[waytooshy23]

IS TERRIBLE, lets get this genre of music back to something we don't have to be ashamed of.
COPY MY SIGNATURE IF YOU FEEL THE SAME WAY!

 

[Oppilolik]

I don't like any of those names in your signature, you should be ashamed. Rap, from the very start, has always been poor. :sus

 

[BrainError]

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[nothing to fear]

a lot of mainstream rap/hip-hop, and any genres, have always been bad. we just don't remember some of the crap from any previous decades because, well, it's crap.

there is still some good hip-hop/rap around these days. you just haven't found it yet or you are looking in the wrong places. relying on the most popular music as being a representation of any genre is very inaccurate anyway

 

[SOME]

rap today is horrible i cant stand soulja, i like the old school G-funk kinda rap

 

[AliBaba]

The Beastie Boys declared recently that they're returning in September to "rescue the hip hop industry from its' current state". So, have no fear, everything will be right again soon...lol But, I agree with what was stated above. Do some more digging & you'll find plenty of quality hip hop. There's just more crap on the market than there used to be.

 

[nubly]

you have eminem on your good list. eminem. good lord

 

[zookeeper]

If what you say is true, the Shaolin and the Wu-Tang could be dangerous.

 

[redtogo72]

Maybe you're just growing up? But there's still a lot of good artists. They are just harder to find. Remember how great Black Eyed Peas first 2 cds were? (Before Fergie) They rapped about how they weren't going to sell out and how they wanted to rap about more important issues than partying and other BS. They were largely ignored but when they put out their 3rd CD suddenly people noticed them. But their music had changed and not for the good. It was mostly a party CD with little substance. Sometimes, that's what gets you noticed apparently.

I think Kanye West is very good. Even if you don't care for his rapping, he is a good producer. He helped produce Common's Be CD. He also respects and knows a lot about the history of rap. Definitely one of the today's best popular rappers.

 

[Basketball]

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[strawberryjulius]

..For some reason after reading this thread I now have It's Like That by Run DMC stuck in my head.

I'm not much of a fan of hip-hop but there is some good stuff if you take a good look.

 

[kikachuck]

I work in a music store and we always seem to sell a lot of South Park Mexican.... do people know about this guy at all before they buy his "music"?


and by music, I mean ear poison

 

[ShyFX]

Never heard of South Park Mexican..

I love rap. The commercial stuff sucks, but the underground scene is full of talent, but of course you never hear their stuff.

 

[Catching Fire]

I think underground rap is doing pretty well and has made alot of advances since the golden age of hip hop. Mainstream rap on the other hand has defiently fallen off pretty hard. I mean A Tribe Called Quest, Wu Tang, De la Soul, and other very talented groups use to be hip hops mainstream. Now all everyone talks about are terrible/mediocre artists like T.I, T Payne, and Flo Rida. Its terrible and has made hip hop a joke to most people. It's not really deifferent then most other generes though. I mean metal's mainstream is made up of mostly terrible metalcore and nu metal(not that all bands in that genre are bad). Punk in the mainstream is just poser pop punk faux emo bands too. So its like that for pretty much all music.

 

[CircularThinking]

Immortal Technique on current state of hiphop:

 

[Redefine]

Yea that autotune stuff is brutal. Most mainstream stuff now has absolutely NO meaning at all in the lyrics. Just listen to the beats, it's all club sh*t. I'm not saying the music isn't catchy, but the lyrics are dumbed down way too much. Let's face it, stuff on the radio isn't REAL hip-hop, it's stuff that teenagers like to bump to. It's what sells and the record companies know this.

It's too bad because rap gets a pretty bad rep just based on what is heard on the radio. Like Nas said Hip-Hop is dead.

 

[Catching Fire]

Yea that autotune stuff is brutal. Most mainstream stuff now has absolutely NO meaning at all in the lyrics. Just listen to the beats, it's all club sh*t. I'm not saying the music isn't catchy, but the lyrics are dumbed down way too much. Let's face it, stuff on the radio isn't REAL hip-hop, it's stuff that teenagers like to bump to. It's what sells and the record companies know this.

It's too bad because rap gets a pretty bad rep just based on what is heard on the radio. Like Nas said Hip-Hop is dead.

I completely agree. I don't even really care about lyrics but I can only take so many lyrics about drinking and partying. The production in alot of mainstream hip hop is just aweful and uncreative. And the autotune is probably one of the worst offenders too.

 

[MobiusX]

This is real hip hop, check it out

 

[dollparts]

I used to love rap music.
Tupac I believe was a genius and an amazing poet.
I lived and breathed Tupac, Biggie, Nas during my younger teenage years.

I don't listen to rap music anymore. I can't stand it.
I gave it up 2 years ago. I don't know what happened, it is sad really.

 

[Basketball]

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