Hip-Hop Will Never Die Article by: Kevin L. Clark Personally, I am tired of the claims that Hip-Hop is dead and that the culture is a shell of its former self. True, that the lyricism is kind of on the saccharin tip with half-ass emcees getting platinum success. But the question is… why support? It is easy to buck the mainstream monotony with all the conventional means that are accessible via the internet and others. XM and Sirius satellite radio are available to the paying public who wish to not listen to the same six songs on their local stations. While they continue to play Dem Frachize Boys all over the country, I personally feel that they suck like the next Hip-Hop fan does. But, I do think that they have their place. Whether if you’re a one-hit wonder or have platinum success, an artists’ reign at the top comes from the fans (and some record labels purchasing of their shitty albums). Who has the new Raekwon mixtape? Is anyone bumping that Kidz in the Hall? While everyone is hailing Lupe Fiasco as a bastion of light that resides in the vein of real Hip-Hop, are we overseeing the other highly talented artists who can’t afford a Jay-Z or Kanyé West co-sign? While the Louis Vutton Don may not give a beat to just anybody, the creativity is flooding back into the game. It is bubbling under the surface, ready to jump into the mainstream. Lupe kicked the door open with his opus Food & Liquor, but there are a slew of albums that are ready to drop that will blow the sh!t off its hinges. New releases from Jay-Z, Nas, Kanyé West will be dropping in-or-after this fourth quarter. The public will support those individuals, surely. Although there are a slew of up-and-coming emcees that can bring us out of the “old man” rap of the early nineties and lead us into feeling like kids again while experiencing something new. Papoose, Saigon, One Be Lo, and Blitz the Ambassador are just a few who are a mixture of the past and a presence of the future that are a welcomed change from the stale state that our culture is currently in. The Hip-Hop fan of today may not know what’s stale because they’ve never had the feeling of cracking open an Onyx CD. They didn’t hear 'Daytona 500' when it first dropped. Or an 'I Used to Love H.E.R.' as it blared out car speakers across America. Hip-Hop will never die as long as the culture continues to reinvent itself and remain honest and pure. Nasir believes that “Hip-Hop is Dead”, yet his and other’s releases are keeping the game afloat. F*ck it if no one is pushing your album to the diamond mark. Hip-Hop wasn’t built on sales. This was never meant to be a corporate-ran business. Now, that it has become a multi-million dollar industry, of course the focus will be on dollars and cents. What makes sense is to realize what the Hip-Hop culture is up against… its own demise. For as many influences Hip-Hop provides, the culture we all have known and love since forever is in need of a facelift. I’m not saying that we all need to turn our braggy-rap lyrics in and stop talking about what’s going on in the hoods of America. No way am I saying that we need to be a million Public Enemy’s, but I am advocating the creative spurt that has come from the likes of Gnarls Barkley, Joe Budden, Method Man and Redman. Hip-Hop will never die, but it will never grow either if we continue to only support what corporations tell us is hot. (70) Comments | Post a comment »

A little overly optimistic, but i'll co-sign.

Posted by 38WorksGr8

Cosign!!!!!!

Posted by Q-HEKTIK

Hip-hop is dead in a sense that the listener is setling for far less than what is available. Album sales is what the younger generation of listeners consider to make a rapper the best that is why hip-hop is dead.

Posted by Ill Will

Thank god, someone is saying what i've been thinking for the longest. True hip hop will never die but it can be turned into a stale piece of revenue for the big buisnessess or it can go back to the streets and actually have meaning once again. Instead of being called hip hop we'll start hearing "hip pop" and sooner than you know it you'll have madonna trying to rap... Oh wait she already is. Protect the creativity of hip hop please!!!

Posted by Vik's Da Sh!t

Hip hop will be dead when all artists sell out !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!

Posted by buzz

When will people stop misinterpreting nas' quote. First, them country boyz started hating on new york and now, this rather nice article still uses the quote in a way that fosters misinterpretation. Dont be a f*ckin journalist as say what the man means when you write.

Posted by Blownaway

Hiphop is yet to be dead!!! not when ludacris and lupe fiasco still in the game!!! one bigg crazy lurv to shawna!

