HIP-HOP IS DEAD BUT MUSIC IS NOT!!!

I hate the radio. All the play is these pop pussy rap songs. I am not hating on any particular rapper. I am a fan of all genres of hip-hop. But this is the era of the producer fa sho. I mean the beats is hot right now. I hate that bullshit Party Like A Rockstar, Tatted Up, every Bow Wow song, but the beats and the catchy hooks are on point right now I cannot lie.

But Nas said it best when he said Hip-Hop is Dead. Gone are the lyrics from rap. Hell even breaking and graffiti have died a slow death. All that is left is the slang, the dress and the beats. Well the slang is being destroyed by corporations and suburbia who use it the wrong way. The dress is getting ridiculous. But the music........

We still have Kanye, Alchemist, Timbaland, RZA, Hi-Tek, Agallah, David Banner, Swizz Beatz, Mannie Fresh etc., all producing hits and good music. Jibbs, Mims, etc., arent the ones that killed the lyrics the radio did. Trying to pacify our community by subjecting us to countless hours of Mike Jones, and "This is Why I'm Hot" instead of records from Nas, Talib Kweli, David Banner, Saigon etc., and any other rapper who tries to uplift the black community. What this has done is numb us to what really matters. It isn't the cars, rims, and clothes its the struggles that us as a people are still having. Rappers are just trying to make a living for the most part so they are forced to conform. (Not saying that they have to) But when faced with the possibility of more money then you've ever seen or back to the hood, its a very hard choice.

So if you thin hip-hop is dead you are right. But support the rappers who talk about something and definitely support the producers who are still making great music that can inspire and calm the soul even without words.

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