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[MIKE.]

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[.:ViLLaiN:.]

I voted for #2

This era of hip hop is dead, the only reason i still listen to hip hop is because of the underground artists & producers.

[Double201]

hip hop is BRAIN DEAD. its still there but has no mind or conscience at all. every rapper sounds the same, same generic flows, recycle beats heavy. No rapper tries to out do another musically but financially. More are now concerned about making themselves a brand rather than actually music. Even the Watch The Throne album is a disappointment becuase Jay-z and Kayne talk about the same thing over and over, even a number of the beats are nothing new. Even the two rappers that many claim to be the best out right now couldn't muster up the ability to produce something that out does any other artist musically.

The only rappers who still show passion or any emotion for the music are underground rappers. They don't have the money to sit around and buy all these beats, pay all these other people just to ADVERTISE their music. They still rely on ways before the internet; where all the artist had was their musical talent so they must make sure that whatever they create is the best as can possibly be.

[KenThrust]

Hip Hop lost its way & died a long time ago. Every song is auto-tune or just spouts the usual familiar knucklehead nonsense about money, broads, guns, slanging, gangs, etc.
Same shit, different day....its tired!
This generation needs something new, just as Hip Hop started back in the day. Its too played out- no one I know gives a fuck about Hip Hop these days, & thats just sad.

[ukno504]

ITS THE FUKIN RADIO DJS WHO KILLIN IT.....they play weak shit 247 i hear plenty of fire artist on youtube that easily spit harder then the shit i hear on radio....fire the djs n boycott the stations

[rocman]

no i dont think hip hop is dead or that it every will. its just in faze that older heads as my self dont feel as much as when it was fresh. lets remeber that hip hop has and will always be for the young. and hip hop will always eat its older up. ask any rapper from back in the day. which imo would destroy these dudes that are the so called coldest. also music is always subjective i dig the new jay n kanye for the lyrics thats not about selling drugs,killing ppl and beats that arent booty shake tired samples(pete rock,rza,kanye made some nice ones) even tho im tired of the bragging about how rich they are but hell they gotta sell records and kids buy that type stuff. but again fazes like the mc was a hype man for the dj,then the mc went to rapping about how sweet his rhymes he had, then to teaching black history(which im forever gratefull change my life from being a street thug to learning and growth)then it was gangsta stuff, to booty shake,to reppin your hood and gang,then im richer than you and this techno stuff. so dead or dying no just in a faze. as a dj you learn one thing its not about what you like but what moves the ppl. unfortante its gucci and rick ross! lol one youngin i know was saying that gucci so hard and real and i say scarface would eat that lame he agreed. maybe its old heads and parents fault for not showing them a another option and make them understand its entertainment not reality. age and young i still rember my mom playing that soul and fuck in the house but when i was young new rap came out so fast i listen to them all so maybe they followed my lead but i see a new change kinda some of the new popular dudes aint all talking about drugs and killin so maybe thats the next faze idk just some thoughts

[F.A.M.E™]

neva listened to none of that hip hop new york or eastcoast bullshit them niggas cant spit...i only listen to trap music or as pimp c say kuntry rap tunes and that shit keeps da 12's bangin

[.:ViLLaiN:.]

no i dont think hip hop is dead or that it every will. its just in faze that older heads as my self dont feel as much as when it was fresh. lets remeber that hip hop has and will always be for the young. and hip hop will always eat its older up. ask any rapper from back in the day. which imo would destroy these dudes that are the so called coldest.

Yea i agree about the faze n hip hop being for the young ppl. But at the same time the quality and originality of today's artist is bad, and it's not just in Hip Hop. I hear the same complaints from fans in other genres too.

neva listened to none of that hip hop new york or eastcoast bullshit them niggas cant spit

You never listen to eastcoast hip hop, so how can u say they can spit? That's like me saying I neva listened to south rap because they all have repetitive lyrics & etc.... Which is not true cause i know afew south rappers who can spit and do not sound corny. For example Jay Electronica he's from New Orleans and dude can spit better than alot of mainstream rappers, Same goes for one of my other fav south rappers Scarface.