Posted by dtpz1stlady

Hip hop has already dead !

Posted by sandro

Hip-hop is just one-sided right now, everything out is from somebody from atl who is making hot music for now but not classics. Hip hop needs some more artists who make classic albums not just good singles like biggie's ready 2 die, 2pac's all eyez on me, dr. Dre's chronic, nas illmatic, all jay-z albums. The game is the realest rapper out right now, young jeezy is the runner up. I miss the days when a room full of people can sit around and all spit some lyrics that memorized because the words are hot not just the beat!

Posted by lala

I feel that real "hip-hop" is not dead and never will be. As long as real mc battle on streetcorners to simply see who's the best (not tryin to sign a deal), b-boys n b-girls are still poppin n lockin, graf artist tear up blocks wit art (i mean real graffiti artist that bust murals n not just 3 letters of their click).....then "hip-hop" shall never die. Remember hip-hop is a way of life, not a genre of music.

Posted by 915tilIdie

Hip hop is not dead nor will it ever be, hip hop is meant to be different, people want everyone to sound like 2pac or n.w.a. Or public enemy saying that this is how hip hop should sound and this is good hip hop, to me good hip hop breaks the rules, there shouldn't be a certain sound like so many people want, in the old days everyone was different, and that was what made the music great, modern hip hop is a lot different to old skool hip hop and that in my opinion is a good thing. You can say g-unit are sh*t, but they're different from old skool in the same way that snoop was different from kool g rap, y'all need to accept change.

Posted by lucky charms

He has a point hip hop will never truely die but still there isnt enough rappers to realy bring hip-hop back to what it use to be. As a hip-hop artist myself i find the lack of people willing to put in the time and commit to hip-hop is scarce. Its almost as if we have to make a hip-hop justice league just to preserve what hip-hop really is n what it stands fo

Posted by Definition

D4l killed hip-hop

Posted by homocide101

Shout out to da uk! for real, hip-hop will never die, but true say, real hip-hop aint gonna be re-born, cause da industry don't like real, they like cash, and remember what da wu-tang said, "cash rules"! speakin of which, as long as u got artists like da wu-tang, gangstar, talib kweli, killarmy etc, hip-hop will live on in your house, where u bang out tunes on a loud speaker, and wake da neighbours! peace!

Posted by wepon-x

I agree with lucky charms but there is change and there is open mouth drooled slacking when it comes to hip hop. Watching vh1 soul's old school hip-hop weekend, i saw how it grew and change. The raps back then compared to now have evolved dramatically. But now, it is stuck in a rut. The rhymes are not going anywhere (hyphy music) and it is so sad to see young ones come up to me and say "listen to this" with their eyes all alit, knowing they don't know any better.

Posted by CharChar

Hip hop ain't dead as long as i'm alive to breath life back into it. I'm comin' folks, just have patience and you'll see.

Posted by prolifik2

Hiphop ain't dead it's just not balanced. All the music is coming from one area. The rest of yall need to participate if not you the blame for killing hiphop (new york). This party music ain't just started it's been here we just had other hot songs as well being played. All of biggies singles were club joints if you pay attention all of jay-z also. Stop complaining and participate.

Posted by B.I.G

The issue is that as long as we have n*ggaz like da franchise boys people will never know the true essence of hip hop,, faggots like nelly and the rest are not hip hop, thats some gwen staffani lovin coporation investing pop bullsh*t, real hip hop like weapon x say is ish u bump im yo house, n*ggas like cannibal ox aesop rock, cali agents little brother, and the rest of the real mcees who try to makemoney but above that want to give the masses some real ish, who can remember the first time the heard t.r.o.y from pr and cl, that ladies and gents is the hip hop that nas is talkin bout when he says it is dying! it aint hard to tell! they dont make music like that anymore, cause we got white kids runnin the market in their suburban homes and what they want is slimm thug or chamillionaire 4 their b-day an so the real geniuses fade to black!the best thing that can happen to hip hop is its demise so that this commercial F*cks will leave and real fans stay on and keep it around not worryin bout sales!cause if it were about sales then 50 is the king of the hill of mcees and that is straight up ridiculous

Posted by sonny barstow

Hip hop can never die....because it continues to multiply. Not a single not a double or group of emcees can murder hip hop. It will take a whole nation of false emcees to murder hip hop....hip hop has its balance of good and bad which is another reason why it will live it on like the hands that go around a clock. Right now hip hop is sick, once the correct emcees gives hip hop its cure and it recieves the support from true fans, hip hop will be healthy again.......my tired hip hop fans of this sickness that hip hop is in right now, dont confuse it with death.

