i feel like leaving hip hop forever

[SugeFight]

i feel, and im sure that all you would agree with me, that this is the WORST period in hip hop history>>

I totally DISAGREE.  There is a lot of hot shit out there for everyone in hip hop.  The reason that hip hop albums arent selling as much is that there are more freaking albums out there.  Like this week 8 big name rap CDs came out-its insane.  But still-ZERO respect to Techniec.  Leave this board.  You dont like rap music? Fine-Nobody is forcing you. Bye bye now.  And Eminem is tight as fuck-so to put him in the same "boat" as Ja-Rule just because eminem is a cross over success is lame as fuck.  Yes-a lot of acts that you dont like are popular now--deal with it.  The most talented artists usually arent the most popular ones.  That's how its ALWAYS been.  Oh yah--and as far as the fruity statement of getting less comfort in hip hop--NEGRO..it aint nothin but music.  It's for you to play in your car, hang out to, party to, dance to, fuck to, chill to, smoke to, whatever--ITS MUSIC--its fun..and if you are going to sit here writing essays about how the media is making you dislike music and all of this BS-well then stop listening and stop wasting this boards time.

Lets lock this up now that I set the record straight

-ONE

[Tecknine]

I agree 110% except for Eminme being wack

[Cliche]

There's always been good hip-hop and bad hip-hop. It's just that now there's more hip-hop being heard.

Just like back in 1995 all the older heads were wishing for 1988 when Rakim/KRS/Slick Rick/G Rap/Kane were runnin things.... it's a new generation of younger heads trying to get their bearings... generally i think their tastes are crap.. but they'll eventually come around once they actually get into hip-hop outside of the 12 artists the radio plays all day.

I mean... 2001 to me has been the best year in a LOOOONG time....

I look back from January to December and I cant think of a year I had this many bangin albums....

Personally I don't want any one area or group to be "on top"... i just want good music to be appreciated. I feel you on Warren being so low, but music sales in general are low, especially hip-hop.  I think Universal will push his album more than Restless ever did, even more than Def Jam did with his second... he'll end up Gold I think.

Anyways...  to me, any year i can get Warren G, Chino XL, Nas, Wu-Tang, Masta Ace, a whole shitload of new Ras, Eastsidaz and a pile of dope underground... I'm not complaining at all.

[jakeIII]

I think rap IS going through a weak period - there's too many mediocre rappers putting out albums made in hours.
Rap's problem is it's own success. There's money to be made and some people seem to think anyone who's been to jail/shot someone/sold drugs can rap or make records.
I'm surprised that no-one here seems to respect Ja Rule, I think it takes a bigger man to make some of his tracks than the endless "bitches ain't shit" garbage.

[Cliche]

regardless of what kind of a "man" Ja Rule is... as an artist and an mc he straight up sucks.

[Murrow]

What you should do is listen to some other type of music for a while, then come back to rap.  See how it works out.

[=[Euthanasia]=]

Techniec isnt a music fan..bottom line.  If he was a music fan he'd listen to shit for the music and wouldnt care about how many copies it sells.

2 big thumbs down to Techniec.

And before you complain Techniec about how Im an asshole, at least attempt to explain to me why youd stop listening to rap because it doesnt sell?  Yup-times up.  Find a new genre to listen to, Sunshine.  

I agree, I don't think I could ever leave hip-hop, not on the sole purpose if it not being as successful as it has been in the past anyways. I don't care for the quantity, it's the quality that counts. Shit, i'd like to see our favourite artists get their props with heavy sales but thats not how shit works when it comes to chart positions, the ones that do push units are mainly the ones that have a mixture of pop/RnB/hip-hop anyways, there's never hardly strict hip-hop out there being displayed on the charts.

[bLaDe]

i know wht u mean, a lot of hip hop is turnin garbage,  eminems not wack tho ...

but i aint gonna leave hip hop, theres a lotta gud shit i'll be missing if i do

 -{bLaDe}

[SugeFight]

The key is you should just listen to artists you enjoy-not just a genre.  For example, I listen to the likes of Ben Folds, Garbage, Sarah McLachlan, etc.  To leave "hip hop" as a whole is shutting a lot of doors.  

[NEW_MINORITY]

hip-hop will be here FOREVER

[Tecknine]

I dunno..It seems like more and more people are buying pop albums and leavin cats like warren g and nate who deserve platnum status but never reach it..

[SugeFight]

Music is a catch 22--because if an album is REAL hot or theres a REAL catchy song-you have to release it as a single..thats why you get in the business--to make money..its a hustle.  But when you become popular, losers that like to think theyre into underground music suddenly turn their back on that artist.  And thats so -------LAME.

[techniec]

whoa whoa whoa

i was never on some fuck rap shit, investigating other types of music,i love rap and ill always be down with it

damn, fools is suggesting sarah maclaghlin and shit, :d

im mainly speaking on the general state of the game
sorry if i mislead anybody

[SugeFight]

whoa whoa whoa

i was never on some fuck rap shit, investigating other types of music,i love rap and ill always be down with it

damn, fools is suggesting sarah maclaghlin and shit, :d

im mainly speaking on the general state of the game
sorry if i mislead anybody

Dont back out sunshine.  You suggested that you leave hip hop and stop listening to hip hop because of low album sales and lack of popularity. LOL-what a herb.

[M Dogg™]

I just got to say, commercially, this is the 2nd worst period in rap music history. The worst was the Bad Boy, No Limit era. Rap isn't that cutting edge anymore. N.W.A., westcoast gangsta rap, Eazy E, that's when rap was at it's best commercially. And after D-12, Eminem gots some comebacking to do.