Originally Posted by 23_Carra_Gold
...you're joking right? ODB was class but you can't say hip hop died with anybody. Hip Hop isn't dead, it just took a couple of shots is all. The real shit is still out there if you look properly. It just doesn't get as widely recognized now because it seems they prefer Pop sounding, bubblegum, club tunes to real hip hop. So casual hip hop fans don't find the real stuff.
Also today was a great day for new albums, Ice Cubes "Raw Footage" and The Game's "L.A.X" both leaked onto the net. After one listen to both of them I'm confident enough to say they are the albums of 2008 so far with L.A.X just shading it for me. I was disapointed with Games last release so this had to be a classic. It is.
If anybody wants the links just let me know.
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I know what you mean, but for me, hip hop is dying a slow drawn out death, like the heavyweight boxing division, there are no more main players of any note, Snoop is still one of the best out there and must be pushing on 60, Dre is just plain lazy and overhyped now for what he actually delivers, Cube's Ok but not the man he was, can't shock an old lady these days, sell out, Black Rob is lazy, Method man is lazy and washed up although he can still turn it on now and then.
Like Ghostface for instance but it's not enough, he can't hold it down on it's own.
Too many people selling out, every video the same, spinny shiney wheels pulling up next to a ladies arse and the 'crew' piling out.
Jay Z, an overrated, blown up icon that only came to prominence on the back of two dead people who actually had something to say, is making a comeback last I heard, after 'retiring' when we all knew that was just some shit to try and levy another few quid out of people.
The only kind that interest me is marginalised like never before and everyone copies everyone else. I mean Nelly is one of the biggest stars, it's a sad state of affairs to be in Tommy and all the fresh Nike Airs in the world won't make any difference.
I like Dead Prez and stuff like that but find I need to delve into the likes of Sizzla to get anything reasonable and he's hardly a rapper, people like Wu Tang lingering round, selling out. I want raw hip hop and I don't like the way it's been going for the last few years one bit.
Bit of a random rant there but basically is how I feel.
They managed to make hip hop safe, well done, corporate America.