Has Hip Hop sold out to Corporate America?

let’s face it, the reason why there is such a backlash of Hip Hop right now is because the mainstream stuff out right now is garbage! The reason it’s garbage is because mainstream Hip Hop lacks creativity, individuality, consciousness, style, and just plain TALENT! Executives market it to a POP audience who are used to disposable crap, here today and gone tomorrow… Can we all agree that MAINSTREAM HIP “POP” is garbage and that Lil Wayne, Nelly, 50, Kanye, Hurricane Chris and most other ringtone artists that are played on the radio 20 times a day, are basically sellouts, and therefore should not have the privilege of being classified as “HIP HOP?” Agree or Disagree?

Has Hip Hop sold out to Corporate America?
Wow I didnt know Flipmode dropped Pap...But im glad he stayed true...Sh*t the same thing happened to Lady Luck at Def Jam...They wanted her to be like Foxy and Kim, which was in at the time...but she didnt and got dropped, also.





I dont think it sold out...Its just extremely popular right now...I think if the artist happens to sell and they stay true to their roots...Then you cant deny them there status...sometimes they cant help but become popular...Some ppl confuse this with selling out...I think you sold out if you conform to a fad like to me JadaKiss sold out...How youre gonna dis Fat Joe for saying switch to southpaw...But then you show up on the worst song in this era Ay Bay Bay remix...Then I see you making appearances in Lil Boosie videos...I think that the newer artist are selling out to Corprate because they are tryna make money and this garbarge rap is what corp america wants to flood the market with...So if you wanna make a quick pay day then you have to do it their way or if you even want a record deal also. But I say stick to indie make what you want...And still make dough...word up
Reply:Yeah, it sold out 25 years ago. Sorry
Reply:The Mainstream is synonymous to The Plantation....
Reply:Certainly some elements of the rap/hip hop genre have become commercialized. But the misconception that what we refer to as "true hip hop" is underrepresented today couldn't be more wrong. Hip hop is alive as it always has been, you've always had to dig a little deeper to find the true gems. That's one thing I love about hip hop...you can always tell the true heads from the people that think Coolio invented rap. There's a huge number of hip hop artists out there if you know what to look for and you are plugged into the culture. It's there if you want to see it, just open your eyes.
Reply:hip hop sold out in the 80's and has been trash ever since. now it's not even music, just lyrical larceny writ large.
Reply:That's the nature of the business!
Reply:i am the king of kings
Reply:Totally agree. If good rap, KRS-One for example, were played 20 times a day think about what effect that would have on a mainstream pop audience. Being exposed to his ideals and values. People would probably be a lot smarter if the airwaves were flooded with music like that...
Reply:the artists have sold out because they are in it for the money. i dont listen to the radio because i get tired of hearing the same thing played. i listen to a variety of music, and im glad that i do. when rap and hip hop went mainstream, i knew it wouldnt be long that the real talent would fade, and the one hit wonders will come out like roaches when the light is on. im tired of so called snap rap songs. most rappers have a dance move to every song on an album. if i wanted a workout video, i would have bought hip hop abs. when ppl ask me who is my favorite rap artist of today, i cant answer because majority of them suck, and the ones are half way decent, they dont get recoginized because they have something positive to say. now if someone asked me in the 90s who was my favorite rapper, i would say tupac. now that was a rapper. i listen to underground rap because thats where it should have stayed.
Reply:i can see what your talking about but its KINDA starting to make a come back with VERY few rappers like Talib Kweil and Lupe Fiasco rappers like that but none of those rappers REALLY blow up like stupid ring tone rappers...
Reply:Not so much that hip hop sold out but more as the artists sold out to corporate america. Let's be real, people get in this game more for the money than anything. Don't blame them, we all have to survive and make money. I think the problem is, especially on major labels they want the artist to make a commercial song to make money or change the direction of an artist and for the money a artist will give in to the corporate demands. Papoose was just dropped from his label because he refused to go the direction that the label wanted him. If an artist can stand up for themselves and their music, maybe there would not be as much commercial in hip hop as there is right now. Papoose took a stand and said NO! If you ever read or hear an artist talk about the beginning of their career they most of the time say the label was on me about doing this so and so. Mobb Deep only did "Hey Luv" because the label wanted a song for the commercial and radio world. I read one interview with Prodigy that said "we did not even want to do that track. that wasn't us. but the label was on us to do it. so we did it." Some are really put in a position where either they give in to demands and do what the label wants so that they can release an album, and others just choose to do it continuously because they no longer care about the quality of their music, but more of the revenue.
Reply:I totally agree!! I can't stand the "hip hop" music of today.
Reply:of course. Corperate america is using hiphop to control the weak.





That's why the rap lyrics on the radio are sooooos stupid





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