Shut the **** up! I'm real sick of these pointless recurring questions. You wanna know why hip hop is dead? Because you keep on asking the same damn questions! Can't you think of anything else to talk about besides who killed it or who the best rapper is? Far as I can see, hip hop is alive and kickin. So many people complaining about how much the music has changed like it's a bad thing, but EVERYTHING changes over time! What, you thought you would live out the 80s or 90s for the rest of your life? Of course I respect those who keep the tradition alive and are still able to keep it fresh, but a lot of listeners need to open their eyes to different sounds. Hip hop is only dead if you think it is. If you're a true part of the hip hop culture, you would learn to love and embrace ALL of hip hop whether it be new or old or from the North, East, West, or South. Loosen up, you too tight.
And as far as who the best rapper is:
"Who's the best? Pac, Nas, and Big,
AIN'T NO BEST..."
Hip hop is DEAD?
whatever homie. i dont feel like readin all them s hits you typed and hip hop AINT DEAD. if you think it is thats fine but dont try to shove yo opinion down our throats. just keep it to yourself homie. preciate cha
Reply:As long as hurricane chris and souljaboy stop rapping ill be happy
Reply:As the Hulk Man Would say "right on Brotha"
Just because NAS made a song about it everybody feels the need to ask every 2 min on YA,
Reply:yeah whateva PAC BEST
2 pointz...blah ya mad
Reply:Hey you agree with NAS
Reply:true true. tired of answering those kinds of questions.
im guessing you like dj 9th wonder, good taste
Reply:Actually, when Nas says that, he means "Ain't no best" as in him Pac and Big are all on that level. He meant them three are the best. And he was also right that hip hop is dead, for the same reason you complain about these questions-- its REPETETIVE. It's all the same, nobody is real anymore in rap. In the 80s and 90s, everybody had their own style, and there was a much larger variety than all the junk you hear on the radio about cars and jewelery. It's too one-dimensional.
Reply:I agree with u... I actual like the new rap better. Most of my rap on my iPod was made in the last 3 years. (The oldest is Dr. Dre's 2001 album)
Monday, May 4, 2009
Some Hip Hop Fans Don't even know ..........?!?!?!?
Ya know...I notice there's alot of people here that listen to Hip Hop style music but do they REALLY KNOW what Hip Hop is %26amp; What Rap is?!
Some people don't even know what rapping is because they say statements such as:
1."Chris Brown is a good rapper!!"
2."Akon didn't know how to rap on his last track!"
3."T-Pain %26amp; R Kelly should do a rap song together..I love those rappers!"
4."We went to the Usher rap concert..it was GREAT DUDE!"
These are all R%26amp;B artist with a Hip Hop style..that DON'T make them rappers.
Hip Hop is the Genre...Rap is the music...you see the difference?
The 4-Elements of Hip Hop:
1. Rapping(rhymes/lyrics)
2. DJ-ing
3. Graffiti (Wall/Subway Art)
4. Breakdancing
My question is why do some Hip Hop fans say R%26amp;B singers are "rappers" when it's VERY OBVIOUS they're not?
Some Hip Hop Fans Don't even know ..........?!?!?!?
Because... They may like rap/hip-hop but they aren't rap/hip-hop fanatics.
They don't love it like most rap/hip-hop fans do, they just listen to it without really paying attention. Those are usually the same people that love Soulja Boy and all that other mess.
But to the person above me... What in the hell are you talking about?
"Because theyre black and some people think that all black people who are in music are rappers / hip-hop artists?"
Lol, you are even dumber that the people that think certain R%26amp;B artists are really rappers. SMH...
Reply:Yeah you are right
I think it's because theyre black and some people think that all black people who are in music are rappers / hip-hop artists.
Reply:because they only listen to the big hits and song played on mix stations like kiss fm.
you have to be a true hiphop connoseiur to tell the difference
Reply:lol, i dont think people are as dedicated to hip-hop as you are. It's just that they're ignorant. They like what they hear but they don't feel what they hear, if u get what i mean.
Reply:if they listen to it and think theyre rappers they are stupid, but if they just hear about them, igeuss since they see them collaborate with actaul emcees they think there the same even though they make obviously different music.
Reply:Yeah i read some a that.there was a question on Y!A askin some of the good new rap songs . and some answers were:
- sorry blame it on me_ Akon
-Beautiful_Sean Kingston
....etc.
Reply:The answer lies in your question young grasshopper. It is because they are hip hop "fans". They do not live the culture of hip hop, they just observe it. They picked up the catch phrase from the media and they apply it to most black music of urban origin. They are on the fringes and should not be held accountable for their ignorance of the culture-changing impact hip hop has had on the world.
Reply:Yup I know the difference, Lol. Although I'm not gonna lie at first I thought T-pain was a rapper. Clearly after listening to it a couple times I could see he is just an R%26amp;B star.
Reply:they just don't have the life experience to tell the difference
Reply:Their not real true hip hop fans that know the difference, they just followin the crowd
Some people don't even know what rapping is because they say statements such as:
1."Chris Brown is a good rapper!!"
2."Akon didn't know how to rap on his last track!"
3."T-Pain %26amp; R Kelly should do a rap song together..I love those rappers!"
4."We went to the Usher rap concert..it was GREAT DUDE!"
These are all R%26amp;B artist with a Hip Hop style..that DON'T make them rappers.
Hip Hop is the Genre...Rap is the music...you see the difference?
The 4-Elements of Hip Hop:
1. Rapping(rhymes/lyrics)
2. DJ-ing
3. Graffiti (Wall/Subway Art)
4. Breakdancing
My question is why do some Hip Hop fans say R%26amp;B singers are "rappers" when it's VERY OBVIOUS they're not?
Some Hip Hop Fans Don't even know ..........?!?!?!?
Because... They may like rap/hip-hop but they aren't rap/hip-hop fanatics.
They don't love it like most rap/hip-hop fans do, they just listen to it without really paying attention. Those are usually the same people that love Soulja Boy and all that other mess.
But to the person above me... What in the hell are you talking about?
"Because theyre black and some people think that all black people who are in music are rappers / hip-hop artists?"
Lol, you are even dumber that the people that think certain R%26amp;B artists are really rappers. SMH...
Reply:Yeah you are right
I think it's because theyre black and some people think that all black people who are in music are rappers / hip-hop artists.
Reply:because they only listen to the big hits and song played on mix stations like kiss fm.
you have to be a true hiphop connoseiur to tell the difference
Reply:lol, i dont think people are as dedicated to hip-hop as you are. It's just that they're ignorant. They like what they hear but they don't feel what they hear, if u get what i mean.
Reply:if they listen to it and think theyre rappers they are stupid, but if they just hear about them, igeuss since they see them collaborate with actaul emcees they think there the same even though they make obviously different music.
Reply:Yeah i read some a that.there was a question on Y!A askin some of the good new rap songs . and some answers were:
- sorry blame it on me_ Akon
-Beautiful_Sean Kingston
....etc.
Reply:The answer lies in your question young grasshopper. It is because they are hip hop "fans". They do not live the culture of hip hop, they just observe it. They picked up the catch phrase from the media and they apply it to most black music of urban origin. They are on the fringes and should not be held accountable for their ignorance of the culture-changing impact hip hop has had on the world.
Reply:Yup I know the difference, Lol. Although I'm not gonna lie at first I thought T-pain was a rapper. Clearly after listening to it a couple times I could see he is just an R%26amp;B star.
Reply:they just don't have the life experience to tell the difference
Reply:Their not real true hip hop fans that know the difference, they just followin the crowd
So-Called Hip Hop fans DON'T KNOW.........?
Alright..I'm looking at Yahoo answer %26amp; looking at answers on Soulja Boy. People are saying he's cool, cute, %26amp; got an hot song %26amp; saying "That's Hip Hop!"
These are the same people that don't even know anything about Hip Hop Culture %26amp; don't even take the time to look into the roots of it. I bet they don't know who these artists are or NEVER even listened to them once:
1.Slick Rick
2.Big Daddy Kane
3.Das Efx
4.EPMD
5.Leaders Of The New School
6.MC Lyte
7.Audio Two
8.Special Ed
9. 3rd Bass
10.Kool Moe Dee
11.Brand Nubian
12.Eric B %26amp; Rakim
13. Dana Dane
14. Marley Marl
15. Roxanne Shante
15. Boogie Down Productions
If you don't know at least 1/2 these artist then you can't say what is Hip Hop. Soulja Boy is anything but Hip Hop.
