hip hop

Is hip hop dying, or is it already dead?

2009-11-19T20:59:00.000-08:00

I mean, I never listen to my local hip hop/R%26amp;B station anymore because they only play either bad whiny-voiced juvenile singers (like Lloyd, Chris Brown, TPain) or equally bad rappers (Young Joc, Young Jeezy, Mims, Lil Wayne). Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, Common, and T.I. are pretty much the only new music I download. In fact, I enjoy my local talk-radio station more than today's music because it actually has a meaning and is interesting.

Hip Hop used to have a meaning but now it's all about the women, the cars, the jewelry, and how much money you have. And it stinks! My mp3 player only has old music, and I only add songs that I suddenly remember I loved or a rare hit that I hear on the radio. Other than that I don't really listen to today's hip hop.

Okay, glad I got that off my chest, does anybody else agree with me?

Is hip hop dying, or is it already dead?
I agree with you!!! And I agree with Charlotte too. Especially mims, sorriest one-hit wonder every to pick up a mic.

All that's on TV and the radio anymore is a minstrel show for midwestern high school kids - but unfortunately everyone else is buying in too! Maybe I'm wrong? No, the programming on the radio and TV are still execrable.

I didn't listen to the radio for like eight years until recently finding classical music. And I like rap plenty- 'specially ice cube %26amp; young jeezy. As in other contemporary music I do try try to enjoy, the answer is DJ mixes hosted online. Find a DJ whose taste and style you like and then ask for other DJ's like him/her.

There's still real rap out there but it's being buried under an avalanche of minstrel stereotypes and conceited, cartoonish "thug juice" figureheads manufactured by the media. Even Nas has gone soft! I used to stick up for that cat. The Game is putting out some great work these days, but I try to prefer the East Coast sound.

Looking for something sooner?

For hard #%26amp;@% of no redeeming social value, I actually like to go to either expo shows or gas stations in the 'hood and buy CD's by local DJ's and producers. That's never failed me :) though one is still stuck with uncomfortable misogynies instead of powerful, meaningful music. But at least it's loud and harsh :)
Reply:Hey thanks, I could use the street cred ;) Report It

Reply:add , Lil Brother to your list. Check out this song

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6aS... Report It

Reply:im not really a big rap fan to begin with, but i agree. i like dr dre and a few older guys, but its terrible now. its all about getting crunk and doing stupid dances like the ones you see in the videos. and the things you listed.
Reply:Duuuuude...stop asking this question.

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Reply:YES. i agree. im tired of this ish and i think im gonna give up rap.
Reply:I believe that hip hop is not dead. You are listening in the wrong places. Radios are run by idiots who are spoonfeeding bullsh*t to the masses. Masses that don't know any better. My friend's daughter goes on my computer and presses play on some stuff and looks at me with a smile on her face, like that sh*t is banging. Do you know how many times I told her to get out??

I hate to tell you but you are just gonna have to research in other places. I had to sign up with digital-djs.com to get me started. I Listen to dj's mixes ('specially dj1derful) and, thankfully, they posted who's stuff they used. That way I know who I like and who I will buy.

(Forgot to tell you. dj1derful.com is also where I go. Go to The Flavours tab. Hit up MDoc's Euphonic mix. It's good.)
Reply:I Feel The Same Exact Way But People Who Listen To That Shi*t Disagree THe Dont Wanna Here Real Rappers They wanna here stuff that sounds like stuff written by a first grader

Laffy Taffy Chicken Noddle Soup Lip Gloss Or Buy You A Drank And All These Stupid Dance Moves Pop Lock And Drop It 2 step and walk it out

Theres Still Some Real Rappers Like Nas Canibus Talib Kweli Mos Def Pharoc Monch

most Of The Sh*t They Play On The Radio Is Complete Trash but some people dont want to admit That is not rap its watered down bubble gum pop-rap and is nothing compared to sh*t from real MC's
Reply:Hip Hop isnt dead yet, but its dying at a quick speed....I totally agree, Lupe, Kanye, T.I., and Common are some of the few that are keeping it alive....dont forget Talib, Nas, Public Enemy, and Ice Cube!

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Is Hip Hop(Rap)dead,done,since 2Pac died?

2009-11-19T20:58:00.003-08:00

I was and have been a fan of hip hop my whole life but to me since the late 90's early 2000's there has not been good music out.It is all about I got money and women.Not to mention the horrible songs hip hop is making for dance clubs(hey bay-bay).All have become unoriginal to me and got me moving to alternative music for orginality..I guess it circles around,but Hip Hop def. misses 2pac(the greatest.)A true lyricist.What do you think?

Is Hip Hop(Rap)dead,done,since 2Pac died?
yes and no because his songs were gangsta so he was hip-hop and no because the songs out today are still good but not as good or close to as 2pacs or Eazy-e's songs R.I.P homies.
Reply:unfortunately NO! Someone else will step forward soon.
Reply:Not at all there are still tons of good rappers (maybe I only like) like akon,50 cent,snoop dogg, Lil Wayne and lots more. It might just be that the best rapper (in your eyes) has died, but one person dieing is not going to make a whole style of music go with it.
Reply:NO there are tons of talented hip hop artists out there try listening to music from Kanye West, Missy Elliot, T-Pain, 50 cent, Flo Rida, Eve, Lil' Mama, these are some of the artists I like Sean Paul is also good

Are there any hip hop shows or underground places to listen hip hop music this weekend in Phoenix?

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I will be in phoenix 6-29 til the first of july and want to go to a place to listen to some underground hip hop. Or check out a hip hop spot. Not a club person. I just wanna hear some hip hop. anybody know a place?

Are there any hip hop shows or underground places to listen hip hop music this weekend in Phoenix?
Hey Orland,

They tell me 'Ain't nobody's bizness' is a good place to check out.

http://www.thebiztuc.com/index.html

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

2009-11-19T20:58:00.001-08:00

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.

Is hip-hop more positive or more negative? How do you view hip-hop as a whole?

2009-11-19T20:58:00.000-08:00

If anyone has real-talk and some knowledge to offer, please feel free. There is a big gap of misunderstanding in the world of hip-hop, and I will find out what it is, and it will start here! What's your views on hip-hop, be real and be honest!

Is hip-hop more positive or more negative? How do you view hip-hop as a whole?
As well as everyone else, I believe that hip hop was better back in the day and only a few artists are really accepting music as an art form. To me I feel like artists are using music as a way of fast money. Lets be really honest, half the songs we hear are about absolutely nothing. I believe anyone can sing "lean wit it, rock wit it", "I got my vans on but they look like sneakers"....they have the dumbest songs but are still considered to be "hip hop". What bothers me the most is how women are disrespected and the images children are exposed to. Women have been through way too much to gain equality to be subjected to how hip hop views them. I'm just waiting for change. I'm waiting for our children to look up to someone who is a doctor or a lawyer not a rapper and have more apspirations than to be a rapper. I do understand that most people admire rappers because they come from the same situations but if a rapper wants to impress me, rap about where you came and where you need to go. If I was a rapper that came from the gutta, I would most definitely change my ways and set my goals high instead of staying in the mindset of sex, drugs, and women.
Reply:Hip-hop has stopped talking about positive things and has put a focus on violence, partying, and putting people (women, other artist, etc.) down. It is becoming more about putting out a record for quick cash, rather than making good, real music. There is nothing wrong with making a great club song, but when it speaks about violence and degrading women, it has a huge negative impact on the young crowd that listens to it. I don't listen to it much anymore because there is always so much cursing and so many deragatory terms towards women.
Reply:I am a white male in my mid 20's. I like some hip-hop, but there is some hip-hop that I refuse to like because I feel like it's obscene. I was taught to respect women and to try not to offend people. I feel sorry for the people who can listen to music like this and don't understand why it is immoral. I have heard many black leaders recently standing up against this kind of music and I think it's great. I know it's a long shot saying we can get rid of it, but I think the more stereotypes we can eliminate between races in America, the closer we will get to ending racism.
Reply:It furthers stereotypes about blacks. Promotes black on black violence and degrades women by calling them hoes. But I appreciate the booty shaking and *** grabbing.
Reply:New school sucks, all about old school. You got a very positive vibe from oldschool, now its all about hoes and money.
Reply:To me old school rap and hip-hop was fine, but when everything started being all about gangsta rap and music about how much money one has and having women in barely there clothing and break your ankle shoes shaking their a**es.

It became more negative. It holds no appeal to me whatsoever.
Reply:I don't really understand the point of Hip-Hop, and i think it's a little stupid (you said be honest)
Reply:To me today's music is not hip hop. It is mainstream rap, Hip hop to me is Nas, The roots, Talid Kweli just to name a few. Mainstream rap today is influenced by society, this is what society wants why do you think, It is so big. I am not gonna lie I love to here that music when i am in the club and that is it other than that I love real hip hop. To me it doesn't have any affect positive or negative.

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What does the black rap/hip-hop scene think of white rap/hip-hop fans?

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Upon hearing that a few of my friends have taken an interest in learning the "Soulja Boy" dance, I wondered what the black rap/hip-hop fan community would think of this. I have heard things like "whitey can't dance" and it appears that there is a general consideration of white rap/hip-hop fans, or whites that try to emulate the "ghetto" lifestyle as absurd and foolish. Rap music and hip-hop music are just genres, but I am specifically looking for the attitude of the scene. Would a white person be able to walk into a club with more blacks than whites without being kicked out of laughed at? Would a white person be able to dance the "Soulja Boy" dance without being disrespected? I don't know if whites are disrespected for this or not, and I am curious to hear what the followers of the hip-hop scene have to say.

What does the black rap/hip-hop scene think of white rap/hip-hop fans?
The don't think anything but $$$

"Most rappers got new albums that white kids are anticipating"

-Chamillionaire 'Evening News'

These days I think allot of people are over the whole black/white thing its just getting ridiculous... but you are entitled to your opinion.

I think its rather disgusting that people stare at me when I go out with my boyfriend cause he is black.... but oh well.

Some people are just ignorant.
Reply:I can tell when someone is a true fan of rap/hip hop, as oppose to trying to fit in or show off. If they can tell the difference between Rap and Hip Hop (and there is a difference), then I’m cool with them, whether they're African-American or not. Report It

Reply:I think this would depend on which region of the country you are in. Some areas may be more accepting of the white hip hop followers than others. Here in Chicago, from what I see, it's accepted for the most part. However I am sure there are some areas where it is not as acceptable.
Reply:last time I checked this is a free country. lol I don't care if club is full of blacks. im there for fun. clubs are for having fun. if some one causes trouble . that's why I carry my 9mm.
Reply:I wonder that too, because yea im Mexican and White and i look more White though, and im from South Central TX where thers mainly Mexicans and Blacks at my school... and well there was a poll where the class had to make a graph, bout music and the choices were Rap/HipHop, R%26amp;B, Rock, Or Country and i heard a few say ANAS GONA GET COUNTRY OR ROCK! i waslk GWD SUT THE HEAK UP, im a HipHop Luva! it annoys me when they say im a "rock country person"... gosh thats annoyin...
Reply:well no offence peeps look i'm black but spanish any who i know that the african americans as in usa and stuff are more like rude and insultung but it would also depend on the whity

lol if he thinks he's all that never ever go in to a black club it won't be pretty but that ym opinion

What is the origin of hip-hop???

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im doing a reasearch on hip-hop and i was wondering if any body can answer these questions:

when did everyone begin to love hip-hop?

how did people react top hip-hop when it was first created?

what is hip-hop excatly?

where did the idea of hip-hop come from

What is the origin of hip-hop???
hip hop came directly off the streets. it evolved from culture and now they reflect each other.

Sugar Hill Gang was one of the pioneers who brought hip hop to the mainstream with "Rapper's Delight"

that should get you started, there is plenty of info out there, do some research.
Reply:f all that other nonsence, CAB CALLOWAY.. look him up, he had a slang dictionary in 1920! he is the first rapper!
Reply:Here ya go.....

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article...
Reply:You could debate this topic for hours depending on what coast your from. East coast believes it started in the Bronx and other there will tell you it started in Queens. Likewise people on the Left coast will tell you that "rap" known to us old skoolers and "hip hop" to new schoolers started in Compton or Southcentral L.A. Most believe that the biggest contributers to the "hip hop" scene were The Last Poets and Africa Bambatta. Myself I started not loving but listening to Hip Hop in 86/87 the baby stages. As for a reaction I couldnt tell you I was just born when it first evolved from the disco/funk era in 1977. There are 4 elements of Hip Hop break dancing, B-boying, graffiti and EmCeeing. To conclude I believe as with all great ideas Hip Hop evolved out of people meeting in a common place to discuss thier ideas and it eventually became an art form.
Reply:all the pioneers of rap will say that james brown was one of many who set the foundation for rap...along with last poets, nikki giovanni and spoken word as a whole...kool herc, afrika bambataa, grandmaster caz and grandmaster flash further developed the art with djing and lightly rhyming over records (i.e. "to da beat yall, and ya dont stop")...coke la rock and clark kent formed the first emcee team in '75 kool herc and the herculoids...kurtis blow was the first rapper to appear on national televison in october '80 on soul train he performed "the breaks"...

james brown's influence was loius jordan who was a jazz musician so it is a continuum...

first off musical tradition was carried over to america by slaves...the music was used in celebrations and rituals...

once here the slaves began to sing spirituals which was called folk music as a whole (indians and europeans also had forms of folk music but it was all called folk music as a whole because of it spiritual base)...

out of this grew blues then gospe l(folk music actually included blues and gospel) ...then ragtime then jazz...r%26amp;b and soul...then rap...

this is an abridged version of what set the foundation for rap music because like stated above the streets influenced rap heavily esp "jive"(a form of speech)...rap has a very rich history cannot credited for having one main influence it is a form of expression that was a form of rebellion against what was going on at the time (just like rock and roll was)...the youth had their own form of music that allowed them to express themselves in a way that was fun, creative and uplifting...

What happened to hip hop?

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hip hop is nowadays is all about girls,cars,money and how many times they can get laid. its garbage now. the only song in that genre that i listen to is A TRIBE CALLED QUEST. hip hop used to be my favorite genre but now i hate it. I LOVE CLASSIC ROCK NOW !!!! OH AND HIP HOP DIED IN THE MID 90'S.

OLD SCHOOL HIP HOP R.I.P

What happened to hip hop?
Its not that good Hip Hop died so much as it went into hiding. You're right in saying that Hip Hop's golden period ended in the mid 90s mostly because it was after that time that the gap between mainstream hip hop and good hip hop became obvious. Think about it, back in the 90's a tribe called quest was definately mainstream music. After their first album went GOLD (sold 500,000 + copies) their next three albums went PLATINUM, which shows that besides being real good music, a tribe called quest was on the radio and TV all the time. This situation is completely different than Hip Hop now. 99% of hip hop on the radio, MTV, and BET is complete garbage. However all hope is not lost. Good hip hop can still be found--you just have to look a little harder. Relatively mainstream artists like The Roots, Talib Kweli, and Common are still making good music. Underground Hip Hop is still alive and well too and if you listen to that, you'll see artists who care about the music more than money and bling.
Reply:White people. Just kidding. Capitalism. You can't sell the movement.
Reply:theres still some decent songs by like ne-yo and chris brown. pop, lock, and drop it and i'm a flirt are good songs too, though i agree with you. im not that much of a classical rock gal, mostly alternative and light rock i guess. i love pop music as well.
Reply:I'm with you on that. I feel bad for the generations that are coming up in the world that will be listening to that.
Reply:Can you say "undergound"?

Or even "Alternative"...

Good rap is out there.

Look for it.

The State of Hip Hop?

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Alright, so I want everyone that visits this page to vote with either group one or two.

Group one: Your a group one person, you like to listen to acts like Talib Kweli, Slick Rick, Rakim, Nas, BIG, Common, %26amp; other rap acts that are often considered classic rap acts.

Group Two: You prefer acts like Ludacris, Young Jeezy, UNK, 50 Cent and other currently popular acts.

Okay, the idea of this is to see how many people really are becoming fed up with with the current state of Hip Hop.

To me, Hip Hop is a dying art form, however, many of the people I've spoken to recently seem to share my opinion that Hip Hop need a revival, and that much of the current stuff is worthless. With this poll I want to see how many people really agree with me that hip hop needs a makeover.

The State of Hip Hop?
Group 1! I cant tell you how long it's been since I listened to the radio. I wont say its all bad, but almost. I do like Mike Jones and UGK since Im from Texas. But, If I hear another song by Akon, or T-Pain, I will shoot myself in the head!
Reply:I'm in group 1.

I grew up with that music.

This music added to the best hip-hop

experiences in my life.

Then NWA came out.

then the "Chronic" album exploded

Then Bone thugs, Ice T.

Too Short, etc.

The thing is, when these people came out there was also clean rap out too like

Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince with

"Summer Time"

Tribe called Quest with "Banita Applebaum"

Brand Nubian's, Outkast with "Elevators"

Yo-Yo, The Fugees, BBD was out(I know they aren't rappers)

They kind of evened it out.

Now everyone wants to be a

Pimped-out-Gangsta!

Too Short was considered one of the most vulgar rappers. Now EVERYONE raps like that!

It's sad that this is what these kids have to grow up listening to.

rap took a turn for the worst.

And some of them suck!

:~(
Reply:Group 1 fa sho, except I don't think you should group Ludacris in with all the other jokes, he's got skills.
Reply:Hip Hop is in a state of 911

Buisness-Eminem

I just thought it suited this.....
Reply:I vote for group one. Newer rappers have lost their way. They have become too commercialized. Now they make records just make sales instead of trying to actually say anything.
Reply:I LIKE GROUP 2 IM YOUNG AND I LIKE MUSIC THAT U CAN DANCE TO AND HAVE FUN WITH I DONT CARE IF THE SONG GOT A MESSAGE OR NOT
Reply:I listen to both of the "groups" mentioned. I find it sad that group two has pushed out group one. Hip Hop is alive; the consumers and the media chose to support one group, and that group is number 2.
Reply:group one is nice they seem like a nice group of young fellows,

group two is nice they seem like a nice group of young fellows too.
Reply:Hip-Hop and Rap are dying. Major record sales over the past two years have TANKED....big time. Nothing personal, but the major labels have moved on, dumping Hip-Hop and Rap pretty much altogether. Good luck to the 'independents', but I laughably doubt they'll ever attain the profits enjoyed by the major labels.

Sadder still, is the witless hype that cries Hip-Hop is booming and Rap is s*it hot. Hey: The 'bling-bling' is fake, the high-profile cars and SUVs are rentals.
Reply:I think the problem with hip hop is that the songs out now are dance songs or are about cars, chains, and girls......etc. Real hip hop makes you THINK AND FEEL NOT SHAKE YOUR BOOTY OR POP LOCK AND DROP IT HAHA
Reply:Group Two except for unk he sucks
Reply:Hip Hop is not Dead

But it is on live support.

Hip Hop has a disease called Southern Rap (snap music)

Its on medication(rappers)

The medication its on is called

The Game, Eminem,(rappers worth listening too)
Reply:If more people you put out like weezy then there wouldnt b a problem. he made the charter II in a month.
Reply:MR. WIZARD -- u need to go here:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

cuz you are another idiot who thinks rap and hip hop are two different types of music
Reply:I vote for group 2 , their hip-hop is more enjoyable..the beat is so cool...yeah I know that the group 2 songs don't have meaning whatsoever..is about girl,sex,money,cars,etc but still like I said is more enjoyable and not boring.
Reply:group one without a doubt
Reply:i agree. It only has a few good tracks but since when did everybody care about who an artist was beefin' wit and not about the songs or the music they was makin'. C/mon
Reply:group one raps more about life and group to is more about money,dance moves, cars, getting shot and girls with the exception of ludacris' song runaway love.

i like group one because they seem less fake
Reply:I listen to both. I love Talib, Nas, Biggie, Common, Tupac, Jay-Z, etc. and also listen to others such as Run DMC, but unfortunately haven't become too familiar with Rakim or Slick Rick (although I love him on the Aaliyah track). I find that these artists have music that are just classics and that will always be played. Also, they often rap about deeper issues that a lot of modern groups don't dwell on. However, I feel like I need to, in a way, defend Group 2. Most popular acts are in it for the money, but you have to give a bit of nod at least to their production and their strategy at crossing over into the pop market. Also, Biggie definitely was a popular act in the '90's, and the other names mentioned in Group 1 had a few moments where they had some hits. Also, I love Ludacris, and just because he creates a lot of party anthems since he is known for that doesn't mean that that is all he is. He gives a thought to a lot of his lyrics as well as his past and social issues. There is still a lot of great new music out there (I love Lupe Fiasco) and while hip hop has really changed a lot, people thought it was dying 10 years ago too, and I think that the makeover will happen regardless and automatically as with everything in the world, so there should be no need to worry.
Reply:Group two... they are the ones changing the game (the rap game)
Reply:when i get to high school, theres a varsity hip-hop dance team and im joining it so any kind of hip-hop that i can dance to is good but i like group one better, they write better lyrics. also ludacris shoudl be with group 1 because he writes good music too.
Reply:hip hop is dying..ya group one is great...but this generation is all about group two..group two is not hip hop but rap and some new genre..unlike group one which represents true hip hop
Reply:The 50 cent of old had some hot tracks. Obviously now him and his amusement parks are terrible. I choose GROUP ONE even though you certainly left out some big names.

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Rap/Hip Hop Culture - does it exist?

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Several years ago a Grade 10 history student of mine wanted to do a research project on the history of Rap/Hip Hop (a good choice for a topic, as it happens). He told me that rap was 'his culture' (He was from Sierra Leone). I said that while Rap/Hip Hop did have a distinct and interesting history, I didn't think it could be called a 'culture' - it can't be compared with Chinese Culture, Muslim Culture, Ashante Culture etc... So my question(s) to you is (are): what IS a culture? Is Rap/Hip Hop a culture and if so, what makes it a culture? Or is it part of a larger culture - and if so, what are that culture's traditions and values? Thanks!

Rap/Hip Hop Culture - does it exist?
Hi,

yes, it is a culture.

A culture is a way of life. There are many cultures and sub cultures. I think hip-hoip culture comes under "youth culture"!
Reply:it is a culture by the way i see it;

simply because it has became their life style

altho its clear to see that rap and hiphop cn also conclude frm the sense of music yet how they delivers their music is basicly showing how their lifes are. its something tht ppl would do, in a society tht is. Report It

Reply:The culture of rap/hip-hop....

Saggy pants, tank-tops, boomboxes, bling... Is this not a definition of culture? There is a metal culture.

It's basically a way of life, shaped by the music that a person listens to. it's a culture, but not in the same sense as Muslim/Chinese etc culture.

Sometimes music can define the clothes a person wears, the language they use and the general way people lead their life.

That, for me, is a definition of the word culture.

So although I agree with you 100%, I disagree that it is not a culture. It's just a different form of culture. One that is not shaped by beliefs or geographic location.
Reply:Well... according to the legendary KRS1 Hip Hop is officially recognised as a culture by the United Nations. To me it is very much a part of inner city culture, a reflection of city life. To me culture is a way of life, the necessary thoughts and practices needed to form a group of people. Think of a plant from it is seed. All the nurturing it takes to grow it into a fully developed flower is culture.

There was a time when Hip Hop promoted the more cultural aspects of being a black community in a white mans world, however that has been shadowed by the more individualist capitalist idea as pushed by the likes of 50cent and Jay Z type m.c's. Your question should be a real thinking point for all these rappers 2day.
Reply:Does it exist?

Not at this white man's house.
Reply:come and live in Louisiana, and you will change your mind.
Reply:It is a culture.
Reply:What makes the Chinese or Muslim cultures? How would you define someone of the chinese culture? By their appearance? By their customs?

I know a B-Boy on sight. I know the "customs" of a battle. I believe that Hip Hop is a culture and I have been a part of it for over 20 years.

I'm not going to try to "explain" to you what being a part of this culture is because I don't think it's something that could be explained in a forum like this.
Reply:i dont know where happy gets his info from but, whatever

ignorance is bliss right happy ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ loser...

anyway in my opinion hiphop/rap culture can only fall under a larger culture

which is african-american culture

if you look back at the history of hiphop youd see.

granted it has a wide following of races now, it cant be denied that hiphop is a major part of african-american culture.

to the girl below me, HIPHOP is as much a part of black culture as gospel, R%26amp;b, jazz, and soul

it is celebrated as a part of african-american culture just watch BET....

just because it has a wider following more than one race listens in doesnt mean its any less of a part of black culture

just because there white buddists doesnt mean its any less of a asian culture

just because JAPAN has a baseball league doesnt mean baseball is any less part of american culture

and just because hiphop is celebrated world wide

doesnt erase the fact that it is a major part of our culture
Reply:Hip Hop is a culture (encompassing MC-ing, DJ-ing, break-dancing and artistic expression through graffiti). It shouldn't be confused with rap. Coming from one of the original pioneers Busy Bee, rap is just a medium of expression.

True Hip Hop is about peace, love, unity and having fun. All of the materialism, sexism and violence that present in today's "hip hop" (e.g. what artists like 50 Cent promote) has no real place there. It has skewed the original meaning of Hip Hop and why it was born (with Afrika Bambaataa in the Bronx).
Reply:Yes, it is a culture. Perhaps best stated as a sub-culture because it still has to blend itself with the main culture of the U.S. in order to work. One of the tell-tail signs that it is a culture is from the ethnocentrism that surrounds it. Ethnocentrism is an instinct that ALL humans have. It, basically, means that we think that our way of doing things is the best way --- period. If you stop for a moment and look at the answers that have been given, so far, you will see that ethnocentrism coming from both directions.

Rap or hip-hop cultures most likely arose from the isolation that came from being rejected to a certain degree as a race. All humans need culture and if they are not getting enough of it, they will invent their own.
Reply:^^^^^^ I'm black and I am not claiming that hip-hop is a part of "African-American" culture (and you shouldn't either). BUT hip-hop is a culture that has brought dance, urban fashion and music to mainstream society.
Reply:Have you looked up the definition of the word 'culture'? In an online dictionary, it's defined as "the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc."

While not always beneficial, hip hop has brought about 'qualities' within sub societies of mainstream civilisation. You think about how the lyricists of hip hop express themselves in such a huge variety of ways, from the highs and lows of everyday personal life, to their views of historical and current events, and man's progression to the current political and economical climate.

Think about how hip hop has its own genre of art in the form of graffiti. The language and mannerisms adopted by the members of this sub society that consider the words, views and art expressed to be great enough to be both revered and developed.

By looking at the definition of the word 'culture', it can very easily be shown that Hip hop can most definitely be viewed as a culture, far more so than 'Muslim' culture, which is actually the religion of Islam and not a culture at all!

I think a good question would concern whether or not anything should be defined in terms of culture at all. All it does is cause division (between 'cultures'), and can lead to outdated and potentially dangerous customs to be carried out simple for the sake of traditional values that lie within the confines of a culture. Just my opinion.
Reply:Dearly beloved

We are gathered here today to discuss some interesting sh!t! Is this hip hop thing of ours a culture. I’ll spit some of my opinion,….

Hip hop began as a reaction to the gang problems in NYC in the 60s. It was zip gun time and the art of the switch blade was in effect. Gang members (Bambatta most famously) decided to get into the whole deejaying thing as a positive outlet for their crews. Didn’t take long before the battling was on the turntables, break beat selection, fat laces (later to become phat laces!) and the break boys. Hip hop heads that waited to showcase their talents at the break of a soul or funk song where the instrumental break… well… broke down. It was the soul of the record and thus was born sampling (Kool Herc %26amp; FLASH).

So music enthused non-violent confrontation.

Clothing, beatboxin, breakin, slang, clothes, etc are all part of the ‘culture’ but the source of telling street stories, battling with the MIC and a showcasing talent vehicle (in a harsh white corporate world) was the original ethos of hip hop. You should be able to figure out where hip hop culture stands on the Rodney King beating, Iraq conflicts, poverty in the US, etc.

Hip hop is also about love %26amp; humour %26amp; bringing people together %26amp; ingenuity. Using obscure breaks, introducing a generation to Rick James or James Brown can only be done thru this culture.
Reply:a culture is refered to as an appreciation of literature,art,music and etc. hip hop is an appreciation of a type of music, it appreciates literature in the form of the lyrics and poems e.g tupacs poems..the art of dressin is also appreciated. hip hop has its leaders it has its own style and one can also say it has its own race but besides that there are also rules in hip hop...hip hop was once part of a larger culture but has grown and seperated from that larger culture.
Reply:the traditions of rap/hip-hop are to STEAL "samples" of GOOD rock-n-roll/metal music, twist their stupid words like "yo, biotches, mah n***as" to computer-generated drumbeats, with NO actual musical talent needed. values....? *scoff*

Can someone please tell me the difference between hip hop and rap?

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I have always thought of hip hop as guys like Common, Kanye, Mos, etc. and rap as guys like Tupac, Bone Thugs, Crime Mob, etc. Some say rap is industry whereas hip hop is "real." To me hip hop is more of a cleaner sense of rap. Rap is ghetto. Hip hop is the anti-ghetto. Rap is more street. Hip hop is more flow. Am I wrong? Am I in the ballpark? Someone help me out here. I love 'em both. I just hate it when people say hip hop is dead when I feel they are talking about rap. They are different genres, and those who say hip hop is dead should at least say it about hip hop and not rap.

Can someone please tell me the difference between hip hop and rap?
i see hip hop and rap as very different. hip hop aims to highlight problems in the black community while i think rap tends to try and glamorize them. to me rappers are ppl like 50 cent, lil wayne, jeezy... and hip hop artists are ppl like common and talib kweli. i prefer hip hop to rap but i do also listen to rap music. i jus dnt like it so much b/c i think some rap lyrics are irresposibly made because they encourage minority youths to engage in bad behaviors and make them think that committing crimes and havin to hustle is cool. but its really not. i agree with nas that hip hop is practically dead.. at least in mainstream music. there is underground hip hop. but hip hop is not the same as it was in the past. i mean what happened to artists like black star, a tribe called quest, pharcyde, etc.

if i were a hip hop artist i would be insulted when ppl consider music by 50 cent or like artists to be hip hop cuz its really not what hip hop was meant to be about.
Reply:I've always known rap to be the actual act of rhyming, and Hip-Hop to be the whole culture (graffiti, cazelle glasses, Kangol hats, beat boxing, breakdancing, etc.). Whew! Took myself back for a moment. Now, I think the Hip-Hop culture is plain old garbage. It's too polluted now.
Reply:rap could be ghetto and be clean like point blank-born and raised in the ghetto

cause u see rap started and it was about being FUNKY

but then ice soemthing screwed up and made a new sub-genre called gansta-rap

and thats when it well down hill....

anyways...

ok hiphop=is a culture , away of living

rap=a genre of music

gansta rap=****.crap.
Reply:there is no diff
Reply:hip hop is useally faster and able to dance 2 rap is like a ryhme fest usally slower and more cousing
Reply:Like others have said, rap is a subset of hip-hop, which consists of 4 core activities (emceeing/rapping, graffing, breaking and djing). Rap contains many subgenres in itself...nerd/backpacker, gangsta, west coast, east coast, etc.

