Hip Hop dead??

I think hip hop and rap is dead. Compare RunDMC to three 6 mafia. Tell me if u think hip hop is dead or not and why. (this is not because of the song hip hop is dead)

Hip Hop dead??
I post this answer almost everyday. lol





It's alive, but you can't rely on the media (BET, MTV and radio stations that play the same songs over and over again). You have newer rap artist like Papoose and Saigon as well as the oldies like Talib and Mos Def, but you have dozens of Rap artists that stick to one subject and push other Rap artist out. I'm 18 so I know the "newer" hip hop as well as some of the "older" hip hop. I see most of the Hip Hop now as entertainment only. People can make a few hundred thousand dollars by singing "Laffy Taffy" (I'm not getting on Southern Rap). While other artist have to struggle with their record companies for promotion.





Now it's all about short term success and a lot of people rapping for the money not the art. Come out with a few hot songs (catchy beats and lyrics), you're CD sells and then put it on iTunes. I still listen to Rap and enjoy it, but sometimes I wonder if there will ever be another Tribe Called Quest or The Pharcyde to make it big and gain heavy rotation. That would be nice.
Reply:unfortunatly, no. that's all they play on the radio. thank god for world cafe 88.5
Reply:Hip Hop is dead lol unfortunately. Its just too commercial now honestly, but artist just have to go where the money is at. Look At Ja Rule's first album it was pretty str8 then he started doing the R and B thug Thing. There will never be another "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx", "Illmatic", Reasonable doubt along with many other classics ever again. The girl who answered before was right with Papoose and Saigon, but realistically if Big L was here He would put papoose in his place. LOLOL, even in the South with Outkast and Scarface, and the West with Old Ice Cube and Ras Kass, music is just not the same. Maybe Kool G will stadily come back and kill everyone LOL.
Reply:God, I hope it is.