My question is..why do people that ONLY KNOW an inch of HIP HOP say anything that plays on the radio/TV or in the clubs is Hip Hop. These are the same people that just started listening to Hip Hop a few years ago,before this it might have been rock/pop/dance etc.
So-Called Hip Hop fans DON'T KNOW.........?
I agree with you 100% on everything you've said. And I agree with Gabe M. The music industry, producers just want to get paid. They're not even looking or thinking about artistic work anymore. It's all about the dollar. Soulja Boy (for example) is not a Hip Hop, he is HIP POP. I just wish they would make another term, so we can all make the distiniction between the two... I just can't stand for people to mention Hurricane Chris, Soulja Boy etc... in the same sentence with Big L or Biggie or Rakim or Lupe etc.
Reply:you think you know so much about hip hop.....if that was the case, you would know that Soulja Boy IS Hip Hop, he makes fun records, became popular for the dance record. Isnt dancing apart of hip hop? people dont have to listen to the 15 artists you named to "know" hip hop..More annoying than the stans on here, are the people who come here and try to push their beliefs that they know so much about hip hop...stop worrying about what the next person on Y!A is listening to and just do you
Reply:aight....so whats ya question? okay i agree on what you say about the ppl, but do you have to put them on blast like that? They main stream and 98% of the world is like that my dude so chill. Give ya self props an move on.
Reply:Unfortunately they are basing it on parts of the beat and little if anything on the lyrics and the the biggest offenders are the radio stations and the so called disk jockeys!
Reply:I know 10 of those dudes, and let me say.. they were awesome.
They practically made Hip Hop!
Soulja Boy is just a [retty voice with voice enchancers hes a fake, some good sogs tho.
Them dudes above kick his *** hardcore
Reply:I haven't listen to a lot of those guys, but I have heard of some of the top two, and have listened to Slick Rick. Most people have no idea what true hip-hop is because producers want to SELL. I understand that you're disgruntled about people who don't know what real hip hop is, but their ignorance surprisingly enough is NOT their fault. It's the damn music industry's.
Reply:Soulja boy is as hip hop as Lil' Wayne, and all them other clowns who give hip hop a bad name. All of the above that you named are real hip hop, and I could add a good few more too. The mistake a lot of people make is that when they hear somebody 'rap' over a catchy beat, they want to label it as hip hop. They dead wrong.
edit. . .whoever gave me a thumbs down is just a wack *** soulja boy fan. Even my 7 year old won't listen to that crap, his favourite artist is Ice Cube, 'cos his momma taught him well.
Reply:because half of the people caliming to be hip-hop are teen kids who didnt grow up in the early days of hip-hop. you cant get a kid to listen to classic hip-hop if their parents didnt listen to hip-hop. for kids to grow up listening to classic hip-hop you need to have parents that grew up listening to hip-hop. I am a classic hip-hop head born 1970's So I do listen to the classics in the car so my kids have no choice but to listen to it. They don't know it's old and they sing to it so my kids will be true hip-hop heads when they become teens.
Reply:dude...you forgot Too Short
Reply:your right, soulja boy is NOT hip hop.... wot idiot wud think he was? i may not be the best the best person for knowing wot hip hop is and isn't but i wouolld never think soulja boy was representative for hip hop music.
if anythin, he's conformiing for the popular culture... he's lyk da franchise boys. completely stupid...
Reply:Yes I do definetly get your point. Can I also add, The Roots, Talib Kweli, Jadakiss and Phonte to your list.
All very good and not all about Bums and Booty's.
Reply:Because you grew up listening to those particuliar artists. Just because there all 50 years old and dead, doesnt mean you have to knock down other peoples opinions. Who wants to listen to a shitty *** song with the most annoying beat with boring voices.
Snoop Dogg
Eminem
Tupac
Jay-Z
Ice cube
^I think they are very good artists. Now would I say "THATS REAL HIP HOP?" Yes I would because thats who I grew up listening to.
Noone listens to them people on your list at all. Noone even knows them. Either your some kid claiming its cool to listen to Ol' school hip hop and listening to other peoples opinions too much, or just your 50 years old.
Reply:soulja boy is the black vanilla ice lmao
Reply:mos def, talib, a tribe called quest
Reply:hippy hoppy or rap is mindless moronism who all sound alike and do the same hand gestures when singing oops wrong word.that should be saying.you know wot i mean?crap
Reply:WHO CARES ??
YOUS A WACKY OL STOOPID @SS
Reply:Well some people don't devote their life to getting to the roots of hip hop... it's really not relevant to leading a successful life...
it's to bad you can't get a job knowing the roots of hip hop... who cares what they listen to... you aren't better because you know who 15 "Hip hop" artists are...
I don't know any hip hop or rap artists... do I care... NO!!!!!!
i'm sure you can't name 15 drum n bass dj's....
this is the most stupid question i've heard all day. and you are just giving a sterotype more fuel for the fire...
way to go.
i see a successful future for you.
yellow teeth
These are the same people that don't even know anything about Hip Hop Culture %26amp; don't even take the time to look into the roots of it. I bet they don't know who these artists are or NEVER even listened to them once:
1.Slick Rick
2.Big Daddy Kane
3.Das Efx
4.EPMD
5.Leaders Of The New School
6.MC Lyte
7.Audio Two
8.Special Ed
9. 3rd Bass
10.Kool Moe Dee
11.Brand Nubian
12.Eric B %26amp; Rakim
13. Dana Dane
14. Marley Marl
15. Roxanne Shante
15. Boogie Down Productions
If you don't know at least 1/2 these artist then you can't say what is Hip Hop. Soulja Boy is anything but Hip Hop.
My question is..why do people that ONLY KNOW an inch of HIP HOP say anything that plays on the radio/TV or in the clubs is Hip Hop. These are the same people that just started listening to Hip Hop a few years ago,before this it might have been rock/pop/dance etc.
So-Called Hip Hop fans DON'T KNOW.........?
I agree with you 100% on everything you've said. And I agree with Gabe M. The music industry, producers just want to get paid. They're not even looking or thinking about artistic work anymore. It's all about the dollar. Soulja Boy (for example) is not a Hip Hop, he is HIP POP. I just wish they would make another term, so we can all make the distiniction between the two... I just can't stand for people to mention Hurricane Chris, Soulja Boy etc... in the same sentence with Big L or Biggie or Rakim or Lupe etc.
Reply:you think you know so much about hip hop.....if that was the case, you would know that Soulja Boy IS Hip Hop, he makes fun records, became popular for the dance record. Isnt dancing apart of hip hop? people dont have to listen to the 15 artists you named to "know" hip hop..More annoying than the stans on here, are the people who come here and try to push their beliefs that they know so much about hip hop...stop worrying about what the next person on Y!A is listening to and just do you
Reply:aight....so whats ya question? okay i agree on what you say about the ppl, but do you have to put them on blast like that? They main stream and 98% of the world is like that my dude so chill. Give ya self props an move on.
Reply:Unfortunately they are basing it on parts of the beat and little if anything on the lyrics and the the biggest offenders are the radio stations and the so called disk jockeys!
Reply:I know 10 of those dudes, and let me say.. they were awesome.
They practically made Hip Hop!
Soulja Boy is just a [retty voice with voice enchancers hes a fake, some good sogs tho.
Them dudes above kick his *** hardcore
Reply:I haven't listen to a lot of those guys, but I have heard of some of the top two, and have listened to Slick Rick. Most people have no idea what true hip-hop is because producers want to SELL. I understand that you're disgruntled about people who don't know what real hip hop is, but their ignorance surprisingly enough is NOT their fault. It's the damn music industry's.
Reply:Soulja boy is as hip hop as Lil' Wayne, and all them other clowns who give hip hop a bad name. All of the above that you named are real hip hop, and I could add a good few more too. The mistake a lot of people make is that when they hear somebody 'rap' over a catchy beat, they want to label it as hip hop. They dead wrong.
edit. . .whoever gave me a thumbs down is just a wack *** soulja boy fan. Even my 7 year old won't listen to that crap, his favourite artist is Ice Cube, 'cos his momma taught him well.