I think KRS-One said it best when trying to differ mainstream rap (pop-rap/gangsta) from other rap (which I really think your question is about) - "Rappers spit rhymes that are mostly illegal, MC’s spit rhymes to uplift they people. Peace, love, unity, and Havin’ fun"
Reply:the spelling?... lol
Reply:lol, what a bunch of newbs!

(except crack-is-bad)

'hip hop' is made of of 4 elements...

djing

rapping

breaking

grafitti

krs1 'rap is something you do, hip hop is something you live'

accept no other answer

/thread
Reply:Now i feel that without Hip hop, there wouldnt be Rap. and as long as there is Rap, there will be Hip hop. the difference i think between hiphop and rap is creativity. hip hop cant be as clean as rap. hip hop spoke about the hood, they spoke of drugs and guns. hip hop made MC's. hip hop was and is a culture and a form of music, just like Rap. hip hop also spoke just a street as rap. in hip hop, when a show was about to go down, the DJ he commanded attention from the people. the people of hip hop know that the DJ is essential. But the DJ wouldnt give the MC his time until he was ready to rock. MC's couldnt get heard without the DJ. hip hop MC's had beef but they didnt threaten each other with gunplay, MC's battled. all a MC needed to battle was a mic, crowd and a beat boxer. The difference is that hip hop didnt care of $200,000 cars. they spoke with a message. hip hop MC are teachers. they spoke of how to get out of the hood. hip hop didnt degrade black/ all women. Rap isnt like that. as you can see as an example, rap today lacks creativity. the rappers are consistent, they glamorize the hood, glamorizing gangsters. they talk about causing bodily harm, talk about jewelry, and ridiculous analogies and metaphors. i dont agree when SOME people say that there isnt a difference. what I HAVE noticed with todays rap, is that there arent any risk takers. rap dont bring people together to celebrate. in Rap, it sounds like eveyone is supposed to be hard or tough. for what??? I THINK that rappers dont make their own lane. SOME rappers today got that "if it aint broke dont fix it" mentality. so lets make the snap record, the club record.
Reply:I can't coz there ain't no difference bo!
Reply:oh yes your defenitley right when you said "I just hate it when people say hip hop is dead when I feel they are talking about rap. They are different genres, and those who say hip hop is dead should at least say it about hip hop and not rap." people dont understand that when I get mad when people ask is "hip hop dying?" or is "hip hop dead?" because HIP HOP artists are doing their thing like the ones you named(lupe, common, kanye, mos def,etc yall know who they are), and the RAP artists(anyone can be a rapper even you) are making music you dont like because your thinking that it is hip hop when they are two different genres... I like some RAP and mostly HIP HOP and I like some of the RAP music because I know the difference between the two, I dont get it mixed up and then say"omg HIP HOP is dead" when I know Im not listening to HIP HOP Im listening to RAP.
Reply:It's all the same. Rap lyrics—often a brash mixture of profanity and street slang—seem to be another reason for the popularity of rap. Unlike traditional rock lyrics, many of which dwell on the subject of teenage romance, rap lyrics often have a more serious message. Some rap speaks out against injustice, racism, and police brutality. At times, though, the rhyming refrains are stated in the most foul, shocking language imaginable. Rap also seems to constitute a rebellion against standards of dress, grooming, and sexual morality. Not surprisingly, rap has become a life-style in its own right. Its adherents are identified by their flamboyant gestures, street slang, and garb—baggy jeans, unlaced high-top sneakers, gold chains, baseball caps, and dark glasses.

At Ephesians 5:10, Christians are told to “keep on making sure of what is acceptable to the Lord.” Considering the reputation rap has made for itself, do you think it would be “acceptable to the Lord” for you to get involved with it? Would a Christian youth want to be identified with a life-style that is deemed unacceptable even by many people of the world?

Hip Hop Body!! Being Serious What is their secret and How do I get this look and I know it possible?

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Check out the link, 36-22-42 is her measurements, mine is **-38-44 so How do I get my stomch to be smaller then my boobs without losing my hips or Cup size. I dont know what workouts to do, but I do know that all these hip hop honeys are not born with these bodies some have to workout to look like that, maybe the butts but not the 22 waist line, some are and I think most are not www.absolutelyamber.com %26amp; http://www.hhdb.com/hip-hop-honeys.php

Hip Hop Body!! Being Serious What is their secret and How do I get this look and I know it possible?
Get off the computer and start doing an hour's worth of cardio workouts. No pain, no gain.
Reply:personal trainers and an eating disorder.
Reply:CUT your calories. do the 1200- 1500 cal diet
Reply:Some people call it plastic surgery.
Reply:Ay yo .For one dawg ,you nids 2 luv urself.U dig. 4 Shizzle.Be happy of whooat you gotz B. Some people r just born with the rite curbs..Whoo Whee..

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Exercises and dieting will help..
Reply:Weight training!

North Indian or South Indian - got the real Hip Hop Grime songs enceeing with back beats & scratching?

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I mean a real hip hop genre with Grandmaster Flash %26amp; the Furious Five backbone rythm - something that goes that way or atleast parallel .

I'm collecting and getting to knnow Indian true HIP HOP

I discovered two Indian Hip Hop so far that somehow is hip hop.

These Indian Hip Hops are something like 50 Cent or perhaps better though and I sincerely would like to know if there are any other genuine Indian Hip Hop out there.

** I never meant Indian rap songs or other pop songs with rapping or anything else but HIP HOP genre - because many missunderstood what HIP HOP songs are

Song 1 ( Listen full )

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( song name = Indian Girl [ I guess] )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_CoLkz9L...

Song 2 ( Also Listen fully till complete )

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSRGdiV14...

P/S - Since anyone can answer it , so I post it on the most participated Y/A category

North Indian or South Indian - got the real Hip Hop Grime songs enceeing with back beats %26amp; scratching?
Its the south Indian definately , the links to the HIP HOP song you have in your question is a TAMIL hip hop song . Actualy there are more Tamil hip hop songs around - Tamils are the first Indian to invade this HIP HOP culture and I belive the next wave in HIP HOP songs are also from another south Indian nation - Kerala .

North Indian ( Hindi , Bengali , Bojpuri ) songs are more Authnetic and hip hops songs are considered weird and out of culture.

If you want more Indian Hip Hop search on Tamil label
Reply:And this has to do with Religion %26amp; Spirituality because...?

Edit: Touche, Glitter Girl—you beat me to it. Great minds think alike.
Reply:And this belongs in R%26amp;S how?
Reply:These guys sound and look more like a "wanna be" rappers .

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"The 25 Things That Killed Hip Hop" list, What do you think of this list and how many do you agree with?

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I did not create this list but what do you think about this list?.....source below.....

http://www.soulbounce.com/soul/2008/04/2...

25 Things That Killed (and are Still Killing) Urban Music

In the midst of everyone's declarations that "Hip Hop is Dead" we somehow forgot the slow death that is spreading across all aspects of "urban" music, as the legacy of Soul and its close cousins has devolved into a writhing mass of commercialism, homogenization, thuggification and overall laziness. Now, in no particular order, we present to you the "25 Things That Killed (and are Still Killing) Urban Music" because you love lists and SoulBounce isn't afraid to say what you're thinking. Keep in mind that there will be some overlap, as certain items gave way to others that deserve their own spanking.

1. The End of the "Event" Album: There was a time when albums encompassed an era that included a look, a feel, and a style that informed an artist's videos and live performances for as long as they (or the label) could squeeze revenue from a project by releasing singles. The "event" album can chiefly be credited to Jacksons Michael and Janet, who have entire timelines built around the idea of a "Thriller Era" or a "Rhythm Nation Era". Nowadays, instead of treating albums as what they are (a collection of songs with one unifying theme) artists are more likely to seek out the most ubiquitous Hip Hop beatmakers of the moment and record over a hundred songs from which to "pick" singles. Also, when you have artists that are too scared to release music with a healthy 3-5 year gap in between, the lines to between albums begin to blur, and the eras become indistinguishable, rendering them null.

2. Big Name Hip Hop Producers: With respect due to the beatmakers that introduce a track with the name of their production imprint, ad-lib all over it, and insert themselves as guest rappers 50% of the time, they overshadow the actual vocalist of a song. We certainly don't begrudge any of them the right to employment, but when an artist has to do an inventory of who produced her project to qualifiy it instead of telling us what the album is about, we have to take exception. Reality check: If you're trying to goad me into a purchasing your album because you have a Pharrell beat on it and I'm a Pharrell fan, then that's the only song I'm buying. Your album has to have legs of its own.

3. Deaths of The Notorious B.I.G. %26amp; 2Pac: You can probably draw a direct line from the deaths of Biggie and 'Pac to the current state of Hip Hop. The two of them cultivated a style that even a decade later is re- and misappropriated to the nth. Perhaps if they were still alive, they'd have pushed the genre forward. Or maybe they'd be wack and irrelevant. Hey, at least they died while they were still good.

4. "Neo-Soul": We understand the emergence of the "neo-soul" genre as a response to the growing commercialization of modern R%26amp;B. But even the artists lumped into this category began to the see that the term was as much a marketing ploy as the very things they eschewed. The language used to describe these artists ranged from "organic" to "avant garde" and any press materials would claim that he/she looks up to Stevie, Marvin and Donnie. And don't stand too close to the stage lest you get burned by the candles and frankencense! Before long, the audience would be fooled and we would either grow to love or loathe this music, defending the art of its purveyors and loudly wondering why they couldn't move as many units as their mainstream counterparts. Simply put, "neo-soul" has become a term used by people to describe music they respect but would never buy.

5. Reality TV: Aside from the manufactured Pop idols that are struggling to stay signed within their prize contracts, we have to question the motives of Sean Combs, Robin Antin and Missy Elliott, who have all aped the reality television format to generate acts for their own stable of artists. To be sure, reality TV has replaced proper Artist Development as a means for these entrepreneurs to cash in, stroke their egos and embarrass people who, 9 times out of 10, deserve it. Speaking of which, what's O'so Krispie doing?

6. Lazy A%26amp;R Departments: Did you know that A%26amp;R people are also responsible for Artist Development? Probably not, since these days a newly-signed artist is more likely to be stripped of their identity and given one that falls in step with what's popular or, even worse, none at all. Take Cheri Dennis for example. While her album has a respectable amount of solid R%26amp;B tracks, we still don't know who Cheri Dennis is, what sets her apart from everyone else or even what she sounds like. But, she has earned the distinction of being signed to her label for nearly a decade with no album to speak of. Did the A%26amp;R department utilize that time by playing Spades? Probably.

7. Scarface and The Untouchables: Okay, rapper, we get it, Scarface and The Untouchables are the greatest movies ever made; your life in celluloid, even. But, if you look close enough, you'll come to learn that you are neither Pacino or De Niro and should stop emulating them by using audio clips from the films in your interludes and the script in your lyrics. Too many of you are still doing this after all these years. Also, tell members of your crew to stop calling themselves "Ness" and "Nitti". Just, please, cut it out. Thank you.

8. Thugs: Not only do we have "Studio Thugs" that use de Palma films to inform their image (see above) but there's the "Corporate Thug" (robs an artist of his publishing and signs him to a hellified contract he could never fulfill) and the questionable "R%26amp;B Thug", which happened somewhere between R. Kelly and Jodeci and continues to this day. Along the way, labels got the bright idea that the way to a woman's heart was by selling drugs and beating up people. Sexy! This trend has also given rise to something else we'll never understand: "R%26amp;B Beef", in which two singers talk trash about each other to the media. Unfortunately, this doesn't result in a "sing-off" but pretty much makes everyone involved look kind of retarded.

9. Crime: Between violating probation, not paying child support, being pulled over and caught with an ounce of weed or cocaine, assaulting nail technicians, shooting people, tossing concertgoers off the stage, committing perjury, tax evasion, and urinating on minors, we have to wonder if being a good artist means being a bad citizen.

10. Ringtones: "Real Music Ringtones" were created as a way to distinguish your ringing cellular from someone else's while also bringing you closer to your favorite artist. Unfortunately, the labels realized this was the only way to generate revenue and started making music for the sole purpose of selling ringtones. Now, we have stripped-down keyboard beats and grunts and "yaahhs" instead of lyrics. Is that my cellphone ringing or yours? We'll never know, because we both downloaded Soulja Boy.

11. Lack of Music Programs in Schools: Programs like Garage Band have not only made producers lazy, but undercut the importance of immersing young would-be musicians in music history as well as basic composition. Unless a popular musician was trained in the church, they probably lucked into a contract without knowing how to write, play an instrument, or worse, sing a note.

12. BET (and by extension its corporate owner) is on a mission to not only destroy urban music, but poison the perception of Black people in the process. If we were to use this network as a guide (and people unfortunately do), we would believe that "drug dealer %26gt; rapper %26gt; pimp" is a logical career path, alcoholic beverages can be used as bodysplash, women of exotic or indeterminate race are the standard of beauty, darker-skinned women are only valuable if they have a big *** and a tiny waist, a person's worth can only be determined by what they drive and what they wear, you ain't sh*t if you're over 30, and a week's worth of debauchery and decadence can be undone with a Sunday marathon of religious programming. It's funny because it's true.

13. The Radio: Used to be, you would turn on the radio and hear a variety of artists with a variety of sounds. But due to the "Clear Channeling" of Urban Radio, you'll hear a T-Pain song followed by 15 minutes of commercials, followed by a song featuring T-Pain, some shucking and jiving by unbearable radio personalities for five minutes, then something that resembles a T-Pain song, but isn't because just about everyone sounds like T-Pain now. And it's probably a commercial.

14. Spineless Club DJs: If you're going out to a club, you might as well sit in the house and blast the radio instead of paying the inflated cover charge. Once upon a time, DJs were tastemakers, but now so many of them are afraid they'll clear the floor by spinning something new that they just play album versions of songs people are tired of but are too drunk to notice. Then, they add insult to injury by showing off their "skills" with poorly-timed scratches, blends that don't line up and screaming over the music. And consider yourself lucky if you happen upon a DJ with ACTUAL! VINYL! RECORDS!

15. Mainstream Hip Hop Publications: Back in the 90's, holding one of these rags in your hands was like holding a monthly Bible to all things Hip Hop and R%26amp;B. Now, they've all been relegated to chasing blogs and reiterating things we already knew weeks ahead instead of properly utilizing the print medium to do something unique. Changes in personnel and ownership aside, they were already marching towards irrelevance. Even the covers suck now, but you probably won't get the damn thing delivered on time in order to find out.

16. Bloggers: Guilty as charged! Trifle few of us are qualified to be writing about music with any authority, especially since most of the people behind blogs haven't been alive long enough to have a healthy perspective on the subject. Although it can be argued that record companies rely on blogs for buzz, most of the music championed by popular websites is the same music that would've gotten attention anyway. Also, we have to point out that the commenting system has turned discussions about music into an unholy war of "haters" versus "stans", where everyone is an expert on what they hate or love, but have no concept of anything else including real life. Oh, and providing your readers with the URL to full album leaks doesn't "help" the artist.

17. Youtube %26amp; Myspace: On the Internet, everyone is a star (thank you, thank you). But while sites like Myspace and Youtube can provide mainstream and indie musicians with a means of cultivating and connecting with an audience, it becomes a chore to sort through the muck of people with a webcam and a login classifying themselves as "artists". And damn you all to Hell for having the crap you made in Grandma's basement on auto-play.

18. Singing Rappers, Acting Rappers %26amp; Rapping Athletes: We'll keep this short. Every now and then you'll happen upon someone that has been able to organically transition from one career to another. Will and Latifah come to mind. To everyone else (coughCurtiscough), stay in your lane. Again, we don't begrudge anyone the chance to make some extra ends; it just shouldn't be at the expense of the audience.

19. The End of Real Singing Groups: Once upon a time, you not only had singing groups that weren't put together by a reality show, but wherein each member contributed a distinct voice or purpose to the group. Sometimes they had members that barely sang a note, but who actually produced or wrote the song. Point is, throwing a bunch of strangers in a house with one phone and giving them makeovers doesn't create synergy. Also, name a recent singing group that wasn't created for a television show or for the purpose of launching someone's solo career. Exactly.

20. "Kanyitis" is a temporary, yet frequent, illness that afflicts singers and rappers alike, wherein an artist waits until the precise moment they are in front of a camera, microphone or reporter to say something shocking and stupid, which will then be quoted by bloggers and searched on Youtube ad nauseum. Then the artist has to explain what they "really" meant, but by that time everyone already thinks they're nuts and doesn't care about a retraction.

21. Death of Aaliyah: Not that Aaliyah took an entire genre of music with her to the grave, but it can be argued that her passing made way for a wave of young, pretty dancers with okay voices and no personality. Only difference between them and Aaliyah is, Aaliyah had personality along with talent, ideas and a willingness to experiment. Also, she wasn't so full of herself.

22. Money: Even worse than artists releasing garbage because they know it sells is the audience's obsession with how much an artist makes. Unfortunately, we've given lack of artistry a pass because someone's "making that paper", which totally undermines the hard work of true creative talents that are constantly writing, recording, and performing. When I buy an album I don't want to hear an entrepreneur, which brings us to--

23. Products %26amp; Brands: Whether rappers and singers are inserting the names of designer alcoholic beverages into their lyrics or cable companies are inserting rappers and singers in their ad campaigns, things come to a point where we need to start realizing how owned these artists are. There's a thin line between businessperson and corporate slave. We'd also like to reiterate a fact that has been pointed out time and time again over the past 10 years: If you can't pronounce it, why should we care that you're wearing it, driving it, or drinking it?

24. People That Aren't in Any Way Associated with Music: Opportunities in the industry are built on connections and there's almost never been a time when someone didn't rise to stardom on someone else's coattails. But now, things have gotten way out of hand. Why be an actual artist when you can be someone that danced in videos, screwed a bunch of rappers and got a book deal? Or, you can be a butler or Executive In Charge of Umbrella-Carrying? Or, worse, be the "Fifth Mic" guy on stage and reliable instigator? Who needs a recording studio?

25. Teenagers: Young people have always had the power to determine trends in all genres of music, which is why corporations defer to them. However, today's teenagers seem to be slightly more insipid than they were in previous generations and definitely have a shorter attention span. Whether it's the teens themselves driving the garbage labels are releasing, or the labels that are leading teens down a path of ignorance, is totally up for debate. It's the chicken/egg question in its purest form.

"The 25 Things That Killed Hip Hop" list, What do you think of this list and how many do you agree with?
Actually it's..."The 26 Things That Killed Hip Hop"

#26: George W. Bush
Reply:when will we all realize that the real culprint is My Penis?
Reply:i agree with this list.....especially with number22
Reply:A lot of that list is right on point, I do agree with most things on this list, but I'm judging that by what I saw, not the details(too much of a read, haha)

But I especially agree with 2, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 22
Reply:i think #22 mainly

lmfao but u neva kno it coulda been rent-a-cop's pickle
Reply:Big Name Producers, Lack of Music Programs is schools, Spinless Club Djs, Money, People who are in no way associated with music, Teenagers ------ I agree on.

Also the fact that, ANYBODY CAN MAKE MUSIC NOW. I mean, ANYBODY. All you gotta do is DL FL Studio or Reason and you are set. Record a song over a prototypical loop, with some heavy drums about killing ,put it on myspace and you are set. Its that easy now. Used to take 3 months(no lie, im in a music history class) to push a song. Love in this Club by Usher was released in a day from Polow the Don's computer.
Reply:wow what a question :D

http://itunes.com, http://mp3legal.org, http://mp3netz.com
Reply:Why isn't lil wayne on the list?
Reply:I agree with every reason completely except for the last one. I partly agree with that, but I think there are many exceptions to that rule. Yes, teenagers who listen to hip-hop with substance (including myself) are becoming hard to find but there are still many who would prefer to listen to Nas instead of Souljah Boy.

I think the 25th reason would be better if it wasn't so specific and included a wider age group.
Reply:damn, this ish is just about flawless, thanks for puttin this up, mad good read homie
Reply:Ok well i didnt read all but most of the dam thing and some of that is true but hey what u gonna do cause tellin pple bout this and getin bout 6 answers isnt gonna help i mean thats just life it sucks and ull just have to get over it or sing or higher some one to sing a good hip- hop songs cause mostly everyone is just tryin to worry bout how they gonna make it in life cause of gas prices and food prices goin up, so thats some thing u should be rlly worried bout right now and save all this fo later when some one or all of the U.S. fixes this. And any ways most but not all us black pple can only do is rap cause some of us been through alot and is tryin to tell the world and some just want money so they can at less make it through with out problems that most non rich pple have to worry bout. But not to start any thing im just sayin that rap, metal, soul, jazz, r and b, HIP-HOP, ect, is the less of our problems for right now.
Reply:this is on point
Reply:Not number 4, but 12 and 18, oh yes! Read my profile. It'll tell you how I feel about it.
Reply:its the teenagers. teens these days are lame. they like the gayest stuff and listen to music with no meaning. they like the same beat over and over. everyteen i know now is pretty much a dork. this generation of teenagers should be considered generation dork. i also blame eminem for hip hops death. he should be number 26
Reply:i agree with every single reason that has been stated.......i reakon all those reasons are why hip hop is dead!

the music everyone calls hip hop these days isnt really hip hop...it is the stuff that kills the real hip hop and it is all trash!

Why does everyone blame hip-hop for youth violence, etc?

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I cannot stand the ignorance. So how come they don't say anything about violent death metal And rock that has any hate And killing and suicide messages? No wonder so many little young white teens commit suicide. How about violent movies and videogames? You guys need to stop taking shots at hip-hop. RAP = Retards Attempting Poetry? Sorry, creating actual good rap music requires deep thought and emotion. (EX: Tupac, Nas, AZ, Jadakiss, etc) ... I am not talking about Soulja Boy or the Dem Franchize Boyz. They are not RAPPERS. They are ENTERTAINERS. It's not that hard to understand the difference, hip-hop/rap haters. Hip-Hop and Rap music has it's positive side but you guys only look at the negative side and point everything out on hip-hop. Why, why, why? I am not here to argue or complain. I am here to give you guys lessons in order to change your guys minds and opinion towards hip-hop and rap music positively

Why does everyone blame hip-hop for youth violence, etc?
I listen to rock, and I don't think you should be talking about ignorance since you have displayed quite a lot. I listen to rock and hip hop, rap, classical and country. Listening to rock doesn't make you more prone to suicide. I know more black and Hispanic people actually who have been involved with attempted suicide and self mutilation. It's not about the music, you need to understand that. People like to have a scape goat. Come on, what was Hitler listening to? Was it the music or was he just insane?

Good rap is stuff like The Roots, groups that actually talk about a message, most rap today doesn't do that. Most rock today doesn't mean anything either.

People don't want to realize that the way kids are turning out today is a lot of their fault. Uninvolved parents, father's that have left them, not being able to talk about how they feel because that would make them a fag. It's people's fault, not the music.

Your not giving anyone a lesson by the way, your just proving people right with your indignant anger. Your not proving anything. I view OLDER rap and hip hop positively. It's the "entertainers" of today that I view negatively, the rappers the glorify gang violence, screamo metal that encourages rage that I view negatively. But you can't blame music for people's actions. Yes, you can say music encourages people to do things. But in the end it is that person's decision and only they are to blame.

EDIT*

By the way, yes Marilyn Manson does get criticized, metal gets banged at every time there is a school shooting. What is racist is calling every little thing out as being RACIST. Know what you're talking about before you prove your stupidity.

I'm not saying people shouldn't be able to criticize music, they should, but they shouldn't be able to censor it or stop people from listening to it just because they find fault in it.
Reply:I am not gonna down it because I listen to it! but there is subliminal messaging in it! I think that because most rappers tend to curse and sing about hoes money and weed and things like that people only look at the bad songs! Yes there are good ones...and you are right death metal and rock is the exact same...it might also have a little bit to do with the fact that a LOT of people are still pregidous*spelling*
Reply:And yet we are supposed to be on here to ask questions...

People say a lot about video-games, metal etc. Some people blame Super Mario for making kids violent, ffs. Now it's okay to blame the "Goth" subculture for school shootings. People always look for scape-goats to avoid real issues. But a lot of people stereotype rap as being meaningless.

People who say death metal etc. isn't criticised- come off it. If you think death metal causes suicide, all black crimes can be attributed to rap.
Reply:Good question....I think it is partially racial...there are metal bands that talk just as much about death and violence...take marilyn manson for instance...his/her???? lyrics are extremely violent and disturbing...no one is really criticizing him/her/it???
Reply:Society will always have a scapegoat. You have touched on several of them. Not many want to take blame for their part of the problem. Youth violence stems from the society's values and the way these kids are raised.
Reply:I used to listen to rap while I was in high school (because it was cool then, they only talked about having sex and getting drunk or dancing) Now the message is different...so I don't listen to a lot of American music anymore or watch a lot of American TV because its complete nonsense. Negativity and violence is not a good way to live, regardless of what style of music its hiding under. Since there are so many people that believe that what they see on TV is reality and/or how things should 'look' (ie. celebrity, gangster, etc.) then a lot of people will follow suit simply because they are nothing more than sheep.
Reply:What happens is that it depends on the person who is listening !

If i am hearing : im a mother fucka , and your my hoe , lets go to my crib and i know its just a song meant to entertain then what is saying doesnt really affect me , but if someone else takes it serisuly then that person may become influenced .I listen to metal /rock 85% of the time and the last thing on my mind is to kill myself , do drugs , or any other freaky thing , because in the back of my mind i know its just to entertain ! that is why is called music!

The New Era of Hip-Hop & your thoughts on it! For Hip-Hop Lovers!?

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Alright, I've been into Hip-Hop all my life, growing up arround a 6 year older brother, I grew up with Public Enemy, House of Pain, Dre, Snoop Dog, Mariah, Paula Abdul, Janet Jackson, Arrested Development, BoyzIIMen, Shanice, TLC, EnVogue, Excape, SWV, %26amp; then there was a chnage once Space Jam came out, I was into Alliah, Brandy, Nas, Fugees, Monica, Total, Usher, Puffy, 2Pac, B.I.G., Mase, Foxy Brown, BlackStreet, McLite, Missy, Nicole, Lauryn Hill %26amp; then I slid in a new stage listening to Mary J Blidge, Silk, Jagged Edge, R Kelly, Nelly, Juvy, Jigga, Mystical, Silk da Shocker, Devon Da Dude lol %26amp; next thing you knew it was 50 Cent, Twista, Lil Wayne, T.I. Trappin, Kanye, Destinys Child, Beyonce, J-Lo, I was doing the Manolo Timbs %26amp; da Video Girl look lol, I loved Hip-Hop I lived it...but now I am lost! Hip-Hop has become so tacky in my opinion. There r few exceptions like Chris Brown, Jeniffer Hudson, Beyonce %26amp; Jay Z that reflect a positive attitude but overal Hip Hop seems tarnished

The New Era of Hip-Hop %26amp; your thoughts on it! For Hip-Hop Lovers!?
***************BEST ANSWER HERE**************

The worst drug known to man - where he can look in the mirror and say, "There I am".

Commercialized, vanity, and the almighty dollar robbed us of that.

I grew up when Hip Hop evolved, too.

Once artists/companies began to generate revenue from this, the changes started to come.

Use for reference, back in the day, it was about content: Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, Boogie Down Productions, MC Shan, Cool J - pre "I Need Love" days, Stetsasonic, etc..

This was passed down to artists like Nas, Jay Z, Talib Kweli, Common, etc..

All the other artists now are not in it for the art - but for the money. They'll tell you that, too.

There wasn't much thought put into videos, etc..

NOW, videos are seen as a marketing tool - which increased the demand and value.

I love Hip Hop - just don't forget where it came from.

"The revolution will NOT be televised"

Tonight's HIP HOP Homework??

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OK I LOVE HIP HOP man. Seriously! This is such an exciting genre and I'm feelin it. I wouldn't say I'm a "Hip Hop Head" per say, cause I still have a lot of research and learning to do. But I am a major fan, especially of Old School.

I want you to write a ONE paragraph essay explaining WHY you LOVE HIP HOP and why are you a fan??? ie. what makes you a certified Hip Hop fan? Why does this genre speak to YOU in particular?? What do you love about it??

Again, must be at least ONE paragraph.

C'mon it's an easy assignment...

No need to get too detailed or anything..

Tonight's HIP HOP Homework??
I love hip hop because of the culture, the history, the competitive aspect and the fact that i can connect w/ the music. What makes me a certified hip hop fan is i can appreciate good hip hop from anywhere of the country, and that i can appreciate and respect hip hop from all time frames, not just what was hot during a certain era, or what I grew up on. This genre speaks to me in particular because its a blueprint of my life, hip hop has ups and downs, hardships, and it also has its finest moments, just like most of our lives
Reply:I love the Hip Hop culture and genre, because it's dynamic, it's energetic, it's creative, it's hood life, it's got the good, the bad, it's got the hits and the misses, but it's REAL. It art, it's poetry, it's something that I grew up listening to and brings back a lot of nostalgia for me. I love artists who are creative and just plain raw. I love artists who can express themselves freely and not be afraid of who they are. Hip Hop is ever- changing. Regardless of what people think about it, it's what *I* grew up listening to and it's part of who I am.
Reply:Okay Ms. Lollipop... lol

I love hip-hop becuase its the music I grew up listening to, %26amp; its music that I relate to %26amp; its like one of the cultures for black America. I'm a fan becuase its fun music %26amp; its pretty much the most diverse. I think I'm a certified fan becuase well I know a lot about %26amp; I AM HIP-HOP %26amp; I have it in my heart which means I love it. Hip-hop is like one of my hobbies. Listening %26amp; writting rhymes.
Reply:I love hip hop because of the way it feels. The way it makes the neck snap and the head rock. The way the lyricist folds and mixes his/her rhyme to make you stop in your tracks and rewind that cd with the quicks. From the political (Chuck D) to the lackadaisical (Ghostface Killah), it's both entertaining and tells (warns) you what about what is happening out there without you even stepping out into THEIR hood. The storytelling is just dynamic and transfers you in with damn detail. You can smell what they smell, see what they see. And then, there are the beats. Thick hooks and that bass. Together, its just . . . nature.
Reply:eyy if none of u dont wanna do it then dont come and say it in a comment.

Love Hip Hop because its just who i am. Its the only real music for me. I grew up listening to it and always stuck to it. Yes your right it is an exciting genre. I love all the talented emcees` who spit their stuff and actually make you realize things and such. I go old skool and love everything there. But then again its funny how people are treating this genre now and its just interesting how they talk about the difference now and then. But I live Hip Hop and you can ask anybody. I have albums after albums etc and i defend my genre like my own person. I dont know if its weird what I just said but anyways you get it.

