Jay-z, and 50 dumbed down their lyrics alot
Anyone else agree or have other artists they think do the same
2007-12-16 18:49:35 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Rap and Hip-Hop
That's true. LIke the one hit wonders started off with dumb lyrics. Many rappers dumbed down over time
2007-12-16 18:55:00 · update #1
i don't know about other artists but yeah Jay-Z on "Moment Of Clarity" said
The music business hate me
Cause the industry ain't make me
Hustlers and boosters embrace me
And the music i be makin
I dumb down for my audience
And double my dollars
They criticize me for it
Yet they all yell "Holla"
Yeah and 50 definitely dumbed down his music...his first 2 albums "The Power of the dollar" and "Guess Who's Back" prove it...."50 cent is a symbol and a name ...it symbolizes me bringing CHANGE to the game"...miss that 50
2007-12-16 18:57:11 · answer #1 · answered by ame5051 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Well i'd agree about Jay & 50 ... Nas too dumbed down his lyrics until he beefed with Jay ,he was asked by his record to go more commercial like B.I.G , & from then Nas was only up ,he does not even care about what his new album The Ni**er sells ... my source is wikipedia & me ...simple is that Nas & underground MC's are real hip hop now , i add KRS & Rakim & Kan too with few to mention ... eminem is down forget about him
2007-12-17 00:27:07 · answer #2 · answered by Joe 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jay-Z
Ghostface (even said it in an interview)
Raekwon
Eminem
Common
Busta Rhymes
Doesn't make me any less of a fan, but they have definetly dumbed down the lyrics.
2007-12-17 03:10:23 · answer #3 · answered by goin_all_out2004 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i dont know to much about common but jay and 50 defintely
eminem
freeway
beanie
alot rappers aint lik they use to be....music jus isnt how it use to be and i mean dat in a bad way..i hate todays music rappers be saying the worst **** ever!!
2007-12-17 08:50:22 · answer #4 · answered by Lily B 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
to all those people who thing hip hop is dumbed down
stop looking to the mainstream, there are some very intelligent underground rappers going around at the moment
2007-12-16 23:18:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Vanilla Ice... if he was ever credible, lost all credibility when he did "Ninja Rap" for the Teen-age-mutant-ninja-turtles movie. Definitely dumbed down for mass appeal. Perhaps all of his other works were weak, but this was certainly the nadir of his career.
2007-12-16 18:58:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
All rap lyrics are 'dumbed down' these days.
2007-12-16 18:53:25 · answer #7 · answered by headbang 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋
THATS WHY I DONT WATCH MTV,W E T,OR VH1 MUSIC VIDEOS BECAUSE OF THE DUMB RAPPERS THAT COME OUT.
2007-12-16 19:35:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Everyone since Tupac. He was the last true poet of rap who really had something to say. RIP.
2007-12-16 18:59:36 · answer #9 · answered by Miss Understood 7 · 2⤊ 4⤋
i argee with you. but eminem does that too. *** like that.
2007-12-16 20:36:44 · answer #10 · answered by smooth jones 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