saturated with shit. Not to mention it's 99% looks and style rather than actual talent in all genres of music it's not just hip-hop dying it's all music.

Just think of it this way if every other person in North America had a diamond studded presidential Rolex, then they wouldn't be shit because they loose the rareness and come a dime a dozen. Plus the fact that there are no topics left to rap about they have all be dissected numerous times.

Rap use to be : Original, artistic, looks didn't matter, rare, new.

Rap today : Slapped together Mr. Potato Head rappers that are generically put together by record lable A&R's, used up topics, exaggerated gangsterism to the fullest, nothing rare about it, population is 10 fold, ect..........ect.....

 

[smartsoverambition]

I HATE LUPE FIASCO straight up garbage just like Kanye West

u are no longer allowed 2 speak first of all chances are lupe went over u're head, but then u grouped him with kanye? i mean i dnt hate the man but kanye west? the guy whose been making alternative rock song the last couple of months?

that's a problem too, hip-hop is turning into pop and rock songs but only being considered as hip op becaue the artists are black now THAT'S a problem

 

[cassino420]

The real problem lies in the numbers. Popularity kills everything eventually when it gets too popular. Think about in 1990-99 in the prime days of hip-hop, there where probably a total of 10,000 MC's globally, now every other person selling a gram of dro thinks they are thugs and rap stars, and the total MC population has risen to over 5 million at least.

When you get the popularity, you loose the individualism and rarity of the art and it gets saturated with shit. Not to mention it's 99% looks and style rather than actual talent in all genres of music it's not just hip-hop dying it's all music.

Just think of it this way if every other person in North America had a diamond studded presidential Rolex, then they wouldn't be shit because they loose the rareness and come a dime a dozen. Plus the fact that there are no topics left to rap about they have all be dissected numerous times.

Rap use to be : Original, artistic, looks didn't matter, rare, new.

Rap today : Slapped together Mr. Potato Head rappers that are generically put together by record lable A&R's, used up topics, exaggerated gangsterism to the fullest, nothing rare about it, population is 10 fold, ect..........ect.....

I agree with you to an certain extent but, I dont think that everything has been said because, music alot of times is the artist life. Honestly I think all we need is a MC who does it from the heart, has decent morals and connects with the people. Sounds like a lot to ask for I know but it can happen....right?

 

[storm22]

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 murder1 lyric at your door

 

[flatrider]

good let it go

 

[Jungleman]

Sorry Hip Hop is death already.New school is shit..I am sick watching those cracked black monkeys !!!!..........Where is Break Dance old school beat street shit like that.!!!?Just memories

 

[cassino420]

Sorry Hip Hop is death already.New school is shit..I am sick watching those cracked black monkeys !!!!..........Where is Break Dance old school beat street shit like that.!!!?Just memories

I wont even get upset with your stupidity! How about you go start some more ignorant threads dumb ass!

 

[Jungleman]

Man i did not mean it i am not racist!!!!!My favorite music is just black,i am gypsy -original gypsy!!Bro i am just sick of junkies and shooting!!Look my brother this is my favorite song..Look this guy how he playing on Piano (he is Jesus !!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvxMpm4DwI0 Please delete your post i think its not fear...


And here is the best raper on this FUCKING world!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0kfx7RjjoU I love it

I wont even get upset with your stupidity! How about you go start some more ignorant threads dumb ass!

 

[cassino420]

Man i did not mean it i am not racist!!!!!My favorite music is just black,i am gypsy -original gypsy!!Bro i am just sick of junkies and shooting!!Look my brother this is my favorite song..Look this guy how he playing on Piano (he is Jesus !!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvxMpm4DwI0 Please delete your post i think its not fear...


And here is the best raper on this FUCKING world!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0kfx7RjjoU I love it

Either way, you sounded ignorant on you previous posts...Now your just actin plain stupid, you word holds no weight. lol.

 

[Jungleman]

I dont care what you think about me guys.If i am do something bad I am sorry all on RIU!!!

Either way, you sounded ignorant on you previous posts...Now your just actin plain stupid, you word holds no weight. lol.

 

[mahlye]

anyone who still thinks hip hop is dead uhm...

AZ, the roots, gza and the rest of the clan, papoose, must I go on?

 

[suedonimn]

Hip Hop don't stop and it won't stop...

Go here: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=37138873

Smoke a joint and listen to "What's the Meaning", then "Deep Rooted". Hip Hop is alive and well. I like all kinds of music, as long as any lyrics are conscious. Music from accapella to zydecco it is all good.

 

[BobMarleySpliffs]

Honestly I think all we need is a MC who does it from the heart, has decent morals and connects with the people. Sounds like a lot to ask for I know but it can happen....right?

No doubt bro, there are still a handful of mc's out there but not the dudes you hear on the radio, some street dudes just rapping for the love of it on the corner are still out there showing some heart, but like I was saying if they blow up and get popular with a little cash they lose that heart over time.

 

[mahlye]

check this out guys. interesting documentary about hip hop and freestyling.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHMUnzllrcI

 

[funkdocKT]

hip hop is dying?


go beat off to Run DMC and stop whining

 

[cheebamonkey]

Jedi Mind Tricks - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeVIugzMGhM&NR=1
murs - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzQuxHQY-_M
masta ace - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPZ2-FVcM3M
rakim - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-Tg7YEHHMc
necro- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw3vfLCPZk8
goretex (sick beat)- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuIB7FrCakI&feature=PlayList&p=AA67D58CBF3F8FE1&playnext=1&index=21
biggie- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzT9vOHuZm0
big l - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzyaAuPh1lE
andre nickatina - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFF1qX1O0ok
cypress hill - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiWB6S4YfOM
the perceptionists - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYMwahoMdBA
one be lo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BVcb7SlyUA&feature=related
outerspace - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYLbjLF08lU
del the funkee homsapien- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q9Dn2gIq2c
hieroglyphics - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Rjo0AR0k34
immortal technique(llistened to all his stuff but this song never gets old) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrBRJVGLRPo
ice cube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aAbOgdbTbM
swollen members ( locals from vancouver) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHgl8y2YVDw



i can't listen the radio at all, unless its rock and i used to never listen to rock, but when i have my ipod or at home i only listen to rap and hip hop i hope you enjoy the above listen music, some of my favorite, not the shit on the radios these days!!! haha and im a white boy.. im glad i know what real rap is not what most people listen to, lastfm helped me find most of these rappers, i suggest u use it, its great

 

[amsterdayum]

hip hop as a trend is dying but people who are real fans of it will stick with it its been around for a long time its not going anywhere