:) AND WHOS GIVIN THUMBS DOWN 2 EVERY1?
Reply:Well I like almost everything b4 2002. Jay-Z Biggie Nas 2pac etc. I like how it because some artists are lyrical and punchline artists. No other genre of music comes up with lines that make u say wow. ex "Far from broke got enough bread and mad hoes ask beavis I get nuthin butt-head"

wow lol. I like the fact o its the only genre i heard of with beefs. Personally I like diss tracks especially ones that make me laugh lol. These r just a couple reasons but theres plenty
Reply:I love Hip Hop, because it's a part of my life. I grew up in the hoods of Southern Cali, I was there to witness Gangsta life fo real. It wasn't no Music video, that was what I was exposed to throughout the 90's. I consider myself a fan, because I have the upmost respect for the genre and I'm feelin in. I take the good with the bad. I eat, sleep and breath Hip Hop.
Reply:this is bringing me back to the 5th grade. Well, I like old school hip hop, because they did not rap about their hoes, money, and cars and all the sex they have with all their hoes. I like the artists nowadays like common and mos def, because you have to analyse and think about what they're saying it's more than lyrics.
Reply:I love hip hop with a passion. I remember growing up I was listening to 2pac, Biggie, Tribe Called Quest, Nas, etc. It seems like hip hop ain't like it used to be but hey it's still my thing. I don't look at hip hop as a genre but as a lifestyle. The clothes we wear are influenced by hip hop and many other things.
Reply:This is what I wrote my college essay about
Reply:i am too lazy to right an essay. i luv hip hop though. especially outkast
Reply:thats too much thats wat skool is for to give us work not you.
Reply:ur gonna give this 2 ur teacher so 4 extra cradit so no
Reply:YA RIGHT
Reply:i like hip hop. alot. it is good. i am feeling it. seriously. i am a certified hip hop fan. I love it. i deserve a good grade on this essay because i worked on it all night.

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What is it about hip-hop...?

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That makes you love it so much? Is it just because, or is there reason behind it? I want some feed back from hip-hop heads because people I ask don't know why they listen to it, "they just do."

For me, hip-hop is a place for me to escape. Growing up was hard for me in many ways, so I found my relief and sanity within hip-hop. I also use hip-hop to get away from the harsh reality of life, and use that time to reflect on many things.

Why do YOU listen to hip-hop?

What is it about hip-hop...?
There's not Any Difference from Hip Hop .. then there is from any other music..

It just depends on how well you Know/Lived the culture of it.

Emily.. Thats fine..

I grew up in east Detroit.. I've been around Rap Music all my life... Nevertheless, I enjoy alot of Metal.. i.e Slayer, Pantara.. Never used to until i started buying the DVD's and really hearing the songs instead of just listening to them.

Perharps I should of put it..

It just depends on how well you Know/Lived (or Followed) the culture of it
Reply:Cause its all I know...Its either hip hop...or some old school salsa...real old salsa...The ish my pops used to listen to...
Reply:You might like to rap because u relate to how the rappers grew up

I like it cuz of the beats
Reply:like lupe Ficaso hip hop has saved my life
Reply:i know i'm gonna do a terrible job of explaining this, but there's something very different about hip hop from any other kind of music.

personally, i've experienced much more direct emotion through beats and rapping than in any other genre and i feel much more connected to hip hop artists than other artists. it's a more "raw" form of expression, and i love its complexity.

that's why for me at least.

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Jampton: i disagree. i haven't "lived the culture" at all, but i still connect to hip hop a lot.
Reply:Hip-Hop. Its a movement. Rap. Is a music genre.

I still listen to Rap because it takes me to other place in time

when I was younger and there was still mad lyricists that had somthing to say.
Reply:It's just that is so good. People aren't screaming or acting too crazy like Rock. Most of the time, it's not mushy or too lovy duvy. I listen too it because it is just so good to me. I like it. i have nothing to reflect upon it, I just like it.
Reply:I can walk hip hop, so Ive been told
Reply:I GREW UP LISTENING TO HIP HOP.ITS A PART OF MY LIFE. ITS MY WAY TO ESCAPE THE WORLD WHEN IM NOT IN A GOOD MOOD.
Reply:With the rap I listen to... I listen to it because it makes sense to me. Ocassionally I listen to some music to get away from reality. But anyone with real talent deserves a listen.

And I agree with Jampton.
Reply:the addictive beat, lyrics, and it just makes me feel good when i hear it!

[: *~dRuMmErGiRl~* :]
Reply:i like hip hop because of good lyrics %26amp; production

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

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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 these

Nas says that he thinks hip hop is dead. What do you think?
you know i agree with you but like you said i love the beats and lyrics and new dance moves out now but the real hip hop that was acually going somewhere is just full of people just tryna make a quick buck and comin out with a lot of bullshit but like i said if you really sat down to listen to hip hop back then to now you would see a big difference...now all people talk about is money, cars, clothes, and hoes but i cant front i love me some hip hop though
Reply:I bellieve it is dying. I have all ways been into music, mostly country and hip-hop, and today, they don't have true hip-hop, just miscellaneous beats, and bad lyrics, because they think that is what today's people want

Well, it's not, and I hope it changes very soon
Reply:i hope it dies
Reply:fo sure! true hip-hop like run dmc and the legends of the late 70s and 80s are not around anymore. the real songs that truely stood for something aint around. all thats left is degrading women, shotting people ,or havin sex. no im not sayin all thsi is wrong or whatever you wana say. i just think its absurd that all this the rappers stood for is gone.

its only my opinion tho
Reply:Well, ironically, real hiphop is mostly dead, but whatever the hell took its place is very popular now, especially to impressionable white teenagers.
Reply:It's dead because rap has taken over. Most hip hop artists like Nas, dead Prez, Common, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, The Roots, and Lupe Fiasco, don't even get a lot of radio airplay. I turn on the radio and hear crap like "chicken noodle soup", or "pop, lock, and drop it". Rap is what's selling now and labels are'nt gonna change cause they want to make all the money they can, leaving us hip hop fans with less and less to choose from. It sucks!
Reply:(you saw that video clip on Yahoo too, eh?...Heh- that Mia chick that asked him a question was HOT!) :)

ANYway, I agree w/ him. Hip hop hasn't been creative %26amp; groundbreaking since the 90s.

You Have to look underground for the good stuff today. Cause MTV %26amp; BET sure ain't airing it....
Reply:It Is? Finally....I thought it would never end....is this the end or the beginning of a new Hip-Hop sound? something to think about.
Reply:As a true hiphop head and Nas listener since 1994, I have to agree with the hiphop genius. I used to love hiphop to the point that it was in every aspect of my life. But the new music they call "hiphop" is not hiphop anymore. They need to give it a new name. I recently started getting into indie rock, just because the overall creativity in it.....all in all, im still going to see Nas perform on April 30th!! And also the Killers on April 9th. : o ) Good music is good music.
Reply:hip-hop used to have a meaning, it was a way for people to express feelings and ideas about their surroundings. Now all you hear about is sex and money and it is completely self-indulging lyrics. Old hip-hop with meanings behind lyrics is not dead as long as there are still people who sing about things with meaning, its just not mainstream and doesn't bring in money to huge record companies.
Reply:It's not at all. That and rap are still the best music out there.
Reply:Absolutely. Whats truly said about it is, hip hop used to be the outlet for rappers who had something important to say, something that makes you think. Sure there were fun light hearted songs back than too, but none of it was offensive.

The industry now is filled up with nonsense "artists" with one or two hits which are nothing more than infectious good beats, compiled with silly and simplistic lyrics and ridiculous music videos that all look the same - exploiting women, black women in particular, putting the genre and Black people in general in an unfavorable light.

Its crazy how easy it is to get a hit song these days. I officially declared this when "Laffy Taffy" went to number one on the Billboard charts. What the hell? Come on, even "Toostie Roll" was better than that. That and "Chicken Noodle Soup". I turn on the radio now, and I'll hear a song that repeats the phrase "This is why I'm hot" repeatedly in the chorus to the point where you'd think thats the whole song, another that sounds just the same but instead has the line "Now walk it out," etc etc. Its all so redundant. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of songs that repeat the same line over and over (especially old ones) but you never get the vibe that its uninspired piece of crap.

Sometimes I feel like I'm one of the few teenagers my age (17) who only seem to realize this. I hear them sing a long to these songs and I'm like, are you serious? Do they really like this? Music in general hasn't been good since the 90s. There are many exceptions but they are overshadowed but commercial productions, undeserved radio airplay, etc.
Reply:I disagree I think hip hop is just getting started with all these new people coming out of no where but it could use some work like some of the raps stop talking about bitches and sex and all that other **** people don't want there kids listening to that thats what I think

What does hip hop mean to you?

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my life is all about music and hip hop has affected me in more ways than i could ever express. to me, hip hop is an art form. its like poetry by way of music and thats what i love about it. artists like tupac, rakim, nas, and many others are lyrical geniuses and are icons in the hip hop world.

so i just want to know what you guys think about hip hop music and what it means to you...

What does hip hop mean to you?
I like hip hop. Most hip hop isn't cursing. Some singers like Mary J. Blige don't curse a lot. You act like you have never ever said a curse word in your life. I don't care if you insult me. I am unique and like hip hop and I am fine just the way I am.
Reply:I feel Hip Hop is a way of life. I know that might sound cliche but it really is. So many people have forgotten the true definition of Hip Hop. For example...there is 4 elements that make Hip Hop what it is. break dancing, MC'ing, Graffiti, and DJing. Rappers who call themselves Hip Hop are not Hip Hop. Like my man, NM says "You can't say your the best baseball player ever. You might be the best Pitcher but you ain't the best baseball playa!"
Reply:I understand how you feel and everything but I don't agree. I don't think there are enough rappers like Tupac,rakim,Nas, etc anymore. Hip Hop has become so commercialized and superficial now. Everything seems to be about more money,rims,grills,sex and hoes. It can be so disrespectful to women and that just doesn't fly with me anymore. That's just how I feel.
Reply:To me hip hop is important becuz it represents the black culture and i love to sing.
Reply:i think that hip hop is the culture that rap emerges from.
Reply:rap is my mentality filled with alot of tragedy,

go crazy if i cant have it B, im infected like cavities,

when the blacks can make a masterpeice

instead of pulling out they peice

its feeling like im hustling gettin money really quick

hear alot saying they the truth but da boi aint feeling it

i been out here in the booth trynna cop me a coop

person that wrote this flow is who myspace.com/young_truth

i been that fire i cant deny aint nobody to even tie

no i want take a break until all the fakes retire

or even die thats same reason that i keep the fire

the only way for me to go is if i commit suicide

that want happen cuz im still here no i want disappear

we running trains on hip hop from the front and the rear

yes my vision really clear they know what i got in store

and yahoo can steal this rap cuz i got plenty more

im just showing that im real i aint trynna talk it out

if u aint talking money do like unk and walk it out

so much money over here thats all that i see

made music my girlfriend and ya know she gone take the D (d*ck)

myspace.com/young_Truth

watch out for the young joc dunks remix...BLACK COLLAR ENT....we in here.....
Reply:I think that RAP is somethink you blast through the speakers at a party and HIP HOP is something you can just chill to and listen to the words. if you want to truly expess your feelings then you do it through the only way many people will hear you, through hip hop. in my opion i grew up and still live in a poor neiborhood where whenever u look out your windows you see shootings, drug deals, fights, and stuff most americans don't understand. when u listen to a hip hop song like 2pacs "changes" you understand exactly what he is talking about. hip hop is more than lyrics, its a way of life.
Reply:crap a waste of money
Reply:Hip Hop is a culture, and anyone outside that culture is a vulture - KRS-One.

He said it best, I grew up in that culture, it's DJs, M.C.s, graffiti artists, breakin, style, attitude, being original and loving who you are.
Reply:i think it,s party dance music.
Reply:Hip hop to me is everything, from the clothing culture to music to the dancing to the cars everything! Its like I live it breathe it everyday. Anybody who is truley apart of the hip hop culture knows what I mean. Hip hop to me, is my life. Also just to make another point. It hurts me that people are saying that hip hop is dead. Hip hop can never be dead because, it evolves from the people who create it. Its just right now not a lot of people can relate to it because it is currently mostly a product of the street culture. People who grow up in the street and write about it, are apart of hip hop. Violence, drugs, etc. is apart of the struggle of minorities. So hip hop is not dead the streats have just gotten meaner and glamorized by mainstream america. Hip-hop/ rap is a living breathing growing entity that should not be criticized just because people cant relate. I luv it!!!
Reply:it's basically crap, and the music in almost any hip hop song sounds exactly like the music in any other hip hop song. these guys aren't geniuses by any stretch of the imagination. it doesn't take a lot of brain power to put together a song about killing cops and then just keep repeating the same sh*t over and over.
Reply:I kinda like hip-hop. I don't like that most hip-hop artits don't write their own songs, and pretty much anyone can sing (if you call it singing, its more like talking) that kind of music. It takes talkent to write it. I really like hip-hop dance though (not the wild exotic kind, though).
Reply:to me hip-hop is a way of life and you can really relate and it shows how strong you are and how to deal with problems that occur during life. i also think that if it was not for hiphop the world would not be the same and those eho think it is a waste of time are totally wrong they dont take the tim to listen to the lyrics and try to see where the artist is coming from.I grew up on hip hop its always been around me.I LUV HIPHOP
Reply:i bet your from the bay...

hiphops the **** i like the early 90s nas,gangstarr,big eastcoastmusic.I think its taking a big nosedive right now .im liking joell ortiz now though
Reply:HIP HOP MEAN LIKEPEOPLE WHO LIKE TO PARTY ALL NIGHT NEVER STOPING AN DTHEY ARE FROM PEOPLE LIKE 50 CENTS AND LUDACRIS AND MUCH MORE?
Reply:It means that people are feeling free to express what they're feeling. They're showing the world all the racism and violence. They're showing them how to stop it.
Reply:Hip hop make me think right now about Nas, and for me he's a genius !!
Reply:to bob hip hops just being original, everything about the culture revolves around originality

if you bite somebodys tag or style, you aint a real writer

if you bite somebodys line, you aint a real emcee

if you bite somebodys moves ands style, you aint a real b boy

everything everybody makes is original, they made hip hop at a time where everybody was dressing the same, talking the same and doing the same ****. The music was all the same, teh dancing was the same, the art was your same old picasso bullshit, was bout time somebody came in and showed that generation what being original and yourself looked like.

Only question is, whos gonna show our generation what being original looks like, kinda lost it a long the way from glorifying gang violence, drugs and biting other peoples ****.

thank god for

Super kool 223

Krs-One

Run-DMC

Kool Herc

Sugar Hill

Boogaloo Sam

Haze

Taki 183

The Juice Crew

The Rock Steady Crew

and all the other pioneers who pioneered this ****, too bad all the god damn kids for example Dunn spitting on the face of hip hop.
Reply:a rabbit is going through my garden.?
Reply:wuz up w these people...if u dont like hip hop/rap get out of the category...dont down something u know nothing bout...
Reply:This aint brown sugar! LOL On a serious note I love Mary J Blige she is the bomb. What I enjoy about hip hop is the fact that their lyrics are about real life sh!t. That stuff does happen
Reply:lack of production values and streamlined record release dates for people who don't have a very good sense of exactly how brainless it is to make a Hip hop song in a loop program.
Reply:It means hip-hopping bunny rabbits!
Reply:hip hop is all about the lyrics and the message. It tells about the real stuff happening in the world and in peoples lives. immortal technique and binary star are at the top of my list for hip hop artists
Reply:Hip hop (also spelled hip-hop or hiphop) is both a music genre and a cultural movement developed in urban communities starting in the 1970s, predominantly by African Americans.[1] Coinage of the term hip hop is often credited to Keith Cowboy, a rapper with Grandmaster Flash %26amp; the Furious Five. Though Lovebug Starski, Keith Cowboy, and DJ Hollywood used the term when the music was known as disco rap, it is believed that Cowboy created the term while teasing a friend who had just joined the US Army, by scat singing the words "hip/hop/hip/hop" in a way that mimicked the rhythmic cadence of marching soldiers.[2] Cowboy later worked the "hip hop" cadence into a part of his stage performance, which was quickly copied by other artists; for example the opening of the song "Rapper's Delight" by The Sugarhill Gang.[2] Afrika Bambaataa is credited with first using the term to describe the subculture that hip hop music belongs to, although it is also suggested that the term was originally derisively used against the new type of music.[3]

Since first emerging in New York City in the 1970s, hip hop has grown to encompass an entire lifestyle that consistently incorporates diverse elements of ethnicity, technology, art and urban life. There are four fundamental elements in hip hop:

Hip hop dance: Breakdance and various forms of street dance;

Hip hop art: Urban inspired art, often as graffiti;

Hip hop music: DJing, beats and beatmaking, and hip hop production;

Rapping: MCing and urban inspired poetry.

Early hip hop has often been credited with helping to reduce inner-city gang violence by replacing physical violence with hip hop battles. With the emergence of commercial and crime-related rap during the early 1990s, an emphasis on violence was incorporated, with many rappers boasting about drugs, weapons, mysogyny, and violence. While hip hop music now appeals to a broader demographic, media critics argue that socially and politically conscious hip hop has long been disregarded by mainstream America in favor of its media-baiting sibling, gangsta rap.[5]

A breakdancer performing a one-handed freeze also known as a forearm freeze in Ljubljana, SloveniaMany artists are now considered to be alternative/underground hip hop when they attempt to reflect what they believe to be the original elements of the culture. Artists/groups such as Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Dilated Peoples, Dead Prez, Blackalicious, and Jurassic 5 may emphasize messages of verbal skill, unity, or activism instead of messages of violence, material wealth, and misogyny.

Though born in the United States, the reach of hip hop is global. Youth culture and opinion is meted out in both Israeli hip hop and Palestinian hip hop, while France, the U.K., Africa and the Caribbean have long-established hip hop followings. According to the U.S. Department of State, hip hop is "now the center of a mega music and fashion industry around the world," that crosses social barriers and cuts across racial lines.[6] National Geographic recognizes hip hop as "the world's favorite youth culture" in which "just about every country on the planet seems to have developed its own local rap scene."[7]
Reply:im white and listen to it and am not a wanna be... all you haters that say it is bad dont know what you talkin bout, it is just a style of music until the kids in the ghetto take the lyrics too seriously and ......... yes i wish they wouldnt use bad words as much sometimes it ruins the songs
Reply:i think it is a bunch of crap and a waste or money. they are making millions off of crap. with the curse words and the way the call women b..... and h... and everything else.
Reply:To me, hip hop music usually has amazing beats that make me wanna get up and dance. When I think of hip hop I think of rap or r%26amp;b-like songs. Artists I consider to be part of the hip hop genre include, but are no limited to, Usher, The Black Eyed Peas, Dr. Dre, Missy Elliott, etc. I hope that helps.

God Bless!
Reply:Hip Hop means some guy grabbing his self in a video surrounded by half naked and/or black girls singing about his ride and how he's gonna get some tonight or how he's gonna bust a cap in yo ****. Yeah, that's an art form alright. Poetry in motion. Hip hop would be dead by now, but outlets like MTV won't let it die because they have the younger generation suckered into believing that's it's cool. Icons? If you worship guys like Tupac who get shot 10 times and then finally get dead then you are only asking for trouble.
Reply:commercialism

ignorance

glorification of criminal behavior

hate speech

A force for change for the worse

Yo!

Sellin all my drugs

Shoot at the police

Smackin my beotch

Up and down the street

(f bomb, n bomb, n bomb, f bomb) repeat 8x

Word.

Why is Hip Hop being blamed again, this time for Michael Vick 's dogfighting case?

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Yesterday I heard two men, one from the Detroit Free Press ad the other from the Humane society say that the "Hip Hop Culture" is the reason for Vick being involved in dogfighting. I have listened to Hip Hop for all sixteen years of my life and I have never heard Snoop, Ludacris, Lil Wayne, or any of the other rappers that people complain about being involved in dogfighting, Nor has anyone in my black Hip Hop listening family ever been involved in dogfighting. It seems like every time something goes wrong in society, its Hip Hop's fought instead of parents stepping u an taking responsibility for their own children.

Why is Hip Hop being blamed again, this time for Michael Vick 's dogfighting case?
As long as Hip Hop keeps up with the violent lyrics and crude talk they are going to be blamed for everything that is going wrong in our culture. The general disrespect they show for women is not helping their cause either. When you constantly refer to women as b******* and h*** it shows a huge disrespect for the female gender. I always wonder who gave birth to these guys? Would they want someone talking to their mother or sister this way? Of course talking about shooting people is not a good thing either. The violence they sing about they generally live too. This gangster stuff is so over they need to move on.
Reply:People are always looking for a scapegoat. For whatever reason or another when a young black person who's successful screws up, somehow Hip Hop is blamed. I can't understand it. 32 year old black male, married with 2 sons, who has been listening to Rap, Hip Hop and whatever else it's been called since like 1980 lol and it has never influenced me to do anything besides sing along with the song. It's ridiculous! Vick screwed up and that had nothing to do with Hip Hop, that's the bottom line.

baby teeth

SYTYCD Australia: Jack & Kate (Hip-hop)- the best routine ever on SYTYCD (even better than American series)?

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U agree?

check it out- if u havent seen it already:

video.aol.com/video-detail/jack-and-ka...

Great choreography by Supple (he can obviously do more than hip hop)

Great dancing (unison was near perfect especially for a mixed couple doing a side by side routine- and the speed of the dance made it even more impressive)

Ok, it wasn't strictly hip-hop, but the fusion of broadway, musical theatre and jazz-hiphop made it even better (and I doubt Kate and Jack would be able to do real hip hop so it was fourtunate for them they got they got a watered down hip hop routine).

Still the best.

U agree?

SYTYCD Australia: Jack %26amp; Kate (Hip-hop)- the best routine ever on SYTYCD (even better than American series)?
I agree, had a look.

So-Called Hip Hop Fans DON'T KNOW (continue...)......?

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Oh wow....I have no idea why people think they have to ONLY listen to the Hip Hop Artist I listed in my last question...there's a bunch of REAL Hip Hop Artists TODAY that are Infinite times better then Soulja Boy or LiL Wanye......and I know if I name some they'll just say..."Why do we have to listen to them ? You think because we don't listen to they that we don't know what real Hip Hop is?"

I'm just saying don't label "Hot Club Sh-t" as Hip Hop all because your friends ask you "Hey..did you hear that new song on the radio by (artist's name)? It's Hot!!!!"

OR

"Oooooh 104 %26amp; Park is playing that video everyday at #2 on the countdown...that means I must love it %26amp; play it in my car all the time!!!"

OR

"I hear all the girlies love that song in the club %26amp; it makes them dance...that's my song now yo! I'm gonna bump that in my car %26amp; get all the girls"

I'm saying just listen to what you like...not what's in other people's opinion...if so you just might be on the bandwagon for fakeness...

So-Called Hip Hop Fans DON'T KNOW (continue...)......?
I love you!!!!!!!!! LOL.

Welcome to RHH section!

Im glad to see another person

who knows GOOD music.

but like hnic said... you don't have to worry about what

other people listen to coz that's their prerogative.

just keep listening to you fav. mc %26amp; support his albums.

toodles.
Reply:Lemme give you a piece of advice...Come on here after 6 pm...there are some "real hip hop" conversations on here... And you should start posting up ish about people you like... school some of these people since know so much...Im pretty confident in my knowledge of hip hop...I can give you some pretty decent answers...but coming on here and randomly ranting seems a bit overboard...
Reply:TUPAC RULES!
Reply:it's 106 and park not 104 lol

i agree with you... but still its 106 and park

if i hear t-pain, akon, or soulja boy one more time im gonna sh!t on his microphone
Reply:like i said in the last thread.....Stop worrying about what the next person on Y!A is listening to and just do you..if thats what someone likes, fine..what gives you the right to knock what someone listens to? are u mad cuz they dont talk about your favorite artist?
Reply:Most of the time people will listen to the top song from their favorite Genre because they like it.... I usually listen to Hiphop/RnB/Rap.... but I liked tht song Apologize by Timbaland about a month before it suddenly became hot. And now many like that song. People listen and then say whether like that song. Don't judge "fakeness" upon others... I mean... Get Low by Lil Jon makes one dance... Walk It Out by dj Unk... I thought had a good beat but a lame song.. but that is a very good example of the fakeness that others put out ther... like "yeeee walk it out... north side walk it out... " lame song... in my opinion.. others get sucked in that.. hate to say it.. african american pop... but its chill... I will say the word BITTCHHH until genesists dont exist... sooo F Yo Couch..
Reply:I feel your pain to me club music isn't hip-hop it has no substance no message even gangster rap has a message whether it's how to survive in the streets or how to flip coke.But what message does club music have none but I don't knock it.If you like it I love it.
Reply:Have you never heard of the expression "different strokes for different folks" so the hip hop you might enjoy might be complete nonsense to someone else and vise verse.Hip Hop is about expressing yourself.

p.s..... R .I. P Tupac %26amp; Biggie
Reply:if youre saying to listen to what you like, then let them listen to it. dont judge them, if they like the club bangers, then so be it. besides, when im dancing with my girl im not worried about the message it conveys, im just concerned if my girl likes the song and wants to dance to it.
Reply:Of course Tupac Rules...Anyways, I listen to what I listen to and that's how it is. It may be real hip-hop it may not. I don't listen to complete garbage (refuse to state names of such crappy artists) who talk about stuff that never happened to them. I mean yeah stuff can be hot but soemtimes it is just plain whatever, indutsry generated.Example: What happened to whoever sings promise ring?
Reply:I listen to songs I think are hot. I dont care about whats on TV or whats on top of the charts. Mostly if their on top, there usually good. (But thats rare in hip hop right now.)
Reply:We all have different types of music that we listen to. While some people listen to music that has just came out i prefer to listen to older hip-hop music. So just do you and " f " what any one else has to say.

Passion for hip hop -- song suggestions?

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i used to do chinese dance, but i quit that a long time ago. i've never had any hip hop training...

whenever i hear an upbeat song (samba, hip hop...) i get the burning passion feeling in my heart. so when our dance teacher (school) told us we could choreograph our own dance, i chose to do a hip hop solo.

my "style" isn't the pimp-sex-bling thing... it's more like the style in Step Up (show me the money)... and the song i did my dance to was "crazy" by se7en. you can check it out (passion by se7en) on youtube, lol.

i was wondering if you could tell me some english hip hop music that matched my style. and where do i download them?

thanks guys x]

Passion for hip hop -- song suggestions?
"crazy" by gnarles barkley
Reply:try some underground music like

-Del the funkee homosapie album-DELTRON 3030

-Murs
Reply:you rock go to you tube EAZY E

Question for white ppl- only hip-hop fans?

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i always wondered, only for the hip-hop white ppl. I see white ppl with a super loud system playing hip hop/rap. How do you stay updated on what cool to bang? Do you watch 106 %26amp; park top 10 to decide or look on the hip hop top 100 list on the internet. Or is it in your soul and you can truly feel it? Do you know what the artist is really talking about? Do you understand the lyrics? or do it have to have a cold beat for it to catch your curiosity? Or do you have a black friend and ask them what's most popular? Just curious. I'm black, i like hip hop but the music today i just cant get into. i only like back in the day hip-hop. Do you also like rock too or is it strictly hip hop? What made me ask this, These white girls that i worked with a few years back put me up on a song that was a true hit song and i didn't realize it until i actually listened to it. I ended up loving the song so much that i tore my car up banging it in my ride. i got a lil excited from the beat. LOL

Question for white ppl- only hip-hop fans?
Believe it or not, but I have two children, one a teenager and one is 4. They both like hip-hop, and I enjoy hip hop. I'm not a gangster, or whatever. And you don't have to be to like hip-hop. It's not something you train yourself to like, it just happens naturally. I don't like all hip-hop, but most. I listen to it on the radio all the time, CDs. Akon and T-Pain are my favorite. You don't have to watch BET, my oldest son loves BET, but I rarely ever watch it. Not because I don't like BET, I just don't like music videos much. But listen to some songs. You need to have rythm. My ringtone is "Bartender" by t-pain. If you saw me on the street, you would probably never think I listen to hip hop. I have surround sound in my cars, etc. It's just something that is natural. I honestly cant stand metal rock. Or most rock at all. But I listen to old school too.
Reply:I like all genres. I don't just limit myself to 1. To be able to like all genres means you have to understand what each one is trying to deliver to you. An example would be:

Rock delivers: party

Country delivers: good ole american living

Hip Hop delivers: sexuality, and street related issues

Heavy Metal delivers: anger and aggression

When you can learn what each genre delivers you can become more in tuned with its reasoning and then appreciate it regardless of your race.
Reply:I love all kind of music. Why does it matter what is the latest in the hip hop world...go with your gut!! Listen to what you like!!

nanny

Why is Hip-Hop so dead?

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my god, hip-hop is dead

been dead since Tang Clan broke up

Nas can really change this but he admitted that hip-hop is dead

Now all i listen these days are the 90's REAL hip-hop

I still mourn for Pac and Biggie.

These songs like "soulja boy" and "low", it a shame to the hip-hop world.

Why is Hip-Hop so dead?
I agree. It seems not to have any meaning anymore... And all the GOOD rappers died or retired.
Reply:Lupe will eventually save us...Hip-Hop saved My Life is premiering on BET anytime now on 106 %26amp; park...plus ice cube, nas, kanye, and talib kweli will keep it alive....hopefully..
Reply:its a new generation. evrybody like old skool but alot of the new sh*t iz good. soulja boi sukz and so duz the song low.

and pac and biggie did rap not hip hop
Reply:Money killed Hip Hop. When artists saw the big money in rhyming about nothing it was over. Everybody became rappers and didn't rhyme anymore. Wu, Nas, Dre, RedMan and others brought it back in the early to mid 90's after Hammer almost destroyed it but we can thank Puffdiddy for bringing back rap to stay. Hip Hop has died and was resurrected as rap. Don't get mad but Jay Z also helped kill it with his money whoring and everybody followed his blueprint.
Reply:No its not dead you just have to searchfor the real hip hop better known as the underground.those songs fall into the hip pop section.A great man once said hip hop isnt a genre its a life style and hip pop is nothin but a bunch of wannabes recordin a song they wrote in less than 5 minutes
Reply:You are right to some point, but hip hop is not dead YET. There's still real rappers out here keeping it alive. Jay Z, Nas, Ludacris, kanye west, and many others are not killing rap/hip hop. It just seems that way because of ringtone rappers like soulja boy and flo rida who make songs only fit for strip clubs.
Reply:i wouldnt say its dead.

soulja boy is mainstream radio ****.

yea there use to be a time where nas, pac, immortal, wu tang, krs-one, the firm, cormega, and all them other rappers use to hit the radios. these days, its about making money...quick.

look at common, he barely has any awards to his name and yet i've enjoyed every CD of his (except electric circus...that was weird). he has to get kanye to get acknowledged (so sad)

Joe Budden is one of my favorites. his delivery is crazy (3 sides to a story %26amp; dumb out....old but very well done).

listen to his mood muzik tapes....thats all i need in life

it's sad when i dont feel like listening to anything but illmatic because nothing else is worth my time.

brown sugar (the movie w/ taye diggs %26amp; sanaa lathan) said it best with "the difference between rap and hip hop is the difference between saying ‘I love you’ to someone and actually being in love with someone; One is just a word."

rap is just a word.....people throw it around. the rappers who rap today throw it around. they dont know about real hip-hop. the breakdancing, graffitti and beatboxing. time's have changed, the music has changed. sometimes change is good but in this case, the people who crave the tight deliveries accompanied with a tight beat are suffering from soulja boy.....a teenager that cant even finish the words in his song "waa mee roowl" and apparently we're suppose to be mad at him because he has some bape shoes on....?