I listen to hip hop from all coasts.... maybe it's because I like more variety/style in my music....who knows

[ThaBossType]

i voted number 3..NIGGAS JUST NEED TO SHUT THE FUCK UP AND LISTEN TO MUSIC YA FAVORITE ARTIST MAY NOT BE HOT NO MORE..DONT BE MAD JUST CUZ HE AINT HOT NO MORE AND HATE ON THE YOUNG NIGGAS ON THE COME UP & SAY ITS TRASH. CUZ FOR THE YOUNG NIGGAS LIKE MYSELF WE LIKE THE SO CALLED "TRASH" JUST LIKE YA OLD HEAD MUHFUCKAS WHEN YA WAS LISTENING TO MC LYTE & FUCKIN ERIC B & RAKIM YA PARENTS AND THE OLDER GENERATION WAS SAYING IT WAS "TRASH". ME MYSELF I LISTEN TO EVERYTHING I MAYB NOT BE A FAN OF AN ARTIST BUT IF HE HAS A HOT TRACK OUT IMMA BUMP IT SIMPLE AS THAT..THATS WHY I PICKED NUMBER 3

[Double201]

neva listened to none of that hip hop new york or eastcoast bullshit them niggas cant spit...i only listen to trap music or as pimp c say kuntry rap tunes and that shit keeps da 12's bangin

nigga you just fucked up. east coast sucks????? now you dont want me to get into how the south raps. lol, but seriously you may not like east rappers because most are lyrics orientated as oppose to the south where they are more beat & catch-phrase orientated. both have different styles and each suit people from those regions, but to say east coast rappers can't rap, thats just blatantly ignorant

i voted number 3..NIGGAS JUST NEED TO SHUT THE FUCK UP AND LISTEN TO MUSIC YA FAVORITE ARTIST MAY NOT BE HOT NO MORE..DONT BE MAD JUST CUZ HE AINT HOT NO MORE AND HATE ON THE YOUNG NIGGAS ON THE COME UP & SAY ITS TRASH. CUZ FOR THE YOUNG NIGGAS LIKE MYSELF WE LIKE THE SO CALLED "TRASH" JUST LIKE YA OLD HEAD MUHFUCKAS WHEN YA WAS LISTENING TO MC LYTE & FUCKIN ERIC B & RAKIM YA PARENTS AND THE OLDER GENERATION WAS SAYING IT WAS "TRASH". ME MYSELF I LISTEN TO EVERYTHING I MAYB NOT BE A FAN OF AN ARTIST BUT IF HE HAS A HOT TRACK OUT IMMA BUMP IT SIMPLE AS THAT..THATS WHY I PICKED NUMBER 3

well coming from the young generation (im only 19 years old), its still garbage to me. but people are allowed to like whatever they like

[EsQuior]

I think Hip Hop isnt dead but its definitely in a mean ass coma. If you were to compare what we call or categorize as Hip Hop today and the true Hip Hop of the past youll see that there's a HUGE difference. Nowadays all the radio shit is too BRAGadious (made up word, i know lol) and thats not what true Hip Hop is so in that regard it shouldn't even be called Hip Hop, its Rap.

[Battle0fny]

Any of y'all listened to El-P? Company Flow? Cannibal Ox?

[.:ViLLaiN:.]

Any of y'all listened to El-P? Company Flow? Cannibal Ox?

Yea I listened to Company Flow's Funcrusher Plus, I didn't listen to much of El-P or Cannibal OX yet though.

[Frkybmore2]

Excellent topic...Is Hip-Hop Dead??? Hip Hop isn't dead however it is driven by generational gaps....by this I mean Hip -Hop is validated by the audience that supports it! So the new generation more than likely will not know or even support some of the artist that follow in my list...example in the 80's-90's... We had both groups and solo artist such as: DeLa Soul, Big Daddy Kane, BlackStarr, EPMD, Rakim, Nas, Stetsasonic, KRS-1/BDP, NWA, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, Biggie Smalls, OutKast: just to rattle a few names off the dome. In my humble opinion these artist created what I call Hip-Hop both lyrically and creatively. Now with todays Artist in my humble opinion a lot of it is JUST TRASH..... Waka Flocka (trash), Soulja Boy (trash) unfortunately what I call ringtone rappers and one hit Wonders.. Case in point what the hell is "Chicken Noodle Soup with a Soda on the side? More importantly where is this Group? Rhetorical: Don't take my personal opinion to heart just respect the position.