Reply:because half of the people caliming to be hip-hop are teen kids who didnt grow up in the early days of hip-hop. you cant get a kid to listen to classic hip-hop if their parents didnt listen to hip-hop. for kids to grow up listening to classic hip-hop you need to have parents that grew up listening to hip-hop. I am a classic hip-hop head born 1970's So I do listen to the classics in the car so my kids have no choice but to listen to it. They don't know it's old and they sing to it so my kids will be true hip-hop heads when they become teens.
Reply:dude...you forgot Too Short
Reply:your right, soulja boy is NOT hip hop.... wot idiot wud think he was? i may not be the best the best person for knowing wot hip hop is and isn't but i wouolld never think soulja boy was representative for hip hop music.
if anythin, he's conformiing for the popular culture... he's lyk da franchise boys. completely stupid...
Reply:Yes I do definetly get your point. Can I also add, The Roots, Talib Kweli, Jadakiss and Phonte to your list.
All very good and not all about Bums and Booty's.
Reply:Because you grew up listening to those particuliar artists. Just because there all 50 years old and dead, doesnt mean you have to knock down other peoples opinions. Who wants to listen to a shitty *** song with the most annoying beat with boring voices.
Snoop Dogg
Eminem
Tupac
Jay-Z
Ice cube
^I think they are very good artists. Now would I say "THATS REAL HIP HOP?" Yes I would because thats who I grew up listening to.
Noone listens to them people on your list at all. Noone even knows them. Either your some kid claiming its cool to listen to Ol' school hip hop and listening to other peoples opinions too much, or just your 50 years old.
Reply:soulja boy is the black vanilla ice lmao
Reply:mos def, talib, a tribe called quest
Reply:hippy hoppy or rap is mindless moronism who all sound alike and do the same hand gestures when singing oops wrong word.that should be saying.you know wot i mean?crap
Reply:WHO CARES ??
YOUS A WACKY OL STOOPID @SS
Reply:Well some people don't devote their life to getting to the roots of hip hop... it's really not relevant to leading a successful life...
it's to bad you can't get a job knowing the roots of hip hop... who cares what they listen to... you aren't better because you know who 15 "Hip hop" artists are...
I don't know any hip hop or rap artists... do I care... NO!!!!!!
i'm sure you can't name 15 drum n bass dj's....
this is the most stupid question i've heard all day. and you are just giving a sterotype more fuel for the fire...
way to go.
i see a successful future for you.
yellow teeth
Is hip hop really dead?
My bf and I got into a huge argument over this. One thing to point out is that he is from Chicago and I am from Alanta so I think that has some to do with it. He said that this new "crap" that comes out is not hip hop. He says its all pop music. He said that once the ditzy blonde white devils start dancing and listening to it thats when he knew hip hop was dieing. He says its all owned by corporations now. I dont think it is dead it just may be different. I like all the beats I dont really care what the song is about as long as I can shake to it. He said that Nas is one of the greatest rappers alive and if he thinks hip hop is dead then hip hop is dead. He also hurt me a little bit cause he really made fun of the south. He was making fun of the grills and souja boy crank that. He hates that song for some reason. But he said that the South started the downfall of hip hop. I got really pissed at that comment. What do y'all think of this? Is hip hop really dead?
Is hip hop really dead?
*SIGH* No.
This question gets asked, 100 million times per week.
Reply:i dont think that hip hop is really dead but it is fading away! i love hip hop and it will always be with me but the way things are going i can see a real big change!all these major corporatons make some small thing seem so big and they penalyze these rappers for things they speak! nas even said that hip hop is dead! idk for sure but i know that it is surely fading away!
Reply:HIP HOP IS ALIVE
"He says its all pop music. He said that once the ditzy blonde white devils start dancing and listening to it thats when he knew hip hop was dieing. He says its all owned by corporations now."
- But your BF is right about this stuff
Reply:stop asking this question
im tired of ppl asking dis question more then once a day!
NO Its not dead
Reply:only if u get sucked into all the crap music out there that only talks about sex drugs and money. If you want good hip hop listen to lupe fiasco and his new album comin out dec 18.
this is the leak of the album from MTV but i wont listen till the album comes out. spoil yourself if u want http://www.mtv.com/sitewide/apps/mediapl...
Reply:Yes hip-hop is not quite dead, but it is dying. Hip-hop started out as a movement with a message, not something to move to (or shake to it as you so aptly put it). Soulja Boy's Crank that is a perfect example of this and your boyfriend new you liked the song so he picked it out as an example. I don't think the "white devil" comment was very well thought out. Hip-Hop today's only messages are about sex, drugs, money, violence. It's only purpose is to sell sell sell.
As long as artists like Nas are still around Hip-Hop won't die out entirely, but to true fans, the music today is killing hip-hop.
Also, your comment about how you don't care what the song is about as long as you can shake to it shows how ignorant you really are on the subject.
Reply:hip hop is a live, from the north west to the deep south, artists are still doing their thing who cares who likes their music if its white blond haired college girls or blacks or hispanics. nas is not the best rapper a live i would of disagreed with him on that one if i were you lol. how can he say the south is starting the downfall of hip hop there are lots of good artists that come out of the south. lots of people try and get there start in atlanta because of the big hip hop/ rap presence. but your boyfriend is very wrong and how can he make fun of the south when he is dating a girl from the south?
Reply:no let him believe himself
Reply:NO ITS NOT
Reply:It's not dead, but he's not wrong either. Pop music is short for popular music and that's just what it is.
Reply:Hip hop is alive.... its just not as good as it used to be just like 90's R%26amp;B..
Reply:i don`t think so.there is Eminem
Reply:the true form of hip hop has died although there is a very small remnant of true hip hop artist still around but basically what is known as hip hop in the commercial realm is definitely pop music with a hip hop flavor and i agree the south has a lot to do with that
Reply:no comment
Is hip hop really dead?
*SIGH* No.
This question gets asked, 100 million times per week.
Reply:i dont think that hip hop is really dead but it is fading away! i love hip hop and it will always be with me but the way things are going i can see a real big change!all these major corporatons make some small thing seem so big and they penalyze these rappers for things they speak! nas even said that hip hop is dead! idk for sure but i know that it is surely fading away!
Reply:HIP HOP IS ALIVE
"He says its all pop music. He said that once the ditzy blonde white devils start dancing and listening to it thats when he knew hip hop was dieing. He says its all owned by corporations now."
- But your BF is right about this stuff
Reply:stop asking this question
im tired of ppl asking dis question more then once a day!
NO Its not dead
Reply:only if u get sucked into all the crap music out there that only talks about sex drugs and money. If you want good hip hop listen to lupe fiasco and his new album comin out dec 18.
this is the leak of the album from MTV but i wont listen till the album comes out. spoil yourself if u want http://www.mtv.com/sitewide/apps/mediapl...
Reply:Yes hip-hop is not quite dead, but it is dying. Hip-hop started out as a movement with a message, not something to move to (or shake to it as you so aptly put it). Soulja Boy's Crank that is a perfect example of this and your boyfriend new you liked the song so he picked it out as an example. I don't think the "white devil" comment was very well thought out. Hip-Hop today's only messages are about sex, drugs, money, violence. It's only purpose is to sell sell sell.
As long as artists like Nas are still around Hip-Hop won't die out entirely, but to true fans, the music today is killing hip-hop.
Also, your comment about how you don't care what the song is about as long as you can shake to it shows how ignorant you really are on the subject.
Reply:hip hop is a live, from the north west to the deep south, artists are still doing their thing who cares who likes their music if its white blond haired college girls or blacks or hispanics. nas is not the best rapper a live i would of disagreed with him on that one if i were you lol. how can he say the south is starting the downfall of hip hop there are lots of good artists that come out of the south. lots of people try and get there start in atlanta because of the big hip hop/ rap presence. but your boyfriend is very wrong and how can he make fun of the south when he is dating a girl from the south?
Reply:no let him believe himself
Reply:NO ITS NOT
Reply:It's not dead, but he's not wrong either. Pop music is short for popular music and that's just what it is.
Reply:Hip hop is alive.... its just not as good as it used to be just like 90's R%26amp;B..
