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Re: Post theories on why hip-hop isn't as dope today as it used to be...
« Reply #30 on: February 06, 2013, 09:52:22 PM »
Also, another factor that never gets mentioned is that back in the early to mid-90's being a white hip-hop head from the white suburbs (distant from the realities on streets) you thought rappers were damn near superhero's.  They could survive anything from gang-warfare, being shot at, extreme poverty, prison stints, broken families, and any number of social ills.

Now in 2012 whites don't have that perception anymore of black people, in fact in some cases it's reversed; whites see blacks as benefactors of entitlements, they see themselves as suffering similar or worse economic times, and more socially stagnant.  

Not to mention there is a black president now, so it undermines some of the black power music that was so dope in the 80's and 90's.
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Re: Post theories on why hip-hop isn't as dope today as it used to be...
« Reply #31 on: February 06, 2013, 10:28:30 PM »
I feel Nelly is to blame.

Absolutely. All started with that "Hot In Here" song.
you know that is bullshit. it started with mc hammer & vanilia ice not nelly.
 

midwestryder

Re: Post theories on why hip-hop isn't as dope today as it used to be...
« Reply #32 on: February 06, 2013, 10:31:38 PM »
I feel Nelly is to blame.
get off nelly's dick . if anything it is biggies & birdman & Cash money fault that music has no message or music wit meaningful content anymore.
 

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Re: Post theories on why hip-hop isn't as dope today as it used to be...
« Reply #34 on: February 07, 2013, 03:39:30 AM »
Dilution and mass appeal = less and less "real". We now live in a world where people prefer the signifier to the thing being signified, the symbol to the reality. This era will go down in history as "Champagne Times" - lots of bubble, fizz and sparkle to mask a complete lack or content or core.

Exactly.  There are too many people now who aspire to be rappers and the popularity of social media means that everyone can now try their hand at it in the hope of becoming recognised.  Rap can become saturated because there's just too much to keep up with, a new 'best rapper' everyday it seems.  And so the quality is bound to suffer when so many people are doing it.

This isn't to say that hip-hop isn't as good as it once was; we can all agree that there is great rap still being made, but for me personally, I've got so much older music in rotation that it can seem overwhelming to keep checking for new rappers, and so I can see where the argument comes from.
 

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Re: Post theories on why hip-hop isn't as dope today as it used to be...
« Reply #35 on: February 07, 2013, 11:44:07 AM »
I feel Nelly is to blame.
get off nelly's dick . if anything it is biggies & birdman & Cash money fault that music has no message or music wit meaningful content anymore.

LOL you said Biggie, just shut the fuck up now... actlng like you know your hip-hop history and shit

go make a thread on Nelly's discography or a thread analyzing his beef with Chingy you dickriding donkey  8)
 

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Re: Post theories on why hip-hop isn't as dope today as it used to be...
« Reply #36 on: February 07, 2013, 11:45:17 AM »
now when I think of it so many wack dudes from St. Louis ruined hip-hop like Nelly, Chingy, Huey, etc.
 

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Re: Post theories on why hip-hop isn't as dope today as it used to be...
« Reply #37 on: February 08, 2013, 03:19:40 AM »
cuz mufuckaz is dumb

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Re: Post theories on why hip-hop isn't as dope today as it used to be...
« Reply #38 on: February 15, 2013, 09:38:53 PM »
It's not as good because its too repetitive and the rhymes are weak . It's like rappers are scared to be dope and say what's on there mind .
 

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Re: Post theories on why hip-hop isn't as dope today as it used to be...
« Reply #39 on: February 16, 2013, 12:35:23 AM »
It's like rappers are scared to be dope and say what's on there mind .

That's probably true.

Like DJ Quik did that on Book of David and the reception wasn't great.
 

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Re: Post theories on why hip-hop isn't as dope today as it used to be...
« Reply #40 on: February 16, 2013, 09:17:00 AM »
now when I think of it so many wack dudes from St. Louis ruined hip-hop like Nelly, Chingy, Huey, etc.
 

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Re: Post theories on why hip-hop isn't as dope today as it used to be...
« Reply #41 on: February 16, 2013, 11:05:01 AM »
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Re: Post theories on why hip-hop isn't as dope today as it used to be...
« Reply #42 on: February 16, 2013, 01:42:54 PM »
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Re: Post theories on why hip-hop isn't as dope today as it used to be...
« Reply #43 on: February 16, 2013, 02:13:25 PM »
Young Scooter > any rapper from St. Louis
 

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