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"real" hip hop records are still being made today in underground / independant artist. What they play on the radio and Mtv is Commercial rap. Hip Hop is a big business now so corporate amercia wants a piece of the pie and they dictate whats "hot" for the moment and everyone copies the trend. I could give a shit about the radio and whos in the lime light. Sure i would like to see some of my favorite independant artist make it to commercial success but right now, hip hop is going back to the roots and keeping it in the streets. If you have your ear the street instead of the radio then you know whats poppin'.
I feel Nelly is to blame.
+1 Whoever says there wasn't many dope artists around just don't bother to look for them.Side note: Listened to Frank Ocean's nostalgia, it's fuckin dope!
Quote from: Fraxxx on February 05, 2013, 01:20:35 AM+1 Whoever says there wasn't many dope artists around just don't bother to look for them.Side note: Listened to Frank Ocean's nostalgia, it's fuckin dope! The homo who openly sings about making love to other men? No thanks
One theory I've been pondering is how every generation seems to hate the generation(s) that come after it. Like how rock fans in the 80's hated rock in the 90's. Now of course, all sorts of factors come into play like personal taste and whatnot so it doesn't refer to everybody but it does happen. It wouldn't surprise me if maybe hip-hop's going through that stage now. It probably just feels like a big deal because hip hop hasn't been around as long as other genres. In 20 years from now I expect hip-hop to sound much more different and the fans of hip-hop right now (who I'm guessing are generally late-90's/00's babies) will hate it just like how 80's & early 90's babies hate hip-hop as of right now.Of course I'm referring mainly to the mainstream scene though. You'll always find great music in the underground scene, it's just becoming a matter of how far do you have to dig to find it.
Plus the rappers who came up in the nineties grew up with the evolution of hiphop though the 80's and all that dope music they sampled, grew up in musical environments where folks played the oldies etc. the art was changing fast and artists were really breaking new ground.Kids who grew up with playstations and everything on plate for them don't got nothing real to spit about, no creativity and no competition from their peers, no interest in communities, politics, never read a book, no movement no nothing.All they got is the image and desire for $$$