49 replies to this topic

[Icker]

i the songs from hip hops hottest artist SUCK

[ファイナルファンタジ]

Nah, there are tons of good songs still out there. You just got to find them. However the mainstream music is alright but I can see where some people might think it's dead.

[funkychunky]

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Yup there's so many great, undiscovered artists that prefer to stay away from mainstream.

[Nirvana]

Nah, there are tons of good songs still out there. You just got to find them. However the mainstream music is alright but I can see where some people might think it's dead.

Exactly.

Search hard enough and you will find it. With Mos Def and Talib Kweli back together and working on a new Blackstar album, Hip-Hop is far from dead. There are also a bunch of very good underground rappers who will not get as much recognition as the main stream guys. I admit most of the Hip Hop I listen to isn't from this decade but more from the 90's. It is very hard to find mainstream rap with meaning though.

[Icker]

oops, didnt clarify it right, i'm saying that all the major record labels are killing hip hop, llil wayne, didnt even write one song in his entire album, like seriously if wayne wrote lollipop would i even be [expletive]ing bout this, its the big labels that are killing hip hops

[Nirvana]

oops, didnt clarify it right, i'm saying that all the major record labels are killing hip hop, llil wayne, didnt even write one song in his entire album, like seriously if wayne wrote lollipop would i even be [expletive]ing bout this, its the big labels that are killing hip hops

Yep. Most mainstream rappers were once good, however, they get their big pay check, the record dictates them and they become a sell out.

[Icker]

to be all honest, i thnk there trying to attract caucasions, cause you gotta listen to his songs, and look at all those pplz who bought his album, all my white friends bought his album

[Icker]

that is true like souljaboy i can blame him cause its all him with the songs, but i cant blame li wayne for his music, cause i hope you all herd the his old songs, and his music now doesnt go with his style

[popo]

Mainstream lyrics are awful these days, atleast back in 97-98' they had dope rhymes.

Edited by popo, August 05, 2008 - 02:51 PM.

[Sako32]

Oh yeah, it's dead. When the "best" rapper makes no sense and half his words are gibberish and the hottest new rapper is some crippled clown than you now it's dead.

[nameant]

It's not dead, the majority of it just sucks.

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[pkflyers]

Hip Hop as a whole is not dead. Radio rap is though

The underground is where you will find music with substance, the radio is where you will find mindless party songs

Edited by pkflyers, August 05, 2008 - 08:28 PM.

[Beef]

"How can hip hop be dead,when Wu Tang is forever"-RZA

[Zen]

Its not dead its just harder to find.

[Zen]

You just can't blame the major labels... blame the rappers, fans, BET/MTV, producers, radio DJ's, magazines, ect...

Exactly. The major labels just follow the money. They could care less whether or not what they are pushing is considered "real hip hop" or not as long as it makes them a profit. The artists, fans, and media are what dictate the quality of music. If the fans actually demanded quality from the artists that's what we would see. Unfortunately that's not the case though.