Reply:i don`t think so.there is Eminem
Reply:the true form of hip hop has died although there is a very small remnant of true hip hop artist still around but basically what is known as hip hop in the commercial realm is definitely pop music with a hip hop flavor and i agree the south has a lot to do with that
Reply:no comment
Original Hip Hop Is Dead?
What happen to hip hop? True Hip Hop?
d4l, dfb, soulja boy, flo rida, huey, crank squad, three 6 mafia and many more are to blame for the death of hip hop.
The only real hip hop i hear today is 50 cent, lil wayne, snoop dogg, t.i., nelly, lupe fiasco and many more are the only artist keeping hip hop alive?
What do you think is hip hop dead or not?
Original Hip Hop Is Dead?
hip hop has eveolved each generation...it happens and will happen again. IT ISN"T DEAD
Reply:It is dying. The beats (if any!) nowadays are just painful to listen too, back in the 80's %26amp; 90's there were good songs coming every week. Plus they had some sort of meessage (good, bad, funny,etc) but there was a meessage. Nowdays the only thing we get is the suburban crap that kanye west plays, Beyonce and her 200 hundred songs that sound the same and the sold out Jay Z. even Snoop nowdays is doing techno (listen to his last song...) In my opinion too many "lil"s and"young"s.
I think the last decent songs came out around 2003 or 2004.
There were so many great groups %26amp; songs back in the day here a few great Mc's
A Tribe Called Quest
Biggie
The Roots
Wu Tang Clan
Black sheep
Public Enemy
Tupac
Dr Dre
Rakim
Grandmaster Flash %26amp; The Furious 5
Cypress Hill
Ice Cube
LL Cool J
The Pharcyde
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Old Snoop doggy dog
Slick Rick %26amp; Doug E Fresh
TLC
Naughty By Nature
KRS One
Beastie Boys
positive k
Queen Latifah
Das Efx
NWA
Salt N Peppa
So many....then so little now....
Reply:Wow, do you know how many times this has been asked?
And what are you retarded??
50 cent??
Lil' Wayne???
T.I???
These are what you call Commercial Rappers.
Stop listening to the radio.
Look up better artists than that, Jeez.
here im nice ill give you a many good artists:
Atmosphere
Immortal Technique
Living Legends
Dilated Peoples
Hieroglyphics
Jedi Mind Tricks
Masta Ace
MF Doom
Murs
De La Soul
The Pharcyde
Rakim
Big L
Andre 3000
Scarface
A Tribe Called Quest
Visionaries
Wu-tang clan
Gangstarr
Edit: How could you put Three 6 Mafia in the "Blame" list???
and you put Lil Wayne in the "Save" list???
Reply:50 cent, lil wayne, snoop dogg, t.i., nelly, ?!??!?!
wow this is the most hypocritical question ive ever seen in my life...
YOU my friend are very confused and you need to pick up a common or talib kweli record to hear real hip hop...
i can tell by your question you ONLY listen to the radio...
explain to me how the helll 50 cent, lil wayne and snoop are real hip hop?
go listen to tribe called quest or de la soul and then base your question on that
Reply:Hip Hop is NOT dead but it is dying. 50 Cent is not a good example to use. He is a street hustle who found out what sells and exploits it to the fullest. 2Pac is NOT a fraud. He tried to make people aware of problems black people face and was did admit he himself was no angel.
Reply:Its not dead, many people say that because Nas said it throught his song "Hip-Hop is dead". Hip-Hop is asleep, people like soulja boy try to gather children attention because of his dance. Back then, Hip-hop was mostly attracted to adults due to Gangster rap have foul langauge and reference to drugs. Hip is not dead why? Because people like AZ, Styles P, Lupe Fiasco, Nas, Any of alternative rappers are trying to keep Hip-hop the way people loved it, Old Skool.
Reply:thanks bammccaw I never know their are still great artists out there
Reply:Over time music gains and loses popularity, evolves and changes, but it never dies. And you have to keep in mind that there's many artists that do try to keep the original sound of hip-hop alive, it's just that they are overshadowed by the people like Soulja Boy.
Reply:authentic hip hop ended in the late 80s. the fat boys and kid n play making movies marked the end of real new york hip hop. after that every one including tupac, lil wayne and 50 are all frauds. they're making pop music and not authentic hip hop.
Reply:It's definitely dyin, sad to say.
Even some great artists from back in the day are startin to sell out. I hope we can get hip hop back someday soon.
Reply:how the hell are 50 cent and lil wayne keeping hiphop alive?
Reply:I didn't think hip hop was dead until you credited Nelly, 50, and TI with keeping it alive.
Reply:yeah the original hip hop is defintely dead but its not all bcoz of these new guys.. the old skool hip hop that we all love is dead and its bcoz them artists arent makin anymore hits.. we cant just live on the old good stuff coz new artists are makin ther way up.. theyre gettin their fame coz thers no real competition like there was back in the 80s and 90s.. a new style has come out %26amp; i think we needa let go of the past %26amp; try stop criticizing the new dudes. dont get me wrong i love old skool more than this new shiit but theres no NEW old skool
Reply:tupac was not a fraud at all. a lot of his stuff was about things that matter. there was a lot of real hip hop still in the 90's and even today. its just not as publicized because people like the beats more than lyrics now. and the newer artist have trememndous beats w/lyrics that have no substance. but there are people like immortal technique and common who are very true to real hip hop. so no its not dead
Reply:It's not dead, its on life support and those garbage-a** rappers (along with Nelly and T.I.) are trying to pull the plug!
d4l, dfb, soulja boy, flo rida, huey, crank squad, three 6 mafia and many more are to blame for the death of hip hop.
The only real hip hop i hear today is 50 cent, lil wayne, snoop dogg, t.i., nelly, lupe fiasco and many more are the only artist keeping hip hop alive?
What do you think is hip hop dead or not?
Original Hip Hop Is Dead?
hip hop has eveolved each generation...it happens and will happen again. IT ISN"T DEAD
Reply:It is dying. The beats (if any!) nowadays are just painful to listen too, back in the 80's %26amp; 90's there were good songs coming every week. Plus they had some sort of meessage (good, bad, funny,etc) but there was a meessage. Nowdays the only thing we get is the suburban crap that kanye west plays, Beyonce and her 200 hundred songs that sound the same and the sold out Jay Z. even Snoop nowdays is doing techno (listen to his last song...) In my opinion too many "lil"s and"young"s.
I think the last decent songs came out around 2003 or 2004.
There were so many great groups %26amp; songs back in the day here a few great Mc's
A Tribe Called Quest
Biggie
The Roots
Wu Tang Clan
Black sheep
Public Enemy
Tupac
Dr Dre
Rakim
Grandmaster Flash %26amp; The Furious 5
Cypress Hill
Ice Cube
LL Cool J
The Pharcyde
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Old Snoop doggy dog
Slick Rick %26amp; Doug E Fresh
TLC
Naughty By Nature
KRS One
Beastie Boys
positive k
Queen Latifah
Das Efx
NWA
Salt N Peppa
So many....then so little now....
Reply:Wow, do you know how many times this has been asked?
And what are you retarded??
50 cent??
Lil' Wayne???
T.I???
These are what you call Commercial Rappers.
Stop listening to the radio.
Look up better artists than that, Jeez.
here im nice ill give you a many good artists:
Atmosphere
Immortal Technique
Living Legends
Dilated Peoples
Hieroglyphics
Jedi Mind Tricks
Masta Ace
MF Doom
Murs
De La Soul
The Pharcyde
Rakim
Big L
Andre 3000
Scarface
A Tribe Called Quest
Visionaries
Wu-tang clan
Gangstarr
Edit: How could you put Three 6 Mafia in the "Blame" list???
and you put Lil Wayne in the "Save" list???
Reply:50 cent, lil wayne, snoop dogg, t.i., nelly, ?!??!?!
wow this is the most hypocritical question ive ever seen in my life...
YOU my friend are very confused and you need to pick up a common or talib kweli record to hear real hip hop...
i can tell by your question you ONLY listen to the radio...
explain to me how the helll 50 cent, lil wayne and snoop are real hip hop?
go listen to tribe called quest or de la soul and then base your question on that
Reply:Hip Hop is NOT dead but it is dying. 50 Cent is not a good example to use. He is a street hustle who found out what sells and exploits it to the fullest. 2Pac is NOT a fraud. He tried to make people aware of problems black people face and was did admit he himself was no angel.