As for nas changing the game (hip hop is dead was a ill), he tried....he has Quan. i dont know if you heard quan on ill wills mixtape but he had some serious stuff on there. he's got a few mixtapes and if he and nas can break this mainstream crap then it'll be over!

all of the serious rappers arent taken seriously. they can't compete in record sales to soulja boy, hurrican chris (A BAY BAY) and all other people who drop songs and get signed onto labels because they can move a couple thousand units.

look at jkwon....he's been off he radar since errybody in the club got tipsy. papoose signed with gunit so there goes hope in him.

i dunno.....i wish it would come back. until hip hop revives itself.....i'll just listen to underground and my cds.
Reply:hip hops coming back dude, theres new artists that im hearing like a song i heard from hangar 18 just before, was hot. Talib kweli, nas and others like immortal technique keep it alive, theres still that light there and we gotta keep it real
Reply:What are you retarded????

Wu-tang is together again, i seen them at a concert (Bumbershoot)

And its not dead, its just that your dumbaas listens to the radio.
Reply:it's not just hip hop, fans of other genres feel that music is dead too. it's the music business as a whole--it needs to change.
Reply:Hip Hop Is Not Dead, Reffering To Biggie And 2 Pac, Ar eNow considered Old school Rap/ Hip hop, Personnaly i like Low And Crank Dat, It's Just what Alot Of People Like, And Underground Is A Music Video/ Song Not Supported By An Agency.
Reply:http://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_r...
Reply:REASON HIP HOP IS DIEING

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfCmYyG-y...

AND NAS DIDN'T SAY HIP HOP IS DEAD........LISTEN TO WHAT HE SAYZ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9vYDJCm6...

"If hip hop should die before I wake

I'll put an extended clip inside of my AK

Roll to every station, murder the DJ"

HAS HE MURDER ANY DJ'S LATELY??....NO MEENING HE DIDN'T SAY HIP HP IS DEAD
Reply:Not dead changed

i like that word better it lets me sleep at night

listen to underground!
Reply:its because most people who buy music are young and they don't understand the meaning of good music all they want to see is stupid booty shaking videos and dumb nursery rhymes remade into songs it really is a shame and i am a singer and its hard for people to relate to my songs because their minds are so tainted they are only wanting to hear the wack music
Reply:its not dead. its just dat there are all theese people who think hip-hop is offensive and violent. They are the vocal minority.
Reply:r u crazy.......

hip hop has evolved so much...there are so many different types of rap its crazy...and soulja boy and low r very mainstream...stay away from the radio.....

there are tons of new mixtapes w new songs from old artists.....

wu has a new cd...

i think u need to be more open minded...new hip hop is way better....get w the times....i hate ppl that only listen to old rap all the time.
Reply:Hip Hop is dead because 50 cent

lil wayne

what happend to mc hmmer salt n peper
Reply:hip hop isnt dead you just dont listen to the right songs and stuff you just gotta find the good ones...and just like bammccaw said you cant listen to the radio and its bull they dont play the good side of hip hop

Will anyone agree that hip hop has been corrupted with commercialism?

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basically, i love hip hop. but i feel that a lot of people are being blinded by real, true, hip hop. when i say real hip hop, i mean the hip hop that came out of the south bronx. i mean the hip hop where mc's used to spit about the world around thema nd their streets and not about cars, hoes, and chains. soulja boy is a great example that anyone can make money. just make one song (maybe add a lil dance to it) and then, BAM! u can say the craziest stuff on it but it wouldn't matter because if u made a ringtone contract, and ppl r feelin ur dance moves and beat, u'll sell millions.

Will anyone agree that hip hop has been corrupted with commercialism?
i think you are confusing hip-hop and rap. rap is strictly commercial; its a business these days, it's not about the music anymore. hip-hop is alive and thriving, just overshadowed by the money-hungry idiots. i wish that white suburbia had not adopted rap in the mid 90's we wouldn't be where we are today. only ignorant people wouldn't agree with you. rap is a business, hip-hop is a lifestyle.
Reply:yeah that bullshit like souljia boy and dat a bay bay peeps care about catchy-ness more then real hip-hop nowadayz but i refuse 2 fall 2 the corrupt hip-hop no shity music wiill keep me from real hip-hop brotha i agree completly man thnx for breakin da silence
Reply:thing is wen songs hav goood beats, noone cares about what they say. like calabrai 2007, no one knows wut da hell shes saying, but it has a gud *** beat so ppl luv da song
Reply:of course, no doubt on it that some of the commercialized music has corrupted hip hop...
Reply:totally agree. it's stupid. no one really cares about your necklaces, they look, act, and rap stupid. i like some hip-hop though. and basically after every other word they cuss.
Reply:I highly agree with that...im not trying to be a hater of some sort but all these dance crazes is kinda corny. People don't realize that there's millions of people all around the world, that's underground and thats trying to make it in the game while these people making it easy in the game because they sell...obviously in order to sell you have to be commercial and thats why the game is all messed up now...me i like to listen to artists like Jedi Mind Tricks, Immortal Technique, Sean Price and a little bit of D-Block but most people around the world just like to listen to all this commercial nonsense...there's alot of commercial artists and that's what gets me angry about the game
Reply:what about that stupid rock, country and all that hard metal.sometimes it is just as stupid(sometimes you can't understand what they say). It does not matter what you think.give it a thumb down but that music makes no sense.everyone has there own thought and that's just what you think, this is what i think.
Reply:i dont really listen to hip hop but um i agree hip hop shouldnt be about rappers cars and crap like that!
Reply:yes it does get annoying after awile but there just trying to get money ,youve gota think about that. dont get me wrong i love rap but after about the 80millionth song about somebodys lamborghini or rolls royce and necklaces and shoes and rims and the list goes on and on it does gat annoying
Reply:As far as the Culture is concerned I agree. How in the HELL does Hip Hop go from Style Wars to Flava of Love?!? Some kids know Flava Flav.because of that show,and have no idea who Public Enemy is,something is seriously wrong with that!!

Don't get me wrong.Flava of love AINT Hip Hop,it's the fact that the shows main subject comes from one of the most important groups of all Time.

Alot of kids don't know 3rd Bass either,but I respect the White Rapper Show because of the competitive element representing one of the four elements (MCing)

An Artistic Hip-Hop Song with inspirational Lyrics and a clean music video?

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I need a Hip-Hop song that is clean and inspirational with a good music video that has no abuse. I have 2 good songs, one is Hip-Hop and the other something else but they both have something bad with them. Like *The Truth* is not a Hip-Hop song but everything else about it is good. *The Message* is good but the Music Video is not what I expected. If you have other Hip-Hop songs please help! Thanks!

An Artistic Hip-Hop Song with inspirational Lyrics and a clean music video?
The Black Eyed Peas - Where is the love?

I don't know any others that fits your description. Haha, well that tells me a lot about hiphop.
Reply:i agree w/some of the people where is the love is a good one
Reply:Young Jeezy's new song---%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;Dreamin' ft Keyshia Cole

It's good, not a bad video %26amp; the words are not bad either
Reply:"where is the love"

by the black eyed peas
Reply:The "song" title eludes, and you may not like the name of the band name, (my conjecture, because a request for "clean lyrics" is usually paired with particular mindset), but one that is my favorite is by the band, Faith No More.
Reply:"Why" - Jadakiss

"UNITY" -Queen Latifah (mainly for women)
Reply:Bow Wow- Let ME Hold You Down

2Pac- Dear Mama

2Pac- Keep Ya Head Up

Buckwheat Boys- Peanut Butter Jelly

Cherish- Do it To it

Jadakiss- Why

Lil Keke- Southside

Scarface- On my block
Reply:Where is the love is a great song. also ghetto story by cham is good but it is a reggae/rap/R%26amp;B if you get the remix with alicia keys and akon. I tried by bone thugz and akon is great but it has a couple cuss words. Christian rap is not all bad. they got a couple good beats and of course no cussing.
Reply:"Where is the Love" Black Eyed Peas and JT
Reply:Kanye West-family business

Busta Rhymes-Been Through the storm

krs one ft marley marl -hip hop livwes

Common ft kanye west-The food

D12-how come

Dialated Peoples-This Way

Kanye West ft Consequence-grammy Family
Reply:Just A Moment by Nas feat. Quan

Keep Ya Head Up by 2Pac

Do you think hip hop is harmful to society?

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I believe that alot of violence and poverty is based on the influence of hip hop. Any true lyricist will tell you hip hop is a culture and a culture is something you live. By no means will I blame for murders but music tends to make an impression on the weak minded. Whatever style these spit about and wear in these videos, a majority of my peers will go out and by the second they get some money in their pocket. Do you honestly think the music is only effecting our fashion choices? Those who are intellectually inept may not be able to rationalize, therefore making ignorant decisions based on the lifestyles of songs like "ILL Still Kill" and "One Mic". Plus the movie all hip hoppers seem to love is Scarface, which depicts the life of a cocaine boss leaving this world with guns blazing in both hands, like a G should.

Do you agree or disagree? Dont give me a biased answer based on your love for hip hop because if you read my name, I love hip hop as much as the other man.

Do you think hip hop is harmful to society?
Is hip hop harmful to society? No... not really

Are the weak-minded? yes

And with this in mind i would probably redefine what hip hop is. 'True lyricists' ( as you would say) probably don't need gimmicks to sell their music, AND they wouldn't be worried as much about their money as some mainstream monney-makers-booty-sharkers are.

I think some artists would keep doing what they do without the money. Others wouldn't. Which of these groups is weak minded? After answering that, consider the followers who ACTUALLY take some of their values from music from music just about ANYTHING they hear. These people are weakminded anyway...

And it really wouldn't matter how much if hip hop existed or not, so long as there is any negative message in music for the weakminded to swallow whole, society would be doomed.

So to say that hip hop has a negative influence on society (excluding scanty fashion trends, perhaps) doesn't necassarily add up. rather, I think that violent hip hop is probably a reflection/result of violence in society, not exactly the other way around. We all know that 50 cent, 2pac, and Biggie didn't grow up in Beverly Hills. And when you write poetry, it usually comes best when speaking from your own experience, i supppose.

Still, don't get me wrong: Mysogyny and the PROMOTION of violence are unnaceptable. However, hip hop was not the first music to introduce these elements, and isn't the only one that still has them.
Reply:well like you said music tends to make an impression on the weak minded theirs a reason why CD's have the explicit lyrics sticker. and i know that its not just some young teens that can easily be manipulated by anything adults could too. but the point of the music is to express yourself not to promote violence. some people actually hear gunshots at night some people do deal coke so that they wont go to sleep hungry.i think that when someone raps about there environment and life they think "ok this is my story,this is what i've been through" not "the whole world should do what i have done to be cool and famous like me" so to answer your question i think it hasnt it just that some people are confused in this world
Reply:I'm not being biased when i say this, but i think we fail as a society not as separate cultures. Yeah hip hop will influence you to a certain extent but you'd have to be a pretty f*cked up person to listen to something and act on it, if it isn't something you hear in a song, it'll probably be something you see on the streets that'll drive to commit a crime. We as a society don't look to help those people, we look to blame certain influences. That's just sweeping it under the rug.

And I see your game quote..but consider this:

'They say music can alter moods and talk to you

But can it load a gun for you and c*ck it too?'

It doesn't. You as an individual make a choice to pull a trigger or carry a knife with the intention of using it. As a society we have to look at WHY people do that, not blame it on something and hope it'll go away. If you live a happy life, have all the things you want, then hearing a song about killing someone isn't going to affect you right? And you have all the things you want either because you as an individual made a conscious decision to succeed. Or because your social condition veered you towards it. Individuality is a double edged sword.
Reply:"Hip Hop cant be the blame for others' ignorance"

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Reply:I do agree that hip hop and rap CAN influence violence. But that does not mean it has to. I am a very avid listener of hip hop and rap and I do not take those songs literally. I am not going to go out and "bang" someone up. It's just a song to me. But we have our youth that are easily influenced, especially by popular music. And at the moment, a lot of hip hop and rap music is what's popular with the youth. Our youth are very impressionable. While I am sure they really do know that what is being said in the song shouldn't be taken literally, if they think it is cool to think or be that way, then what do you think will happen. Very good question, btw.
Reply:yes some
Reply:"music tends to make an impression on the weak minded." I agree with that, if people are that impressionable, the music will have some sort of impression on the person. Impressionable people exist, therefore; I think you're correct. Society is filled with the weak minded. The same can be said about other forms of entertainment.
Reply:thats like asking is wrestling or power rangers...if people lived there life off of what other people say black people would still be slaves, jewish people would no longer exist, indians wouldnt be fightin for their land, and so on
Reply:White kids kill themsevles and each other and no one blames rock music for "tearing the fabic of society" So why blame rap music.
Reply:Evil gave a great example...and I totally agree
Reply:I believe that music can't create society, it can only reflect it. I suppose though, it could be argued that even though the music has reflected society, it's become a vicious cycle of them feeding off of each other (if that makes any sense).

Society is in such a bad state today that it's hard to pinpoint any one cause. I'd certainly blame our greedy, get rich quick and fcuk everyone else culture before I'd blame music for it though. And although certain elements of hip hop condone that, it was rich white America that invented it.

This is a good question, glad you asked it.
Reply:yes i get wat you're saying. ppl who don't have a brain for themselves automatically do thingz it tellz them too, which is making us look bad for the ppl who have brainz and say just because they do it doesn't mean i have to or understands metaphors or whateva. fashion is another thing. yes, im sure we all seen ppl wear the thingz what they have on tv. maybe they like the style themselves and jus want to wear it or maybe they think itz cool or whateva. personally, i wear thingz that appeal and look nice to me, not just because i saw beyonce or whoever wear it.

and itz not just hip hop, itz all genres from hip hop to pop to rock to heavy metal and whateva and they all have their preferences and issues but hip hop is like the outlet to everything wrong, which is not tru at all and plus ppl need to stop stereotyping about it.

and i luv hip hop just as much as any other person either. thingz don't stay the same, they develop/change/whateva u wanna call it. rite now, hip hop is changing and new and different rappers are coming on as well as a few pointless onez. then there will b a time where hip hop will b betta than ever. we jus hafta wait and see.
Reply:Um...no, i disagree with ya there buddy. There were plenty of murders and poverty before it was introduced.
Reply:No, I think some people try to give in to the stereotype and make it so. But really i think it is more the persons actions then the music. Dr. Dre ain't a gangster, but he preaches as he was one. I listen to all kinds of stuff all the way down to Brotha Lynch Hung. Just cause he has some crazy lyrics, its not going to make me do what he speaks.
Reply:No I don't agree. Maybe in some cases yes, but that's only for people who grew up in a harmful environment.
Reply:Hip-hop can't be the blame for others' ignorance
Reply:One could say the same thing about certain video games and movies being harmful to society. So, if a person is saying that only hip hop is harmful to society, then I'd have to disagree. I don't agree with the subject matter of certain hip hop songs, but if I don't like it, I don't listen. It's that simple.
Reply:I dont think violence and poverty are based on the influence of hip hop. I mean it doesn't help the matter but take away the music and the same kind of people will still being doing the samething. I mean I dont think Ted Bundy sat around listening to hip hop all day.
Reply:It's only harmful in the hands of idiots..It's like guns...guns get a lot of blame, but it's the people that use them wrong that are responsible, not the gun..same thing here...perhaps hip hop influences them..but if that happens they are the problem, not hip hop
Reply:^^^you never blocked Hilary Jones?
Reply:Yes it is it gives everyone a false outlook on everything.
Reply:I think there is a huge double standard in Hip Hop and in the "neighborhood".I can't count how many songs end in some s**t like"And I'll kill any mfer that comes near me....PEACE!"No matter what, people of any culture,will alway try to pass the blame.The kid caught stealing will blame it on the rapper,the rapper will say "I grew up watching kids steal".And I'm sorry if I offend you but Hip Hop is DEAD!And if it ain't...it's seriously sleeping.
Reply:I've never really understood people's obsession with lyrics. The lyrics are only an instrument for the music. If people like the hip-hop musical genre, there is nothing wrong with it. The trouble is that lyricists/songwriters are misusing the popularity of that musical style to publish their personal thoughts and ideas.

You could have the same lyrics written to Operatic music or Soul or R%26amp;B or Latino, and people who could get influenced easily would still get influenced.

So my answer would be, as a genre, hip-hop is not the trouble. The lyrics need to be cleaned up, which is where the music companies need to step in.
Reply:I hate new hip hop and rap. All they do is swear and talk about drugs and sex.

go ahead and give me thumbs down. could care less.
Reply:Anyone who takes violent lyrics too seriously already has a problem in the first place. hip hop doesn't influence violence anymore than Rock or video games influence school shootings.

...people are always looking for something to blame. but violence and murder have been taking place since the beginning of time.
Reply:i agree with you, most of the people on here don't want to believe that hip hop has a harmful affect on society, i mean most of the people in the hip hop section are far from weakminded so we don't fall in that trap. No i don't think hip hop should be blame for people's ignorance but the truth is it does affect the weak minded people. Not everyone is blessed with good parents or people to guide them in life. I have good parents who are raising me right so i could look at B.E.T and see a girl shaking for some male attention and know that's wrong but imagine if i had nobody with a good influence in my life and i looked at B.E.T and saw those girls doing that.......where would i be at now?

Same goes for my little brother who's 13, he has a good influence in his life but what if he didn't and he looked at B.E.T and saw rappers rapping about drugs,making it rain in the club and of course they're getting all the girls then where would he be at now? like i said before alot of people on here know it's just entertainment and know what's right and wrong. Just try too look at it from a boy or girl's view who is weak minded and doesn't know it's just entertainment and actually believes what they're saying. Come on yall let's be real! If what these bubble gum rappers flow about can affect peoples fashion choices..... they can affect other choices as well..... the sad thing is, there is too many weak minded people.
Reply:hip hop is avery bad...they use bad words...
Reply:Well, I listen to Rap (drives my husband crazy, or should I say crayzay).

Any way, you are being racist because Rap is the way Blacks choose to define themselves

I will not tolerate your racism!
Reply:no but rap is

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Know why hip hop is better than country?

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Because it has a beat that country music doesn't. Hip Hop is the better genre. Its the truth. Hip Hop out passed country in a resent servey. Hey tell CMT and GMA channels to get with the program. Country is not in anymore. Hip Hop is the winner. Even white peole love hip hop, not there own genre which is country. What does that tell you?

Know why hip hop is better than country?
Ummm... I listen to everything, and I mean EVERYTHING. Country music is doing just fine in sales, and stations. Did you ever thing that stats can percieve ANYTHING a person wants them to? How about you stop trashing other types of music, and listen to some of it... You may just find that you like it.
Reply:hip hop sucks, country is way better
Reply:Can anyone tell me why both of those genres are fairly awful? Especially hip-hop. Country isn't the worst but the songs are always based on the same theme, love. How boring does that get? Very. Besides the vast majority of country singers sound awful in concert which proves they aren't really that talented. Who cares if no one is following a trend, some people like to go by their own thoughts and beliefs. It's called independence. I suggest Classic rock and indie music, they're by far the better choice.
Reply:because country is slower and in are society people like thing that they are not capable of singing
Reply:That you are a racist for thinking that every white persons "own genre" is country. And that you can't spell people.
Reply:Both Hip Hop and country suck.

The only thing hip hop has as an advantage is, the hip hop artists go around shooting each other.

Long Live Disco.
Reply:Who says it is? I love both. Depends on my mood.
Reply:Hey, just about every genre is better than country. What you're telling us is yesterday's news.
Reply:it tells me u love hip hop and that u r a moron
Reply:rap music = oxymoron!

if hip hop is more popular than country, then why are there more country radio stations than hip hop??

the whole point of country music is to tell stories about real life. nothing in the lyrics of a hiphop song testify to real life, it's all about sex drugs and violence! when was the last time you heard a rap/hiphop song talk about real feelings that didn't have to do with sex drugs or violence?
Reply:No. Hip hop sucks as much as country.

Country *used to be* good until the late 1970s. Hip hop *used to be* good until the early-mid 1990s. Almost everything since in both genres is commercial crap that isn't worth the time of day.

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Reply:hell ya :)

How did rap and hip hop become all about money and girls?

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Rap and hip hop used to be about meaningful things, like the struggles people endured, the problems with society, and ect. Rap back then involved real talent, not just a bunch of stupid sh1t like "hey bey bey". Any dipsh1t can think of stuff like that. How and when did hip hop and rap become all about money and girls, it has ruined hip hop and rap as we know it. For those of you who actually like this current hip hop and rap, you must not know what true hip hop and rap is.

How did rap and hip hop become all about money and girls?
nope...he wasn't about that...hip hop was about what was important in that period and guess what? money and girls are the most important things now
Reply:thanks for bringing this issue. Music should give you a feeling when you listen to it. Today's rap and hip hop is a way to collect money. Just like you I miss oldskool rap and hip hop.
Reply:I think it started with Puffy...He started that bling rap...And I think it turned into a competition...Everybody had to talk about what they had and how much they are spending...Then Cash Money came out and really put that bling bling bullish into affect...That was the turning point of the genre...Rims started getting outta control...I mean it brought out more business men...But the talent was lost...But rappers always rapped about cars,money and sex...But it wasnt a sole topic for an album...Also back when rap was true...We didnt have 20 versions of the same artist because they were selling...Wackness has the industry on lock...They are only signing artist that are making this nonsense right now...Why because the radio station are brainwashing ppl to believe that the **** is good...So its selling and they want more ppl like them out...The mims, the jocs, and the lil boosies. No variety at all.
Reply:Commercalized rap started that. Conscious rap still exists, you still listen to the radio. That's the problem.

I like current hip hop and rap like Common, Lupe, Kanye, and Nas. SOME of Lil Wayne's stuff is good. I think YOU don't know nothing about Hip Hop if you don't know who Common is? And if you do know who he is then you should know that he's not "all about money and girls".
Reply:It's the Devil ruining what once was great music.
Reply:the thing is.. all these rappers started getting more and more and more money.. and their creative side diminished... once they got all the luxuries they became satisfied.. therefore the hunger for the creative art in hiphop died. it sux.. i miss old school hip hop- i miss old school rakim.. pete rock and cl smooth.. the digable planets. pharcyde.. BLACK STAR before they went all commercial.. a tribe called quest... epmd...

true hip hop started in the east coast. aint no more hip hop like that. lupe fiasco and kanye tried bringing it back... but it really didn't work.
Reply:About after 2001 I'd say, I mean there are still emcees out there still with talent like Pharoahe Monch and J-Live, but the general population would rather listen to ****, yah feel?

^Kanye never tried to bring back real hip-hop, most of his lyrics are gibberish and all he cares about is winning grammys and going platinum.

He's not a good rapper, he's just a good entertainer.
Reply:well not all rappers are rappin abt gals , drugs %26amp; cash. Some groups/artists like Lupe Fiasco, DJ Shadow, Ne-Yo(more of r%26amp;b), usher(probably) are trying to bring that old flow back to hip-hop but rappers like vanilla ice(who thought he could actually rap), 50 Cent(violence, drugs,s**), Snoop Dogg(always abt hoes) are ruining hip-hop/rap
Reply:For probably the same reason really crappy, socially offensive horror and slasher films get funded and distributed: they appeal to a segment of society that doesn't want to engage their brains, but would rather excersise prurient interest in the negative. Much the same way tabloid rags are so popular in the supermarkets. Notice that this is primarily an American phenomenon. Americans (and I am one) are not interested in expanding their mind, or taking the time and effort to seriously better themselves. In short, many are lazy, intellectually. This is how something like Rush Limbaugh or Fox News, or gangsta hip-hop can flourish. They appeal to people's need to believe they are "in the loop" when they've never actually involved themselves in the society at large in any real way that would entitle them to be "in the loop." When you have that attitude, you don't get very far in life, and usually end up in a low-paying, or public-relief situation. When that happens, and you see others doing better than you, you become resentful, and yet Americans don't want to blame themselves, so they get angry and blame society. Add to that a style of "music" that glorifies that blame, toss in a few entreprenuers who see an opportunity, along with a technology that allows anyone to burn mass copies of their "music" (in effect, publishing) and the internet, which allows worldwide distribution of said product, and Viola! That's how bad hip-hop becomes so popular.

It glorifies the anger of people who feel they have the right to be angry at a society where, really, everyone is having a tough time.

It's basically a very juvenile, sophomoric form of expression, that puts all the blame for the problems of the artist on society, rather than on the artist himself where it belongs.

It also extols the love of racism, and that's a VERY easy trap to fall into.
Reply:realli! i tottally agree with yu! like songs des days! jus sooo f***kin stupid! i swear like chickin noodle soup.,a aye bay bay, aunt jackiee

like wtf!

we need more rappers like nas kanye west

! i miss hearin songs that i kan relate to

like wow i been through that

i deffenitly kant say that to fricken stupid song like ay bay bay

wtf! come on ppls! actully put an effort in yur songs! like nas! %26amp;%26amp; otha inspiring rapers did! you dipshits jus be makin songs outa nuthing!

ALL I GOttA SAY iS HiP hop %26amp;%26amp; rap is dead

R.I.P ='[
Reply:wat else is there left to talk about
Reply:ever since they started making money off of it.

i personally love underground hiphop. mostly with a jazzy feel to it. there are still many artists out there that have meaningful, fun, important lyrics backed by great, headnodding beats. you just have to look a little.
Reply:YEAH, you're right....

but the world is changing

and the reality is

all that men want is

MONEY %26amp; HO'S.

but there are still good hip hop songs like

KANYE'S SONGS AND COMMON'S SONGS too.
Reply:Your listening to the wrong Rappers. Good Hip Hop is still about meaningful things. At its best it's still the most intellegent music on the American scene. Try Talib Kwalei or Saul Williams, The Roots, Atmosphere, Blue Scholars. Those are just a few of my favs. Saul is very different from anything else, He's totally out there but hes ideas are amazing.

Question about Nas' new album "Hip Hop Is Dead"?

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So now EVERYONE knows the controversy surrounding this album. Especally it's name. So just to ask: If you heard the album then what are your personal opinions about it's content? Like do you support the fact that Hip Hop is overcommercalized and losing it's quality? Or do you think that Nas is whining his rhymes about the state of Hip Hop?

My personal opinion is that Hip Hop IS dead!!!! Thanks to the ever stale Southern Hip Hop music such as Dem Franchize Boys, Mike Jones, Three 6 Mafia, Young Jeezy, Snap Music, etc, Hip Hop is dying and is losing it's originality!!! THEY killed Hip Hop, Nas said so, and I agree!!!!!!! Nas IS the true street dream!!! So screw Young Jeezy!!!!!!!

Question about Nas' new album "Hip Hop Is Dead"?
Rap Aint Dead, It Lives In TEXAS!!!
Reply:Already!!!!! Whut Yall Know Bout Us TEXAS Boyz Report It

Reply:Sorry but your taste in music, especally Hip Hop, SUCKS!!!!! Report It

Reply:lmao yeaa.. most people in tx suck

mike jones hahaha Report It

Reply:Yeah. Mike Jones!! LOL!!!!!! What a joke!!!!!! Report It

Reply:Hip hop is not dead, but you have to understand the next generation needs new music, unless you want more plagiarized music.
Reply:that's an Accurate Port-rail of the Rap Music today.
Reply:I agree that hip hop is over commercialized...everything (with very few exceptions) sounds the same.

***** boys like jim jones and juelez santana who wanna wear pink and purple with glitter and lace get more respect that a real lyricist (nas) or a veteran rapper (LL cool J)

it is all about showiness now and not at all about what is being said.

the main rappers that are out there talking about their money and hoes have forgotten that that money is borrowed and them hoes are up for grabs...there are very few rappers who have the right to talk about their money (i.e. Jay-z, eminem, Dr. Dre, and although i hate to admit it 50 cent) and of that list, 50 owes his career to Em and Em owes his career to Dre...

personally...i blame Lil Jon.....YEEEAAAHHH, OKAAY, and all that BS.

it is fun to listen to in a club or at a party but really it is all garbage.

For the record, i hate 50 as a rapper, but think if he would give up trying to be thuggish he would be an EXCELLENT role model for children (doesn't drink, no drugs, no ciggarettes, obviously healthy) i think eminem is a gimmick (not meaning that white people shouldnt rap, but seriously white boys, stop trying to be eminem...you are not succedding) juelez santana raps like garbage, but he sure is pretty.

Nas is the best out there. He needs to leave his hoe *** wife alone and stop putting her in his songs because she cant sing...

i agree with you on screw young jeezy...he is am ******** too...
Reply:Hip Hop has been dead for years. Bone Thugs and Harmony alsmost resurrected it and B.I.G put some life into it. These days rap is terrible. Run DMC or old LL Cool J any day.
Reply:havent heard the album yet, but nas is really insightful and im sure hes taken a close look at the reality of "hip hop" today to come to his conclusion (not that youd have to look closely.. its all so evident). i dont think his album is what it takes to see that "hip hop" is at an all time low. ive known this for years now, and so have many others. hopefully, some peoples eyes will be opened by it, but it isnt likely that most will even give it a 2nd thought.
Reply:Thats right HIP HOP IS DEAD!!!i have all of NAS's CDs and they're really good.This is gonna be a classic.I like the songs black republican,still dreaming,cant forget about you,hope,hustlers,and of course hip hop is dead.

I think you r right with all that dumb rap.my favorite music is '90s rap.now with all that dumb rap what is up with "chicken noodle soup"?
Reply:I think that it;s funny that he's saying Hip Hop is Dead but his strongest cd's were his first 2. Ever since then you might get a couple of good songs on his cd and not more. I guess I kida feel like he's bashing a loss of creativity in lyrics but he was way more lyrical when It Was Written came out so he is a culprit himself.
Reply:In my opinion, hip hop really has died.