Posted by MsCadiGirl

Ice t is helping kill hip hop with that F*ck*n show on vh1

Posted by Kalifornia

True!!! this is right on the nail.

Posted by mr.mr.

Yo re: the dude hating on chamillionaire: he's what we need. We got a single that was actually saying something besides "dance motherF*cka". Ridin dirty is what radio needs... On another note tho it'll never be dead but its reign on top is dyin' quick. I'm all for it. I hope the mainstream moves on. They killed it. As soon as i heard a rap song by a white dude (lose yourself) being played on some golf highlights, i knew it was over.

Posted by dub

Hip-hop isnt dead, its a culture, not a variety of music dont forget that. The problem wit it, is that it has become the excuse of some many ppl of any race to quit doin somethin either productive or mischievious and make money from it. The music hasnt grown because in many case we've dealt wit the common stereotypicals raps and rap artist who've were always clowned from the beginnin, the 90's, and up until this point. It juss so happens that since it does take much to make a female dance or 4yr old recite simple lyrics, it began to become a marketing to for the good but more or less for the bad. What most ppl dont realize that the up comin so-called rappers of today will on visualize that of gettin out and gettin money. Its not about ya where you from tho ppl treat it that way, its about how you survive. I'm not a fan of payola and all this commercial bullshyt neither but if ppl kids would learn in school and get raised at home other than elsewhere and old tyme rappers would stop complainin and give new ppl a shot, then it would be as bad as it seems or is.

Posted by JCharades

Thats true, thats why i do what i do...i'm hot, i'm real, i'm true...i am hip hop.. You'll see...she's alive!!!!!!!!!!! (it's only one me and trust me you'll know me when you hear me) keep ya ears open....

Posted by Summer

Yap! ma too, ima burmese bad boy, but my country dont wat me to rap, plzz, help mi.

Posted by j.robert

A love hiphop . Hiphop never die

Posted by marouane

Hip hop is not dead...if you believe it is, then listen to mos def's song fear not of man, it'll tell u what hip hop is and where its going and how to change it...so dont post anything unless you come correct

Posted by SL AllStar

Hiphop will never die but it definitely needs a facelift. Not at the hands of music labels but websites like rapspace.tv where it's the people who drive what is hiphop. Peace.

Posted by Thick

When nas says hip hop is dead...he means that the culture is dead. Hip hop is not rap...rap is just one of the elements that portrays hip-hop. Hip hop included breakdancing, graffiti, and a certain style shock value that doesn't exist any longer. Look at 50 cent he's solely doing this for the money..he doens't care about hip hop. What nas is saying is if him, jay-z , em and the other guy shis age decide to put the mic down...who is going to step up to keep this thing going...as big as it is now. In essence hip hop is dead. There's only one nas there's only one jay-z there's only on eminem...who really love what they do..everyone else i think sticks to the formula...and just wants a quick cash...and are not as consistent..so is not for the love of music is just for the hype...

Posted by Mo

People have to understand there is a difference between hip-hop and rap, emcees and rappers. The last cd i bought was outkast-idlewild which went platinum yea! i only buy cds from emcees that i like. Game is the only rapper i like. Hip hop is not dead. Rap is hurting hip hop because it falls under the hip hop genre.

Posted by Throwback Kid

I cosign to tha millioneth power!!!! hip-hop neva left....just reinvented itself......it took a long time but tha rebirth of hip-hop started as of 2006!!!