Reply:Its not dead, many people say that because Nas said it throught his song "Hip-Hop is dead". Hip-Hop is asleep, people like soulja boy try to gather children attention because of his dance. Back then, Hip-hop was mostly attracted to adults due to Gangster rap have foul langauge and reference to drugs. Hip is not dead why? Because people like AZ, Styles P, Lupe Fiasco, Nas, Any of alternative rappers are trying to keep Hip-hop the way people loved it, Old Skool.
Reply:thanks bammccaw I never know their are still great artists out there
Reply:Over time music gains and loses popularity, evolves and changes, but it never dies. And you have to keep in mind that there's many artists that do try to keep the original sound of hip-hop alive, it's just that they are overshadowed by the people like Soulja Boy.
Reply:authentic hip hop ended in the late 80s. the fat boys and kid n play making movies marked the end of real new york hip hop. after that every one including tupac, lil wayne and 50 are all frauds. they're making pop music and not authentic hip hop.
Reply:It's definitely dyin, sad to say.
Even some great artists from back in the day are startin to sell out. I hope we can get hip hop back someday soon.
Reply:how the hell are 50 cent and lil wayne keeping hiphop alive?
Reply:I didn't think hip hop was dead until you credited Nelly, 50, and TI with keeping it alive.
Reply:yeah the original hip hop is defintely dead but its not all bcoz of these new guys.. the old skool hip hop that we all love is dead and its bcoz them artists arent makin anymore hits.. we cant just live on the old good stuff coz new artists are makin ther way up.. theyre gettin their fame coz thers no real competition like there was back in the 80s and 90s.. a new style has come out %26amp; i think we needa let go of the past %26amp; try stop criticizing the new dudes. dont get me wrong i love old skool more than this new shiit but theres no NEW old skool
Reply:tupac was not a fraud at all. a lot of his stuff was about things that matter. there was a lot of real hip hop still in the 90's and even today. its just not as publicized because people like the beats more than lyrics now. and the newer artist have trememndous beats w/lyrics that have no substance. but there are people like immortal technique and common who are very true to real hip hop. so no its not dead
Reply:It's not dead, its on life support and those garbage-a** rappers (along with Nelly and T.I.) are trying to pull the plug!
Is hip hop dead? Is New York hip hop dead? Who can bring hip hop back?
Ok so everyone is saying that hip hop is dead in general and others saying that new york hip hop is dead and me being a new yorker i gotta ask something: Why are all of you southerners saying that new york hip hop is dead when in reality you guys aren't helping at all with your unintelligent, mindless music??? EXAMPLES: Soulja Boy "let me supersoak that hooooooooo*" Come on now!! I like a few southern rappers but tell us who is gonna really bring back hip hop and don't say soulja boy lol..
Is hip hop dead? Is New York hip hop dead? Who can bring hip hop back?
I NEVER get sick of hearing these questions..haha
Hip-hop is not dead, the people who say hip-hop is dead are the people who complain about the mainstream but never try to find good music like Kweli and Common
Reply:No, Hip-Hop Is NOT Dead Yet, But There Are A Lot Of Young, Misguided Souls Who Are Slowly But Surely Killing It For The Love Of Money :(
I Asked This Question Before, But Since I've Been Listening To People Like...
KRS-One
Talib Kwali
Rakim
Common
%26amp; Others
... I've Learnt It's Not Dead Yet :)
Much Love xxx
Reply:http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...
Reply:This is a tough question real Hip Hop is alive but not on your local radio station ...Highly Marketed Commercial Hip Hop is alive. Hip Hop thats played on radio stations "Clear Channel" ( they own 96% percent of all radio stations) control the radio air waves. Also a main factor is the content in the flows FCC doesnt want raps about anti politic, anit religion, or anti goverment on the stations. So if you want that real hip hop
here are some strong Underground MC right now
1.Finale
2.One Be Lo
3. Brother Ali
4. Anything scratch by dj premier
5. Anything made by Pete Rock
6.blackalicious
Reply:Hip Hop is not dead
the fans are what keep it alive
Reply:Who has the longest criminal record ? I'm not laughing! Unintelligent , Mindless ? No, we are ACTUALITY, Not "reality TV?".
Reply:in the future of hip hop the lines will be clearly drawn between commercialised and underground. Each side will be divided again in to various sub genres and styles. Leaders of the commercialised side will continue to get dirtier, lazier and utimately stupider (ex. any southern rapper in the charts now, and kanye west) While the underground side will continue getting angrier with the actions of the above ground rappers, thus creating more hardcore battle raps, commercial disses and with a general more pissed off vibe. As for the big apple, you be the judge. if Mobb Deep represents the NY than the future for y'all looks bleak. But if perhaps immortal technique, Masta Ace carry the torch then hip hop is far from over...
Reply:hiphop is not dead..... new york hip hop is definitely not dead.
you can still find what you want.. you just have to look harder..
its up to YOU as an individual to "bring hip hop back"... no ONE single person is "hip hops savior" .. it will take the masses to make a change in an industry that is now driven by money..
check my questions too..
HIP HOP STAND UP
...blessings...
Reply:hopefully papoose will bring it back, but from hearing his latest songs i doubt it. lately, the rappers keepin new york alive is jay-z and nas mostly. i don't even consider 50 cent a new york rapper
Reply:Well i dont think hip hop is dead..... yet but trust me.... once AZ comes back with his album, hip hops back baby!
Reply:I wouldn't go as far as to say its dead, but I would say its in a deep coma. I am a southerner and a vast majority of the hip hop that is generated from my side is dumb 'rump shakin' music... The thing really about hip hop music, is no one listens to the good hip hop music, the one with a message, the one that has something to say, something to deliver... Because no one wants to hear about a chaotic world, everyone wants to hear about the 'good things' in life, ballin n flossin. I am guilty of this, but until someone can come out with some real music, and capture the hip hop audience with it and hold them tightly, hip hops gonna stay in her coma, and only utter fantasies about what she once was...
Reply:LMFAO AS A HIPHOP ARTIST "1DER" WWW.MYSPACE.COM/1DER74TIMETOWAKETHEHUMBL...
I FEEL IS SO DEAD THANX TO RAPPERS FROM THE SOUTH WAYNE AINT HIP HOP WANNA KNOW SOMETHING IF WAYNE SO HIP HOP HOW COME KNOW ONE CAN GIVE ME A CLASSIK ALBUM OR EVEN A STITCH OF WHAT HE SED IN A SONG THAT WAS MORE MIND BLOWING THEN A PERSON LIKE NAS OR JAY SED OR EVEN BIG OR PAC IF THEY WERE ALIVE WAYNE WOULDVE BEEN FILLING MOLESTATION ON BABY DIG.2ND IM FROM NEW YORK THE BIRTHPLACE BXXXXXXXXXXXX STAND UP 174 ALL DAY DIG AND MY FEELINGS IS NEW YORK RAPPERS IS CLOWNS ALWAYS BEEFING WITH EACHOTHER ALWAYS CLAIMING DUM **** I PERSONALLY FEEL NY HAS LOST ITS NICHE BECAUSE 50 SOUNDED LIKE HE FROM THE SOUTH ANOTHER THING IS 50 MESSED THE GAME UP FOR NY SOOOOOOOOOOO BAD IS EMBARASSING FOR NY RAPPERS TO TRY TO SELL THEY SOUL FOR A LIL CASH LIKE FUCKIT NOW WHEN U SELL YA SOUL IT GOT TO COME WITH A DANCE.UNCLE MURDA SUXXXXXXX AND A BUNCH OF OTHER RAPPERS CANT **** WITH THE OLD NY RAPPERS NAS BIG JAY (PAC HE IS FROM HERE DID U KNOW THAT)IS SAD
NY HIP HOP IS DEAD/ SOULJAH BOY IS SOMETHING 4 MY BABY N MY NIECE TO VIBE TO DIG SO ITS LIKE BARNEY MUSIC TO ME IM READY TO GET BACK TO HIPHOP THAT READY TO DIE, STRICTLY 4 MY NEGGAZ ,THAT ILLMATIC REASONABLE DOUBT MUSIK , FOOD AND LIQUOR, LATE REGISTRATION ,CAN I BORROW A DOLLA,MOOD MUSIK 2,EPMD,KRS ,BOOT CAMP CLIK, N.W.A ,OLD CAM,OLD EVERYONE MUSIK IF IT CANT GO BACK TO THAT R...........IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII......... HIP HOP GAME OVER
O YEA R.I.P PIMP C AND STACK B. ,NOTORIOUS B ,L BIG,AND PAC
1
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Reply:Popular music is generally a reflection of society, that being said, hip-hop isn't dead, it's morphing with other sounds and rhythms from different influences and cultures. Though for hip-hop to be back it has to offer something innovative and ground-breaking, the same old stuff won't cut it anymore at the grand scale market that it used to; I think that hip-hop has lost popularity because it ceased to be interesting, it's just repetitive now: same themes, same beats *yawn.