Most 'hip hop' music is commercialized for the masses to the brink of having nothing but 'snap' and dance music. Real hip hop used to be about speaking lyrics with a meaning to the beat of a song, like spoken word. Now, it's simply about who has the best beats and who has the best dances.
Reply:It's about the money. I'm positive that it's the large digits that matter to the minorities. Nas may think differently, but that's simply his opinion. As long as people still listen to it, it's alive. That's where the term "dead as disco". Nobody listens to disco, thus it's dead. The record sales will tell whether or not it's truly dead. So far it seems alive and kicking. I never liked Nas or Jay-z. If it's the lifestyle you live you won't have a problem talking about it. Snap music is fun. It may get repetitive sometimes, but it's still fun. Young Jeezy still has some fun tunes as well. Dipset, R Kelly, Lil' Wayne, they're all doing waht they do the best they know how to, and that's not going to change for anything. So Nas can say 'oh back in the day this and that and this' but it won't change the fact that those days are over. It simply makes him old. He's saying his own music is dead. Acknowledging his own defeat. How observant of him. You can say whatever you want about rap, but the fact of the matter is they're making more money than you. You can have your opinion like this person beneath me, but the truth is, what does she really know about rap. What does anyone who isn't in the ghetto or a very difficult situation know about being a minority in slumlife. Nothing. Thus, if they're not living it or experiencing it, it isn't there's and they should leave it alone. Tupac and Big were as big are as big as they were because people saw them to be the most truthful. Everyone has the truth twisted up but the real ambition is the money. Next comes the fans and the fame, all three translate to status, which is a natural want for all humans. If you were getting money as well, you wouldn't care what it was that you were shipping out as long as those checks were coming in. They're only words, if you don't like it, don't listen to them. If you don't like other people listening to them, then you're out of luck because you can't control other's actions. Anyone who is in disagreement with this statement is in simple denial. It's the facts of life on this subjecct. Take the money away and see how many rappers would still want to rap. Not many, and even if they did, it wouldn't be how it was before. You just have to face it, that's all there is to it. People like money. That's all. And I know if you say it blatantly you're seen as a bad person, but all in all, it's true.
Reply:it's a good album, but i think he has a point about MAINSTREAM hip-hop. there's no problem with new and original hip-hop being produced, it just isn't that popular.

but what's the beef? hip-hop has slunk into popular culture now, and it has been debased in the same way as any other genre of "pop" music. you just have to look harder for the good stuff.
Reply:good song! but on the unedited cd, the song is edited. stupid
Reply:I haven't heard the album, but I've been feeling for a long time that hip hop was on it's way out. There are a few good artists out there left but the majority of people will never hear them because they aren't a sellable commodity. I blame a lot of that on MTV. Now music is more about what the person looks like then what the person sounds like. Music videos went from being artistic to soft porn. From featuring the artist to featuring the background dancer. From shots that show the whole band performing to shots going up a chicks skirt. And it doesn't matter what genre of music nowadays, all genre's have taken a turn for the worse.

I LOVE OLD SKOOL! Digable Planets, De La, Tribe, OLD Black Eyed Peas (long before I Can't Sing Fergie Crack Head Pee Myself on Stage). We need to stick with the good ones like Common and Mos Def. What a shame that such a beautiful, original expressive music has turned to crap.
Reply:Sorry darlin', but I'm with Ludacris on this one - Hip Hop isn't dead - it's alive in the ATL. And screwing Jeezy might have been an option for me 30 years ago, but I'm a little bit old now.

Rock, or hip hop?

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Have you noticed how more popular hip hop seems to be be getting? I mean, sure, people (like me) love rock, but still, hip hop seems to be getting more popular. Me, I think rock is better; sure, hip hop is nice, but rock will always surpass it. Which do you like better, rock of hip hop?

Rock, or hip hop?
Definitely Rock.
Reply:rock
Reply:Hip hop has been popular for awhile, lucky for me that Toronto is a rock town and I was raised with rock n' roll. I hope hip hop will kind of go away soon. But to each his own.

Oh and i Love rock.
Reply:Rock.
Reply:hip hop....i hate rock!
Reply:little bit of hip hop little of rock i like both
Reply:Rock! I don't lik ehiphop because there is no melody I can Sing to.
Reply:hip hop
Reply:Rock!! I think rock is way better than hip hop.....
Reply:Hip Hop---no doubt
Reply:hip hop
Reply:rock
Reply:both are great! Hip-hop wins for me though...;-)
Reply:i ♥ hip hop so i have to say hip hop.
Reply:rock!
Reply:the both, i can't decide i like them the same
Reply:alternative
Reply:rock for sure
Reply:I wanna ROCK!!!!!!!!!
Reply:Rock!
Reply:R O C K!
Reply:rock

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Are todays hip hop or rap artists leaving a good or bad impact on hip hop music?

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with all the music directed to the clubs and streets of the deep dirty south. Is it posible that true hop hop artists are fading out because if raps new some what brain wash like sound?.. it makes you wonder when you happen to find an artists that makes you rewind a song 10 times just to get the message hidden with in the grimmy snares, and pulse like kick drums that give you a rush. like lupe, the game, or the dirtys vary own, the great lil wayne. dont get me wrong there are many great rappers out here!... but we forget about great artists like d4l, ying yang twins ect... who bring nothing to hip hop and rap music that will be remembered!... so now the question is, who do we blame on todays hip hop on impact on amarica?... the shity record labels that push artists to be what they are not!.. im new so i thought i would give you all something to think about... get @ me.

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Are todays hip hop or rap artists leaving a good or bad impact on hip hop music?
I say BAD!!! They are changing ppls views of what "real" rap and hip hop sounds like!!

The impression they are leaving for the most part is that hip hop or rap is something with a hook, a beat and dance you have to memorize and repeat!!! And an uncontrolled amount of remixes of the same song!!! FCOL my kids thought Soulja Boy was the number 1 hip hop artist on the radio right now.. Daddy quickly changed their minds! lol

Its only getting worse thanks to youtube videos!!! And voice enhancers.
Reply:What I think is the main problem with todays hip hop is that the difference between now and before is that middle white american kids liscen to rap.

They don't know about krs-1,nas,wu-tang ect. All they know is soja boy and eminem. Don't get me wrong, its great that they like rap....but understand what rap is realy about. Its not about luxury cars and shaking your ***, its about getting a message out to the public. A message, that with out rap, it would never be heard.

Yes todays rap is not putting a good picture of hip-hop, but the same thing happend to rock. Soon, rap will be seperated into two categories, pop rap and hip-hop rap.

Don't worry, real hip-hop will never die.
Reply:depends what they are...if they are some kinda wack industry musician, it's not good...
Reply:Hmmm... This whole thing was EXTREMELY confusing. Your choice of words, sucked. I'm not trying to be mean or anything but I really couldn't grasp what you were trying to say.
Reply:These days, songs like Walk it Out(not even catchy, like club songs are like) and Crank That are popular. That's just sad.
Reply:doesnt matter.... if they kill the industry then all the better... hiphop as a culture will survive and we get to start over without the industry bullsh**
Reply:There are some great rappers out there and some who need to just sit down and relearn the craft. A lot of what I listen to is positive. I do like Nas, Biggie, Eve, Queen Latifah (before she did the r%26amp;b chick thing) Mc Lyte. I don't listen to a lot of the newer artists simply because I don't like what the song is talking about.
Reply:Good and bad good b/c luda and mary got run away love that good but bad is rapper talking about doing drugs b/c rappers have a big part of peoples lives
Reply:If its ghetto, you must forgetto.

I wouldn't make it as a rapper or defense attorney.
Reply:Rap and/or Hip Hop is not anything like it was in the early 1990s. In my opinion, a lot of the newer rappers talk about the same issues over and over again. Can they not think of something else to rap about? Do they all have to say the same thing? What good is releasing a single where the radio dj's have to edit every other word? Can you imagine if all artists were like that? We would be listening to the "bleep" sound more than the actual music. I think many of these younger artists need to find something different to talk about besides going clubbing and hooking up with ho's.

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

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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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Why bash hip hop?

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I was just in the football forum and I wanted to get some true hip-hop heads take on this Mike VIck thing. Multiple people arestating that Hip hop is responsible for his downfall, and that the HIp-hop culture can't be seperated from this "thugish, gang" culture.

In my opinion Hip hop was created as a voice for an underrepresented cuture that had adapted in order to survive.

I just wanted your input on this.

Why bash hip hop?
i agree wit u and yea i knwo all bout commercialized radio hiphop but i also listen 2 real hiphop...and ppl dont know..they stereotype EVERYTHING, and from wuut they hear of hiphop and the "gangsta" "ghetto" hiphop culture (u know, drugs, alcohol, sex, gangs, hoes, etc.) they think its all bad...and comercialized hiphop culture 2 many parents like my own, makes them sick..i dont really like it either..i enjoy all kinds of hiphop..im 14, so of course i like the catchy, snap music, stuff u hear on the radio (even tho its kinda bullcrap)..cuz its catchy and i guess fun...but unlike some easily influenced kids, i dont take the bad, inappropriate, degrading, meaningless lyrics 2 heart...my parents think im all ghetto and easily influenced, so they think if i hear and inappropriate lyrics in rap songs that say like "smoke weed everyday " for example, theyd think im dumb enough 2 listen 2 them and do that. HELL NO! what do they thin k i am? i know wuts right and wroong, and just cuz i think commercialized rap and hiphop is sometimes catchy (im 14, come on).....i dont look up 2 these ppl, and very few of them i like (the person themself)...even if theyre hot lol.......but i do know what real hiphop is %26amp; where it originated from....that doesnt mean in real hiphop they never swear or talk about the bad stuff...but theyre not promotin it the way commercialized stuff is...theyre tellin it like it is on the streets and their stories....i told my parents that but they dont care as long as they curse or say anythin bad they dont want me near it...but at least when they talk bout it in real hip hop its not makin it sound good or fun..and they have lyrics wit meaning....sometimes use metaphors wordplay, and symbolism.....lyrics in mainstream stuff ..when i hear them...it doesnt go 2 my heart or brain or soul (i know sounds corny)...it just stays on the surface (symbolically)... i mean i cant connect wit the lyrics cuz theyre kinda dumb and meaningless..but in real hiphop no matter how bad it is either, at least it MEANS somethin and 4 me, it goes beneath the surface cuz its deep and the lyrics are like poetry..clever, witty, intelligent...so i agree with u ..and the thing wit Vick....i mean maybe if hes into commercialized hiphop culture (gangs, drugs, hoes, sex, chains, grillz, etc.)..i dunno maybe that kinda got him into it but honestly thhats his choice 2 do that....but i don think u can really blame hiphop..come on, he's a big boy, cant he think for himself? hope i helped. :)
Reply:Yeah, ur right. People who dont like Hip Hop usually just cus they cant relate or its too real for them
Reply:Hip hop has nothing to do with the Mike Vick situation. It may seem that way because there are hip hop artist that do have many pitbulls like Big Boi, and DMX, but Mike Vick was on some other s h i t. Vick was involved in dog fighting and killing dogs, it was even reported that dogs were hung or drowned. There aint nothing hip hop about that. Dog fighting is an underground gambling culture that is prevalent in communities where the majority of the participants MAY listen to hip hop music.

It sucks that hip hop has to take another black eye because of the ignorance of Mike Vick. What he was involved in was horrible, but the people who do blame hip hop are very very misinformed.
Reply:hip hop was all about a culture man b boys and graf writers and people just collabin and makin some good music somewhere along the way from that time to today we lost the sense of that and got jealous and greedy and rappers always tried to get the more valuable materialistic object than the other, thugin and hustlin and all that originated from gangster rap and everyone thinks that what hip hop is all about and neglect the whole culture that surrounds the music. haha sorry for the run on

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Reply:I gotta admit, hip hop was pretty good back in the day. I thought it was mostly about poerty or something. These days hip hop so degrading. Im not a hip hop fan, but it was pretty good in the 80s. Rite now, it's just roadkilled. Im a rock girl : )
Reply:Hip Hop is universal man. I've been to places where you have all kinds of people just having fun. Hip hop is suppose to unite people and express how we as the people feel. Hip Hop is only alive when the true fans express it, or listen to it. Hip Hop is about feeling good, the news for the ghetto, uniting people.The t.v. and radio rap is built on the thugish gangster side which is all the none hip hop fans see and hear. Real hip hop is performed on stage.

The greatest Hip Hop album of all time?

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The Blueprint.

Its crazy. So many historic events can be associated with this album. It was released on one of the most tragic days America has ever seen, and somehow still managed to sell around half a million units in its first week. It gave birth to "Takeover", one of the most scathing battle records ever recorded, which ultimately gave birth to the greatest battle between two incredible artist on wax (and no one was killed). Shortly after its release, the album single handedly shifted the industry, and re-sparked interest in soul sampleing.

The album was immediatly released to critical acclaim, due to its carefully selected beats, originality, content, and lyrics, yet still maintaining mainstream appeal. The album was kept to a minimum of 13 songs, with each track complementing the one before it. There is no one song that feels like it doesn't belong. The album is one of few hip hop albums that really puts the focus on the artist. The album contains only one feature, Eminem, who lends an incredible verse on "Renegade".

Hip Hop has seen many classic albums, but not too many hold such weight. Dont get me wrong, there are some heavy hitters out there (Illmatic, Ready To Die, The Chronic), but Blueprint is in a class of its own. There's something special about Blueprint. It has such an aura. I believe it is the best representation of a classic album. I would like to believe that Jay knew exactly what he was doing when he called it "The Blueprint". It becomes more timeless as time goes by.

Lyrically there are better albums than Blueprint. Artistically there are better albums than Blueprint. But there isn't a better album that balances both as well as Blueprint. It was released at a time when Hip Hop felt like it was getting stale and unoriginal. It was the breath of fresh air music needed. It couldn't have possibly came at a better time. It is and will forever remain my favorite album, and is what I believe to be the greatest hip hop album of all time.

The greatest Hip Hop album of all time?
Stillmatic %26gt; Blueprint
Reply:illmatic or e.1999
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First off, its only a coincidence that Jay released the album on 9/11.

2nd, Ether was much more scathing than the Takeover.

3rd, "eminem murdered you on your own ish"

4th, there was already an album called "The Blueprint." Maybe you should listen to it.

5th, Jigga has one album that is better than Blueprint, which releases a better aura.

However, I appreciate your argument, and I certainly respect it. However, imo, Jigga alone has an album better than the Blueprint, and I could easily name 25 other albums that have everything better than Blueprint.

My vote for greatest goes to Illmatic. The album is studied at two ivy league colleges...enough said.
Reply:IMO. Eric B and Rakim's Paid In Full is THE album. Rakim lyrically was ahead of his time. He also innovated a new rapstyle with this album. The production was amazing. It also shows the lost art of DJing with Eric B's amazing skill. I think Illmatic comes a very very close second.
Reply:Reasonable Doubt %26gt; The Blueprint
Reply:I agree Blueprint was a great album, one of the best ever made. But it is not even J's best album. Reasonable Doubt was ahead of its time. I think the greatest Rap album of all time is simply, The Chronic. This album changed the face of rap music, it made artists free agents instead of contract slaves, it gave its just dues to the DJ or producer as they go by now, it gave rap a solid foothold in American music as a force to reckon with. From front to back, be it great songs or funny interludes, u listened to the entire tape.(yes i did say tape, i am old). I luv many hip hop Cd's but my personal fav will always be the chronic.
Reply:Well American Gangster Is Better Than Blueprint %26amp; Reasonable Doubt of course

so yea ..........

Blueprint is a great album i agree but come on all the hip hop heads already know it dosen't compare to the greatest albums in hip hip history ( Paid In Full , illmaic, Ready To Die ,Reasonable Doubt, Criminal Mided .... and so on)
Reply:I think the Blueprint was wack...at least in Jay-Z terms, it wasnt' better or more relevant than the black album, or Reasonable Doubt. In Hip-Hop terms, you cant really say what the greatest was, there are many "greats". Like Jeru the Damaja's 1st album, Gangstarr's Hard to Earn, Redman's 1st album, Krs-One's Criminal Minded, Eminem's Marshall Mather's LP, Black Moon's 1st album, Wu-Tang Forever...Too many to mention. Also there are so many records made and released before 1990 that are "classics" in their own way, that no one can possibly answer that question.
Reply:Well In My Point Of View!...I Have To Say Eric.B And Rakim: Paid In Full!
Reply:Illmatic = greatest rap album of all time

Jay-Z has better albums than that....
Reply:BLACK ALBUM %26gt; BLUEPRINT

greatest album of all time is....

tie between Illmatic, Reasonable Doubt, Ironman, and 36 Chambers.

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All Eyez on Me - 2pac

Hip Hop dance...?

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Cause im a white girl...Dancing hip hop to some people is like im a try hard or something i dont get it..

I just love to dance and be apart of hip hop and all..

But i get it hard cause im white and people think im tryin hard..

and dont belong...

I just want your opinion, is it odd seeing a white girl dance hip hop? Does it matter?

Hip Hop dance...?
Pfft!! Forget what everyone else thinks or says...it's all about what makes you happy...not unless you're in a popularity contest..do what you wanna!

Don't let the opinion of others control you....

Some White girls can dance better than me...and I was raised in Brooklyn in the depths of Hip Hop.....so don't let anyone tell you different...if you wanna learn how to dance it's gonna take a while...this isn't a movie where people learn just like *snap* that...

You could learn how to dance with lots of dance videos on Youtube or just learn from a dance studio around your way...almost all dance studios teach Hip Hop type dancing nowadays...:-)
Reply:im a white girl, nd not only do i dance hip-hop i break aswell, i also get it bad cuz im english but that doesnt stop me dancing! if anything it makes me more determinded 2 prove the ppl who tell me i cant wrong! just go out nd enjoy doing what you love doing! Report It

Reply:If you like to dance dont let it bother you. There was some good dancers on Best American Dance Crew and they were white girls. I say dont sweat it just enjoy what you like.
Reply:I don't find it to be odd or think that it matters. "I just love to dance and be apart of hip hop and all" - do you.
Reply:why does race matter? do what you like to do. dancing is dancing.
Reply:no it doesn't matter..and because I am also a dancer...word of advise...your face expression makes others look at you that way...change your face expression...cause white black..or blue...if your face looks as if you have know clue in what your doing...others are going to assume the same thing...
Reply:its not cuz ur a white girl

alright

most of the time to be honest alot of white girls cant dance

alot of hispanics and blacks started it

not many white girls dance so me beying hispanic its kinda rare to c a white girl dance cuz were im from whotes have it all and dancing its our thing

i dont think theres nun rong

most of the time their just hating cuz white peopel have it all and knowing yall can dance just make them hate more
Reply:No, it doesn't matter if your black, white, green, or blue no one can tell you you can't dance 2 or do what you wanna do, but no matter what they say don't change what you do to fit in or impress them too. No matter what... just be you : )

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Reply:I don't think it's odd. It shouldn't matter what colour you are. JUST DANCE!!
Reply:Fat man scoop...Now Drop...you got serve soundtrack..
Reply:You just keep dancing!

HIP HOP DANCINg?

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Dancing?????????

well i have danced before like some ballet and jazz/hip hop...

but i mostly did gymnastics i was a gymnast for 8 years but i messed up my knee pretty bad and i cant tumble ne more, but i have always loved to dance and have been told that im great at it and have a gift! : ) well ill get to te point im going to start dancing again in a couple of days im taking a hip hop class.. i need to know what to expect? what do they expect of me? what do i wear?

btw its a 13 and up hip hop class

HIP HOP DANCINg?
clothes to wear: casual. example t-shirt or tank with loose pants like jogging pants or capris or windbreakers. just make sure it's something that you can move in.

expect: they expect you to have fun and learn new moves. it's a hip hop class not brain surgery, so just enjoy it.

I've taken hip hop classes and they're so much fun. Just relax and learn the moves and have fun!
Reply:I street dance, real hip hop, and I never took lessons, but just were baggy sweat paints, one leg up one down. And it depends what they teach, but I never took lessons because they don't teach real street hip hop like in step up 2. GOOD LUCK Report It

Reply:No expectations!!!! Just wear comfy good looking clothes that you can move in. Pin up your hair in a way that it cant fall down with ONE strand left out.

You'll be great! (Even though i havnt seen you dance)
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Reply:Take it easy on that knee. I does have to heal. To much jumping up and down on the floor and up can create more injury if you are not healed. Wear something comfortable to move in, Tennis Shoes on the feet.

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Hip Hop that isn't dead?

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I have been into rock music for most of my life and recently i was turned on to the soulful hip hop sounds of Common. I really dont like much other popular hip hop, other than Common and Kanye West. I can't stand the dance hip hop and all that stuff...if there are any other good rappers with the sort of meaningful lyrics and cool sound let me know! Thanks

Hip Hop that isn't dead?
i agree, however i LOVE rap.

the dances, like Crank that, are bad signs of rap. stuff Like kanye, common, 2pac, biggie, rakim, nas. theyre the REAL symbols of rap.
Reply:Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Hieroglyphics, and A Tribe Called quest are some of my favorites.

pandora.com is a great site to expand your musical knowledge
Reply:Lupe fiasco is very lyrical and his subject matter is unmatched. He is from Chicago like Kanye and Common. One of my favs by him is "dumb it down". Listen to it!
Reply:I mostly listen to the older hip hop....2pac, biggie...eminem back in the day....jay-z....Big L....

but if you want good artists today....Immortal Technique, Kanye West (he's really an average rapper but he has an original sound, plus he's a great producer)....Joe Budden...
Reply:Well, I'm not sure there are a lot of other rappers out there like Common. But I like this young dude called D. Lopes. He's just startin his Rap Career compared to others.

He's pretty good. Especially if your from the Boston areas, then his songs really relate to you.
Reply:Chamillionaire. Ultimate Victory was argueably the best album to come out last year. Completly amazing. He is one great lyricist. Ultimate Victory was the first Hardcore Rap/Hip-Hop album not to carry the parental advisory sticker. Check it out.
Reply:Look up GOOD Music. it stands for getting out our dreams also. Theres a site. There are many artists that still keep real hip hop alive. The people you like...Kanye west common mos def talib kweli...many others
Reply:Listen up, son - hip hop isn't dead, it just peaked from 1989 to 1995...

Check out The Goats and the Pharcyde for some real smooth tracks, and leave the Kayne crap to the 12 year old girls..Peace...
Reply:Immortal Technique

You will NOT be disappointed.

I recommend the songs Dance With The Devil and You Never Know

Hip hop heads 30 years or older, is Hip Hop dead?

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I know this question has been asked before, but I'm interested in the answers of people who have been around to see at least a good chunk of Hip Hop history. My first experience with Hip Hop was 28 years ago, so I honestly don't place much weight on the opinion of someone who's first rap record was a Ludacris joint.

Hip hop heads 30 years or older, is Hip Hop dead?
As someone who cannot stand hip hop at all, I sure hope so. To think Run DMC and Public Enemy morphed into the pap that is hip hop is appalling. Think of all the social and political baggage America has right now, where is hip hop leading the protests? It's now all about the bling and hot chicks. It's a joke as all they are doing is copying metal bands who used to glorify the exact same things.
Reply:no hip hop is getting back on track all of the elements are comming back : breackdance emcee grafitti and djing so dont get your hopes up Report It

Reply:Judging today's rap music tells how old you are. Run DMC, KRS One, and Rakim were all good rappers, back then. You'll get clowned if somebody catch you break dancing. Report It

Reply:A lot of rappers rap about money and sex. Just because they rap about that, doesn't mean they aren't creative. 2Pac and Biggie, one of the world's greatest rappers rapped about money and sex. Report It

Reply:It's a new day and age. Rap is rhyming to a beat. Hip hop is an urban culture. Some of the things that some rappers come out with are tasteless, . Report It

Reply:I agree, but so where some of the rappers back then. Look at Eminem, Game, Lupe Fiasco, or Papoose, they have authentic talent. So we can't say that hip hop/rap is fading Report It

Reply:Nas' new album and Public Enemy's new album (ahh, bet ya'll slept on that one didn't ya?) Prove that REAL HIP HOP isn't dead, it shows however that the so called new crop of "KRAPPERS" (Krappy Rappers), have only killed the mainstream HIP HOP. Report It

Reply:I AM 30 AND THERE IS NOTHING LIKE CHUBB ROCK, DE LA SOUL, RUN DMC, H-TOWN, SILK, OAKTOWN 3 5 7, 69 BOYS, FAT BOYS, AFRIKA BAMBAATAA, LEVERT, TONE LOC, ROB BASE AND DJ EAZY ROCK, SALT N PEPA, MCLYTE, THE D.O.C., ONYX, SNAP, DIGITAL UNDERGROUND, ARRESTED DEVELOPEMENT, ETC......EVERY THURSDAY IN STLOUIS ON 100.3 THE BEAT THEY HAVE THROW BACK THURSDAYS AND I AM IN HEAVEN. I THINK THAT MUSIC WAS JUST FOR A GOOD TIME, I LIKE TODAY'S MUSIC BUT THAT MUSIC IS IN MY HEART WITH MY MEMORIES.
Reply:bein 26 and having seen alot of it, the hip hop genre has taken a turn for the worst in my opinion. Nothing is like what it used to be and its not changing in a good way. Its nice that the world respects and adores it now but I hope it starts being more real and less commecial and cookie cutter. BTW~Why hiphop gotta be so degrading to women nowadays? No wonder why the world thinks american women are whores.
Reply:I think it might be dead,because of all these damn rappers coming out with lame videos of women shaking their ***, and standing in front of a Benz. The only hope for now is Outkast,Timbaland,Pharrell,Busta Rhymes older cds. Missy elliot of course!!!!
Reply:hiphop is not dead.its the best music
Reply:thankfully its starting to die down. I am ready for a new wave lets bring back grunge or countrys turn at the light for a while anything but rap
Reply:Unfortunately YES!! This crap they call hip-hop today is so far from it.My hip-hop was clean and free of vulgarity,but great to dance to.Oh how I wish for those days of old,(hip-hop that is).Kurtis,Run,Kool,SugarHill....where are you???We miss you so much and need you even more.
Reply:My favorite Hip Hop songs were from the mid 90s.
Reply:yes hip hop is dead and hopefully shall remain that way till i am dead
Reply:i agree with captain jack i hate hip hop
Reply:I started listening to hip hop/rap back in the early '90's when it really exploded onto the scene. I don't think hip hop is dead, per say, but it's no longer the dominant music anymore. I think between rock/rap it's starting to balance itself out....where's there's allot of talent artists on both sides now. I listen to just about everything now.....I really like Emo (rock) stuff that's around now, but I still listen to hip hop and rap.

10 yrs ago rap and hip hop were the "new kids on the block" so to speak so of course "everyone" was listening to it then. Over the last few yrs rap has lost it foot hold on the American consumer because there new sounds coming into the scene.

I think hip hop and rap are here to stay....it may branch off into different genres like rock has over the last 40yrs, but all in all it's here to stay. I can't wait to hear what my kids will consider rap/hip hop. I'll be like "That's not "rap" it's crap compared to 2 pac and Run DMC" Just like my mom said about Nirvana when I listened to it....that's not music here's a Led Zepplin CD...now that's music!!!

Hip Hop music no swear words?

2009-11-19T20:48:00.001-08:00

My 11 year old son is wearing 'hip hop' for Halloween. Big gold rings, big gold necklaces, gold tooth.. bling bling. He is borrowing his Dad's very cool leather bag with big speakers and volume knobs on it that he can plug his Ipod into... and listen to 'hip hop' for the full effect. Now.... where can I download hip hop music with no swear words???

Hip Hop music no swear words?
there is lots of good hip hop out there with no dirty words

but even better with no dirty message

check our site

http://wWw.HipHopBayou.com

email us for a list of names and places for good positive hip hop!

i think it would be nice to see him bumping some good old skool hip hop with a big old skool jam box aka the ghetto blaster!

Good Luck
Reply:I think that anything by Will Smith is clean.
Reply:well, i'm sure Itunes would be the place to download if you've got an Ipod...you could try some TobyMac...it's in the 'christian' genre
Reply:Well the black eyed peas makes hip-hop music.alot of their songs however swear alot but you can search up the clean versions.

WARNING:Listen to the full song first.This thing has been coming up on my downloads that says something that I cannot post here but just in case.

PS:It sounds like a man with a raspy voice and it starts off 'my fellow americans'
Reply:HE MIGHT NOT LIKE IT, BUT CHECK OUT EMRAAN HASHMI, WIERD AL, CHRIS BROWN
Reply:I don't think truly clean rap is physically or humanly possible.
Reply:just search for the clean versions.
Reply:WILL SMITH (GOOD LUCK )
Reply:Good Luck with that one
Reply:just download it on limewire, add the words "edited" "clean" and youll find the songs edited, also you might want to download some Will Smith because all his stuff is clean lol

Hip Hop and Stereotypes?

2009-11-19T20:48:00.000-08:00

Before I start, I would like to say that I am black. I dont listen to hip hop nor do I feel it makes me less "black" because I dont. I think thats one of the problems when it comes to hip hop music. I mean, The hip hop thats on the tv now. I creates this stereotype about african americans that are not true. But the problem is even african americans (the majority of them) is starting to believe the lie and as a result the lie is becoming the truth. Thus now, this is how the world sees us. I believe that rap is a form of poetry but when taken to the media, it creates this false view of african americans. and the ones that follow the stereotype is doing more damage then actually helping. Lets define the culture,and not let the culture define us. Am i wrong on this view? what do you guys think?

Hip Hop and Stereotypes?
I am also an african american turned completely off by stereotypical hiphop. I love my people and know much about our many positve attributes.

This is what I have to say to those who disagree with hiphop today.

Unfortunately, I have to say that the state Hip Hop has taken a strong spiraling turn downward. What's already a male dominated industry has become an arena for masculine fantasies of strippers, fast money, the glamorization of poverty germinated from lack of knowledge and consciousness. Currently, Hip Hop consists largely of self praising idealizations of poverty stricken dreams to live a so called luxurious but realistically a materialistic life.

What was once expressive, empowering, political and just fun has become degrading; yet still highly influential.

I can not write this commentary without giving credit to the few artists who still against the odds produce Hip Hop music for the positive minds seeking inspirational music.

However, its disheartening to know that even though Hip Hop music has proven to be greatly influential there are still low numbers in the amount of artists who receive widespread support to bestow the masses with inspirational, and creative forms of poetic expression.

The masses are being shortchanged. Our future aka our children are being brainwashed. Yes, their easily molded minds are tuning in too.

What have we gained? Lackluster idols that push stripper fantasies, crack selling gangsters, who sport sparkly adornments and sublimely want you to believe that this is what Generation X is all about. Isn't there more to our generation? Aren't there better things more worthy of acclaim?

How do we change this? Simple. First and foremost, understand the connection in all things on this earth. Do not support goods and services that do not support you, your loved ones, and your community. Listen to the lyrics of fun beats you tune in to. Question whether it agrees with what you want for yourself, your children, loved ones, and your community. Change your radio station when you hear the degrading lyrics. If that same station frequently broadcasted public announcements produced by the Klu Klux Klan would you still listen?

By not purchasing the music that hurts your community, by not attending the concerts, by not purchasing the goods produced from sponsors who chose to use poor idols as a representation of you (the consumer) we demand better.

We have subjected our children to songs that promote promiscuity, praise adultery, songs that teach callous attitudes towards women; the backbones of society. These songs openly market drugs and are too often produced by known drug lords, gangsters and pimps, or common folk who take no responsibility for their actions.

Only we (the consumer) can change what Hip Hop has become. The industry executives will continue to put out what they believe to be "money makers". Let's not forget money is the bottom line for many producers. Not all industry executives subject their children to the same music they produce and generate. However, we solidify their decisions with our own decisions to purchase or not to purchase. We can also walk away from events, stores, businesses that use negative forms of Hip Hop to further influence the masses.
Reply:no your not wrong. its your opinion cant knock that.

differences tv hiphop and cultural hiphop.
Reply:ok let's just kick this off the right way, blk ppl are using the hand they are dealt. blk ppl don't make ish in this world go round.. we're just here for ride. the majority of what ur talking about has to do with ppl selling their balls for money.. that's common here in the USA. Nobody is proud to be what they are so they put that off and make themselves into what the next man is or what they wish or hope they could be knowing they aren't driven by their heart but by how much money is in the bank. And yes, most of us do have a hustlers ambition... which is why our music is lacking and our communities are plumeting.. who's to blame? I'd blame the person that gives the ok for the crap to go on tv... but i'd also blame the consumers.. who are only now complaining cause somebody else got a problem wit it... but why didn't we have problem with it? we just didn't.. we're complacent.

