Comments on: Where is Hip-Hop Going? – The Innovation of Our Culture

By: Carlvin Lenord Livingston Frit

Carlvin Lenord Livingston Frit — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:50:00 +0000

If you feed a man shit long enough, eventually he’ll learn to love it. That’s why Drak, lil wayne, nicki and others are played constantly and why there always on a remix or dropping a new single. Shit! It’s whats for dinner!

By: Demetrius May

Demetrius May — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 21:16:51 +0000

Its great to see others opinions on the direction of Hip Hop. I personally think Hip Hop’s older generation of listeners and or fans are bored to death of what is currently considered Hip Hop and gets air time on the radio. The younger audience is what’s controlling the direction as we know it. Most Hip Hop artist are all about the money and as long as that’s their muse, then it will never change. There’s plenty of talented artist that wont get radio play because they’re not what the majority of the listeners want to hear, which is why the stay underground. And lets be realistic, artist like Lamar Kendrick and J. Cole produce amazing tracks but those tracks aren’t the type of music you would play in a club. When you think of Hip Hop’s direction, people forget to think about its outlets and who’s playing the music; it plays a huge part in what, where and how gets played.

By: XXLmag.com - » Self-loathing and Rap: Does Hip-Hop Really Hate Itself?

XXLmag.com - » Self-loathing and Rap: Does Hip-Hop Really Hate Itself? — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:26:59 +0000

[...] is going through an extreme identity crisis. On Monday, I wrote about how many of its biggest upcoming stars are actually hip-POP artists and today, I was thinking [...]

By: J

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:54:02 +0000

How the fuck are these writers getting work? This fucking magazine/website have become garbage. So Far Gone a “classic”? You dudes even know what the word classic means? B.O.B. is pretty hit or miss, and he’s more pop than anything. Nikki Minaj is absolute trash, bitch has no skills whatsoever and just furthers the stereotype that (most) chicks can’t rap to save their lives. Drake had some alright shit in the past, but he’s gone pop, and doesn’t seem like he’ll ever turn back. Blogs like this piece of shit is why the mainstream is like it is. You got fools praising garbage because it’s charting or selling well. Fuck outta here with that, start covering the good artists that are out there, and stop pandering to the masses and maybe hip-hop will have a brighter future than whats going on now.

By: diskid

diskid — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:30:09 +0000

Hip-hop is just becoming classy. Possibly more relative. PBasically, it’s all metaphors and wordplay. Which I enjoy. The singing is still ehhh, but the rapping is raw now. But gangster rap is hella played out, and simple one syllable rhymes won’t fly in the game anymore. I love the new direction hip-hop is taking.

But party rap blows. Ya know, radio rap. Eww.

But I’m down with B.O.B., Nicki Minaj (only when she is featured, and Drake (even though he isn’t what he used to be)

By: TMac

TMac — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 02:00:23 +0000

hahaha, i’m glad somebody else recognizes the cyclical nature of the game. Plus, B.o.B. is pretty much a new age Andre 3000. Well, more like Andre 300.

By: tre

tre — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 21:00:18 +0000

I think Kanye has arguably been the biggest disruption in Hip-Hop and he still looks to be defining where its headed.

Another thing to consider is that I can’t think of anyone besides Kanye who is so connected to both old-school and new-school hip-hop.

By: Jerod

Jerod — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 17:11:30 +0000

Hip-Pop is exactly what it is. I was just thinking this the other day in my employer’s parking lot. It’s not raw hip-hop, it’s not rap, it’s not pop music… but a combination. It’s definitly hip-POP. Good shit.

By: Simple like ABC, 123

Simple like ABC, 123 — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 16:13:35 +0000

B.o.B. – Andre 3000
Nicki Minaj – Missy Elliott
Asher Roth – Eminem
Drake – Kanye West & Lil Wayne
J. Cole – Nas & Jay-Z
Crooked I & Game – N.W.A.
etc…

Innovation is part of Hip-Hop culture.

By: doggert

doggert — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 08:56:27 +0000

Yo check out my mixtape/album @ http://www.soundcloud.com/rordog

The first and third songs are drum n bass and the rest is hiphop.

Check it out yo its the truth, original flow, conceptual genius.

Peace

By: Powerslave

Powerslave — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 06:52:53 +0000

Can’t believe no one mentioned Weezy bayyybeeeeeeeeee
ya dig?
ahaha
get ‘em!

By: kleckz

kleckz — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 06:49:53 +0000

support freddie gibbs hes hip hop

By: ff1one@yahoo.com

ff1one@yahoo.com — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 05:21:34 +0000

Musfa said it BEST.

I think hip hop fans the hardcore hip hop fans who sit and complain about the art but won’t support it are the biggest problem

1. hip hop itself has gone POP. Hip hop is so commercial that its selling mcdonalds.
2. the world has changed. hip hop is reporting what is going on.
3. I agree, this group of hip “pop” rappers are better spittas. even tho i think nikki minja is annonying she can spit. even if somebody could be ghost writing for her, she has mad stage precence deliver and mass apeal.
you guys are hatin on drake. dude delivered. dude held the radio down and sold good numbers. drake reminds me of lebron james. b.o.b. did his thing as well. keep in mind b.o.b. came out previously and didn’t make any noise.
4. this music is innovative and far from stale. from a music standpoint there is a lot of growth. from a hip hop perspective this music pales in comparison to our “golden era” however, life goes on.

By: ra

ra — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 03:42:37 +0000

WAKA FLOCKA’S CD “FLOCKAVELI” SAVED HIP HOP!!!!……BOW! BOW!…..THIS AINT YOUR DADDY’S MUSIC!!….

By: Gemz

Gemz — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 03:38:13 +0000

haHahaHaha!!! Ok Mufasa.

By: str8 killa no filla

str8 killa no filla — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:23:27 +0000

i agree wiht no name hip hop will go wherever the powers in business want it to go because hip hop got commercial long ago, but i beleive if true hip hop rappers stay true to the fans like us who beleives in good hip hop the’ll be ok but they will probably be underground like most good rappers are like wiz khalifa, curren$y, etc. Also think about this we like good rap because we grew up in the era a little before BoB and Minaj the three year olds that sing nuthin on you and our children all they know will probably be pop rappers like minaj because of the age they will be growing up in.P.S. im 15

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:01:59 +0000

B.O.B is cool but drake and all them is full of bs

By: marky

marky — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 23:41:04 +0000

Their music is far from HIP. I like to call that music Pop-Hop, nothing hip about that shit.

By: Dick B.

Dick B. — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 23:31:40 +0000

“Rap is something you do; Hip hop is something you live.” – KRS-One

Listen to Peace of Mine by Gang Starr

Nicki, Drake, and B.O.B. are not hip hop.

By: Dick B.

Dick B. — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 23:31:08 +0000

“Rap is something you do; Hip hop is something you live.” – KRS-One

Listen to Peace of Mine by Gang Starr

Nicki, Drake, and B.O.B. are not hip hop.