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Posted by p

Why dont people realize hip hop for the youth and not the elder.... Meaning 35 plus all those saying hip hop is dead are approaching that age! its far from what it was is all true but hip hop has evolved into something alot more than what it was.... I hate this midwest and south movement i think all the music is wack whether your t.i. Nelly to this trash called d4l, but that is hip hop if you wanna say it or not..... Hip hop is alive and its more than ny and la... Think about this..... Whats that last cd you purchased? then ask yourself is hip hop dead?

Posted by harlem146st

Hip hop never will die because i love the hip hop music and some wich i love can´t to die ok?

Posted by rekon

I completely agree with this article! i call the music we are experiencing today "bop hop". I dont know what's going on. I think that fans are too busy shaking backsides and wearing grills, glorifying material things to actually understand the gift of hip hop. Being that as it may, big labels are entertaining that fact and pushing more empty music. Its a money day today, but what's going to happen when these real artists band together and bring substance back to the game? a new day is coming! people can only feel a 3 minute track with some artist boasting about what he has for so long.......i will be on that real music bandwagon. Watch and see....or should i say listen?!

Posted by Esselle Blaize

Pall wall killed hip hop

Posted by no shizzy

Ggggggg g-unot F*ck 50,F*ck buck,banks,oliver and dat n*gga marvin bernard aka tony o!!stop snitchin stop lyin...

Posted by skinnyskillz

What killed hip hop? yall dont remember limp bizkit and linkin park and em? insane clown posse and all ? rockers started rapping and then it was downhill from there cuz so many white kids moved over to rap that the big artists changed their sound listen to rap before then and rpa after jay and all the big artists turned to singers when the singers turn to rappers hey things change.

Posted by herk

Also the other parts of the country have been doing hip hop for a minute outkast ok so if we left ny hip hop to the ny mixtape type rappers rap would really die cus no 1 would be interested in hearing that monotone drone they have there are some exceptions dipset jay 50 busta the females are pretty good but dag the rest of them sound like they belong right where they are i know they spit fire but these ny gus sound so miserable, people wanna party they dont wanna hear that

Posted by herk

Hip hop is the new folk music, the new blues. How can it die?

Posted by BadHabit

Hip hop will never die,i love hip hop, just because some people have different taste in music and they dont wanna hear the sh*t thats out now they rag on it. We all have different styles, whether its clothes, music whatever. The south, east, west, north whatever should have there chance to put out they own style of music. You cant be one track minded. Dont listen to hip hop if you cant stand it that damn much. Hip hop is a part of a great culture. No its not like it used to be, and we do got some whack ass n*ggas out there. But damn "hip hop is dead" is the wrong she sh*t to say.

Posted by Monieboo

Hip hop is is in a very bad way but it ain't dead. Cats like little brother, mos def, common, freddie foxxx are keeping it alive. I agree with the article that hip hop was never meant to be about sales. I mean i think nowadays wackness sells (jeezy, 50 cent and g-unit, fabolous, lil jon, lil scrappy,lil wayne) i could keep going but i dont have enough space. Just cuz jeezy goes platnuim and mos def doesn't then it does not mean that jeezy better. I listened to that stupid track piggybank by sh*tty cent. He was basicilly saying to fat joe that my album sold 11 million your sh*t didn't so i am better. How the hell does that work. Thats like lil wayne saying to rakim i have gone platnuim you haven't so i am better. So my point is well i dont what my point is i guess its just that hip hop is in a bad way and if you are wack well then your certerfied platnuim.

Posted by Marc

I try and make myself believe that hip hop is not dead. I try to say that hip hop is going back to the eighties when we were doing the running man and the roger rabbit and all the rest of the dances that we had back then. Then it dawned on me that these F*ck!%@ rappers (none of them mcs) have nothing to say except do this dance or do that dance. Even kid 'n play were nice on the mic. Big daddy kane was nice and he was dancing while he rhymed before mc hammer did it. Jay-z, nas, method man, snoop, big, pac all had club bangers but while they were making u dance they still had something to say. They still had u listening.....not just to the hook but the lyrics too. Oh and im telling u right now that big l, pac, biggie, big pun, and jam master jay are all turning over in their graves right now. Oh yeah and i knew jeezy's album was gonna sound just like the first one before i even heard it. He like most others are too scared to spread their wings and be creative. Too scared to have a legacy and just want to be rich.