For my money, the next big thing is "reggaeton" (or heavily reggaeton infused hip-hop), maybe -as a New Yorker (I assumed you where from your post)- you've already heard of it...
Anyway it's been all the rage for a couple of years in Latin-America and it's just starting to penetrate the U.S. market (e.g. Snoop is featuring some reggaeton artists in his latest tracks). I recommend you download some tracks by Daddy Yankee and Don Omar.
Sure, unless you're fluent in Spanish, you won't get a kick of much of the lyrics, but you can't beat the rhythms, they're blow-your-mind explosive, much much more than hip-hop.
Reggaeton is a micture of latin beats, african beats, native rhythms, reggae and hip-hop. It started in Panama but now Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic are the main sources.
Try it! If you hate it, simply delete it and that's that!
Reply:hip hop is not dead and it never will be
Reply:yo stop hating on the south
the south is not saying that new york hihop is dead
dont overgeneralize
and not all southern music is soulja boy
your first statement is wrong right away
everyone is saying hiphop is dead IN GENERAL? if that was true, its only because the "general" majority are stupid and/or uneducated on the truth and plain ignorant
Reply:Nah it's far from dead. Maybe just the wrong people are getting spot light. You can blame myspace for that, with all of these different codes to generate fraudulent numbers. Look out for the person who's highly underrated. Don't look for the songs with "instructions". I'm also mad at that new song...batman something...it's on youtube. The worst music I've herd in my life.
Reply:"Lawbrakaz" can bring it back. Check it out... www.myspace.com/eddiegps for tight beats and featuring Lawbrakaz produced by Eddie G. Also, go to www.myspace.com/wunpro and see what you think. Please spread the word much love thanks!
Reply:How can hip hop be dead if Wu Tang is forever?
Lol I just always wanted to say that.
But I'd say REAL hip hop is dead, all these wankstas bringing out there candy coated wannabe gangsta bullshit, give me a break.
I can't name ONE commercial hip hop song in the last 4 years that hasn't had a club beat to it, bar maybe "one blood" by The game.
Reply:it aint dead, listen to good rappers like the game or eminem.
dont bother with them newcomeres like souljah boy lol
Reply:dude [couple above me] said dont overgeneralize the south music..lol how could we not? when the only reason the south is on the map right now is for that snap crackle bop ish. anyways nobody is going to save hip hop, unless WE as people start to want better music. people are stuck on the HYPE and what the south is puttin out right now is POP music, not hip hop.
listen to some ; NAS, TALIB, COMMON, LUPE, OLD SKOO REASONABLE DOUBT JAY-Z, RAKIM, KRS, BIG PUN.....just to name a few.
Reply:As a southerner, let me correct you, all the rumbles that hip hop is dead are coming from the north. For some reason, northerners think that since they started hip hop that everyone that does hip hop should follow their lead, and they hate artist that don't. (ex. the east vs. west of the 90's and outkast getting booed for taking best new artist) Most northerners also have this problem with mistaking simple for mindless. Where we from, we say thing straight up, and don't feel the need to use complex metaphor in every single line, that being said, some southerners can use complex metaphors just as easily as anyone in the north. (ex. Lil Wayne, Ludacris, and Chamillionare just to name a few) Truth is hip hop ain't dead, it just moved to the south for a while, and to quote Pimp C, Lil' Wyte, and the southern states of america, "Quit hating the south". Its our turn to shine now, so take your back seat and wait til your turn come around again.
Note: The next city ya'll northerners will probably be hatin is Chi-city, they got a healthy underground seen with Bump J and the Goon Squad and Twista and Kanye are reppin' hard, won't be long before Chicago comes to the forefront.
Is hip hop dead? Is New York hip hop dead? Who can bring hip hop back?
I NEVER get sick of hearing these questions..haha
Hip-hop is not dead, the people who say hip-hop is dead are the people who complain about the mainstream but never try to find good music like Kweli and Common
Reply:No, Hip-Hop Is NOT Dead Yet, But There Are A Lot Of Young, Misguided Souls Who Are Slowly But Surely Killing It For The Love Of Money :(
I Asked This Question Before, But Since I've Been Listening To People Like...
KRS-One
Talib Kwali
Rakim
Common
%26amp; Others
... I've Learnt It's Not Dead Yet :)
Much Love xxx
Reply:http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...
Reply:This is a tough question real Hip Hop is alive but not on your local radio station ...Highly Marketed Commercial Hip Hop is alive. Hip Hop thats played on radio stations "Clear Channel" ( they own 96% percent of all radio stations) control the radio air waves. Also a main factor is the content in the flows FCC doesnt want raps about anti politic, anit religion, or anti goverment on the stations. So if you want that real hip hop
here are some strong Underground MC right now
1.Finale
2.One Be Lo
3. Brother Ali
4. Anything scratch by dj premier
5. Anything made by Pete Rock
6.blackalicious
Reply:Hip Hop is not dead
the fans are what keep it alive
Reply:Who has the longest criminal record ? I'm not laughing! Unintelligent , Mindless ? No, we are ACTUALITY, Not "reality TV?".
Reply:in the future of hip hop the lines will be clearly drawn between commercialised and underground. Each side will be divided again in to various sub genres and styles. Leaders of the commercialised side will continue to get dirtier, lazier and utimately stupider (ex. any southern rapper in the charts now, and kanye west) While the underground side will continue getting angrier with the actions of the above ground rappers, thus creating more hardcore battle raps, commercial disses and with a general more pissed off vibe. As for the big apple, you be the judge. if Mobb Deep represents the NY than the future for y'all looks bleak. But if perhaps immortal technique, Masta Ace carry the torch then hip hop is far from over...
Reply:hiphop is not dead..... new york hip hop is definitely not dead.
you can still find what you want.. you just have to look harder..
its up to YOU as an individual to "bring hip hop back"... no ONE single person is "hip hops savior" .. it will take the masses to make a change in an industry that is now driven by money..
check my questions too..
HIP HOP STAND UP
...blessings...
Reply:hopefully papoose will bring it back, but from hearing his latest songs i doubt it. lately, the rappers keepin new york alive is jay-z and nas mostly. i don't even consider 50 cent a new york rapper
Reply:Well i dont think hip hop is dead..... yet but trust me.... once AZ comes back with his album, hip hops back baby!
Reply:I wouldn't go as far as to say its dead, but I would say its in a deep coma. I am a southerner and a vast majority of the hip hop that is generated from my side is dumb 'rump shakin' music... The thing really about hip hop music, is no one listens to the good hip hop music, the one with a message, the one that has something to say, something to deliver... Because no one wants to hear about a chaotic world, everyone wants to hear about the 'good things' in life, ballin n flossin. I am guilty of this, but until someone can come out with some real music, and capture the hip hop audience with it and hold them tightly, hip hops gonna stay in her coma, and only utter fantasies about what she once was...
Reply:LMFAO AS A HIPHOP ARTIST "1DER" WWW.MYSPACE.COM/1DER74TIMETOWAKETHEHUMBL...
