What Hendix did was actually make music not just play a guitar. He could do it all. He wrote, played, and sang it. Unlike those other wannabe thugs you mention. Their crap is not music. There is a rap song you should listen to by a group called Itis. Rap with a C.....C-R-A-P.
A grade schooler could write better lyrics than that crap above. ^
Do it then. since jimi did it all and the likes of biggie and 2pac are "wannabe thugs" and rap is crap then do it. if its that bad then anyone should be able to do it right?
make an album and see how well it sells...fuk a album...write a song and see how good it blows over w/ the public...or even just give me 16 bars that makes my jaw drop.
you couldn't, cant, wont, will never. why? because its a relevant art-from/style of music.
remember these artists weren't made by the likes of MTV. Nor were they the product of "really good management" or even ghostwriters. these are 2 guys who are true artists.
I think its funny how someone comes along (not just you several others) and immediately say, "rap is crap" and dismiss it as a form of music simply because they either:
A) Don't understand it
or
B) are jealous of a talent they don't have/cant build on.
were talking about rappers SO good that they could say something...be 3-4 bars further into the track and your brain is just NOW processing what they said and you have to rewind the track to catch what you missed while thinking about what they got done saying...THAT GOOD.
i dont think ive ever heard a guitar riff or solo that i had to rewind because my brain couldn't process it fast enough lol. (not dissing jimi just proving a point...it does take just as much practice as jimi did w/ his guitar. you dont rap that well w/o serious practice)
rapping is a skill. Unfortunately many people these days don't understand that because all they hear and see is the gucci man/lil wayne crap on the radio/mtv and thats all they associate rap with is heavy bass, shitty hooks, and a "look at me im rich, fuck hoes and shoot guns" attitude.
if its crap do better. i dare you.
Any good artist makes their songs about things. In Biggies case look at ready to die and life after death those songs all have themes where as lil wayne talks about how awesome he is in 90% of his songs
The Notorious BIG is limited by Gangsta Rap as theres only so many things he can rap about
Kid Cudi, also in the hip hop category, was poor and made something of himself while avoiding the crack and guns allowing his songs to cover a wider variety of themes
Now im with you I love all the hardcore basically Eminem and everything before, especially biggie. I thought Kid Cudi was like lil wayne drake and anyone on the radio
There are very few albums you can listen to front to back (Illmatic, Ready to Die, Life After Death, Slim Shady Marshall Mathers LP's). And 3 of Kid Cudis albums fit in that Category. Biggie, Eminem, 2pac, Outkast had 2.
He is the TRUTH
Listen to- A Kid Named Cudi, Man on the Moon (1 and 2) They will blow ur mind
Dont forget to smoke some pot first
Also Kid Cudi was 25 when his 3rd dropped and it was, in my opinion, his best. Life After Death was dope but not even close to his first, ready to die. I mean like signifigantly worse, but still made by a god.
And if u want to hear freestyles my friend listen to 95 and 98 freestyle by Big L
Before I buck lead and make a lot of blood shed
Turn your tux red, I'm far from broke, got enough bread
And mad hoes, ask Beavis I get nothing Butthead
A freestyle between Biggie and Big L would explode your brain
I agree w/ pretty much everything you said. today rap is in a "state of emergency" (imo) kind of like where 80s heavy metal was when nirvana came along.
It just saddens me that clowns don't take the time to learn anything about the genre (or the greats of the genre). instead they rather bash it and dismiss it without even taking the time to understand it. if they wont take the time to understand it then dont dismiss it.
oh yeah...btw...BIG L was pretty dope i might say. I thought he was great too. i still play him to this day too. Ive seen some rappers today show promise but for one reason or another they all tend to fall off before getting to the next level with their skill.
Like in the beginning of his mixtape career i thought papoose had potential to be one of the next "great" ones but the longer his mixtape career went the worse he got. but freestyle wise i'd say he's probably top 10-20 alive. his song writing ability = sucky.
thats the other problem with rap today. we have great hitmakers/hook writers that suck at the actual rap part or we have great freestylers who can't write a proper song to save their life. THATS what makes me appreciate our greats that much more (biggie, big L, pac, and so on) as they had the ability to do both. rap and write songs that were actually pleasing to the ears.
lil wayne = great hit maker...shitty rapper overall (not alot of substance and he's repetitive almost like he ran out of things to say after all these mixtapes/albums)...its all "look at me! im so fukin rich!"
and don't get me started on the "gimmick" rappers. i see lots of them these days too. which is sad.