Posted by cjallen

paul wall don't have the internet going nuts anymore. Nas does. Everywhere i go on the web they talking about whether hip hop is dead or not.

Posted by cjallen

I want to become a hip hop singer but i live in canada so i cant find a sponnser to sponnser me like dre will help me and if you can help me send me an e mail at midget@shaw.ca and tell me who it is from

Posted by todd

I want to become a hip hop singer but i live in canada so i cant find a sponnser to sponnser me like dre will help me and if you can help me send me an e mail at midget@shaw.ca and tell me who it is from

Posted by todd

If hip hop died, it death was short. Rappers like jay z, nas, kanye, talib kweli, the game, lupe fiasco, rhymefest, and more are bringing back the good old days of a tribe called quest and common sense.

Posted by Dega 00300

I hate hip-hop, but it will never die. I think that hip-hop is a bad influence on teens and thur actions to this world and how they live thur life. I think it will be banded sooner or later by the government and that will spark a huge racise war between whites and blacks. Hip-hop will probably change into breaks or just beats without lyrics. The lyrics that hip-hop/rap artists use is just plain sh*t and bad. Hip-hop is holding canada and the western world back from the eastern worlds style, life living, and just plan good dance(no slutty boring grinding so called dance moves). Not to be racise or anything, but black ppl made hip-hop for what, why did they leave the good old days of funk and disco, why did they lose thur style and fun life styles for hip-hop. Why cant they stop rapping baout money or crime and start singing normal and bring back disco or some sort of dance music form. Bring back the real dance moves and the peaceful days. I dont no about everone else but ever since hip-hop/rap came into the mainstream the world change not in a good way but a really really and i mean really bad way. Hip-hop is F*ck*ng up this world and how we live it, open your eyes and u will finally see that i am right.

Posted by joey

And another thing. This is about another genre.... Electronic music has been around for about 50 years. Its been in the mainstream and down i nthe slums and up in the mainstream and once called dead and back i nthe mainstream and now climbing the ladder to be back in the mainstream.... All this has a meaning and that meaning is electronic music never changed its style, its sound, and its personality to its fans. To me and many others dance music/electronic music is the strongest genre out thur and is the only genre that never sold out to this poor world we live in today. Many genres sold out such as rock (now emo) rap (pop-hop) country (pop rock) blues (hip-hop) and so forth... Al lthese changed and sold out for what money... Well all i have to say is that electronic music never changed and we still hear it no matter how bad it suffered and no matter how much ppl hate to be happy these days.. Dance music makes ppl happy and makes the world at peace. Its funny to say but its true. In the 70's disco was in and the world was at peace. In the 90's dance came back and thw world was at peace and happy with its life styles and crimes were at a all time low. But now hip-hop is in and look how the world turned out.... Dance music brings countries together and brings peace.

Posted by joey

Hip-hop sucks... Hitler rules

Posted by Akon

I agree with joey... Hip-hop is destroying the western world. If u were to step foot in europe or even africa the black's welcome you, they dont hustle u or just plan so mean to u. When i went to europe all the black ppl their were so nice and had amazing style and listened to good music. I talked to the black ppl there about the music and life style in canada and amaerica and they put there head down in shame. They said that the black ppl in amaerica and canada and ppl in general we losers and the eastern world (all 150 countries instead of 2 which is canada and america) make fun of them and r planning a huge attack on western style and music.. I total agree with them. U rappers and idiot white ppl who follow black music should step down and change your life. Good bye

Posted by bob

Artists like ciara and bow wow and all the artists that have the same style turned rap everyone loves into pop singing about how much they love so and so. Hip hop is dead