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Hip hop dance question?

2009-11-19T20:47:00.003-08:00

What does it take for a dancer to be considered on the "beginning hip-hop", "intermediate hip-hop", or "advanced" hip-hop dancing levels???

Hip hop dance question?
i agree for the most part with the other two. although some studio's will put intermediate for a older group just to separate the age groups a little more. like I'm teaching a beginning class that's age 10 and up and then I'm teaching a intermediate that's 12 and up.

also it is more of a jazz/hip-hop cuz that can affect it to. because if you have a lot of jazz experience then intermediate would be best. but if its a true hip-hop class then you would be in beginning most likely

this is also affected by how well you catch on to hip-hop movement of course.

i would say that if you felt comfortable in beginning then go for intermediate. if you still felt a little awkward then stay in beginning.
Reply:Ok, so you already know those are the hip hop levels...GOOD. Those are just different levels of difficulty. So if your in level 1 you are learning the basics, level 2 is basics and then a little part of the hard stuff. And level 3 is all the way. If you are in a level 1 class and you can tell that you need to be in a higher level because it is too easy, then you are probably level 2 or vice versa.
Reply:Start off as a beginner, then you get better, more comfortable and more determined and well trained and you move to an intermediate level. Then you pretty much work your butt off and practice a ton and motivate yourself to do your best and then become advanced.

The process from beginner to advanced takes years. Best of luck to you.

Hip hop song arrangement !?

2009-11-19T20:47:00.002-08:00

HOW CAN I MAKE A HIP HOP SONG WITH FRUITY LOOPS STUDIO? I MEAN WHAT IS THE ARRANGEMENT OF HIP HOP SONG?!! IS IT (KICK + SNARE + HIHAT + CLAP)? WHAT IS THE REAL ARRANGEMENT? I REALLY NEED TO KNOW I NEVER STUDIED MUSIC BUT I AM KEEN IN DOING HIP-HOP/RAP SONGS... HELP ME OUT PLEASE :)

Hip hop song arrangement !?
do u have a myspace??? cuz my bro could REALLY help u, hes a singer and he uses fruity loops...... his url is liljayakalilsouljahboi

myspace.com/liljayakalilsouljahboi

Hip-hop rap songs on Madden/NCAA Football in the past?

2009-11-19T20:47:00.001-08:00

I'm trying to find a hip-hop/ rap song that i know i have heard before on a madden or NCAA Football Game, but i cant seem to remember the song. All I know is that its a hardcore hip-hop song with a guy kind of yelling out tough stuff??

Any guesses what it is or can you at least give me some hip/hop or rap songs you know on Madden/NCAA Football

Hip-hop rap songs on Madden/NCAA Football in the past?
Ludacris did the theme song for Madden 2000. He shouts and its high energy. Amazing song. Listin to it still to this day,

Hip Hop music becoming repetitive?

2009-11-19T20:47:00.000-08:00

Lately, i've been listening to the radio and there's like NO good hip hop song BECAUSE they all sound the same. It's like every rapper is jumping on the SAME bandwagon!

Everyone has been saying that..I even notice radio stations playing more older hits than before..instead of having 2 they have like 10..

Before there used to be different kinds of rap/hip hop

you had Jay-Z..which is a commercial rapper

Nas..more concious lyrics

Tupac..Mixture of everything

Cash Money...money cars..women

Will Smith..Fun and curse-free

Busta Ryhmes...Sick beats, sick video, sick ryhming!

Now everything is either southern style or new york style! What happened to the choices!!

Don't they know people love new styles to music?

****People..plz don't tell me to listen to something else B/C I love hip hop and I just want to hear that next big HIT that's different from the rest!***

Hip Hop music becoming repetitive?
That is true. What needs to happen is that everyone needs to just do themselves. No one wants to just talk about what they feel and be true to themselfs. Than the fans don't help either. the public has no backbone and are always ready to jump ship. This leaves artist scared to venture out. Like in my opinion the worst rapper in the game right now is 50 cent. he keeps on selling because the world is full of followers. Look at what he has done in the last year made two songs about the same thing. "i get money" and "staright to the bank" oh and not to mention his g unit member scarppy money in the bank.Tthan he comes out with his latest addition the magic stick trilogy "amusement park" aka candy shop. Its so funny. No one want to rap positive like will smith cause than your called soft. So now people rap about the same thing and lie in their songs. we have created this not the record labels. If people dont sell than things have to change. I for one am from the south and I love all the snapping and dancing because we need some fun in rap. Lets remember thats where it originated from fun "rappers delight.
Reply:yea i agree with you. the thing is that hip hop has phases and HOPEFULLY this is only a phase. it seems as if the industry is flooded with the sam ekind of rapper for a certain period of time, even in other genres of music, and then someone different comes out and just explodes. If you really love hip hop then go out and search for the people who are different, mostly local or underground, and support them because they need the support badly!
Reply:i feel da same way!!!1 but itz like we cnt do anything about it!! i kno im gettin sick of listening 2 a bay bay on the radio every other station. and then a song that sounds just like it after. if there were sum 1 person that i could send a letter 2 2 let them know about this...trust me, oh, i would. so ur not alone in how you feel
Reply:new styles are in underground music.

today's hip hop cant even be called that cuz its so bad
Reply:I agree with you 100%. %26amp; when you do go to New York, all they play is Cam'ron, Beyonce, %26amp; Jay-z %26amp; NOTHING ELSE! %26amp; in the south, it's all about that Atlanta Snap Music.
Reply:hey ima hip hop luver to.

and i noe sum1 hu works in a radio station, they just play the songs wanted by others. and also you culd try listening 2 kayne west, or game. , TI IS THE BEST. try him,

hope i helped
Reply:I agree but the sad thing is the majority want to hear the same debass crap...over and over ...(they request it) so that what they make to get heard ... all the good music is underground or old school...think about it..these rappers are trying to please the listeners (majority) and ignorant ppl are hyping them up... like the stupid song ..."lip gloss" its like what are you talking about?...so i decided to come out with a song called "cat litter"...lol or listen to the arrogance of 50 cent that being accepted "amusement park" thats your only accet...?...money... girls...cock..ok what else do have to bring to the table...? defintely not a brain...thats why i love the way he talked about his self in "wanksta"...thats how alot of these rappers are...and have molded our society to ignorance...instead of reality and orignality

THIS WOULDNT BE IF TUPAC WAS ALIVE...he wasnt afraid to talk about real issues or not be played on air and supported by many!!
Reply:I agree with you, everything is more southern now. I wouldn't say repetitive, I would just say they ran out of things to rap about, I mean come on now, were rapping about yelling to a girl "A BAY BAY" then talking about daily routines "Wipe me down" and food "chicken noodle soup" and simple human life "walk it out" i mean, I just don't know anymore. thn were talking about lip gloss?? come on now, next its gonna be about toothpaste.
Reply:Let me start off by saying that this rap game is not at all original anymore. People steal styles and use similar beats, in order for them to make the most money. We don't have a choice in this matter because whatever is played on MTV or BET is not controlled totally by the you. Many people enjoy the new dance craze in rap, and i can't stand it. I feel like the people are degrading themselves.

Look up in youtube.com about, I love Hip Hop, I hate sh*t hop, scroll through the user's videos, and look up the chackras of rap. You will then understand completely why this is happening, and it agrees with everything that you are saying. Im glad that more and more people are becoming aware of this problem that we are having in our music today, and its only a matter of time when it turns upside down, and good music will conquer. please take the time to look at the video on youtube. I listed the video link below, please be sure to check it out, and if you can read through some of the best answers I put on yahoo answers, it will explain more in depth. Thanks
Reply:Basically it boils down to people just rhyming about what they know. Most of the cats that are out right now (especially in the south) are not into concious hip-hop. If you live and grew up or have grown up in the south, then you would understand the individuals and why they rap about the things that they do.( money, women,drugs alcohol,guns,and weed etc.) because that is all that they know, that is what they grew up around. Then you take someone that has never really got much attention from a woman, and now with the fame comes women and something else for them to rap about. people only rap about what they know.

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Hip Hop Music??? (10 points)?

2009-11-16T16:42:00.001-08:00

Anybody who listens to Hip-Hop, write down some songs that are really good, like good enough to play at a party. Also any new hip-hop songs that are really good but no one knows about. Or just hip-hop songs that may be old but no one really knows about. Or if you don't have any of those, just write down some of you favorite songs.

Thanks!! I will give out 10 points for the best and most music

Hip Hop Music??? (10 points)?
Well umm

Usher ft Young Jeezy- Love in this club

5000 ones-Dj drama

t-pain ft 2pistols-she got it

maybe some j-squad sounds

umm.

D4L-tatted up

Yung Berg "Do That There"

I-20 DOWN SOUTH

SHAWTY LO DUNN DUNN / FOOLISH

Dizzee Rascal - Fix Up, Look Sharp

Get Buck In Here Ft Akon Diddy Ludacris

Drama - Left Right Left

Rick Ross - Money Make Me ***

Ciara "That's Right" feat. Lil Jon

Huey - G-5 (Tell Me This)

Hurricane Chris Feat. Boxie - Playa's Rock

kat deluna ft Elephant man (wine up)

three 6 mafia-Side 2 Side

umm yeah thats all i can think of.
Reply:1.V.I.C.-Get Silly

2.Dolla ft T. Pain-Who the F*** is that?

3.Rocko-Umma Do Me

4.Shawty Lo-Dey Know

5.R.I.P.-Keys To The Chevy

6.Big Unk ft. Hurricane %26amp; Lil Boosie-Fly as F***(Remix)
Reply:5000-dj webstar

its a dance song
Reply:Been Around The World by P. Diddy, Mase, Notorious B.I.G

Lodi Dodi by SLick Rick

Feels So Good by Mase

its like a jungle by kurtis blow

it's tricky by Run DMC

Top Billin by Audio 2

Planet Rock by Afrika Bambaataa

Set It Off by Strafe

Step Into The World by KRS-One

**** with us by CNN

Watch Out Now by Beatnuts

I Got it Made by Special Ed

Crush on you by Lil Cease

The Jump Off by Lil' Kim

dont matter-lil kim

Rampage by EPMD

Jingling Baby by LL Cool J

Is That Your Chick by Jay Z

Motto by Method Man

Intergalactic by Beastie Boys

Passing Me By by Pharcyde

Back In The Day by Pharcyde

Criminology (Feat Ghostface Killa) by Raekwon

Flyest Angel by nas

Warrior(Dirty) by Lloyd Banks

On Fire by Lloyd Banks

No Escapin' This by The Beatnuts

Round and Round We Go (Remix) by Hi Tek ft Method Man

warm up joint by Lloyd Banks

Discipline by Gang Starr

Ya NI**az by Lloyd Banks

Do For Love by Tupac

Dr. Dre (ft. Eminem %26amp; Xhibit) by DR. DRE

It Doesn't Matter by Wyclef Jean %26amp;The Rock

Don't Say Nuthin' by The Roots

Drop A Gem On 'Em by Mobb Deep

***** (Feat. Notorious Big %26amp; 50 Cent) by Eminem

Beware Of The Boys (ft. Punjabi MC) by Jay-Z

Boriqua Style by Peedi Peedi

Act Right by Method Man

The Prequel feat. Streetlife by Method Man

Cereal Killer by Method Man

We Some Dogs by Method Man feat Kon Artis, Redman, Snoop Dogg

Baby Come On (Feat. Kardinal Offishall) by Method Man

Who Yall Rollin Wit (Feat. Streetlife) by Method Man

Come On Baby (Remix) by Saigon (Feat. Swizz Beatz %26amp; Jay-Z)

Get Down on the ground philly Remix by Philly Stars(gillie and peedie)

Pussy Pop by Mystical

The Set Up feat Nate Dogg by Obie Trice

Get Em High (feat. Talib Kweli by Kanye West

Round Here by Memphis Bleek Feat Trick Daddy %26amp; T.I.

St. Louie by Nelly

Put You On The Game by The Game

go head ali ft big gipp by Ali ft Big Gipp

Hard Knock Life by Jay Z

Thug Love Ft. Bone Thugs %26amp; Tupac

Gimmie The Loot by Notorious B.I.G

The Potion by Ludacris

Renegade by JayZ

Mona Lisa by Slick Rick

Mighty O by OutKast

Ni**a Please by Jay z

Please Don't Mind by Philly's Most Wanted ft. NEPTUNES

Brand New by Lil Wayne

Rock Star by Jay-Z

La, La, La by Jay-Z

Machine Gun Funk by Biggie Smalls

Street Dreams by Nas

Take It In Blood by Nas

2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted by 2Pac (Feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg)

Nas- represent

Nas Is Like by Nas

Money Is My ***** by Nas

Pussy Poppin by Ludacris

Calm by NAS

mo money mo murder mo homicide by Az

Verbal Intercourse by Raekwon (feat. Ghostface Killah %26amp; Nas)

Can I Live by Jay-Z

New York State of Mind by Nas

Get Down by Nas

SHUSKY BLUSKi by PEEDi CRAKK

Gravel Pit by Wu-Tang Clan

Get High Rule The World by Lil Wayne

Get Back To The Money by Lil Wayne

Shame On A ***** by Wu Tang Clan

Go Girl (Pitbull ft. Trina)(2007) by Pitbull

Some Cut ft Cutty by Trillville

Tease ft. Chinky by Method Man

Cisco Kid by Method man, Red man , and Cypress hill

In The Music by The Roots

Unpredictable ft. Ludacris by Jamie Foxx

Wouldn't Get Far (Feat. Kanye West) by The Game

Make You Scream (Feat. Snoop D by Cassidy

Gold Watch by Lupe Fiasco

G'd Up by G-Unit

Dont You Trust Me by 2 Pac (Feat Dido)

Jammin by Bob Marley

Idlewild Blues by Outkast

So Fresh %26amp; So Clean by Outkast

Knock Ya Self Out by JadaKiss

As I Come Back by Busta Rhymes

IM SO FLY by LLOYD BANKS

give it to you (LP version) by Eve Feat. Sean Paul

i have more buttt i gotta go...good luck
Reply:50 Cent

Akon

Bow Wow

Carrie Underwood

Ciara

Daddy Yankee

Daughtry

Elliott Yamin

Fall Out Boy

Fergie

Gwen Stefani

Gym Class Heroes

Hinder

Justin Timberlake

Kelly Clarkson

Lil' Boosie

Lil Wayne

Linkin Park

Maroon 5

My Chemical Romance

Ne-Yo

Nickelback

Pretty Ricky

R. Kelly

Rascal Flatts

Shakira

Taylor Swift

Tim McGraw

T-Pain

Unk
Reply:Lil Wayne - Lollipop

Beanie Man - Dude (its more reggae but amazing!!)

Cassidy ft Swizz Beatz- Drink n my 2 step

Common ft lily allen- Driving me wild

Usher ft Jeezy- Love in this club

DMX- Party up in here

Fabolous- Make me better

Felli Fel ft Neyo, kanye west, fabolous, jd- finer things

Jay Z ft Pharrell - I know

Kanye West- Flashing Lights

Ne-yo - Closer

N.E.R.D. -everyone nose

Outkast - The way you move, royal flush, hey ya.

Plies- Shawty

Playaz Circle ft lil wayne - duffle bag boy

Rihanna - please dont stop the music

Snoop dogg- sensual seduction, drop it like its hot

Soulja Boy - crank dat

T-Pain

Wyclef Jean-Sweetest Girl

Youngbloodz- Imma Shine

Dead Prez- Hip Hop

Jay z - 99 problems

Sean Paul- Temperature, Get Busy, etc

Young Buck- Get Bucked
Reply:50 cent ,bow wow,akon,carrie underwood,ciara,daddy yankee,daughtry,elliot yamin,fall out boys,fergie,gwen stefani,gym class heroes,hinder,justin timberlake,kelly clarkson,lil'boosie,lil'wayne,lil'john,m... park,t-pain,flowrider,pretty ricky,nickelback,r-kelly,shakira,the game 100 bloods 100 crips,jay-z, eminem,sean paul,ludacris,snoop dogg,usher, p diddy,li l' coolj, fat joe,pitbull,crisbrown,soulja boy,young buck.seankingston,rihana,smallville. hurricanechris new song,cupid,wyclef jean,young bloods, dead prez,kayne west,faboulus, young jezzy,floyd mayweather yep.
Reply:Greetz

There is a compilation series on iTunes which is the best dance music I've found around recently... it's called "Euro Club Hits" and there are currently 5 volumes.... here is the link, check it out:

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSea...

It's also on the new download service at www.amazon.com

Let me know what u think!
Reply:rehab -sittin at a bar

ludacris-keep on the hush

ludacris-freaky thangs

too short-wish i could be a baller

cross canadian ragweed -hey hey my my

weird al-the beer song

luke bryan all my friends say

mc lyte-i rock the party

akon feat p diddy-get bucked in here

snoop dogg-brake fluid

i gota too many fav's

Hip-hop...tell me the answer fast..??

2009-11-16T16:42:00.000-08:00

hey....well i want any gud and kool hip hop music for a hip hop dance........so please tell me some kool songs....on which hip hop dance can be done...!!!

thanks

Hip-hop...tell me the answer fast..??
Crank Dat - Soulja Boy
Reply:two step by clyde carson

get buck in here by dj felli fel

church by t-pain

rock superstar by cypress hill
Reply:On One Love by Blues.......a good hip-hop dance can be created..........
Reply:well you can go for daddy yankey,nelly furtador's loose,50cent
Reply:Not the newest song, but Holidae Inn by Chingy, Luda, and Snoop Dogg is a really good party/club song.

And yeah, even though 99% of people hate that Souljah Boy song, it's a pretty good hip hop song to dance to in the club.
Reply:just chuck some ****** clothes on, you'll be fine
Reply:lil wil my dougie
Reply:cha cha slide. everyone loves it
Reply:they did

"wall to wall" chris brown, at my school.

it has a great beat.
Reply:nobody knows about it but check out "shawty got her eyes on me" by petey pablo

Hip Hop dead??

2009-11-16T16:41:00.003-08:00

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.

HIP HOP IS DEAD!!!!!!!!rip?

2009-11-16T16:41:00.002-08:00

hip hop is dead and it is not coming back. what people call rap right now isnt even rap. wats up with all these rappers wearing abercombie and aeropostale? that aint rap! lyrics today have no meaning! all dey rap about is money and stupid shoulder leans. dirty south rap is sum **** and anyone who knows about rap agrees. even the dirty south rappers know it. when someones talks about hip hop being dead, its always the southern rappers who get defensive about it like if someone said that dey killed it. you dont see ny rappers getting defensive nor westcoast or midwest. not even nj rapper or philly rappers. but the truth is.............dirth south did mostly kill hip hop. what tha **** is shoulder lean!!!!!!!!!!!!??dats tha dumbest song ever! t.i thinks he goes hard but hes over hear talkin about shoulder leanin! and that dumb song grillz! fat joe abanded new york and hes in the south's balls. dirty south "rap" is sum ****. its not even rap! there is no more meaningful lyrics!

HIP HOP IS DEAD!!!!!!!!rip?
I DONT BELEIVE THAT STUFF YOU TALKIN. IM FROM DA SOUTH AND I THINK THAT PEOPLE GOT THEY OWN WAYS AND MEANINGS OF RAP. IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THE FIRST TIME RAP CAME OUT OR WHATEVER, YEA THEY HAD ONE TYPE. BUT THEN IT GOT AROUND. THE SOUTH GOT THEY WAYS AND THE NORTH GOT THEIRS. AND IT JUS LIKE DAT. I LIVED UP IN MISSISSIPPI, NOW I AM IN CHI. I AINT DISSIN CHI MUSIC OR NOTHIN BUT I AM STARTIN TO LIKE IT. AND ITS JUS LIKE DAT. Y PEOPLE GOTTA MAKE A BIG DEAL OF IT?
Reply:Uh... I beg to differ. Hip Hop will never die. Hip Hop is a state of mind... Hip Hop is a culture.

As for Abercombie, skulls and bones, you name it, people can wear whatever they want to wear. Clothes don't make Hip Hop.

As for rap.... brutha do you follow Mos Def? The Roots? Talib Kweli? Ang 13? M1 aka Mutulu Olubala? and the list goes on to include Spoken Word, Dance, Art, etc....

Hip Hop isn't just about rap. What you hear on mainstream radio is mostly artists or frontmen for white record execs. trying to hold down a few fans who are willing to Pop Lock %26amp; Drop it and Lean wit it Rock wit it...

I feel you on mainstream rap lyrics... This Is Why I'm Hot....

If you want to find true Hip Hop, trust me, you don't have to go far. If you are really feel'n it, then just check your own vibe and then your there. Am I dead? Naw... Cause I AM HIP HOP!
Reply:I know what you mean, but hip-hop isn't dead, listen to some Canadian hip-hop has social and spiritual meaning. You know, that stuff your talking about can't even be considered crap, let alone hip-hop.
Reply:what ever but i think you are worng,cause i listen to rap !

do you ???........

and do you know THE GAME,ya he sang a song about mc.dre,called one boold and which was a cool song,it ment a lot for me,cause mc.dre is from the 510 part of the bay area,and i am too so...i think that you are worng,and shoulder lean is jus a song to dance too or too go hyphy too,you know what i mean,thats why they say,go STUPID,DUM,and HYPHY in the bay area! you know what i mean !
Reply:Hip-Hop isn't dead. Hip-Hop is what you make it. Probably the first set of emcees thought hip-hop died when NWA came out. The 10 years from now the generation going to say, Man I miss Young Joc
Reply:yes I do agree finally someone who is on the same mine frame, hip hop isnt completely dead because we have some rappers that give it an oxygen tank, this sh!t thats out now is so stupid, what the f@ck is a d@mn grill and who would want to put it in their mouths, and if I hear one more song about a ****@ slappin a hoe, I`m going to personally slap them myselves. now I`m not racist but even the other races are "rocking" to it only because its stupid. back in the day you couldnt pay them to listen to hiphop, it was so strong we had movements going , it had meaning, and even policemen were scared, back in the day we stuck together we didnt have all of these beefs and chronic BS thats out now, the only true rappers I like are common, mosdef, talib kweli, the roots, red%26amp;meth and some of them barely come out anymore because its not all over tv unless, they throw some hoochies,money,a stupid catch phrase...and besides if you notice the songs have a repeated chorus kind of like brain washing, or subliminal messaging this whole sh!t is sick
Reply:I couldn't agree with you more man.I used to love the old stuff like tupac and biggie but this s hit sucks.I hate this stuff.I started listening to a lot of rock lately like My Chemical Romance and stuff and I have to say I love it.Rock is getting much bigger than rap now.
Reply:word 2 yo muthaz dogg! dats dat sheet i be talkin bout. i funna brake dem foos off wen i see dem bustas! i bust dem bitchs wit my gat an giv dem a shoulda lean hahahahaha. rat a tat tat bitchs. 2nd street crips aint funna take dat bowlshit. dey aint showin dey punkass faces in my hood. word homie
Reply:ok since when can't rappers where what they want? that's a stereo type in itself. why do they all have to look the same? as for the rest of your essay wtf? try english. i think all new rap sucks. what happend to pete rock and cl smooth. some common? run dmc? early rappers had talent this crap nowadays is just that. crap.
Reply:Rap is all about the beat, you can talk about almost anything in a song if you get a good beat. Same with rock though i haven't heard any good stuff lately except from Korn.
Reply:I wish hip hop was dead.

Rap is degrading. Most of it is about women, money, 'grillz', whores, stripping and boobs. It's disgusting. As are the videos.

Now, I respect Timbaland, and Ludacris(to an extent, for that one song 'Runaway Love') and Kanye West(for Jesus Walks). But otherwise.

I hate rap. And Hip Hop.
Reply:i agree with Night : i hate all rap and hip hop. to me, it's pretty much pointless.
Reply:I sort of feel I shouldn't justify this with a response, but a little knowledge for everyone. First of all, Common himself said that all rap today is rap. The problem is it has lost its social conscience and everyone in the game today is all about a buck - most probably know nothing of hip hop - rap, graffitti, DJing, braking. Yeah, agreed, it's gone downhill, but if you aren't aware of all the good rap out there, then you're spending way too much time listening to the radio. There is SO much good stuff out there that you have to look for. Credit to Binary Star, Common, Roots, MF Doom, Talib, Big L, and others. If you want to hear the good stuff, get on the Internet or to your local record store - forget the radio.
Reply:Thank you, thank you, thank you . . .
Reply:I don't really know what to say about this. I do respect a select few people from the hip-hop and rap community. I honestly think that this rap, hip-hop, and gangster music is going to die out completely in a couple of years; and I think its going to die worse than disco! Take a look as to how disco music also was completely immersed in popular culture, from that point it was just a matter of time before it died in a very ugly way in the early 80's.
Reply:I agree...rap literally has lost all meaning

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Has Hip Hop sold out to Corporate America?

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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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Hip Hop and Rnb is it just entertainment?

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didnt write this to scare anyone or to force anyone to do anything, but the truth hurts, and I hope you all make the right descicions.

On October 9, it has come to my attention that Hip Hop and R%26amp;B, the music that we enjoy so much, is so evil that it has blinded us from actually seeing the truth!! YES!! THE MUSIC THAT WE ENJOY IS EVIL!! NO!!

ITS NOT ONLY ROCK MUSIC, BUT HIP HOP AND R%26amp;B!! Hip hop has so many subliminal messages in it and it is scary

because the messages are so obvious, but we are only figuring it out now because we just understood the

truth and when I first heard this, tears flowed out my eyes cause it is the horrifying truth.

Hip Hop and Rnb is it just entertainment?
um, i dont believe that hip hop and rnb are evil at all! yes, i do agree that these genres are a form of entertainment because the ppl creating the music are "entertainers" but when they rap...when they sing it is from experience...rnb singers write and sing songs from something theyve gone through, just look at keyshia cole (if you havent heard her, listen to her songs)..she has committed her album to the hurt and pain she feels from what her ex did to her...with rap, for example, tupac always, biggie always, rapped from experience, they were from the streets and were able to vent, to speak to their fans about what they know, and what theyve witnessed...for some, its a bit graphic, true, but thats how THEY were and ARE...

some though might not be as true as we think they are, but most do hale from the streets, and some have gone through things we can relate to...to say its evil is taking it alil far dont chu think?
Reply:Yeah I heard about that a while back. There are subliminal messages in just about everything from Jay-Z to lil Wayne to Snoop Dogg. It is sad but reality. There have been messages in music for decades now. People are just now learning about it though.
Reply:what are the messages?

Where can we find them?

Who is making them?

If you can truly answer those those questions, then maybe we can consider your claim legit. Other than that I'm not sure about it.
Reply:hip hop and rap as we see it today is the bling bling era of music. back in the day, it was real...it was a real face of the people involved in the genre,,,it told the story of the rejected. the forgotten.
Reply:You need to enter a mental institution coz it is dirty but u know what ur not perfect either so i there declare u EVIL!!!!

Hip Hop In The 90s Compared To Hip Hop Now???

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I just read the question about what do you liek better, Hip hop in the 80s, 90s, or now and I laughed my a*s off when people said that rappers were not rapping about b*tches, rims, violence, and money back then.

The 90s started off when true Hip Hop Groups such as Pete Rock and CL Smooth, EPMD(late 80s), Rakim(late 80s), Big Daddy Kane, right???

It evolved into the heavily weed influenced, gang bangin music of the West Coast... Remember when the West had it on lock for like 3 years and they were talking about Lowriders, Money, B*tches, Jewelry, and Violence, Correct???

Then Biggie, Nas, Wu-Tang, and Redman dropped good music and showed an alternative to the commercial gangsta of the West Coast back then.

Then, there was the Puffy/Cash Money Era... Money, B*tches, Rims, Cars, Chains... The same thing we criticized Rap of today for happened in what is described as the greatest decade of Rap...

Who agrees?

Hip Hop In The 90s Compared To Hip Hop Now???
Oddly enough I was on this site the other day thinking about the same thing. I totally agree with you on this. The question is what is so different now compared to back then when rappers were conveying these same glamorous lifestyles? I am not sure of the exact answers but I do have my theories. The reality is we all want money, and we all would like to be rich with nice things. I think now that hip hop and rap has become more main stream than ever, and it's reaching larger audiences than ever before. Back then hip hop and rap was just beginning to emerge on a widespread level, well now everyone from the city kids to the suburban kids are claiming to be hip hop, or a rapper. My mom has been saying lately that 1 out of every 10 black men wants to be a rapper. I think people are rapping for wrong reasons now days. I don't think back in the day people were rapping simply because they wanted cash in return, because rappers were not getting paid as much as they are now! There's a lot more money to be made than ever in rapping, and I believe it's drawing a different crowd of rappers and entertainers. It's drawing a crowd that is only concerned with getting paid. They are not putting their hearts into their rhymes anymore. It's more about what will sell to the youth and mainstream.
Reply:I agree. There has always been rappers who talked about the b*tches and the drugs, etc... But then, there has also always been the true dope MCs that were always on dope sh*t, whether it be them flowing about uplifting humanity as a whole or rapping out there dreams of peace of mind on a deeper level than cash money and b*tches but yet they always tend to be overshadowed by the images of lush portrayed on MTV and BET and the booshie music industry today. I'm not saying the industry doesn't have or have had good MCs, I mean Nas, Jay-Z, Tupac, Biggie, and Eminem all possessed sick flows. What I'm saying is that there are MCs like Immortal Technique, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Jin, and Common (Sense) who bring something else to the table as well.
Reply:Best time for rap/hip-hop hands down the 90s

I dont care what they were rappin about the best songs and albums all came from the 1990s.
Reply:It's tricky to rock a rhyme.....
Reply:i agree, but i think the difference is today you dont have a younger generation of the biggies, the nas', the wu-tangs, the redmans..... everyone wants to be a hustla today.

Hip Hop-- How It Portrays Women?

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Firstly, what led me to asking this is because of another post that was posted not long ago. Not only that but also because of the discussions that were brought up in BET's Hip Hop vs. America.

Why do people make such a big deal out of it? I realize that kids also listen to music and they may see videos with women dressing revealingly but then again you see that everywhere you go, beaches and so on. Secondly, why do people try to make hip hop out to be all bad? Listening to the actual lyrics may help out, most rap songs have a message to it.

Back to the question, the women in these videos were not forced to be in the video, it's there own choice. If these women don't mind being called a hoe why does anyone else?

This has nothing to do with the question but if you came to this section just to say negative things about rap and hip hop, don't even bother.

Hip Hop-- How It Portrays Women?
I'm guessing this must have been because of the question i've asked earlier.

I don't want to talk too much about positives and negatives now,i i want to talk about the women.

