It's June 05, 2024, 01:35:14 AM
i strongly disagree.....u really cant compare rap from early 90s to nowsorry i just dont see your point of viewname 5 albums that came out post 1997 that u can call hip hop classics???....either coasts!!
but when the classics were being released hip hop wasnt so widespread so there were so many more avenues to explore so it made it easier for an artist to be innovativenowdays its getting harder and harder to be unique in the rap game
hmmm, i dont agreefrom my point of view its not about good music anymore, its about what the industry wants and pushesif everyone acts like a certain artist is hot - even though hes not - then ppl nowadays follow the hypedjs follow the hype and play their shit - and then the end consumer listens to it again and again until he really belives that it's hotthats what 50 does/did: Pimp the system - and he's good in iti didnt grew up with the music i love, i didnt hear/watch it in the TV... i started loving rap music with "Ice T - VI: Return Of the Real", and from there i was digging my way into west coast music, i bought a lotta albums and figured out what i like and what is really quality musici knew a few facts about tupac, but never loved his music when he was still alive! i think i got "All eyes on me" in 98 or so... and when i've listened to it i was like "that's it - that man is a genius"...and all the new albums i buy are some rare or at least very non-mainstrem (even though back in the day) music....so its not like the music i love was played all over the radio, like 50 etc. is nowadays...so to me this comparsion doesnt work - i just followed my heart with what i liked, no matter what the others said/thought (my environment)if i'd be into rock i would've probably checked everything from the 80s or so...just b/c i feel its quality music - compared to garbage nowadaysi dont listen to rap exclusively - there's a lotta shit (even thing i wouldnt listen to) that i consider "quality music" - i can see a concept behind, a message and good musicbut all i see behind 50 cent (for example) nowadays is: "how can i make money, what do i have to do that ppl buy my shit, and i dont care if i have to woof on that track - if thats what could be a new trend"example: ive heard 50 interviews where he stated that he could've done "lean back" waaaaay better than fat joe's terror squad - he could've made a bigger hit out of itso he's kinda jealous about fat joe gotten the chance to use that beat and do what he did.so what does he do next? he's telling storch: "make me a beat that sounds exactly like lean back - i want that same vibe etc"voila: candy shopand 50 isnt doing anything better on that beat than Terror Squad on lean back - he just promotes it better, and he's on top of the industry anywayso shit gets played and lil kids including girls from 10-25 all over the world love itand so hes making money....lets compare it to... dj quik? the beatles? michael jackson? marvin gaye? uhmmm, maybe even whitney houston - what can we say about the QUALITY of that trackis it even original? or is it just an idea that has been recylced?i dont have to continue, do i?nah, i dont agree... i like the beatles and marvin gaye, even michael jackson's old shitand thats the kind of shit my parents used to listen to!PS: to me it's not only about rap... same foul things can be found everywhere... the backstreet boys and take that for example made quality music - and it was original - what about the garbage so called boy groups put out nowadays??? it's just about the dollars... and not the music - you got 10-20 boy groups? all same shit - different toilette though =) different faces... so that every girl, 10 years old, can pick their fav. one..... and the music? come one! some remakes that are way worse then the original - bravo!