hip-hop fans only?

Question

how do you feel about mainstream rap 2day? people like d4L or young joc or just anything from badboy records in general? how do you feel about all that snap your fingers **** and people only buyin albums that talk about the same things-jewelry bitchez beatin somebody up or sellin drugs?

my personal opinion is its killing rap thiers only a few good rappers out thier it makes you appreiciate people like Nas and Bone Thugs N Harmony and even Fort Minor for that matter
hell im honesly glad thierz rapperz with ballz enough to speak out againts that bullshit (The Game) we need more rappers like that

Answer 1

I agree wit u. I hate those punk rappers of today they suck. I miss the good rappers like the westcoast such as Shade Sheist, Damizza and Bone Thugs too. I miss how the rappers used to do beats before so tight, like Snoop, Lauren Hill, u get me, before right now. Rap today is a bunch of bullcrap with stupid D4L, Young Joc, Cassie, Nee-Yo and all these other new rappers. That's why I hear Launch were I pick my own songs and bump to that good ol' hip hop like The Next Movement by The Roots. Or old school Jay-Z songs they were tight such as Song Cry.

Answer 2

Rap is crap & hip hop is almost completly dead todays artist look for instant fame while feeding thier listeners bullshit & garbage I was born into hip hop & have watched it change alot hopefully one day artists will be loved 4 thought provoken lyrics and not videos that futher degrade women and each other its a sign of the times when you buy an album & only 5 out of 15 songs(minus 6 skits)are good enough to hear again however I ultimatly blame the industry for spoon feeding us piss and telling us it runny honey its fine to want to dance and have fun but not everybody cares about your rims,jewels,cars or crack sales Step Ya Game Up RIP Jay Dee aka J. Dilla aka James Yancey aka Detroit born Hip-Hop Genuis (Please listen to You Can't Hold The Torch by Busta Rhymes ft Q-Tip off The Big Bang)

Answer 3

rap has become so mainstream i barely even listen to it anymore it s about flossin and i perfer back in the Geto Boyz days the old too short the old bone thugs 2pac of course the old **** far outblew the new **** but rap changed awhile back back when the videos had nothin but *** displayed like Luke he was pathetic i m shocked the way the music is going he has not made a comeback the rap of the early to mid 90s died along with pac and that s fked up cuzz these kids are taking all that babble in and believeing the chit and then u got 4 yr olds out here poppin they azzes like they get paid for it that s fked up but this is what people are buying and so it shall be

Answer 4

I'm not a huge hip-hop fan, but it should be viewed like any other part of the world of music: it will be constantly in evolution (if it is to survive), sometimes going in directions that don't seem to lead anywhere- but which will help feed the next big change which will make you appreciate hip-hop again.

It is like any other art form- it needs to go where it will to allow for innovators to emerge. At some point the type of hip-hop you're talking about will be overtaken by something better- but which in some way benefit from this somewhat questionable part of the hip-hop world.

The one clear beneift of this pop-hip-hop is that it does widen the audience for the music, some listeners will explore beyond the almost comical (some would say exploitive) music you're talking about above.

Answer 5

Rap these days has gone all commercial. It's all 'bout the money cars, bling n b*tches.

I'm still still waiting for the next Biggie or Tu Pac to arrive. Until then, I'm stickin wit da old skool classics.

Answer 6

I feel ya. New rappers today are just bull shitting their fans. Let's rap about about sumthing that matters. Lyrics by fort minor makes u realize how the rap game is. Enough about retarded *** dances like "lean with it, rock with it", "snap ur fingers" and "shoulder lean". THey are stupid and dumming you people down.

Answer 7

i like hip hop when it had a meaning or just something good to bob your head to like the old outcast, or mos def, scareface. now a days its just all show. nobody has there own style anymore (whats up with the pitbulls with golds) its done gotten to the point where music is mixing so much there is not going to be geners anymore. everybody is singing now

Answer 8

The Game is one of the best lyrical rappers today and in my opinion one of the best

Answer 9

you don't consider Fort Minor mainstream?

I like hip-hop.. and it's nice hearing it on a variety of radio stations.. :D

I'd even go almost as far as saying Kanye West is mainstream hip-hop

Answer 10

i like yung joc and dfl but i do appreciate good rappers like nas and jay z