Those women were raised listening to hip hop music. IT has given them the idea that they are just sex objects have nothing more to offer. Of course, they are dumb for being a video like that and disresepcting themselves. But being a woman without much education, what other ways is there to make a living?

By the way you are talking, I assume you are well educated. Try thinking in those young women's shoes. They do not have much choice. Especially when they have been taught by people around them, music and the media that women are to be the sex objects of men. They do realize this is wrong, but like what you are saying , they are thinking, What is the big deal?

I do not believe there are such things are hoes and bitches. I believe it is the environment and the media that have raised such people. No woman likes to be on camera half naked.

And those woman don't seem to mind being called a hoe. How do you know? How would it feel like be called a hoe everyday? to be seen a sexual video with man who treats you like a sex toy?

Many woman do not care if they are called a hoe or a *****. They think that they are calling them a hoe. They think that's just how men talk.

As a teenage girl, i've been called hoe many times and actually never really minded. One time a boy came up to me and ordered me to go to the bathroom with him in where we can have oral sex. I refused and he called me an ugly hoe. Of course, i didn't seem to mind.

But as i listen to the lyrics of rap and hip hop music, i realized where this boy was getting this sorta of language from. The media has made it look to be okay when men talk like that to woman. to treat woman that way. but it's not.

This is a great topic to talk on and i'm glad we have different opinions. If you would like to talk more about this, please email me at dancingmonkey45@yahoo.com
Reply:i thank god women as smart as u exist

-everyting u just said-wow

if only u could broadcast that over america

then maybe some of those hip-hop haters

wouldnt be so stupid
Reply:I agree with you...those women chose to be in the video...if people say its the rappers that are degrading women...i think its the other way around....its the women in the videos that are giving the bad name
Reply:Hip-Hop is different from Rap. Hip-Hop is NO WHERE NEAR Rap. They are on two different levels. Hip-Hop does not derogatize(however you spell it) women in any disrespectful way..on the other hand, Rap does alot of "ho3s this, ho3s that" "***** this, ***** that"

Hip-Hop has never talked down about a women..know the difference between Rap and Hip-Hop before talking about it.

We have to remember, Rap is just music.

Hip-Hop is beyond music, it's a way of life. It's a culture...

Breakdancing, Emceeing, Beatboxing, Graffing, DJing.

Hip-Hop and Rap or not even the exact same. Different pages.
Reply:I'm new here by the way, but I just want to say I know its the women's choice to be in the video but the artist should have enough respect to show them in a decent more positive light. I mean I think the question here should be why do the rappers WANT the women (who are their audience and supporters and fans) to be protrayed that way? Sure we have a responsibility and can make our own choices but where is their responsibility too??
Reply:Well people are blind to see that before hip hop women were dressing that way and since hip hop speaks of them in positive and negative ways people choose to blame hip hop because they can't blame any one else kinda like a jury in a judicial situation usually the jury has to decided guilty or not guilty but when it's a public jury they have been through situations that determine they're jurisdiction but with hip hop all u have to do is mention something or show it in ya video and blam!! you're being shot at with every thing for no real reason at all.......... I hope that answers your question the best lol
Reply:I've seen women portrayed the same in other music genre but you never hear anything about them.
Reply:I answered this like ten minutes ago. And i agree with you, its their damn choice, leave them alone and quit tarring all women with the same brush. End of.
Reply:I AGREE =]
Reply:its anyones own opinions here

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Hip Hop, Rap, and R&B?

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I wanna know something. Why is everyone blaming hip hop music in general, for America's problems, stop blaming music for America's problems these days, and start blaming the people for all these problems, yeah, SOME, hip hop music glorifies, sex, money, and drugs, but not all music, for instance, like Kanye West, and Common they talk about things that matter in society, and if the music is bad, THEN DON'T LISTEN TO IT. People are always saying, 'Its the music's fault." Not one person can make you listen to hip hop music, if its so bad, and making you do bad things, then do not listen to it, thats all I'm saying. DOES ANYONE AGREE WITH ME! Cuz I'm tired of hearing people say that. OH and I'm really tired of people saying they HATE RAP MUSIC. If you hate it so much then don't listen to it, that will solve all the problems, just leave the people who does like it alone, and listen to ur ROCK%26amp; and POP music. I was just really wondering does anyone feel the same way or is it just me.

Hip Hop, Rap, and R%26amp;B?
Agree...Uncle Sam says to pay your taxes...today's forecast is to make more cash..it's the news..
Reply:I agree completely and would like to add that rap music is not the only genre of music that glorifies those things. the stuff rap music talks about is life. people were havin sex and doin all the same freaky stuff b4 rap music hit the airwaves, people shootin n killin long before rap music. and drugs were invented by WHITE scientists...WHOS TA BLAME NOW???? 2nd rock music talks about the same things, sex, money, drug. half your rock and pop stars on crack heads and suicidal. all the rappers do is have sex and smoke a lil weed. Look at brittney spears, lohan, the twins, led zepplin, nirvana....do u see my point. the oldies talk about sex money n drugs too. ITS LIFE it stays the SAME.....stop blamin the muzik! next person that says sumthin ima put a Common cd ta they head and pray they get sum knowledge.
Reply:The people that complain are senators wives with nothing better to do than be ignorant racist and try to tear down a good form of art
Reply:Cracker Jacks just mad that their kids are glorifying what is a story and fiction...they dont appreciate or understand the talent...they just see lil Josh tryna be "gangsta"...Watch Alpha Dog....thats how they act...lol The best is to pay them no mind...they have no clue of how long HIP HOP has been around...and no talent...If it were that easy to do u would see more of the cracker jacks doing it...lol Theyre just mad because its making ignorant as dude like Baby and Wayne rich...They hate to see that this so called under educated brother is making more money then their family combined lol...Keep hating cracker jacks...HIP HOP ISNT GOING ANYWHERE...its already been here for over 30...and as long as it SELLS shoes, clothing, cars, and anything u can name in ur house it will stay on top forever...

deal with it...hater

U missed the point...One that doesnt bother them...why becuz...it never has and never will...that word holds no power or has a history for them...thanks for proving my point, tho...BTW im not angry...lol
Reply:aim defiantly with you now tell that to my dad
Reply:YES I DEFINITELY 100% AGREE WITH YOU. EVERYTIME SOMETHING HAPPENS---THEY TURN AROUND AND BLAME IT ON HIP HOP. PEOPLE SHOULDN'T LIVE THEIR LIVES BY THE MEDIA. AND I RECENTLY ASKED A QUESTION ON WHY BLACKS ARE STEREOTYPED THE WAY THEY ARE, AND PEOPLE AUTOMATICALLY BLAMED IT ON BET AND THE WAY THE MEDIA PRESENTS BLACK PEOPLE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW MUSIC COULD CAUSE SUCH TROUBLE!!! LIKE YOU SAID, IF THEY HATE IT SO MUCH, THEY REALLY SHOULDN'T LISTEN TO IT. NO ONE IS MAKING THEM. A COUPLE OF WORDS PUT TOGETHER AND MADE INTO A SONG WITH MUSIC CAN NOT BE THE SOLID REASON OF AN AMERICAN ISSUE!!!! SO STOP HATING ON HIP HOP!!!!!FOR THOSE WHO ARE.
Reply:yea i agree wit u brotha rii on.........if pplz say u dont lik rap or wat eva why listen to it u kno theres alot of rap music dat dont tawk about money,sex, cars , and gurls mostly its tha old school rap but yea dont listen if u dont lik it ............retarded
Reply:Yeah hip-hop gets blame from the media all the time...

Imma let Ice Cube explain my answer 4 ya....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5ZEATLTc...
Reply:i agree with you fully. You can't blame an entire genre of music for people's behavior. What erks me the most are parents who blame their kids' behavior on the music they listen to. Parents, learn to discipline your kids, seriously. And kids, stop trying to act like the music is making you do something stupid. You're in control of your own decisions. stop blaming other people who have nothing to do with you. You seriously think cause 50 Cent talks about it, THAT's what's making middle school kids have sex? How is one line from a Lil Wayne song gonna make me start doing drugs? Please.
Reply:I feel the same way. America is always looking for someone to blame their problems on. They say Rap is influencing our youth today. Youth today makes their own choices don't blame it on rap. You're not the only one who feels this way.
Reply:I agree with you so much! Just like in Cammillionaire's song Hip Hop Police,when something goes wrong hip hip is automatically blamed and accused for it.I personally love hip hop r%26amp;b and rap,come on dude it's just music,something you dance to can no make you go out and get pregnant and stuff.They crazy.
Reply:I love hip hop! i agree with you. i think listening about drugs, money, stealing and stuff is better than actually doing it. so yes, they better listen to country then if there that desperate to hear dumb stuff like 'save a horse ride a cow boy' its like stfu!
Reply:Yeah that's TRUE...people do blame Hip Hop music talking about it causes crime %26amp; sex in America %26amp; brainwashes the mind of kids today. Does it really brainwash kids or is it that YOUR kids don't know any better %26amp; you have little or no control over what kind of music they buy.

If you don't like it..then don't let your kids buy it since YOU CONTROL the money you give them to buy music in the 1st place!...Sounds much SMARTER then complaining about Hip Hop music in THE HIP HOP SECTION...right?

As for people hating on Hip Hop/Rap...I wrote TWO Questions/Statements to the people that come in this section %26amp; say "I Hate Rap! Rap is Crap!"

You sound exactly like me man..:P

But if you wanna...check out my 2 "To people who Hate Hip Hop/Rap" questions:
Reply:i'm soooo agree on this, i dun get y they wanna listen to if they dun like or hate or think it's unapropiate, what do u think gonna happen if all the hip hop, rap and the R%26amp;B r gone, now what r we gonna listen to? emo music?

Hip Hop Aerobics?

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Does anyone know of any exercise DVD's that have hip hop music in them ??? Im not looking to learn hip hop just wanting a dvd that I can do aerobics to hip hop music rather than techno...

Hip Hop Aerobics?
Hip hp abs are great
Reply:Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease: Hip-Hop and Hip Hop Abs

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Hip hop sampling?

2009-11-16T16:39:00.002-08:00

What do you think? Do u consider it stealing?

I know there is alot of hardcore rock fans that hate that. Or are you fine with it?

In my opinion, it's a way that these 2 genre's can co-exist. Hip hop is more about the rappers lyrics. And the beat helps push it along. Some rappers can come up with a pure version of their beats, but sometimes a rock song can actually work well hip hop if used well. And also I like it when they dont change the singer or the song.

I think the real stealing is when you have someone from the same genre. Like for example, some rock band makes a good song 10 years ago, today, some new generation band makes the same some. Basically remakes the song. No originality.

However in hip hop. The creativity mainly goes into the artist's written lyrics. So it's not stealing in my opinion. Both are different.

Hip hop sampling?
When done the right way, sampling is an artistic way to create new soundscapes. Guys like DJ Premier and Pete Rock are masters of it. Kanye West is another one who does a pretty good job with it.

Unfortunately, a lot of producers have gotten really lazy with sampling. Puffy is especially egregious in the way he does it. He basically just plays the "sample" as an instrumental, maybe adding some drums to make it more hip hop. That's just laziness.

If you really want to see how sampling should properly be utilized, check out the Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique or De La Soul's 3 Feet High and Rising.
Reply:In my opinion(and I'm going to keep this simple and sweet)

Sampling is one of the most beautiful ways in which Music....relives through itself.

Sure if you don't clear the sample and produce a song commercially, it's messed it on the sole purpose that....it's not your original music lol.

But at the end of the day....sampling is great way music evolves, grows and recreates within itself.
Reply:Sampling is defiently not stealing! and people saying that should try to make a sampled beat for a minute and they will understand how hard it is.. hip hop is not just about samples, it's about creativity, musicality, lyricism...etc..

you can listen to kanye west productions for example, and listen to the original song, and check the differnce.. see the work he does on it.. not to mention legendary producers like Dj Premier or Jay dilla..
Reply:yea i think its ok as long as the lyrical content is not copied.

for example jay-z bites off many rappers like biggie,nas,and snoop on his lines...

but as long as lyrics are original, then sampling beats and stuff is koo.

...and i dont really like the rock/rap fusion but its koo when done right...

i kinda like the oldies and classical music mixed with rap.
Reply:For real i do not like rock i tried but i cant and idk about them stealing but ur right about hip-hop u just luv the beat and the words ppl think is dead u gotta look harder and u will see hip-hop is the best

(for me) its my life like reggaeton and R%26amp;B =]
Reply:I've always compared Sampling to painting a picture... you've got your easel (MPC... Beat Machine...) and your different colors on it (samples). People might look at the original song/color as being plain or not their style but what really matters is what you do once you start painting (Making the Beat)... cuz what started out as red, green, yellow, and blue can end up blending into something that in no way shape or form resembles those original colors (Turning Rock, Jazz, Etc into Hip Hop). Thats what the beauty is in painting, and thats what the beauty is in sampling.

Hip hop music?

2009-11-16T16:39:00.001-08:00

do you guys have any ideas for some good hip hop music? i wanna start hip hop dancing soon so i need some music to practise my freestyling to. also, in the uk is hip hop dancing strictly for people who aren't white? i really don't know so thank you for answering. =]]

Hip hop music?
Listen to old school jams like Hammer DJ quik has some sick songs to dance too but you can pretty much practice freestyling to anything just find a beat
Reply:missy elliot's shake your pom pom in the us it is dont know bout uk

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Hip Hop Boxing Music?

2009-11-16T16:39:00.000-08:00

i need some good boxing music, ONLY HIP HOP, BTW I only like East Coast hip hop and golden age hip hop, no southeren stuff,

my list so far

LL Cool J - mama Said Knock You Out

Hip Hop Boxing Music?
Second Round K.O.- Canibus ft. Mike Tyson

Souljas-Master P

Down for my n*ggaz-C-Murder

Kick in the door-Biggie

4,3,2,1-LL Cool J, canibus, Method man, redman

The Champ-Ghostface Killah

Second Coming-Juelz Santana

Mic Check-Juelz Santana

Ebonics-Big L

Ether-Nas

Hit 'em up-2pac

Protect ya neck-Wu-tang clan

Quick to back down-Braveheart ft. Nas %26amp; lil' Jon
Reply:Roy Jones Jr. Cant Be Touched
Reply:Canibus - 2nd Round Knock Out

Wu-Tang Clan - The MGM
Reply:roy jones jr. - cant be touched.

listen to this dog it will get you hella crunk.

Hip Hop Dancing.?

2009-11-16T16:38:00.003-08:00

Ok so my friend wants to take hip hop lessons and I kind of have to give my parents an example of what it is before I can go. And even I don't even specifically know what celebrities or music videos it's in. (Girl video, preferably) So can anyone tell me what celebrities dance hip hop and what song? Also what kind of dance does Britney Spears do (other than slutty haha)? and is hip hop street dance? Thxx this helps a lot.

Hip Hop Dancing.?
Watch the movie...YOU GOT SERVED..

http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictu...
Reply:If you have Fit Tv (It's a workout channel) on AllStar Workouts they have this women that do and teach you how to hip hop dance its good
Reply:Yea, Brooke Hogan w/ Paul Wall.. the song is called "they don't know about us" or something like that. Also, Danity Kane and the song is called "Show Stopper"... lots of dancing in both videos.
Reply:Isn't Brook's new video "They don't know about us" "hip hop" dancing?
Reply:Try watching Missy Elliot videos, her dance moves are good. or take dances lessons to learn he basics first. Then you can progress from there. watching music videos that deal with the type of dancing you want to do will help a lot. Good Luck.

Hip hop is dead !!!!!!!?

2009-11-16T16:38:00.002-08:00

what do you think of rapper the game ???

am a rapper myself and the game is giving up on hip hop u no wot am sayin n he is makin his last album is hip hop just bout the money and not the fun of it ??? cuz i enjoy bein on stage and hell yh the money is good but jst havin the fans means alot ... see The Game called him self N.W.A and his a dead rapper and game made his money because of him the game bought the name of N.W.A back to life and am 16 if the game goes few years after if i can do you think it be a good idea to do what game did and bring The Games name back to the hip hop community???

Hip hop is dead !!!!!!!?
Hip-Hop just needs to stop becoming slaves and selling themselves out to corporations and record labels, the labels are the pimps and these rappers are the hoes. It gives a bad example to the kids and they see all this money behind it without a business mind. Musically, hip-hop is where it should be, honestly because no one wants the same stale music heard over and over, although if people don't stop jacking each others beats it might happen, but we must wait and see this music has been around for years and doesn't plan on going anywhere anytime soon.
Reply:The Game...?

Hes good.. but not that good..

I could see someone like Lupe Fiasco, Blu, or somebody like that bringin it back
Reply:Its not dead yet.

But if someone doesnt step up soon enough.It will die.

Hip hop needs someone fresh to come in and bring it back to life like it used to be.

Gooood luck wit da rappin =)
Reply:it's not really dead..it's just that some people have their own meaning of why they get into the business, which are mostly the wrong reasons..but everyone isn't the same.
Reply:hip hop aint dead, but its dying, i do see kanye bringing it back, hes throwin fire left and right, and then u got heavy hitters like lupe and common. , u tryna elevate urself in rap, do you kid, maybe well see u bring it back one day!

keep rhymin
Reply:the game is a beast i mean hes tired of the industry how it is can u blame him hes doing his own thang but stop starting questions with hip hop is dead thats so rude
Reply:The Game has made two really good albums...
Reply:ALL iT iS R3ALLY iZ G-UNOT HAHA NO,I LISTEN TO LOTS OF UNDERGROUND SONGZ THAT AR3 WAYYY B3TT3R THAN TH3S3 SONGS'Z THAT COM3 ON TH3 RADiO.SO iM NOT iNTO HIP-HOP DAT MUCH ANYMOR3.i PR3F3R UND3RGROUND RAP=] BUT NO ITS NOT D3AD,NOR3 WiLL iT EV3R B3 D3AD.iTS JUS LOSiNG iTS R3AL M3ANiN AND RAPP3RS AR3 STARTiN TO LOOK DUMB CUZ D3Y TRYNA B3 A "G"AND ALL THAT,WH3N TH3Y JUS FRONTiN/P3RP3TRATiNG.

*PL3AS3 PiC MY ANSW3R AS B3ST::THANX*

Hip Hop dance world wide?

2009-11-16T16:38:00.001-08:00

what countries have hip hop dance

and where is hip hop dance most popular

who is the best hip hop dancer alive

Hip Hop dance world wide?
Laurie Ann Gibson she has worked for many of popular and famous superstars including Diddiy
Reply:There is no such thing as Hip Hop Dance. We have a style called B-Boy/B-Girl or to the mainstream, "Break Dancing."

There has been confusion and explotiation over this non-existant style for too many years.

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Hip hop on youth of america?

2009-11-16T16:38:00.000-08:00

'Swagger'= a false sense of confidence borught about by a projected facade of wealth.

SWAGGER, I'M SO TIRED OF THIS PHRASE. EVERY SHOW ON TV I TURN ON THAT HAS SOMETIHNG TO DO WITH HIP HOP THIS PHRASE SWAGGER KEEPS COMING UP. I WATCHED THAT THAT FRAUD *** TOP TEN RAPPERS IN THE GAME SHOW ON MTV AND HALF THE PEOPLE ON THAT LIST WERE ON THERE BECAUSE OF THERE SWAGGER CUZZ I KNOW IT COULDNT BE THERE LYRICS. YOUNG JEEZY KNOCKED NAS OFF THE LIST COME ON HIP HOP WHAT THE **** IS GOING ON. WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO LIKING A MC BECAUSE OF THERE LYRICS. I GUESS THAT ERA IS OVER. OKAY YOU MIGHT HAVE SWAGGER BUT REALLY THAT ONLY PROMISES YOU 1 TO 2 YEARS IN THE GAME AT TOPS. THERES NO WAY I'M GONNA START DRESSING IN YOUNG *** CLOTHES AND ROCK A MOHAWK JUST SO YOU'LL BUY MY ALBUM. ITS NEVER GONNA HAPPEN. HIP HOP WE ARE IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY, WE WENT FROM BLACK GIRL LOST, TO POP LOCK IT DROP. WE WENT FROM ILLMATIC TO HUSTLENOMICS, WHAT ARE WE TEACHING THE KIDS WITH THIS ****. I'AM SURE ALOT OF THESE

Hip hop on youth of america?
i feel ya on this one. all the good mc have been kept underground
Reply:Hip-Hop is bein attacked by alotta people rite now. IF U DONT LIKE WAT HIP-HOP TALKS BOUT, DEN DONT LISTEN TO IT! If u dont wanna see sum fine dimes on tha videos, den don't watch dem. Im tired of people *********-i-n bout hip-hop, DO NOT LISTEN TO RAP IF U AINT TRYNNA HEAR WAT IT TALKIN BOUT...is dat so hard to figure out!??
Reply:i feel like i should you tell you to calm down, or turn off your caps lock at least

Hip-hop Shoes!?

2009-11-16T16:37:00.003-08:00

Hey guys.

There are many styles out there and my current style interestst is in hip-hop. Shoes like Nike are pretty expensive,as you know. A nice pair goes around $80.

So, is there any website that sells shoes that look like hip-hop kind of shoes for at least $40 and under?

Thanks.

Also, if you dress ghetto or in a hip-hop fashion, tell me what you would usually wear and how you would wear it. Thanks.

Hip-hop Shoes!?
Don't dress in "ghetto fashion" I don't dress like that, dress conservatively, you should consider it as well, it shows that you think highly of yourself, and no, it doesn't make you look like a nerd.

Ghetto clothes look dumb, period. It doesn't matter what your skin color is, or what you look like.

I might sound like an old guy, but I am actually 20 years old, and I am also a big believer in school uniforms.

Hip hop BABY ?

2009-11-16T16:37:00.002-08:00

Every time my baby is cring if i put some hip hop music he just stop crying, its something very curios that i wanted share to all you, do you believe that is because when i was pregnant i used to listen that music at home and in the car (because my brother is a big fan), do you think that the babies remember what they used to listen meanwhile they was inside mom?.... do you think im crazy for believe that my baby really loves hip hop music (i tried whit other gener o music like rock, soft, clasic but nothing is work but hip hop)

Hip hop BABY ?
It seems likely that babies have a deeply rooted memory of music that made you happy or comfortable while you were pregnant. The baby feels your emotions to an extent.

This is why I make sure to only listen to good music... I don't want my boy having positive memories of really crappy music.
Reply:That very well may be. babies remember mom and dads voices, why not a particular rythm of music? My second born, now 20 months, reacted similarly when we played Ozzy.
Reply:No not at all my kids love techno, with a hard bass line, it will either put them to sleep or make them dance, my youngest just started dancing to it. So yeah, it's the same thing as what your baby likes only techno doesn't have words.
Reply:my daughter use to do that w/ country (I found out by mistake while flipping threw the music channels) Funny how they find music soothing. My son will stop whatever he is doing if he even hears a nifty little jingle on the TV/radio. Kids are so cute.
Reply:i use to sing norah jones when i was pregnnat all the time andd now my son loves it when i sing it to him to sleep
Reply:I think it is a combination of what he remembers plus almost all babies like repetition of sound and movement. That's why they like being rocked, patted, etc. Hip hop has a strong beat which your baby probably enjoys and it comforts him.

When he's a little older, he can watch Hip Hop Harry -- it's like Barney but with a little better music. The kids are still sappy though. Happy New Year!
Reply:My son liked hip hop too. It's either they remember the music or the heavy bass sounds like your heart beat, which they hear too.
Reply:I think they do :)... They hear mommy and daddy's voice and remember that (atleast i've heard :) )...but yes i believe they do, and the way it sounds with your little one he sounds like he remembers and its what soothes him...
Reply:yes, it's comforting, it reminds him of being in your womb .... which is the most comfortable place.

but, hip hop? can i convince you to change that? lol

HIP HOP info needed........?

2009-11-16T16:37:00.001-08:00

I WANNA LEARN HIP HOP DANCE CUZ I FIND IT TOTALLY COOL........BEFOR I SEEK PROFESSIONAL HELP I HAV SOM Qs PLS CAN U HELP.........

-- can thin ppl do it?

--are slower and heavier steps better?

--some music vidoes which hav cool hip-hop dance?

--and is it easier than ball dance and stuff?

i hav cheked out couple of youtube hip hop videos and can't wait to begin.............unless i get these answers!

HIP HOP info needed........?
im sorry but i dissagree with linda d.

hip hop is so a real dance, ive been doing tap, ballet, jazz, and ballroom since i was little and just started hip hop and i had a hard tim in the beginning

yes of course thin people can do it, one of the best hip hop dancers tweety is extremely thin.

slow heavy steps can be good with the right song, like pop lock and drop it by huey

but with other songs that are fast like pass that dutch by missy elliot, you can do quicker step you just have to stay really low

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm201IlJr...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cU5xPdR4...

thats some pretty hard core hip hop which i perfer to "mtv" hip hop

good luck

xoxo joradan

ps i can be easier tha nballroom if you try.
Reply:yes thin ppl can do it, 4 example me.

%26amp; you shold watch %26lt;so you think you can dance%26gt; its a dance compitition and take some tips from SHANE SPARKS in order to shake that ***. beleive me u will feel good about your self and its easy.
Reply:1 anyone can dance

2 it depends on the song

3uhhhh justin timberlake?

4basically cuz most of the time u dont have a partner
Reply:i learnt under prithvi at alliance. he's great. its the indo-french cultural centre in vasanthnagar. the name of the dance school is rock around the clock.
Reply:Anyone can dance, obviously some better than others, it varies depending on your weight, height, muscle build and natural ability to pick up technique, give it a shot you have nothing to lose. Might want to check out this dance page.

Dance

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Reply:hey you can find hip hop lessons at alliance francaise de bangalore [india] the dance company there is called rock around the clock. the people who run it are called prithvi and ree. you can search thm on google by typring prithvi and ree. hope that helps! [if your in inida that is!]
Reply:Hip Hop, or anything similar, is NOT dancing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When I was a child, if any adult say a person doing anything similar to hip hop - they would be committed to a crazy house and under total medication; it looks like the people are having fits!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you wish to become a 'true' dancer - then go ballroom.

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Hip hop dancers only?

2009-11-16T16:37:00.000-08:00

Well I take private dance lessons and I mostly do ballroom and latin. But my dance instructor asked me if i wanted to do his hip hop group for teens over the summer...and I really want to its just I am kind of scared and nervous because it is a totally different new kind of dancing and I have danced to hip hop before but only like...at parties!! lol never choreographed or anything!!! I have only been to one group class for hip hop and I loved it!! I am just kind of scared to start it because it seems like such a...big change i guess??

any words of wisdom??!?! =]]]]]]

Hip hop dancers only?
You should totally go out for new things, and it's ok to be nervous it's normal. If you want to warm up before you start try listening to Hip hop and start dancing how you think Hip Hop dancers dance like, or maybe come up with your own Hip Hop routine. Who knows you may like Hip Hop dancing more. Good Luck!
Reply:do it do it do it!!! its soooo fun! even tho u do mostly other stuff, it'll b a fun change. go 4 it and b patient if u dont get it at 1st! good luck!
Reply:go for it what can you loose you can't you can only learn more dance. Broaden your horizons it will look better on your resume if you know more than one dance
Reply:well, hip hop is totally fun and once you start, you can totally get into it, but if you are really scared, you might not be able to do that. my advice would be to go, and get really into it and have a great time and don't care about what they think cuz you are just starting. but you should definetely go!!! have fun!!!
Reply:You only live once and since you have the basics down, I say go for it...
Reply:go head and do it u said you loved it b4 why not do it ova the summer, and plus u only live once
Reply:hip hop is so much more loose that any ballroom dance. its easier to learn in my opinion and since you love it, it will be very easy to learn. it is much easier to learn something u have fun doing.i think u should try it and dont worry about messing up, hip isnt all about the stiff, perfect, and posture. its about loose, low, and most important, FUN!!! good luck and i hope u do well!

Hip-hop or rap?

2009-11-16T16:36:00.002-08:00

which do you choose as your favorite: rap or hip-hop. i know that hip-hop is also a culture, but its also a musical style. i perfer hip-hop, espiecially old school. because i mostly listen to punk and there are direct correlations. rap sounds like some guy talking really fast then a chorus that sums up the entire meaning of the song. my question is: which do you perfer?

Hip-hop or rap?
nether because i like rock but so hip hop!
Reply:So true!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Report It

Reply:metal and classic rock....

RAP IS CRAP
Reply:Both are the greatest genres in existence but i wuz down 2 rap or hip hop

i wud say rap
Reply:hip hop... new school
Reply:Hip Hop music of the conscious kind. The "real" rap.
Reply:ummm both are crap.

Listen to good music, not that junk.
Reply:Hip Hop!
Reply:rap lol !:-)
Reply:hip hop is the best
Reply:rap
Reply:i lyk both
Reply:Ever hear the Samurai Champloo Soundtrack? Thats the kind of hip hop I prefer. I don't like some idiot talking fast about how many women he's banged and homies he's shot.
Reply:if its christian rap, then rap. i only listen to christian so ya
Reply:rock and roll man!!!
Reply:Hip hop, cos it makes me wanna dance
Reply:no, i'd do that old-school rap my friend!!! word!!
Reply:hip-hop
Reply:hip hop for sure especially the old school
Reply:hip hop.
Reply:hip-hop
Reply:Rock and roll is here to stay, it will never die.
Reply:Old school hip-hop is awesome!
Reply:Definitely disco! ...."Boogie fever, we're gonna'boogie down"!!!!!!
Reply:rap is generally associated as "old school." hip-hop is more conventional and modern. I prefer some hip hop and some rap. majority suck though, just out looking to make a quick buck and disappear.
Reply:I dont really get the difference, I always thought rap was a part or type of hip-hop, like how alternative is a type of rock'n roll music.
Reply:i prefer punk:)
Reply:hiphop
Reply:Hip-hop
Reply:both i like all dif kinds of music
Reply:i love both of them they are so hot
Reply:I dont really like either, but i do like Biggy %26amp; Mystikal a lot.

Hip hop dances?

2009-11-16T16:36:00.001-08:00

Last time i checked , the only hip hop dance is Break dancing (Im a B-boy)

How is booty shaking, walk it out,shoulder lean,snaping,and cranking a hip hop dance?

Four elements of hip hop = MC's,Dj's,Break dancers, Graffiti Artist ....Not Singers, Hoes, Pimps, Drug dealers, Hustlers,and Guns

Hip hop dances?
Exactly: hip hop dancing= Break dancing...
Reply:well because these dances are done to hip hop music or rap music and also other music from the hood done by blacks in the inner city.

i know you are a b-boy, but all of these dances are from black people that only know rap music. Unfortunately hip hop is not the same as it was long ago.

Also since you are a b-boy you would know that not only break dancing is a hip hop dancing.
Reply:good thing about hiphop is it will persevere through all of this bullcrap
Reply:church
Reply:Well maybe things evolve over time. Rock and Roll is originally a black art form ( i.e. jazz, blues). But people ridicule any black person who picks up a guitar(with the intent of making a rock song). Yes those were the original elements of hip hop. But things change. All we can do is remember the good ol' days.
Reply:i agree 110%.
Reply:Ya know, you have a point. I personally like "Crank That Soulja Boy", but a lot of these "dances" are getting to be pretty stupid.
Reply:Man you nailed that on the head boy!!