Posted by Terror Clique Boy

Ok all u racist matha F*ckas need to go some damn were. How the F*ck is hip hop F*ck*ng up anything? youll white folks will blame us (black people) for everything. Youll need to live youll lives and let us live ours. And for joey and whoeva to say the world was at peace before rap/hip hop even came around you need to F*ck*ng wake up. Slavery which was way before hip hop was even thought of. That was the most evil time in history. If your ancestors were not so F*ck*ng lazy then you wouldnt have to worry about us so called coming and F*ck*ng up youll perfect faggot world. My ancestors were abused by youll ancestors for years and black men and women and other races are still being hurt or dissed on because the color of there skin everywhere around the world. But of course that was are fault to right? my mom grew up in the south and when she was younger there were seperate bathrooms for whites and blakcs she couldnt go to the school she wanted. She was looked down on and spit on. She got crosses burned in front of her house.so who F*cked up this world????white folks get a grip, if youll were not dissing hip hop you would be dissing something else black people do. Its just the way of life i guess if you make more money or more popular they try to bring you down sad but true. Imma pray for youll. Peace!!!!!!

Posted by Monieboo

Not our fault we could hold our own

Posted by W0rd

Hey i love to hiphop dance it is my passion and some day i am hoping to dance with ciara and bow wow and all them other hip hoppers. I love to hip hop to the bop

Posted by Jessica Johnson

I totally agree with you.. What they consider "hip hop" these days is sh*t.. They have new clue as to what hip hop is or what it should be.. Instead theyre out there making hip hop look like something its not ... Bitches, sex, alcohol, and cars... And its funny cause not one of those things does describe hip hop and i hope they never will.. And about nas i think hes just trying to make money off of these stupid kids who think of him as the best mc ever and just because he puts out this track hip hop is dead.. People agree.. Now i can see his "point of view" hip hop is dead... There is now way we can save it with these artists these days... I mean ok i sort of see his point but hes contradicting himself.. I mean he shouldve said hip hop has been forgotten or is lost.. You know because true hip hop will neve die

Posted by Liv Asmar; www. myspace.com/lovesick02

Back ppl dont have soul anymore... Electro 4 life

Posted by silvio

Joey,whoever u sound like a frustrated middle class redneck racsist who probably thinks america was rite in invading vietnam and iraq because "they gotta know who is boss".....bob u lie...i've been to europe so dont try to sound well traveled and deceive ppl haha hipihop in europe esp. France and england is probably realer...they show mad love...hip hop is huge with the down trodden minorities there...i know when went to europe probably never came in contact any black person or anyone that might have the slightest chance of feelin hiphop...so pls dont lie like that.

Posted by bringin88back

Joey,i hope u read this,its from ur intellectual superior so please read well...u might learn something.you sound so illiterate when you imply that hiphop has increased the incidence of crime...for god sake these people describe what was already happening!!! are u retarded or something???!!!they rap about their lives, people actually live lives where they have to commit crimes to survive u know.listen to 2pac.."...i aint never done a crime that i didnt have to do" ,the notorious big said he sold drugs to feed his daughter...well joey my friend im sorry if tales of other ppls struggles offend ur delicate sensibilities next time pls turn off the radio/tv/whatever racsists listen to and leave...sheesh.with all this ur trash talking i would like to know whether u have ever even listened to a full rap album,im sure u havent...any way i reccomend illmatic...listen to it and i mean listen to what he says then holla back and we will see what ur opinions gonna be. Pls realise that ur comment was inflammatory and (smilin) u should have guessed that u had something like this coming! when i say u r racsist im basing that on ur comment because it actually sounds so when in reality u might not be.if so ,apologies,if not u deserve the smacking....

Posted by bringin88back

I didnt mean to sound racsist. I have listen to alot of rap albums and they do talk about how thur lives were but they talk about it ever second and every song. Im from canada and i travel to europe almost ever month b/c of my job. I no how to speak german, spanish, italian and russian. Ppl in europe hate and i mean hate rap. It is played in european cities but its not in the mainstream like it is over here. Crimes? if u ask your parents about hip hop they will say it changed everything. Everything in a bad way. More crimes did occur after rap was first introduced not before. Its been proven over and over again for so long. As u can see now hip hop is dead, it changed into pop-hop which has artists like, fergie (lol) gwen (sell out) ti, jt, akon,and many other artists similar to those. These artist r now singing about money,glamour,girls (which r making them look like sluts) and singing about bringing sexy back. When did sexy go away. It went away now. The hip-hop culture, if u look at it closely, it doesnt even have any style, the artists and viewers of hip hop (yes white people too) dress like clowns. They wear baggy jeans, oversized shirts, and shoes that r untied and when you walk it sounds like a bum is wlaking by. If u grab a bum off the street and stand him next to a middle class white or black kid who listens to rap u wouldnt be able to tell whos the bum or not. I didnt like the fact that america went to war with vietnam or iraq and i think this war on terror is set up by amaerica but if

