R.I.P. RAP?...Is hiphop dead? (J-Zone Blog, Very Interesting Read!)

[Oklin]

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=33975502&blogID=229351233&Mytoken=CC297508-997D-4B57-99BC7E27AD2F7C2435468020

It's long, but you gotta read it! 

I can agree with him on alot of what he says!

[Elevz]

I like the conclusion.

The fall of rap in it's current state may give birth to something bigger and better. It's what I'm banking on, cause realistically, how much longer can it go down this road? I'm not saying go back in time. Classic rap artists may have been influenced by Cold Crush and Melle Mel, but they took that influence and added something different on to it to create something new. "We need to bring it back to 88!". NO WE DON'T! Ultramagnetic didn't say 'we gonna bring it back to '74' They just did them, and until that principle can be followed again, I say fuck fixing an abandoned building. Hit it with a wrecking ball and rebuild!

Other than that, I can't really agree on all of it (in fact, what does the whole point about legalized samples have to do with the downfall of hiphop?) but most of this was rather on point. Good post, props.