I PUT A POSTS UP ABOUT HIP-HOP.ALL OF YOU GUYS HAD REAL GOOD STUFF TO SAY ABOUT IT BUT THERE WERE 2 PEOPLE THAT MADE THE MOST SENCE AND REALLY KNEW WHAT THEY WAS TALKING ABOUT.THOSE 2 PEOPLE ARE JIMMY AND BOBBY EARTH.
Jimmy said...
Can you honestly say it's still a craft? It's all ran by corporate bigshots who are after money. They make you "like" the music that's out today, by controlling what you watch. I would like to provide a example of this by posting this article, http://www.imageyenation.com/?itemid=1528
BET has refused a music video by the group Little Brother for being "too intelligent", adn YOUR TELLING US TO RESPECT THE CRAFT. Your being played to like Soulja Boy and the GS Boyz, they tell you it's hot and so you believe it. I'll stay underground till this bullshit era of hip hop passes. By the way, I'm 19 and I truly know what the craft is.
No disrespect to Soulja Boy or all of them, but there's a whole other world to hip hop that's not being represented to the masses. What we need is a balance, there's been to much Soulja Boy not enough Wale, to much GS BOYZ not enough Little Brother. Hip Hop just needs it's diversity represented.@ Bobby Earth
Yes, hip hop has always had its "fun" songs, but that's all that's being played!!!!!!!! Hip Hop has had Kid n Play, 2 Live Crew, Digital Underground etc. But they were still played with the rest of hip hop, even then they got played with the rest of hip hop.
The TV and the radio control what you guys listen too, and just hearing that BET would pull shit like that shows you how crooked the media is, and that they don't give a damn about you or hip hop. Just how deep their pockets get, but judging by your definition, that's hip hop right??????
Bobby Earth said...
I am with you 100%, fam (Crowned King Music).
Everybody thinks they're true hip-hop heads 'cause they know Soulja Boy isn't real hip-hop. Soulja Boy IS real hip-hop. You got a young cat here that came from nothing, produced his own beats, wrote a song for fun, choreographed a dance to it, put it on YouTube, and got a whole nation of people rockin' to his joint. If that ain't hip-hop, I don't know what is. Does "Rapper's Delight" by the Sugarhill Gang really have some deep, lyrical, real hip-hop message in it? No, it's just a fun dance/party song, and it is definitely hip-hop. Open your eyes, ears, and minds, people! Hip-hop ain't what it used to be. It's gonna keep changing. Good music is good music. The end.I DEFINITELY bump De La Soul, Nas, 2Pac, Slum Village, A Tribe Called Quest, Common, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, and all them.
But at the same time I respect Soulja Boy. That's just me.
Why does everybody feel the need to take on this "old-man persona" about how long they've been on hip-hop and how they have a huge vinyl collection because they can decipher real hip-hop from "fake" hip-hop?
For instance, take Afrika Bambaataa, THE GRANDFATHER OF HIP-HOP (I assume you know the man). DOPE-ASS beats for sure. But was he some lyrical wordsmith genius? I think not! Just a super-dope-ass DJ and beatmaker that shouted a bunch of hype on top of the tracks, and rocked crowds. But THIS IS STILL HIP-HOP. AND HE WASN'T A "RINGTONE RAPPER".
Hip-hop is NOT always about the punchlines, metaphors, and lyrical prowess. You can't judge Soulja Boy in the same playing field as KRS-ONE, Rakim, and these other rappers. Because that's not what he is. NEVER did he say he was a lyrical wordsmith. If you wanna call him a "ringtone rapper", that's fine, but if that's the case, then 2 Live Crew and Digital Underground were "ringtone rappers" as well.
And for one, KRS-ONE is a hypocrite. He likes to call himself "The Teacher", and preach what "real hip-hop" is (i.e. no jewels; no gangbanging; just peace, love, & unity; etc.), and when you look back at his album covers (including Boogie Down Productions CD's) from twenty years ago: NOTHING BUT dookie ropes (big-ass gold chains FYI), GUNS, and fighting the power.
Nas has his niche; Soulja Boy has his niche; Kanye West has his niche; Common has his niche.
They've played/are playing their special part in hip-hop.
Again, no disrespect or hate to anyone that thinks differently.
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