Well lately, Is Hip Hop Dead has been a question going through everybody's head. Well the answer is if you are spending all your time watching MTV or listening to the radio then yes HipHop is dead and the way the game is looking there is no resurrection for MTV and the radio.
"If Heads Only Knew About How I Felt About The Rap Game They'd Relocate And Change Their Fuckin Name." -Gang Starr's the militia.
Now this was a while ago but it turns out Guru of Gang Starr was right. The mainstream game has diminished to almost nothing. A few artists such as Nas, Lupe Fiasco, Jay-Z, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Common, etc. Have kept it alive. But what about whats happening under the surface? Under MTV? Under the radio?
HipHop is still and always will be alive.
I consider artists such as Soulja Boi, and Flo Rida shit artists with no message corrupting the mainstream game, killing only the mainstream game, but the underground is still very much alive and will stay alive so HipHop is never dead.
In my eyes HipHop can never die. I just see this as a phase that HipHop is going through where retarded lyrics are in. Thats all I see. How long will it stay in this phase for? That is a question I cannot answer. It could go on for a while if artists such as Soulja Boi keep selling. If people stop buying artists like Soulja Boi then we have a hope. All it takes is realization. That's it.
It also takes people to stop being posers. That is a major killer of the game. No doubt. If you fake knowing HipHop and listen to MTV or weak RnB then you are promoting more people wearing clothes that are meant for HipHop lovers. Therefore you are encouraging more shit music in the game and more people being posers. If you have a Hundreds hat on or a ALIFE tee on you better have some HipHop knowledge to have the right to wear such a thing. Otherwise you are a poser. If you wear a brand such as ALIFE you really have to know something about HipHop. If you don't know shit don't act like it by wearing shit like Hundreds or ALIFE. No Posers=A Cleaner Game. True HipHop=Poser Free. You Heard? Spread The Word.
Also people need to stop this shit about "keeping it underground." One of the most retarded things I have ever heard is I'm not about to tell you this song cause I'm keeping it underground. If you were a HipHop lover you wouldn't care because telling people true HipHop spreads the word and gives shares the knowledge with the world. How do we expect to clean up the mainstream game with people hiding their Ipods? Its time we shared our tracks.
However, I do believe there should be an exception to showing your Ipod to posers cause they still listen to wack shit and weak shit. This means that the person is going to take the tracks and then try to "keep it undergrond". A word of advice from me, if a true HipHop lover/head does not show his Ipod to you then he either lacks respect for the game or thinks you are a poser.
There has been a instance where a poser tried to talk about HipHop with me. It was retarded. He don't know shit. Hes sitting there telling me hes getting into true HipHop and he listens to hella true HipHop, he shows me the weakest track iv ever heard. The muh'fucka is wack hes killin the game.
When I talk to someone who knows HipHop I get knowledge and they get knowledge. We share opinions. For instance when I talk to my friends from the YO!(www.thedailyyo.blogspot.com, one of the best HipHop blogs on the net!) we share opinions, and everybody knows what being talked about. No wack tracks are even thrown out. Its just wisdom being shared. Promoting the very much alive HipHop.
So if you are wondering if HipHop is dead. It is not. I see it every day. HipHop is very much alive and healthy it just took a hit and is weak in the mainstream game. Its recovery date is unknown, it has had plenty of support from the passionate followers that stay with it, so it should be okay in the long run.
HipHop is still impeccable and definitely not to be fucked with.
Peace.
-sightRIZE.
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