Crossover 2008- Is Hip Hop Deceased
Here is a Hip Hop Classic from 1982 that holds Entertainment, preferably hip hop at the time, up to a Microscope. The Red Tape and the BS attached to being in showbiz is poetically laced across the track.
Is Hip Hop Dead? Has the Artform itself dwindled down to just keeping it simple? When I was introduced to Rap, it was its complexity that grabbed my attention and held it for a long time. Although I would be considered old School by my peers, for enjoying such acts as EPMD, it was about the lyrics. It is almost as if they have predicted the current status, at which the art form lives on.
Minus e a few artist; such as Jay-Z, Nas, Kanye West, Ludacris(iffy on this one), Rakim( long live the R), Mos Def, Common, Talib Kweli, The roots, Emminem( thank you for keeping true to yourself) and a few unmentioned to save time, but none the less loved. The Music, has dwindled down to gimmicks, and a lack luster approach to lyrical content.
Although we lost two of the greatest Era Defining artist of the 21st century before the millennium even hit. TUPAC AMURA SHAKUR and Christopher Wallace, has defined an era and has influenced many. However it seems that the objective by the current Hip Hop generation, is to emulate the profane language and the gangster appeal, with no moral reasoning. It is as if they did not hear the complete albums that their predecessors produced.
However ever it may be to you, Super man that **, and Drop it like its hot, its highly entertaining, and do not doubt its appeal, but if this is all that is being allowed to the masses, then their is a problem. This is basicaly the POP Music of Hip Hop, not what MC Hammer or Will Smith Produce but this, and it has a negative effect on the Global Community.
With out Further delay. True to the meaning of Entertainment Politics... Here is the Classic Crossover, Enjoy:
Is Hip Hop Dead? Has the Artform itself dwindled down to just keeping it simple? When I was introduced to Rap, it was its complexity that grabbed my attention and held it for a long time. Although I would be considered old School by my peers, for enjoying such acts as EPMD, it was about the lyrics. It is almost as if they have predicted the current status, at which the art form lives on.
Minus e a few artist; such as Jay-Z, Nas, Kanye West, Ludacris(iffy on this one), Rakim( long live the R), Mos Def, Common, Talib Kweli, The roots, Emminem( thank you for keeping true to yourself) and a few unmentioned to save time, but none the less loved. The Music, has dwindled down to gimmicks, and a lack luster approach to lyrical content.
Although we lost two of the greatest Era Defining artist of the 21st century before the millennium even hit. TUPAC AMURA SHAKUR and Christopher Wallace, has defined an era and has influenced many. However it seems that the objective by the current Hip Hop generation, is to emulate the profane language and the gangster appeal, with no moral reasoning. It is as if they did not hear the complete albums that their predecessors produced.
However ever it may be to you, Super man that **, and Drop it like its hot, its highly entertaining, and do not doubt its appeal, but if this is all that is being allowed to the masses, then their is a problem. This is basicaly the POP Music of Hip Hop, not what MC Hammer or Will Smith Produce but this, and it has a negative effect on the Global Community.
With out Further delay. True to the meaning of Entertainment Politics... Here is the Classic Crossover, Enjoy:
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