I FEEL IS SO DEAD THANX TO RAPPERS FROM THE SOUTH WAYNE AINT HIP HOP WANNA KNOW SOMETHING IF WAYNE SO HIP HOP HOW COME KNOW ONE CAN GIVE ME A CLASSIK ALBUM OR EVEN A STITCH OF WHAT HE SED IN A SONG THAT WAS MORE MIND BLOWING THEN A PERSON LIKE NAS OR JAY SED OR EVEN BIG OR PAC IF THEY WERE ALIVE WAYNE WOULDVE BEEN FILLING MOLESTATION ON BABY DIG.2ND IM FROM NEW YORK THE BIRTHPLACE BXXXXXXXXXXXX STAND UP 174 ALL DAY DIG AND MY FEELINGS IS NEW YORK RAPPERS IS CLOWNS ALWAYS BEEFING WITH EACHOTHER ALWAYS CLAIMING DUM **** I PERSONALLY FEEL NY HAS LOST ITS NICHE BECAUSE 50 SOUNDED LIKE HE FROM THE SOUTH ANOTHER THING IS 50 MESSED THE GAME UP FOR NY SOOOOOOOOOOO BAD IS EMBARASSING FOR NY RAPPERS TO TRY TO SELL THEY SOUL FOR A LIL CASH LIKE FUCKIT NOW WHEN U SELL YA SOUL IT GOT TO COME WITH A DANCE.UNCLE MURDA SUXXXXXXX AND A BUNCH OF OTHER RAPPERS CANT **** WITH THE OLD NY RAPPERS NAS BIG JAY (PAC HE IS FROM HERE DID U KNOW THAT)IS SAD
NY HIP HOP IS DEAD/ SOULJAH BOY IS SOMETHING 4 MY BABY N MY NIECE TO VIBE TO DIG SO ITS LIKE BARNEY MUSIC TO ME IM READY TO GET BACK TO HIPHOP THAT READY TO DIE, STRICTLY 4 MY NEGGAZ ,THAT ILLMATIC REASONABLE DOUBT MUSIK , FOOD AND LIQUOR, LATE REGISTRATION ,CAN I BORROW A DOLLA,MOOD MUSIK 2,EPMD,KRS ,BOOT CAMP CLIK, N.W.A ,OLD CAM,OLD EVERYONE MUSIK IF IT CANT GO BACK TO THAT R...........IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII......... HIP HOP GAME OVER
O YEA R.I.P PIMP C AND STACK B. ,NOTORIOUS B ,L BIG,AND PAC
1
CHECK ME OUT AT WWW.MYSPACE.COM/1DER74TIMETOWAKETHEHUMBL... 1
Reply:Popular music is generally a reflection of society, that being said, hip-hop isn't dead, it's morphing with other sounds and rhythms from different influences and cultures. Though for hip-hop to be back it has to offer something innovative and ground-breaking, the same old stuff won't cut it anymore at the grand scale market that it used to; I think that hip-hop has lost popularity because it ceased to be interesting, it's just repetitive now: same themes, same beats *yawn.
For my money, the next big thing is "reggaeton" (or heavily reggaeton infused hip-hop), maybe -as a New Yorker (I assumed you where from your post)- you've already heard of it...
Anyway it's been all the rage for a couple of years in Latin-America and it's just starting to penetrate the U.S. market (e.g. Snoop is featuring some reggaeton artists in his latest tracks). I recommend you download some tracks by Daddy Yankee and Don Omar.
Sure, unless you're fluent in Spanish, you won't get a kick of much of the lyrics, but you can't beat the rhythms, they're blow-your-mind explosive, much much more than hip-hop.
Reggaeton is a micture of latin beats, african beats, native rhythms, reggae and hip-hop. It started in Panama but now Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic are the main sources.
Try it! If you hate it, simply delete it and that's that!
Reply:hip hop is not dead and it never will be
Reply:yo stop hating on the south
the south is not saying that new york hihop is dead
dont overgeneralize
and not all southern music is soulja boy
your first statement is wrong right away
everyone is saying hiphop is dead IN GENERAL? if that was true, its only because the "general" majority are stupid and/or uneducated on the truth and plain ignorant
Reply:Nah it's far from dead. Maybe just the wrong people are getting spot light. You can blame myspace for that, with all of these different codes to generate fraudulent numbers. Look out for the person who's highly underrated. Don't look for the songs with "instructions". I'm also mad at that new song...batman something...it's on youtube. The worst music I've herd in my life.
Reply:"Lawbrakaz" can bring it back. Check it out... www.myspace.com/eddiegps for tight beats and featuring Lawbrakaz produced by Eddie G. Also, go to www.myspace.com/wunpro and see what you think. Please spread the word much love thanks!
Reply:How can hip hop be dead if Wu Tang is forever?
Lol I just always wanted to say that.
But I'd say REAL hip hop is dead, all these wankstas bringing out there candy coated wannabe gangsta bullshit, give me a break.
I can't name ONE commercial hip hop song in the last 4 years that hasn't had a club beat to it, bar maybe "one blood" by The game.
Reply:it aint dead, listen to good rappers like the game or eminem.
dont bother with them newcomeres like souljah boy lol
Reply:dude [couple above me] said dont overgeneralize the south music..lol how could we not? when the only reason the south is on the map right now is for that snap crackle bop ish. anyways nobody is going to save hip hop, unless WE as people start to want better music. people are stuck on the HYPE and what the south is puttin out right now is POP music, not hip hop.
listen to some ; NAS, TALIB, COMMON, LUPE, OLD SKOO REASONABLE DOUBT JAY-Z, RAKIM, KRS, BIG PUN.....just to name a few.
Reply:As a southerner, let me correct you, all the rumbles that hip hop is dead are coming from the north. For some reason, northerners think that since they started hip hop that everyone that does hip hop should follow their lead, and they hate artist that don't. (ex. the east vs. west of the 90's and outkast getting booed for taking best new artist) Most northerners also have this problem with mistaking simple for mindless. Where we from, we say thing straight up, and don't feel the need to use complex metaphor in every single line, that being said, some southerners can use complex metaphors just as easily as anyone in the north. (ex. Lil Wayne, Ludacris, and Chamillionare just to name a few) Truth is hip hop ain't dead, it just moved to the south for a while, and to quote Pimp C, Lil' Wyte, and the southern states of america, "Quit hating the south". Its our turn to shine now, so take your back seat and wait til your turn come around again.
Note: The next city ya'll northerners will probably be hatin is Chi-city, they got a healthy underground seen with Bump J and the Goon Squad and Twista and Kanye are reppin' hard, won't be long before Chicago comes to the forefront.
Hip Hop aint dead, its alive and well?
whether "Hip Hop is Dead" or not, seems to be the most talked about subject on here, let me start off by saying I dont think Hip Hop is Dead, i see some old heads and young heads alike sayin it is, and sometimes the reason is "age", cant relate or identify with todays music. If thats the case, i wonder why so many teens on here are more into 90's hip hop, i mean it comes from a different time that they may not necessarily be able to identify with but still like it. All Hip Hop isnt just what gets played on the radio, there is underground, hip hop isnt just limited to the united states, not only that, but its a culture, how can it die? Im not sayin the quality of the music is perfect, but i think some people would rather spend time cryin about "hip hop is dead" instead of appreciating some of the truly talent artists out there. let Soulja Boy, Mims, etc. get their 15 minutes of fame and be done with...Thats just my opinion
Im not really askin a question, but askin for yall's opinon
Hip Hop aint dead, its alive and well?
You're right hip hop ain't dead. There are still plenty of artist out there who are true to themselves and the music. Hip Hop can not die as long as we have the history, and the MC's who remember and continue to remind us of that good hip hop. In every genre you will have those few who will come out with gimmicks to make a quick buck and have some short term, and in some cases a long term fame, but eventually the listeners will get tired of it. Trends do not last forever, they eventually fade ready for another. Hip Hop will always have the trends, ad this one is lasting quite long but eventually it will go. There are so many artists out there that make good hip hop, it will be kind of hard for it to just DIE.
Nas just said Hip Hop is Dead to express how he feels about the direction hip hop has gone, and to call out those studio rappers. I think it was also said to make the true MC's step up their game and show people what they got.
Reply:I've only been saying this since I've been active on here Report It
Reply:HipHop is a culture. It won't die.
