Comments on: The Death of Hip-Hop

By: The Dude

The Dude — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 04:43:00 +0000

Hip hop is doing just fine I think. It was never about popularity or success. It’s about the people, expression, and originality. It doesn’t matter if the most famous rappers aren’t lyrical enough or creative. They’re businessmen rapping for cash, not for the culture, so if they’re getting stale fuck it- that’s their problem. Plenty of rappers today are still creative and original, they’re just not in the spotlight.

By: Hacksaw

Hacksaw — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 09:47:13 +0000

Hip Hop had its proverbial brains blown clean out toward the end of ’96 when somebody took out the most prolific & thought provoking artist of the genre, Tupac, and then took out Big.
Producers once created deep, complex beats with analog sound which gave it a rich feel, now they make pop beats for kids in digital (but plastic) format. Mid-90s was the apex of its creativity, and it’s just declined into freefall from then on…

By: tony t

tony t — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:50:52 +0000

hip hop wont ever die..jus cos charts aint bumpin out shit dont mean its dyin…if its in the charts it aint hip hop any how. underground is where its at…support em!

By: ssl

ssl — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:57:05 +0000

these fuckers corrupt and destroy everything they fucking touch. listen up next time u fuckers make something original and creative dont let cocksuckin corporate execs, tarnish and destroy that shit. even when hip hp glorified the violence at least it was lyrical.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:51:47 +0000

Fortunately, they don’t! That way, they can stay the hell away from the good music that isn’t dominated by sellouts and markets.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:49:31 +0000

Noiforoiufaslkdfj yo mo ho go sho lo fo bobobo bo bo bobo wakashifakulatodi. Nig Fewtons!

I hate black people. I hate chinks, I hate you if your ancestors weren’t Aryan. I hate society. I hate hip-hop, pop, and you. Get a fucking identity, or steal ANOTHER with the next big cumfest of marketed music. YOU’RE ALL BEING SOLD-OUT!!!!!!!!!!! How do you idiots manange to breathe? Do black people/wiggers know the definition of sellout?

By: iluvhiphopidgaf

iluvhiphopidgaf — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:23:08 +0000

Hip hop isnt dead?

soulja boy.

enough said. it’s over.

It has been ruined by producers and executives. Except it.

Bump Underground. That’s all that is good/left.

By: Guy

Guy — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 03:15:32 +0000

i used to be a hip hop juinkie. for me the mid to late 90′s was my golden age. i remember being the first kid on my block to have the newest beats out there. at the time i lived in a white neighborhood in the burbs so everyone was like “whats rap?”. i used to record music videos on muchmusic’s “rap city” and “Da mix” in order to discover the lesser known artists. i would spend a crapload of my weekly allowences just on imported cds that sold for double the price. It was sooo worth it back then.
fast forward to 2000 and now downloading took all the fun out of buying cds. why spend $29.99 on an imported cd when you can download it for free? Mainstream overklill also killed my addiction for hip hop music. nowadays everything sounds un-original. the southern influnce left a bitter taste in my mouth. it sounds good at first, but its disposable. when aaliyah died, the music died for me as well.

i have a new love. Electronic/trance/house or whatever you want to call it. theres a LOT and i mean a LOT of crap out there, but every now and then theres a diamond worth discovering. i used to hate electronic music but now its my savior. i dont think i can go back. Electronic music re kindled my flame for music.

By: Dj Castle

Dj Castle — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 19:12:18 +0000

Rap is DEAD, and thank god.Its time now to pave the way for something NEW like all the Techno genres that have been all but ignored by the mainstream. Rap is for people who dont really even like music that much, they just like all the flashy crap that is shoved into these disgusting videos. I would also wonder if Rap isnt somehow responsable for the decline in the IQ of the average american over the last decade.

By: BIGNAT

BIGNAT — Fri, 25 May 2007 22:34:19 +0000

The music isn’t saying anything important or meaningful. In a parable hip-hop has gone from martial arts to T.V wrestling. The only people still into radio hip-hop are impressionable kids and ignorant adults.

By: A TOWN DOWN

A TOWN DOWN — Wed, 02 May 2007 00:06:30 +0000

If New York can put the blame on themselves, If Cali can put the blame on themselves, The south should take some responsibitlity for Hip Hop’s suffering. Y’ll not that good seriously. I mean I fuck with some of ya’ll shit, but let’s be real. You can’t say that the south has nothing to do with hip hop’s dry state. I mean ya’ll saw ya’ll in the muthafuckin limelight right? If ya’ll in the limelight, shouldn’t ya’ll be takin some of the heat. Seriously think about this. I aint sayin hip hop is dead. Rap music is dead, but hop aint neva gonna die. I like what Nas is doin and the album is fire. Songs like Hip Hop is Dead, Can’t Forget About You, Hustlers, Still Dreamin and Play On Playa arer among my favorites. Those songs speak truth. Aand before you say that I’m hatin on the south, keep in mind, I live right here in the A. Atlanta GA. The so called hip hop mecca. I mean we do what we do, but we can’t say we runnin anything. Who we runnin wit. Field Mob?, Bubbasparx, Young Joc?, Young Dro. No my A town people. We just tryin to make music. Aint no one make hip hop music better than New York. Damn striaght I said it. I wish I could move up there man. Real talk. I was just up there the other day and shit is bananas over there. Hip Hop aint dead at all up there. Its more like on break. The excitment is comin back and New York gon take the crown once again. And I will be right there when they do. I aint dissin my city, but damn we some bitchesdown here. We talk about how the East has too many beefs. Niggas and bitches, We got plenty down here too. They just more hidden. People get shot more down here than up there anyway, so that’s out of the equation. Besides Ludacris, TI and Outkast, aint nobody really go platinum down here. Up there they got Jigga, Diddy and Nas just to name a few. And even the shit that don’t go platinum are still classics. Don’t hat on East just cuz they the east. I want them back and I can’t wait for they asses to come back to feed me some real shit. By the way 50 cents albums are very highly rated. he aint what mothalovas make him out to be. He a real nigga.

By: DJ Chop Chop

DJ Chop Chop — Tue, 01 May 2007 20:35:00 +0000

I say the problem is lack of creativity also. All the songs that are out now are all club songs.. like hype songs.. nothing with meaning or real music. Now they trying to emulate rockers by “partying like a rockstar”. that’s junk music.. maybe cool for clubs but… not for radio and listening…
that’s why i just screw n chop 80′s,90′s, and early 00′s stuff

By: NateD.C.

NateD.C. — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 02:46:29 +0000

Well shit, mo than year later and where hip-hop at now? “I don’t gotta rap, I can sell a mill sayin nothin on the track.” Well at least he aint tryna front like he actually got skill.

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By: carlos

carlos — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 00:21:48 +0000

whats wrong with hip hop? the same thing that happened with jazz, soul, r&b, and house music – it was taken over by the man. you all know the deal; he seizes something, develops it, refines it, waters it down, and when it doesnt produce anymore, he discards it. its happening now and it will happen with anything we create. struggles become markets, thats what i say.