Gangsta versus Classic hip hip, 50 cent and Kanye West. What is your opinion on real hip hop versuse hip pop?

For those who go back far enough to remember when hip hop was more about your sound and lyrical delivery you will know Kanye West is hip hop at it's finest and 50 cent is a total gimmick. 50 is appealing to an audience who knows little to nothing about people like Nas, Dead Pres, Talib Kweli, KRS-One, Common ETC. 50 is doing exactly what he said on his SECOND album "get rich or die trying" 50 was a cold lyricist when he first hit the scene. When he realized suburban kids would rather by a gimmick rather than listen to a classic he totally let his hip hop soul die to get rich. Kanye West is nerdy and complains and would much rather put on a suit than gangsta attire but this is the essence of Hip Hop. Hip Hop has never been gangsta. Hell Dr. Dre and Ice Cube are good guys who fooled some into thinking they were gangsta. So when I hear people say 50 is real and Kanye is a nerd. I think Kanye is Hip Hop and 50 is a gimmick from the hood. So what do you think of gangsta versus hip hop?

Gangsta versus Classic hip hip, 50 cent and Kanye West. What is your opinion on real hip hop versuse hip pop?
gotta agree wit tha gurl above me hip hop is wat we live not a genre of muzik. rap music is a portion of hip hop. i grew up on tha gangsta rap, but ima hip hop head back to run dmc, kurtis blow tha whole nine ( ima dj, grafitti artist n tried breaking). sumthin we must understand is that common is stickin ta the original style a lot more than kanye, they are both great, love em both, but kanye has his guilty pleasures. n its not so much that they love hip hop anymore than weezy or flip or need i say 50 (who i dont like),but look at their roots, listen to the sound. they grew up in chi city where they were not only exposed ta run dmc but miles and coltrane. so their minds are more open, theyre entire love for muzik is expressed in their songs.


50 is as fake as he wanna be, wanksta was about him. quote me on that. kanye has meaningful muzik and other that isnt. but dont knock a rapper cause his struggle n how he expresses it is different than how nwa said f*** tha police or grandmaster flash said the message or eric b n rakim said know the ledge. every coast has different lingo and styles of rap, so it may not be how it started off but that doesnt make it trash. its sumthin new, its expanding. blame it on society.


TO END y r we sayin sumthin now in tha 2000's instead of back in the early 90's with luke cambell and the 2 live crew
Reply:Hip Hop consists of many different forms including rapping (also known as emceeing) and DJing...it wasnt until the 1990's that 'Gangsta Rap' was brought to the scene...Gangsta Rap is Hip Hop but only a slither of the whole consept...Hip Hop when broken down consists of many things...dissing Gangsta rap is in some way dissin the whole of Hip Hop
Reply:Well said. Its about time someone who knows what they are talking about breaks this down. I know Nas said "hip hop is dead" but Kanye, Common, Lupe Fiasco (Chi City Baby) are doing there part to resurrect her. 50 and all that south sh!t are keeping it on life support.
Reply:Gangsta rap is grade school, hip hop is graduate school. True hip hop is maturity, it's staying true to who you are and your purpose. Gangsta rap is a phase that youngster go through but eventually grow out of, hip hop is forever........
Reply:Well Sam, I couldn't agree more.





You summarized what happened, 50 Cent is a poor thing musically. He inherited the looks of N.W.A. and he somehow missed their musical skills.





On the other hand, Kanye West amazes me. He focused on nothing but his music. He rejected all the other ways that'd make him succeed (attire etc...) and instead of that he worked hard on his music (and you can see that when he was pissed off at the VMAs because they didn't reward his hardwork).





I praise K West for what he did. The way he chose is what makes him special and highly successful.
Reply:YOU FOOL 50 RULE
Reply:im all for supporting the real but kanye is just as pop as 50 is.