5 Reasons Why Hip-Hop is Dead

[proverbs aka DD]

1. No originality - has anyone noticed all the beats - regardless if you are Westcoast, Eastcoast, South sound almost exactly the same, with the same 808 snares and claps - and the same corny Triton synths.
2. Generic subject matter in all the songs - hoes, money, grills, pimpin, shooting clubbing zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
3. Too many old rappers past their peak still releasing albums: Snoop, Jay-z, Nas, Ghostface, Dogg Pound - These rappers had albums out 10 years ago.
4. The so called new generation are wack - Lil Wayne + Jeezy + Juelz are okay, not great.
5. Ludacris won a grammy for the rap album of the year - and that album was GARBAGE - says something about state of hip-hop.

No offense man, but is your opinion by record sales or by what Nas told you?

1. If there is a certain sound that people like then it's going to be duplicated. That is the way it is in ALL music genres. Not just hip hop.  You can't tell me that hip hop from 1980s to 2007 all has the similar beats..  So you understand that hip hop has it's eras (g-funk, snap music, etc) just like Rock (ska, grunge, alternative).

2. Same as #1.

3. What's wrong with longevity? That's actually a good thing.

4.  Ofcourse this is your opinion. I think that these rappers nowadays are more talented than the older rappers because they are not giving the resources of the old school rappers. I mean can you imagine if The Game had Dr Dre, DOC, Daz, Kurupt, Lady of Rage, RBX, J-Flexx, Sean Barney etc etc locked in the studio for weeks with one goal of making sure you had the best music possible? You can't get that kind of collaboration these days. 

5. The grammys are not the people's choice awards. So who knows who is choosing the winners. Besides, did you see the artists that were eligible in the timeline for this year's award? Who else should of won it?

[Tanjential]

1. No originality - has anyone noticed all the beats - regardless if you are Westcoast, Eastcoast, South sound almost exactly the same, with the same 808 snares and claps - and the same corny Triton synths.
2. Generic subject matter in all the songs - hoes, money, grills, pimpin, shooting clubbing zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
3. Too many old rappers past their peak still releasing albums: Snoop, Jay-z, Nas, Ghostface, Dogg Pound - These rappers had albums out 10 years ago.
4. The so called new generation are wack - Lil Wayne + Jeezy + Juelz are okay, not great.
5. Ludacris won a grammy for the rap album of the year - and that album was GARBAGE - says something about state of hip-hop.

4.  Ofcourse this is your opinion. I think that these rappers nowadays are more talented than the older rappers because they are not giving the resources of the old school rappers. I mean can you imagine if The Game had Dr Dre, DOC, Daz, Kurupt, Lady of Rage, RBX, J-Flexx, Sean Barney etc etc locked in the studio for weeks with one goal of making sure you had the best music possible? You can't get that kind of collaboration these days. 

this is my favorite of what you just said. labels aren't labels anymore. they're just two or three mothafuckaz at a time saying they're a movement when they can't even drop records most of the time. everyone looked at me like I was a fuckin' idiot when I suggested asking Gail Gotti about dre, 10 years ago, more mufuckaz woulda saw where I was coming from.

-T

[js83]

hip hop isn't dead people just listen to the radio and watch mtv too much and you're just jealous because Ludacris's album >>>>>>>>> your favorite west coast artists album last year

Ludacris makes some of the wackest fucking album's that i've ever heard...and I know he has the skills to make better music then that...i mean...wtf up with songs like moneymaker? man i cant stand that bs.

[yukmouth23]

1. I agree
2. I agree (CLUB/PARTY MUSIC)
3. You should be shot or stabed for saying this, these are the only dudes keeping rap alive.
4. I agree the new generation are horrible lets see the East or West get in this now.
5. Agreed people only winning shit because theres nobody and every1 basically is garbage now!!!!