Nas says that he thinks hip hop is dead. What do you think?

I agree with Nas. True hip hop and hip hop culture is dying. All that remains is fast beats and trashy lyrics. That kind of music can be fun to listen to for strong minded adults, who don't take those kinds of lyrics seriously, but it seems that it perpetuates the ignorance of it's impressionable young listeners. I love hip hop. And I can't front- I like the booty shaking lyrics; the beats; it's fun to dance to, and sometimes the lyrics are so absurd, that I can't help but enjoy the silliness. But I think that originally hip hop music was created to give a voice to the people who didn't have voices. Up until hip hop really started to take off- a lot of issues in black and lower income commuinites (the ones who mostly identify with hip hop) were over looked or unacknowledged. Once that music became popular and started playing in the homes of upper middle class families, who found the music to be despicable- they could no longer turn a deaf ear, or blind eye to what was going on in the

Nas says that he thinks hip hop is dead. What do you think?
R. Kelly and Snoop Dog said "That's that shhit". So I guess you're right ;)
Reply:to me personally i don't think hip-hop is dead... i think that the creativity in the music is. When Pac and BIG were alive, they had something to say in their music. Now adays, all they have is snap music, that really doesn't prove a point. Hip-hop to me has definitly tooken a great change. And for those who say you wish it was dead. Try listening to it, From Pac and Big to present day. SEE THE DIFFERENCE. You make judgements because you don't understand it. peace.
Reply:Good point.
Reply:I am not a black; nor am I from the ghettos, "the hood," or whatever the communities are called nowdays. Through my studies, I found that hip hop began as a way for the urbanite to survive their environment; to stay out of trouble while engaging in their artistic and self-expressive endeavors. It was to give voice to a voiceless people; to raise their spirits and empower them.





Until of course, the commercialization of hip hop began. It resulted in the mainstream hip hop we hear today. Many who dislike hip hop has good reason not to like it; it is simply garbage that sets an illusionary world of money, sex, guns, and cars. Many times the lyrics are so mindless, it is no wonder why it "dumbs" people down. The MCs who once wielded the reins of hip hop were replaced by rappers.





The underground hip hop community is the only hope to save what is left of hip hop. MCs are sorely needed, and many reside within this community. Unlike rappers, MCs have a vision of a reality that has not existed, but they proceed to try to make that reality come true. They are not reactionary like rappers, but proactive. Their message creates change for the better. Rappers, on the other hand, react to the world around them, and only seek to survive but never to elevate themselves to a higher level.





But there are still meaningful lyricists out there, capable of spewing word play that is poetic, highly intelligent, fresh, and inspirational. Old ones will apprentice new ones. So perhaps hip hop never dies; there will always be a few who are hip hop, and as long as even one person is hip hop, it is still alive.
Reply:not in the south, new york hasn't done anything since biggie died ( except for jay z and big pun had 1 good album), mobb deep got so bad they had to sign with 50 to get some publicity, wu tang hasn't done anything since method and red man decided to become actors and since no one in America is listening to the garbage new york is putting out (especially nas, who hasn't done descent work since illmatic) he has to create controversy to get some sells, everybody is picking up the Atlanta, Houston slang, they are hot right now, listen to t.i., luda, cham, u.g.k. and you will realize hip hop is not dead, just in new york











here is a typical rhyme from the time nas believes hip hop was at its peak "i make my gat go blat blat blat" that is intense word play that makes you think? i miss new york rappers
Reply:my question is who takes rap serious, its a joke, every song i ever heard consists of some self absorbed deutch-bag bragging about his material crap,
Reply:I totally agree. Especially this Dirty South crap the younger generation is calling Hip Hop. Most of the stuff out there is complete garbage. the other day, I was cleaning my room and i was listening to a local hip hop station. I was irritated with the bullshitt that was being played over and over again. So i went to my CD case and thumbed trough it. And i was feeling ILLMATIC, so I let that play for a while, and I felt happy, but saddened. I began to think of how good hip hop used to make me feel. Hold on to the memory because Hip Hop is not the same. Commercial "Rappers" are too busy making hot videos about money, cars hoes, instead of writing hot lyrics. The type of lyrics that'll have you LISTENING to the message the artist is trying to relay while the whole time you're bopping your head to the beat. I love you hip hop, but you've changed. All I have to say..in the words of Public Enemy "Don't believe the hype."
Reply:bob likes what mostly everybody says, except for that person above bob. saying after big died new york did nothing, obviously YOU know nothing


big died in 1997


in 1999 mobb deep dropped murda muzik, that was a banga


we had big l until 1999


we had big pun until 2004


we still got 8 members of the wu tang left


we still got nas


and nas aint just any other shitty rapper, nas is one of the few survivors from back in the day who isnt either dead or changed their style and sold out, nas is better then anybody from the south, nas is a living memorial of what REAL hip hop is and what it hip hop used to be like.





and you say except jay z, today jay z is crap, he fell into the hip hop trap he aint the same big lip rapper he used to be, hes like snoop just doing club beats now.





dirty south rap sucks they aint real hip hop they fake *** crunk ****.

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