[cornflakes]

underground is definitely where its at

[BIGDEAL]

A LOT OF THE HIP HOP IS FALSE HOOD IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

[ILLA 2.0]

underground is where is @, the industry has really fucked up the hip-hop culture as we know it. Its all about selling the image and making money the true essence of hip hip hop left with the 90's

[Jiggad!ck]

First off, I wanna give props for the topic itself. Because I really think its something people should address because the government and shit just loves to downplay ALL Hip Hop and Rap based on the actions and lifestyles of some artists and that's fucked up. Personally, I'm not a big fan of a majority of mainstream artists because as many have said their drive behind the music is just to get money and not feed the youth a message. The greats like Tupac used to feed the youth the truth and shit. Today you have Soulja Boy and Lil Wayne rapping about some negative shit that won't feed them the reality of their life. HOWEVER, when I want to party and have a good time, I do listen to some of the hits out today. The thing is the genre is just about partying now, or it focuses on bragging and I don't see how that actually helps the youth if anything it just teaches us to be cocky (I'm 19). I guess I like the old school more, but I'm not completely against every artist in this new era.

Afterall, underground shit is still bringing the heat so I feel like the old ideas behind hip hip will survive underground. And for my haters, it's all about the dirty south lol!



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To end my lil' two-bits, here's some truth for you.

Edited by Jiggad!ck, 17 August 2011 - 03:48 PM.

[cazcow]

Mainstream wise. Dead. There's tons of artists that makes the list that destroyed it. Soulja Boy, Gucci Mane, Waka Flocka Flame, Lil' B, damn near the whole west coast, and parts of the east. It's just that your local radio station plays the same song over and over. We tend to forget that there's real music underneath that BS mainstream surface. No one talks about Big K.R.I.T., J. Cole, Pill, Black Thought, Dice Raw, P.O.R.N., Starlito, Don Trip, etc. Everyone too busy hyping up mainstream flop-hype success on certain forums.

[JASONAKABREW]

i bet all the ones with the most passion and talent are unheard of while we're forcefed commercialism

[koolington]

nah the fans died you guys dont know
what you want anymore .

lupe takes his public emeny stance tries to get you
to listen you shut it down .

jay-z keeps the money cash hoes thing goin
you shut it down .

nobody can win with you ' hiphop ' fans lol

you guys dont like anything unless its from back then
theres just no way around that

[jEttLaG]

First off, I wanna give props for the topic itself. Because I really think its something people should address because the government and shit just loves to downplay ALL Hip Hop and Rap based on the actions and lifestyles of some artists and that's fucked up. Personally, I'm not a big fan of a majority of mainstream artists because as many have said their drive behind the music is just to get money and not feed the youth a message. The greats like Tupac used to feed the youth the truth and shit. Today you have Soulja Boy and Lil Wayne rapping about some negative shit that won't feed them the reality of their life. HOWEVER, when I want to party and have a good time, I do listen to some of the hits out today. The thing is the genre is just about partying now, or it focuses on bragging and I don't see how that actually helps the youth if anything it just teaches us to be cocky (I'm 19). I guess I like the old school more, but I'm not completely against every artist in this new era.

Afterall, underground shit is still bringing the heat so I feel like the old ideas behind hip hip will survive underground. And for my haters, it's all about the dirty south lol!



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To end my lil' two-bits, here's some truth for you.

lmao thats a damn shame

[JustWild]

Yeah, hip hop is dead. All people in mainstream talk about now a days are killing people, having sex with 3 girls at the same time, and how many cars they have. Like any of that matters. And then they have the nerve to say they care about their fans; they just care about staying rich.

[jabronii5]

Mainstream wise. Dead. There's tons of artists that makes the list that destroyed it. Soulja Boy, Gucci Mane, Waka Flocka Flame, Lil' B, damn near the whole west coast, and parts of the east. It's just that your local radio station plays the same song over and over. We tend to forget that there's real music underneath that BS mainstream surface. No one talks about Big K.R.I.T., J. Cole, Pill, Black Thought, Dice Raw, P.O.R.N., Starlito, Don Trip, etc. Everyone too busy hyping up mainstream flop-hype success on certain forums.

cheaaaaaaaaaaa

[BrooklynKKB]

Dead and buried

[capone9]

Needto go back to the old school

[justrims]

todays music is trash