Posted by joey

Why dont they make house music or electronicmusic into the mainstream, its about time they kill off this emo rock, rap, and pop. They should start the music industry over and start by allowing house in. Ppl r scared of house, they think it sounds the same as everyother song but it doesnt, hip-hop sounds the same as other hip-hop songs, same with rock and pop, its al lthe same beat. Bring in house and times will be good again like in the 60's and 70's. Trust ppl, trust , things will be all good again

Posted by john

Ok so im writting a paper about hip-hop and how its not dead! but as i look into it it is and im finding that it is dead and i just wonted your thoughts on the topic so hit me up thats my e-mail and id realy like it if yall would feed back at me on it

Posted by shaydiva08@tmail.com

Hip hop is afrika bambaata,kool herc,flash,dondi,blade,rocksteady,nycbre akers, and theyre like.what these people had was style!! - tons of it,they were not afraid to be themselves,compare that to now,an endless army of clones,who talk loud but say nothing.hip hop has become the aural equivalent of the big mac- in one end, and out the other.just check out some of the F*ck*n insane things bam used to play,and it sounded wicked.when /krs one/melle mel/chuck d etc used to rhyme it used to really make u think about the things around you,but they gave you hope,and belief in yourselfwhen people talk about "real hip hop" they need to look at the people who were "really" there at the beginning.hip hop doesnt begin with tupac,nas etc.and what they think of as hip hop. I love dj premier and respect his craft so much,but i also used to love mantronik,and anyone who knows,knows. He was a F*ck*n monster in ny hip hop.people need to turn off the tv,and throw away those cheesy,overpriced glamour mags (the source,xxl etc)stop being spoonfed sheep,and get back to expressing whats really inside your heart -then we will have real hip hop!!when the backlash comes,and the money in hip hop vanishes,youll see who the true belivers are ,as is the way with blues,jazz etc - just watch and you'll see....!!

Posted by mindseye

I don't thank hip hop is dead ...i just thank the south is runnin it right now...i mean we just hot...i thank people just hatin cuz we got the attention

Posted by Neka

What da F*ck hip hop is forever homiezzzzz

Posted by Daira

Word up. Keep the hip hop alive. Remember what it was brought up as. Just a way in the street. Beat boxin and sh*t. Keep it alive. - one.

Posted by Jackson

The only way hip hop will die is if you let it! the people is to blame, they love to hear the garbage and the bullsh*t these so-called rappers put out! it needs to be changed! we could never go back to the way it was but we can make it better if you just try!

Posted by Grimm

Hip-hop is dead in a sense, but will never fully die as long as rappers keep rapping about something real. Most rappers today only talk about their cars, clothes, and Bia'ches, as if that was all there was to life. There is so much more to talk about and i think that rappers have lost sense of that, creating dead music.

Posted by Teana Sullivan

So hip hop is dead eh? hip hop is not dead! rap is the new skool hiphop is basically rap with better music and more carefree lyrics. The old skool one is basically fast poetry on drums kanye west is still appreciated by most of the world (the ppl dat put him on da charts) coz of da way he combined rap with music when you listen to hip hop, the most powerful part is the music. It draws people in. If you still h8in what im sayin then think about this: if we put new skool hip hop (e.g. Soulja boy, flo rida, t-pain) into a whole different genre of music with a new name... ...would it make old skool hip hop better? would it put it back into the charts? no. Hip hop is not dead. Rap is.

Posted by DoubleA

People like nas are only sayin hip hop is dead because there not as famous azz bk in tha ninetys and he needed some attention and wat better way then to attack the whole hip hop comunity it hasnt died its multiplied

Posted by Lil Sixfour

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