Rap will die pretty soon though. lol Report It
Reply:so TRUE..can't stand people crying hiphop is dead..its a different era time period..
old people wouldn't like hiphop now..but just like young people wouldn't know hiphop back than either..
just like u said: "i mean it comes from a different time that they may not necessarily be able to identify with but still like it. "
"age", cant relate or identify with todays music
Reply:Hip-Hop isnt dead. You jus have to look aroud for it. Either on the underground scene or artists pages that you know. The problem is mainstream america gets it twisted between hip-hop and rap. Rap is whats falling off. Not hip-hop. Nas jus used that title to sell some albums like how he sold out but w/e u gotta make a dollar right. Look at real hip-hop artists consistently putting out quality. Talib Kweli, Common, Mos Def, Dialated Peoples, amongst others. And im sorry but Kanye n 50 arent hip-hop at all my friends. They are definately POP
Reply:Hip Hop is not dead it's just changed. Just like everything else in life. I agree with you, people listen to the radio and say hip hop is dead. Most rap on the radio is garbage nowadays. But that's just the radio. Check some mix tapes and underground $#!T. Hip Hop is alive and well!
Reply:Mainstream Hip-Hop is more like Pop nowadays, and I would consider it dead, but you still have your underground Hip-Hop.
I'd say Hip-Hop is slowing dying, and now it's just retarded.
Reply:i agree wit ya. hip hop is not dead. its like a different aspect of it from ppll. i dunno. but now in our time now the hip hop coming out is stupid and changes everything. look at ****** lipgloss etc. anyways the real hip hop is old skool%26amp;underground(90s was cool look back at de la soul and a tribe called quest). they dont make em like dey used to. cept 4 my mennn kanye, common, talib, etccccccccccc. ya digg
Reply:too long to read
Reply:The Death of 2 pac and Biggie was the Turning point for hip hop. It has never been the same yet.......No Thanks to the help of suge knight...and southern rap......
Those 2 deaths opened the door for the southern rappers who were not big at the time and their influence helped change the direction of hip/rap
Reply:My opinion is that it is dead, except for Kanye. He's coo =D
Reply:Hip Hop is still alive and well.
There are just too much going on in the music industry that many people don't really pay attention to hip hop.
Reply:I think alot of the pioneers think it is dead. The biting was never used back in the day. EVERYTHING had to be original! I personally listen to more rock and country then anything, but I love todays hip hop. No matter what ppl say I need something to rock my hips too!!!
Reply:that's right, hip hop is more than music, it's a culture...Iv'e decided, that no matter how bad the stuff on the radio gets, even if the creation of hip hop music totally stops, We've still got our hip hop albums, and every time we spin one of those, we keep hip hop alive...
Reply:UK HIP-HOP= Klashnekoff, Skinnyman,Poisonous Poets
US Hip-Hop=Immortal Technique, Papoose, Kanye West
www.kickyourheadoff.info
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Reply:the trick is to let ppl think its dead to get rid of all the ppl who didnt care about it in the first place.
Reply:Uh yeah....Nas cares about album sales........he is the only highly respected lyracist of his era who isnt a boss.....
Jay is a boss
Dre is a boss
Snoop is a boss
Big was a boss
Pac was a boss
Nas still is ill but he sorta felt left out and made the statement to get controversy surrounding his album. Period.
Hip-hop can never die though because we can always do in vitro fertilization...and make like8 hip-hop babies.....oh we already have that.....so what are we trippin about with all these bastard kids running around.........Hip-hop can never die as long as they running free.......A Bay Bay....so dont hate it...just educate it.....
Reply:phukkin dead
Reply:Well, if it isn't dead then it should be...hopefully very soon
Reply:**** hip hop. LONG LIVE ROCK 'N' ROLL
Reply:well no - one is purely a hip hop guy noawadays - look at me am white, most people like other music aswell so its not so pure but the tunes r mint
Reply:No, its time for Rockn' Roll~!!!!!!!!!!! Go Led Zeppelin~!!!
skin care
Im not really askin a question, but askin for yall's opinon
Hip Hop aint dead, its alive and well?
You're right hip hop ain't dead. There are still plenty of artist out there who are true to themselves and the music. Hip Hop can not die as long as we have the history, and the MC's who remember and continue to remind us of that good hip hop. In every genre you will have those few who will come out with gimmicks to make a quick buck and have some short term, and in some cases a long term fame, but eventually the listeners will get tired of it. Trends do not last forever, they eventually fade ready for another. Hip Hop will always have the trends, ad this one is lasting quite long but eventually it will go. There are so many artists out there that make good hip hop, it will be kind of hard for it to just DIE.
Nas just said Hip Hop is Dead to express how he feels about the direction hip hop has gone, and to call out those studio rappers. I think it was also said to make the true MC's step up their game and show people what they got.
Reply:I've only been saying this since I've been active on here Report It
Reply:HipHop is a culture. It won't die.
Rap will die pretty soon though. lol Report It
Reply:so TRUE..can't stand people crying hiphop is dead..its a different era time period..
old people wouldn't like hiphop now..but just like young people wouldn't know hiphop back than either..
just like u said: "i mean it comes from a different time that they may not necessarily be able to identify with but still like it. "
"age", cant relate or identify with todays music
Reply:Hip-Hop isnt dead. You jus have to look aroud for it. Either on the underground scene or artists pages that you know. The problem is mainstream america gets it twisted between hip-hop and rap. Rap is whats falling off. Not hip-hop. Nas jus used that title to sell some albums like how he sold out but w/e u gotta make a dollar right. Look at real hip-hop artists consistently putting out quality. Talib Kweli, Common, Mos Def, Dialated Peoples, amongst others. And im sorry but Kanye n 50 arent hip-hop at all my friends. They are definately POP
Reply:Hip Hop is not dead it's just changed. Just like everything else in life. I agree with you, people listen to the radio and say hip hop is dead. Most rap on the radio is garbage nowadays. But that's just the radio. Check some mix tapes and underground $#!T. Hip Hop is alive and well!
Reply:Mainstream Hip-Hop is more like Pop nowadays, and I would consider it dead, but you still have your underground Hip-Hop.
I'd say Hip-Hop is slowing dying, and now it's just retarded.
Reply:i agree wit ya. hip hop is not dead. its like a different aspect of it from ppll. i dunno. but now in our time now the hip hop coming out is stupid and changes everything. look at ****** lipgloss etc. anyways the real hip hop is old skool%26amp;underground(90s was cool look back at de la soul and a tribe called quest). they dont make em like dey used to. cept 4 my mennn kanye, common, talib, etccccccccccc. ya digg
Reply:too long to read
Reply:The Death of 2 pac and Biggie was the Turning point for hip hop. It has never been the same yet.......No Thanks to the help of suge knight...and southern rap......
Those 2 deaths opened the door for the southern rappers who were not big at the time and their influence helped change the direction of hip/rap
Reply:My opinion is that it is dead, except for Kanye. He's coo =D
Reply:Hip Hop is still alive and well.
There are just too much going on in the music industry that many people don't really pay attention to hip hop.
Reply:I think alot of the pioneers think it is dead. The biting was never used back in the day. EVERYTHING had to be original! I personally listen to more rock and country then anything, but I love todays hip hop. No matter what ppl say I need something to rock my hips too!!!
Reply:that's right, hip hop is more than music, it's a culture...Iv'e decided, that no matter how bad the stuff on the radio gets, even if the creation of hip hop music totally stops, We've still got our hip hop albums, and every time we spin one of those, we keep hip hop alive...
Reply:UK HIP-HOP= Klashnekoff, Skinnyman,Poisonous Poets
US Hip-Hop=Immortal Technique, Papoose, Kanye West
www.kickyourheadoff.info
.
Reply:the trick is to let ppl think its dead to get rid of all the ppl who didnt care about it in the first place.
Reply:Uh yeah....Nas cares about album sales........he is the only highly respected lyracist of his era who isnt a boss.....
Jay is a boss
Dre is a boss
Snoop is a boss
Big was a boss
Pac was a boss
Nas still is ill but he sorta felt left out and made the statement to get controversy surrounding his album. Period.
Hip-hop can never die though because we can always do in vitro fertilization...and make like8 hip-hop babies.....oh we already have that.....so what are we trippin about with all these bastard kids running around.........Hip-hop can never die as long as they running free.......A Bay Bay....so dont hate it...just educate it.....
Reply:phukkin dead
Reply:Well, if it isn't dead then it should be...hopefully very soon
Reply:**** hip hop. LONG LIVE ROCK 'N' ROLL
Reply:well no - one is purely a hip hop guy noawadays - look at me am white, most people like other music aswell so its not so pure but the tunes r mint
Reply:No, its time for Rockn' Roll~!!!!!!!!!!! Go Led Zeppelin~!!!
skin care
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