Not sure if people are understanding the true essence of Hip-Hop and its culture. I understand that it has crossed over to be commercial, that is the only way they will be able to sell out big venues and make that loot. But in my eyes, if you are true to Hip-Hop you don't have to sell out. Grant it 50cent will sell out big Ooooo venues vs Common....but who is the best lyrics out of them 2. I don't think I need to answer that question. I myself use to be a b-girl when I was in high school so I feel you on this weak *** dance moves/songs.

Last words: The ones who set out "rap" songs about dancing (notice I didn't say hip-hop), can't make a lyric even if it was spit at them. They should be called Hip Pop!
Reply:we need to start callin that garbage somethin else. it's not hip hop.

Hip-Hop and Jamaican Drums?

2009-11-16T16:36:00.000-08:00

I have noticed a very large number of hip hop songs in the last couple of months that have the jamaican drums in the beat. If you have no idea what i'm talking about, the best example would be the "Crank Dat Superman" song by Soldier Boy. There are many others but I was wondering if someone can name all the hip-hop songs with jamaican drums in the beat or any hip-hop songs that have a reggae sample in the beat that they know of. Anything would help.

Hip-Hop and Jamaican Drums?
what jamaican drums are you talking about? soulja boy has STEELPAN in it, which is NOT from jamaica, it is from TRINIDAD. please do some research before you call it 'jamaican drums'
Reply:1. "Peanut Butter %26amp; Jelly" by Cadillac Don %26amp; J Money (produced by Big Fruit)

2. "P.I.M.P." by 50 Cent (produced by Denaun Porter)

3. "Pass the Dutchie" by Cam'ron (produced by Scram Jones %26amp; samples Musical Youth's song of the same titles)

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Hip-Hop Culture? Both kids and young adults....?

2009-11-16T16:35:00.003-08:00

It seems like there are wannabe rappers from all over the world now. However they, tend to use a lot of the same slang and styles.

My question is, where do these kids and adults that have not grown up in diverse communites come up with these hip-hop personalities, styles, and mannerisms.

There's kids and young adults in N. Dakota acting like there from the hood.

This is so fake.....there so much fakeness in hip-hop here in the state and worldwide. Yes, I know that all hip-hop isnot the same, but generally speaking they want to come off hard, when they were never brought up that way.....

What do you think?

Hip-Hop Culture? Both kids and young adults....?
I think it is ridiculous and I will not have my children going around like that. When I was very young we were quite poor and I definitely want better for my kids than that. If you act like you are from the hood, you are either going to end up in the hood(or a trailer park) or your going to stay there.
Reply:don't make me start on the hillbillies and head-bangers who are fake. I could go on forever about those wanna-be's.
Reply:its hip-hop.... hip-hop has its own style, people who love it copy from it, just like the heavy metal lovers. how is it fake? its just music. now if ur talkin about the lyrics[ ex: young jeezy-my hood] thats real......i dont get how it s fake.
Reply:Totally agree. Its funny really. Like older white people with rims on their Yukons. Or the comercials using hip-hop slangs. Come on, I'm like, get your own style.
Reply:Hip Hop is a culture just like any other culture. It is spread via music, internet, television and movies. It is not being fake it participating in a culture. That culture just so happens to stem from the urban black experience.
Reply:people r just trying 2 being hip hopish becuz they r trying 2 fit in

they r just trying 2 b kool

hooevere is doing that is probably just trying 2 find their place

and sometimes that is some peoples reall personality
Reply:omg are u serious? meet a hip-hop artist and ask them why are they liars in their musical artwork....and see what happens.
Reply:OMG! I absolutely understand what you are saying. We call it culture robbing. It's not just hip-hop that you see it with though. There are so many people out there that will look you straight-faced and claim they are so many parts Indian, but are lying like yellow dogs on a muddy welcome mat.

It is so prevalent in the hip-hop culture that it ain't even funny anymore. There are so many that claim they are like this or like that and I say to that; you have no clue what it's like to grow up like that.

Here's one that gets me, Eric Clapton...I know he doesn't claim to be from the hood or anything like that, but the blues? Come on now, no one can do the blues like the king. BB King that is. Michael Bolton, what did he say again, you don't have to be black to have soul? Yeah, right! Otis Redding, if he were still alive, would sing Bolton right back to wherever he came from.

And what about...you know what, that's enough, because I've just stepped up on a soap box and started and can't stop.

This is just something I'm glad I'm not the only one that sees it. I see it everyday in my class. One student will say this or another student will do this. It's nerve racking, I tell you, NERVE RACKING!

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Reply:u dont know, u assume it. look up the biographies of some hip-hop artists, read/listen to their lyrics and determine if ur "assumtion" is true or not
Reply:I don't know people from around the world but as far as the actual hip hop artists I think most of them are fakes, phonies, only out for money and not realizing the affect of what they are doing
Reply:I'm from South Dakota and I feel the same way that you do. In the big towns I run across wanna-be's that just make me cringe, but in the small towns there is enough stigma with it you can only get away with it with out being teased by everyone is if you're Black. Then it's okay, which is kinda weird. I think it comes from media culture though. MTV and the like. I, and most of my friends, would rather stick to how we're brought up as far as clothing and speech. I wouldn't want to speak like a rapper because I know I'd make a fool of myself. I know the whole rapper culture rose out of an American sub-culture, but I don't speak like I do around town when I go out of state.

Hip Hop Lover. What would you recommend?

2009-11-16T16:35:00.002-08:00

Please recommend hip hop songs and hip hop artists!! I want my hip hop collection to grow.

Hip Hop Lover. What would you recommend?
Wu-Tang clan ain't nuttin' ta f*** wit

GZA's Liquid Swords album (not to be confused with Legend of Liquid Swords) is one of the best in Hip-Hop. "Heavy Mental" by Killah Priest is great. Can't go wrong with KRS-ONE. If you have old-schoolish tastes you'll like those. Otherwise, might be too deep for you.
Reply:Britney Spears!!! WOOOO HOOOO
Reply:Talib Kweli, Common, fugees, jay z 4sho but thats a givin, biggy...old schools hot, go back in the day mid-late 90's was the best $hit to me. also lupe fiasco, mos def, dj screw got legendary songs, kanye it depends what your into but 4sho check them out especially common

Most of the best songs from these artist were never hits at all especially jay z..... go over the cd you will be surprised at what you find
Reply:oh please those previous answers were a joke, it your talking about true hip hop artists then you need to get some Nas and Common and also throw in Talib Kwali and The Roots.
Reply:Chamillionaire Ft Krayzie Bone - Ridin' Dirty

Lloyd ft Lil Wayne - Want You

Lil Fizz ft. Missez - Fluid

Kanye West feat Lupe Fiasco - Touch The Sky

Kanye West ft Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger

J-Kwon feat Murphy Lizle %26amp; Chingy - Tipsy Remix

Busta Rhymes - Touch It

Akon Feat. Eminem - Smack That

Akon - Ghetto

Young Rome feat Marques Houston - Sexapade

Ying Yang Twins - Salt Shaker

Young Joc Ft Nitti - It's Going Down

Snoop Dogg ft R Kelly - Thats That
Reply:If your looking for something that isn"t mainstream then check out the artists from the boot camp clik... buckshot, cocoa brovas(smiff n wesson), sean price, etc. They were kinda big in the mid 90's. very raw - straight up beats and rhymes
Reply:Talib Kweli, The Roots, Atmosphere, Ras Kass, Outkast (before Stankonia). Common, Eightball %26amp; MJG,The Coup, E-40, Souls of Mischief, Living Legends, People Under The Stairs, Alkaholiks, Wu-Tang Clan, Mos Def...
Reply:Missy Elliot,Gwen Stefani,Fergie,

Piff Diddy,Fifty cents,etc..
Reply:What kind of hip hop? You can always start your collection off with Jay Z, Nas, Rakim, Doug Fresh, McLyte, LL Cool J, Biggie, Tupac, Big Daddy Kane, Heavy D, Salt %26amp; Pepper,and much more to many to name, but this was before hip hop became about food and body parts. Please do not get 36 Mafia they worship the devil.
Reply:Gotta love Three 6 Mafia
Reply:I reccomend u listen to 2pac, Notorious BIG, Snoop Dogg, Three 6 Mafia, Joe Budden, Lil' Flip, Memphis Bleek, Cam'Ron, Eminem, Dr. Dre, The Game.... whew! there are a lot in this list. If u really want to be a true hip-hop lover, do not listen to alot of the mainstream sellouts. look for rappers u never even heard of.
Reply:devin tha dude, master p.,ludacris, lil jon, ying yang twins,lil boosie, dj unk, t.i., twista, pastor troys face off album, akons konvicted album, mary j. blige, bone thugs n harmony, dirty boys, boyz n tha hood, lil wayne, big tymers,mystical, young dro, young jock,trina, tupac, dr.dre,eminem,50cent,missy, foxy brown, lil kim, kyia, notorious b.i.g., jz,.

Hip hop is dead?

2009-11-16T16:35:00.001-08:00

Not if we can do something about it. If you're a real hip hop supporter check out the latest movement in hip hop: http://www.hiphopisnotdead.org . The movement is about uniting as a people to support the hip hop culture.

Hip hop is dead?
cool good
Reply:Yes..thank GOD
Reply:uhh no its not im still listening to it
Reply:heck naw hip-hop is not dead only some of tha rappers are.
Reply:R.I.P.

Pimp C
Reply:No its not, because we still have some true artist out there doing real hip-hop. Also thanks for the link... It seems intresting i'll make sure i click on it. Bye
Reply:hip hop isn't dead, but rap is. Hip - hop is killing rap at this moment.
Reply:it is dead for those who have murdered it.
Reply:can this question please be dead. ill still check out the site though

Hip Hop Dancing Please Read And Help!!! Read more!?

2009-11-16T16:35:00.000-08:00

ok...so for ages!!! i have wanted to learn some basic hip hop!and i have been looking at loads of websites and it's all video's which are really helpful don't get me wrong. But is there a site which will teach you some step by step moves. Not a video of someone. maybe pictures of animations showing you what to do! I am sick of learning my self how to dance:P I want to learn online for free%26lt;%26lt;%26lt; important

i want::

Hip Hop

Or

R%26amp;B

When i'm bored i just want to get up and dance to some hip hop or r%26amp;b to be able to dance to it is something i have always wanted to do!

so please please help!

Thanks....x

Hip Hop Dancing Please Read And Help!!! Read more!?
Why Not Make Up Your Own Dance If Your Get Boerd Do Some We Steps TRhen Find Music to dance To And Everytime your boerd Just Add To It But Remember to reherse an write it down

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Hip hop hoe's and the loss of modern american standards?

2009-11-16T16:34:00.003-08:00

ok, so it's like you're in a club with 1000 guys, and the hip hop cd is saying **** like smack her *** with your ****

and you're dancing like you're all on heat

do any of you women feel a little nervous and unsure of what might happen next,

he's telling all the guys to do things to your ***, and the music is caling you a ***** at the same time, and yet you say:

but he isn't saying that to me?

of course he is saying that to you, that is what women are claled in hip hop..bitches

if GW bush said, black people should all go to canada, you would say, did you hear what G W said about me

help me out i as i just don't get it being English

also why do you go to those hip hop parties and conventions wearing zero clothes, and expect not to get molested?

you have sene the videos, and you know the men are dogs,

if you dress like a women from the films those dogs think they have permission , so why do you do if you know what is going to happen?

Hip hop hoe's and the loss of modern american standards?
While your ramblings were difficult to understand, here is my opinion:

People need to focus on PERSONAL CHOICE AND PERSONAL RESPONSABILITY.

Nobody puts a gun to your head and forces you to do or condone anything. YOU CAN'T PLAY THE GAME AND THEN GET MAD WHEN THE GAME PLAYS YOU.
Reply:point...if you do not want bad results....stay out of bad environments.
Reply:Well.. I am going to try to simplify my answer here. (Good luck to me, huh?)

The media (includes producers of videos and the folks who own the channels MTV, BET, etc) gives the public what it asks for. SEX. In hip-hop videos---you don't have to repeat what you see in real life. The performers in the video are selling an image. It is up to the viewer (especially if you are over 18) to set or follow moral standards when it comes to the women/men you know in your everyday lives. There is not a video on this earth that will cause me to go out and have half my behind hanging out and dancing in a sexually suggestive way--for you are right---it attracts the 'bad' men as well as the 'good'. .. but again, that is MY decision based on my moral and social standards.
Reply:i understand what your saying. but not all rappers refer to women as ho's. like me for example. lol. and i can name alot more. its mostly the maistream rap that doesit (which i think suckss). but i dont her it much on the underground. mainly cause their not pressured to.and ya i dont know why women dress like hookers and expect us to treat them like a lady. to many mixed messages u know. and not all men are dogs, just like not al girls dont lie and cheat and are dirty sluts. so lets just let bigons be bigons. the world is full of morons that just life

Hip Hop Abs...?

2009-11-16T16:34:00.002-08:00

hey i just got the hip hop abs dvd and i LUV IT!! it's so addicting. but since i've only been using it for two days now, i don't see results yet (obviously). anyway, i was just wondering if anyone out there has tried hip hop abs and can tell me how fast i can see results. i know there's a "six day slim down" plan and everything, but i don't have the money to get the stuff to follow that. i really want to lose a considerable amount of weight fast. what can i do to make it go faster? and how fast can i lose the weight if i just simply eat healthier? this question is just for those who have had experience w/ hip hop abs. tell me everything u know and everything u have experienced. thanx! much luv people!

Hip Hop Abs...?
I told you before that you're not going to find anyone who's used Hip Hop Abs...but stop worrying about how long it's going to take to see results. Just keep staying active and eating right, and you should start seeing some results in 4-8 weeks, depending on your body makeup and how strictly you're adhering to your regimen. But I'll answer your questions:

what can i do to make it go faster?

The ONLY way to lose weight naturally is by burning more calories than you take in. So say that on a normal day, you burn 2000 calories. If you eat more than 2000 calories on that day, your body will store some of that unused energy as fat. If you eat less than 2000 calories, your body will burn some of the fat/muscle stored on your body for the energy needed to get up to the 2000 calories. Fat contains 9 calories for every gram, protein and carbs contain 4 calories for every gram. So fat is a greater and usually more readily available energy source. With that knowledge in mind, the greater the gap your create of calories burned minus calories taken in, the more weight you will lose as a result of turning to STORED energy. Everyone's body is different, there are so many factors, but 2000 calories is around the average amount of calories each person burns throughout the day.

and how fast can i lose the weight if i just simply eat healthier?

This ties in to my answer above. Again using a 2000 calorie example, if you just eat healthier and LESS, and take in 1600 calories, your body will need to burn 400 calories of stored energy in your body (fat most likely). But if you eat healthy AND work out, you will raise your body's energy needs from 2000 to say, 2500, and if you still eat only 1600 calories, your body will then need to burn an additional 900 calories.

So you can see, combining exercise WITH a proper diet results in almost doubling weight loss. This is all relative to your body and chemistry, but it's the general way that weight loss works.
Reply:ACTUALLY.... Its a great program. Gets you in great shape and its actually very fun. Even if you cant dance shaun t takes you through everything and one of his dancers goes at an easier pace if needed. BASICALLY.. its the best program!!! Report It

Hip hop fans?

2009-11-16T16:34:00.001-08:00

I want to make my man a cd, or a few, for valentine's day, but I don't want it to be the typical love songs cd. I want hip hop w a romantic, yet very sexy (without being trashy) edge--it can either be contemporary hip-hop or from back in the day. Some R%26amp;B, so long as it isn't too cheesy is cool, but I really prefer all hip-hop.So far, I have:

Ciara--Promise

Lloyd and Weezy-You

This is What We Do

Shorty Swing My Way-KP and Envyi

Touch Me Tease Me-Case and Foxy Brown

Cassie-Me and You

I'm Sprung Remix-T Pain

Supastar-Floetry and Common

The Light-Common

Into You-Fabulous

Sexy Love-Neyo

Hip hop fans?
Wine for me by Rkelly

We ride by Mary J Blige

Dangerously in love by Beyonce

On the hotline by Pretty Ricky ( the explicit version)

A house is not a home by Luther Vandross

Unbreak my heart by Toni Braxton

I care 4 you by Aaliyah

A woman's worth by Alicia Keys

We Belong Together by Mariah Carey

Tenderoni by Bobby Brown

So Emotional by One Chance

You got it Bad by Usher

Pretty Brown eyes by Mint Condition

Back at one by Brian McKnight

Hood Boy by Fantasia

One by Tyrese

One wish by Ray J

that's all I can think of..... that's enough
Reply:That girl-Frankie J feat slim thug n chamillionaire ( OMG like you should listen to that song)

Shortie like mine-Bow wow ft. Chris Breezy

Poppin-Chris Breezy
Reply:What about some Bobby Valentino? Kind of an ironic name for the occasion i know but check it out,..
Reply:Yung Joc-First Time

Fabolous- Baby
Reply:112 - anywhere

aaliyah - one in a million

ashanti - my sweet baby( check it out it's a great song)

eryka badu and common - love of my life

genuwine - so anxious

beyonce and jay z - bonnie and clyde

pretty ricky - on the hotline( also one of my faves right now)

blaque - bring it all to me

alicia keys - if i ain't got you

avant - makin good love

kieth sweat - body

usher - nice n' slow

thats all i can think of right now. i really love the song the lgith by common i think he will love that you put it on there. im making my man a cd too so also thanks for the ideas. have fun.

Hip Hop 2007?

2009-11-16T16:34:00.000-08:00

Hip Hop of 2007 all the music of hip hop of this year only hip hop best songs hot songs all please.

10 Points Best List of music.

Hip Hop 2007?
Beanie Sigel ft. Scarface %26amp; Raheem Devaughn - Rain (Bridge)

Freeway ft. Jadakiss %26amp; Busta Rhymes - Walk Wit Me

Ghostface Killah - Walk Around

Talib Kweli - Holy Moly

Common - Misunderstood

Scarface - Never

Lupe Fiasco - The Coolest

Jay Z - American Gangster

UGK - Intl Players Anthem

Chamillionaire - Morning News

TI - Respect This Hustle
Reply:bone thugs-i tried

ying yang twins/ft.ugk-i choose you

paul wall-break'em off

chamillionaire/ft.scarface-rain

that's all the good's this year

"h-town"babe!

nanny

Hip Hop Songs.?

2009-11-16T16:33:00.003-08:00

Hey Everyone =-)

I take hip hop dance classes and we are trying to come up with our recital song.

it has to be a hip hop song

and there is one other catch

it has to be from a movie.

so if any of you guys could think of good hip hop songs from movies and tell me the name of the song, the artist, and what movie it was from, it would be greatly appriciated.

best answer will be awarded.

Hip Hop Songs.?
"Show Me The Money"- Petey Pablo

From the movie: Step Up

"Low"- Flo Rida

From the movie: Step Up 2
Reply:How about Badaboom by B2k. It was in You Got served
Reply:Give It Up To Me- Sean Paul Ft. Keisha Cole

That song was featured in the move "Step Up"

Very catchy, too.
Reply:"Get It on the Floor"

Performed by DMX featuring Swizz Beatz

from movie:

You Got Served (2004)

Courtesy of Ruff Ryders/Def Jam Records

Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

Written by DMX (as Earl Simmons) and Swizz Beatz (as Kasseem Dean)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365957/soun...
Reply:New Jack City Soundtrack - New Jack Hustler by Ice T
Reply:i was gonna say crank dat........................

but it has to be from a movie
Reply:old skool...

From the movie...Double take...

Song, Return of the Tres,

By, Delinquent Habits

~Hot song, good to move to~
Reply:Get Up-Step Up soundtrack-Ciara ft. Chamillionaire
Reply:I had that,

and we danced to space jam...

they also had grease lightening
Reply:Here are a few movies that might help:

Drumline

Bring It On

Hustle %26amp; Flow (3-6 Mafia won an Oscar for the hip hop song on this soundtrack)

Hustle %26amp; Flow will be great!!!!!!
Reply:I agree with Hustle and Flow. It won an Oscar. you should watch it. The songs are very catchy.

Also, Love Don't Cost a Thing with Christina Milian.
Reply:g slide- lil mama

its on how she move

Why can't Hip hop lovers stand instrumental music, do they fear being alone?

2009-11-16T16:33:00.002-08:00

As you all know, hip hop makes noise. As for rap, It seems like the people are screaming and following you. So it gives you the sense that you have company. sure this happens with anyother singing genre. but i want to talk about hip hop because hip hop streesses noise and loudness.

I wonder if people who listen to this music Never listen to instrumental music because in instrumental( no vocals)music it's all up to you to take the music and imagine things. you take more charge. In Hip hop it's all given to you, you're not alone...the rappper is throwing a stream of conversation.

I'm not talking to the kind of people like me, who listen to various music styles. I'm talking about some youths that just listen to hip hop always because it's a fad and because of peer pressure to fit in.

Why can't Hip hop lovers stand instrumental music, do they fear being alone?
thats not true at all i love hip hop but i started on the piano along with saxaphone so no that is not a true statement
Reply:What? Listening to hip hop is a fad? I live in one of the richest communities in the world and go to high school, yet not a single person I know listens to hip hop. Seriously, who wants to listen to hip hop? It's full of slow beats, bad accompaniments, and rappers whose lyrics make no sense. Try listening to heavy metal - it's a lot more entertaining.

Next, you said something about hip hop being about noise and loudness. Sorry, I couldn't hear you very well over the one-note bass accompaniment, the relaxed beat, and the single rapper. Please.

Finally, you claim that hip hop lovers can't stand instrumental music. When you say this, are you making an assumption about all hip hop lovers? I presume so, since nothing else you've said has made sense. I'm no fan of hip hop myself, but you can bet your life that there's at least one person out there who likes both hip hop and instrumental music. Not that I'm for that, but I'm not for your stereotypes either. So next time you ask a question, try to make some sense.
Reply:I'm sure it does have a lot to do with age. But, I have a question for you? Why are are singling out Hip Hop lovers? What about youth that ONLY listen to Heavy Metal and Rock etc... Hardcore rock and heavy metal has A LOT of screaming! I grew up with kids that wore Led Zeppelin, Poison, ACDC shirts and were some true Heavy Metal heads ( I doubt they were listening to instrumental music in their spare time). Teens are teens period, but for some reason you are singling out Hip Hop. Why?
Reply:What about the whole genre of instrumental hip hop? Records like DJ Shadow's ENDTRODUCING, anything by DJ Krish, Madlib, Metal Fingers, J. Dilla, etc?
Reply:I agree. What you're saying doesn't make much sense.
Reply:I wonder if YOU listen to Hip Hop music. This was a really biased question.

If you want instrumentals, and positivity try The Roots, and Blackeyed Peas.

If you're not going to take the time to do your homework so you'll KNOW what you're criticizing, then you should go listen to whatever you do happen to like and stop trying to instigate ignorant and racist remarks with questions like this.

Know of any hip hop like dancing that isn't hip hop? Like a mixture of hip hop and jazz?

2009-11-16T16:33:00.001-08:00

Know of any hip hop dancing that isn't hip hop? Like a mixture of jazz and hip hop?

Know of any hip hop like dancing that isn't hip hop? Like a mixture of hip hop and jazz?
"Roc boys" by: Jay-z

and

"Touch the sky" by: Kanye west

they are both kinda mix with jazz... I think.
Reply:yeah Herbie Handcock. cataloope is one.

also Miles Davis has an album like that. UNI is a good song.

also Mos Def has a few songs like that. umi says, life time, may december, the begger, %26amp; The Panties.
Reply:I'm listening to an AMAZING song right now, its killer. If you download one thing today, then make it this, because I think that its exactly what you're looking for.

Freaks For the Festival - Rahsaan Roland Kirk

The beat in the beginning is FRESH man. Its really good, you barely can believe it was recorded in 1974. The artist himself is amazing. Look him up.

Also check out

"His Girl" and "Chicago Falcon" By The Budos Band

"Crosshairs" and "Old School" by Danger Doom

"Big Eater" by The Bad Plus

"Raid", "All Caps" and "Fancy Clown" by Madvillian

Impossible Debate on Hip-Hop NEED HELP!!!?

2009-11-16T16:33:00.000-08:00

Well, my teacher has given me an impossible assignment for a debate we're going to have soon. My teacher split the class into 3 sides on what hip-hop is. 1) Culture 2) Entertainment 3) Power. I got put into entertainment. Now keep in mind that this is a DEBATE. Hip-Hop IS entertainment, but it also culture. I have to write a page about the facts and info and ideas i'm going to say during the debate; Why hip-hop is entertainment and NOT culture and NOT power. Well of COURSE hip-hop is culture because entertainment is a branch of culture, which sucks. So i'm really desperate for any ideas you may have to help me out with this. Please don't spam with comments about how hip-hop IS culture and this assignment is impossible as I already know that. Also please don't tell me to "stop being lazy and do your own work" because I do do my own work. I've just come across something that I need other people's help on;since like I said, this assignment is IMPOSSIBLE! Ugh. Please help...

Impossible Debate on Hip-Hop NEED HELP!!!?
entertainment =

anything eminem does is entertainment.

rap as entertainment is a form of escapism not only for the artist but for the audience as well.

escapism = entertainment.

that is why a lot of rappers have TONS of cash in videos.

lots of new, unattainable cars

hot women in very few clothes.

biiiig houses in videos.

furs

diamonds.

entertainment.

selling an image.

that is why so many young, white youths today love rap. it is so far out of their purview of experience that it has become a form of entertainment.

look at jay z.

HOVA? really? REALLY???? jehovah?? the god of rap? the god of entertainment!!! the best at what he does.

he is the king of escapism.
Reply:hip hop is meant to be entertainment but some stupid folks out there take it to seriously and make it their culture.

Real gangsters hardly make any money they die for blocks they dont own and create nasty living conditions for honest hard working citizens.
Reply:I thought My info yesterday would be helpful please take a second look at some of the keywords and people and google/yahoo them to find more detail.

I'm sure you will find something helpful there.
Reply:He said he wants you to prove how Hip hop isn't a culture or a power but has entertainment??!?!?

Sounds like he's trying to get everyone who likes Hip Hop to dislike each other opinions..even if it's an school assignment or not.

Well...it's impossible to say Hip Hop is not an culture because basically one can't do without the others......

I think you should ask this teacher what is he trying to prove or what is he trying to do in the end when all the students finally get their debates ready.

Sounds like this teacher is trying to get everyone confused on what Hip Hop really is.
Reply:hip hop is entertainment and not culture or power because it doesnt decide who you are as a person it doesnt make you a christian or athiest or whatever... its not meant for you to change your lifestyle just because you listen to it... you could look like the bigest hick ever but you still can listen to hip hop and you dont have to change...
Reply:Hip Hop is entertainment because it stimulates and captivates your senses. You feel the beat in the middle of your chest, you hear the rhymes of the MC and how the two just flow together, you can see the style of the clothes and the dance moves. It makes you want to move. You can take somebody that has never heard anything about hip hop, it's culture, or the influence it has on the world today, and they will be ENTERTAINED. If it didn't entertain people it would never had risen to the heights it's at today. You have to ENTERTAIN before you can INFLUENCE . It's like the teacher at the school, if he doesn't get your attention and make you interested, you will never learn. Hip Hop is entertainment with a message(sometimes), and the more people that are entertained, the more that will get the message, and the more people that get the message will lead to the message having power.
Reply:Yea it is impossible...Im with De...I guess if you dont live the culture u could make it seem like entertainment...SO like De said try using failed rappers like Vanilla Ice or MC Hammer...Vanilla Ice didnt live what he claimed he did...so that makes him fake imo for entertainment purposes. Iono its seems to be a tuff one...Or you can focus on the suburban youth that take hip hop for a fad.
Reply:woah..this is a pretty complex assignment...

sorry...but this is BS!

unless your teach dont no nothing about hip-hop

most definately a trend/culture AND power..

diddy's one of the most powerful people in the biz
Reply:to be honest with u ur teacher did a horrible job splitting u guys up cause shes tearing down all of what hip hop is to make it into something else i think this was a thing that shouldnt have been done but all i can tell u is the only was to seperate the three is to use the failed rappers of hip hop to say its entertainment

Tell me how Hip Hop and Rap sucks?

2009-11-16T16:32:00.002-08:00

See you guys think that hip hop and rap sucks..... but that is simply not the case. Truth is that the "rappers" and entertainers you see up on t.v are House Negroes (Malcolm X speech) and their target audience is white America not black America so thats why they don't keep **** real. Now look up Immortal Technique, Akir, Rugged Man, Jedi Mind Tricks, Mos Def, and Ill Bill. After having watched some REAL hip hop and rap then I like you to insult hip hop. Because don't hate on it if you haven't heard it yet.

Search ClearWire and you'll see why it is that the Pop (not hip hop) rappers /entertainers are the ones being forced on us instead of the real artist. Now hip hop takes creativity and uniqueness. But pop is all about whose the biggest attention whore.

Tell me how Hip Hop and Rap sucks?
WHAT U KNOW ABOUT HIP HOP %26amp; RAP

I BET UR SOME KIND OF WEIRDO

I'M SORRY BUT RAP%26amp; HIPHOP DON'T SUCKS
Reply:Wrong. I think it sucks simply because that's my opinion on the subject. I couldn't care less who is rapping or hip hopping the lyrics. I dislike the whole genre. Give me some classic/hard rock/metal... anything I can rock to. I'll take that any day over anything else.
Reply:hiphop never sucks, rap on the other hand.......

Tell me how Hip Hop and Rap sucks?

2009-11-16T16:32:00.001-08:00

See you guys think that hip hop and rap sucks..... but that is simply not the case. Truth is that the "rappers" and entertainers you see up on t.v are House Negroes (Malcolm X speech) and their target audience is white America not black America so thats why they don't keep **** real. Now look up Immortal Technique, Akir, Rugged Man, Jedi Mind Tricks, Mos Def, and Ill Bill. After having watched some REAL hip hop and rap then I like you to insult hip hop. Because don't hate on it if you haven't heard it yet.

Search ClearWire and you'll see why it is that the Pop (not hip hop) rappers /entertainers are the ones being forced on us instead of the real artist. Now hip hop takes creativity and uniqueness. But pop is all about whose the biggest attention whore.

Tell me how Hip Hop and Rap sucks?
Already I like your satement on pop and hip hop , so many do confuse what is being played as real rap.The house ***** is an exact perception of the music on the radio , people who have converted their style to be heard on the radio.I reallt cant stand it and the gov. should stop having control over what we hear it is entertainment and all the parents and children have the freedom of choice not to listen to it.But they should not have the right to say everyone who understands it cant hear it at all.

The music is not what causes the violence parents not raising their kids is causing a rise in violence.When a parent neglects their duties as a parent it can force a kid to rebal and find their own way through life, meaning they will be easy influenced by what attracts them.And in American culture we have been known for violence and drugs , hence that is what your kids will go to .

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