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Don Breezio:
ok first off this is going to be long as hell but i feel that its worth the read: i hear people all the time say shit like "i wish hip hop was like it used to be" or "can't we get some new topics in hip hop?"

while i've said these things before i made myself realize some shit. hip hop has to grow. thats why we hear different shit in hip hop than we did 15 years ago. the fact is it hasnt changed that much:

someone says "all the violence in hip hop is horrible, why can't we bring it back and have more rappers like nas & jay-z"...my reply "nas' first albums had 90% violent content, same with jayz. violence has been a part of hip hop for 15 years now...ever since NWA came out. i for one would like to hear violence more than money"

someone says (and i just did too) "all the people talking about money in hip hop...it has become to material"...my reply "do you think hip hop wasnt material? isnt run dmc rapping about their shoes the same as nelly rapping about his? when was there EVER a time when hip hop was not material?"

the only thing about hip hop that has changed is the amount of poppy bullshit that comes out. hip hop used to be pure...you could buy an album and not worry about whether or not half the album was bullshit. now theres so many god damn love songs and poppy beats coming out its rediculous...

my favorite thing people say (and i've said before too) "diss tracks are ruining hip hop"....my reply..."motherfucker diss tracks made hip hop. diss tracks have always been a part of hip hop."

when did hip hop get away from the four elements that made it in the first place? MC'ing, DJ'ing, Breaking, and Graffiti? we still have tons of MC's on the mic, we got incredible dj's on the turntables, we still have artists pulling incredible dance moves (not quite the same as breaking but hey...everything must grow), and Graffiti? i still see it all over the place...graffiti has not only become a part of hip hop but a part of life.

all im saying is...hip hop hasnt changed and i dont expect it to. i like it where its at and im glad its not the same as it was in 1988...it would be boring as fuck now if it were.

mrtonguetwista:
That was beautiful. ::)

Jome:

BadAzz4001:
Props On That Shyt... 4Real

Trauma-san:
hiphop is generally negative, that's why it's dying a slow painful death.  If hiphop were more positive (like every other music genre that has survived since classical periods on) then it would grow and last.  Even the blues had hope in it, Hiphop generally is insulting, and degrading to all kinds of shit.  It'll never last, 20 years from now, people will look @ hiphop like we look at Disco and alternative music.  Dead.

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