Hip Hop Yo
Hip Hop is at it's prime bee. All the famous rap artists are stinking rich and those nice big booty gals in there videos make hot. Don't get me wrong punk and rock is aought but rap and reggae are making a comeback with hot artist like elephant man and G-unit rap is going to take over. No doubt.
Hip Hop dominates pop culture right now because it makes good party/dance music. But hip hop heads actually need good lyrics and flow too, not just a catchy beat. G-unit gets to work with good beats so of course their songs are catchy and big hits with teens and popular at parties and stuff.. but to actually sit down by yourself and listen to a g-unit album is a very bland experience.
Originally posted by Darth Revan
But tell me... When in the last 5-10 years has hip hop not been the big thing?
Exactly, in fact maybe even further back than that. Grandmaster Flash was making hip-hop popular in the early 80's.
And it (hip-pop) already pretty much dominates popular music. I mean how often do you see a rock band that isn't Green Day, Franz Ferdinand or The Killers in the charts. It would be a shame, but I don't think many serious music fans care anyway.
Hip Pop dominates the charts. Hip Pop is a genre particularly dominated by artists who used to make Hip Hop but decided the cheque was mightier than the pen and bent over to take a shot for the money.
Hip Hop isn't in the charts, not real Hip Hop. There's more "real" Rock in the charts than there is Hip Hop. Although most of those bands have Pop sensibilities. Franz Ferdinand consider themselves Brit-Pop, as do I. The Killers aren't really a Rock band either.
-AC
No Alpha u got all wrong rap rules. U can't say hip hop is dieing when every day u hear 1,2 step or How we Do on the radio or when a car passes by.Oh and Darth Raven I can tell u listen to punk and u should apreciaet different types of music no matter who makes it. And 50 percenet of the pop chart right now is rap and hpi hop.WHAT ARE U TALKING ABOUT.
Were saying that Mainstream hip hop sucks. It all sucks. Period.
Listen to hip hop like Immortal Technique, MF doom, Chino Xl, Mos Def.
The pop Charts mean nothing, its quality that counts.
Mainstream hip hop is all crap and no quality, all they say is bragging. "I've got more money than you," or "I've had more sex than you."
Its dumb.
Originally posted by Cooties
No Alpha u got all wrong rap rules. U can't say hip hop is dieing when every day u hear 1,2 step or How we Do on the radio or when a car passes by.Oh and Darth Raven I can tell u listen to punk and u should apreciaet different types of music no matter who makes it. And 50 percenet of the pop chart right now is rap and hpi hop.WHAT ARE U TALKING ABOUT.
It's Darth Revan, and I hardly listen to punk at all. I listen to all different kinds of music, most likely more than you. I happen to love hip hop. Just not the shit that shows up on the billboard charts. As Afro Cheese so aptly put it, listening to a G-unit album at a club or party might be almost enjoyable, but sitting down and listening to a G-unit album straight through is very boring. 50 Cent is a complete moron.
"He had a difficult childhood" is not an acceptable excuse for stupidity. There are gangster rappers I respect because they at least put some creativity and thought into their lyrics.
Like the song "How I could just kill a man" by Cypress Hill... It's about living on the streets and talks about violence a lot, but it has a great beat, innovative lyrics, and is interesting to listen to.
"How do you know where I'm at, when you haven't been where I've been, understand where I'm comin' from?" dj
Re: Hip Hop Yo
Originally posted by Cooties
..but rap and reggae are making a comeback with hot artist like elephant man and G-unit rap is going to take over. No doubt.
hey man, elephant man is NOT reggae, not close, never will be..
it's dancehall, which i can't stand.. same goes for sean paul, i can't stand him!! and all thoes other artist nowdays who claim to be playin reggae but they're not just coz they're from jamaica, all they're talkin about is shakin thier asses..
reggae has MEANING to it..
want real reggae? listen to bob marley!
as for 50 cent.. i can't believe he got this big.. he's as bad as sean paul.. and that's BAD.. he's pathetic
Originally posted by Darth Revan
Like the song "How I could just kill a man" by Cypress Hill... It's about living on the streets and talks about violence a lot, but it has a great beat, innovative lyrics, and is interesting to listen to."How do you know where I'm at, when you haven't been where I've been, understand where I'm comin' from?" dj
Ah man you just made my day. Thats one of my favourite songs from the "Hill". I gonna go listen to it now. 😮💨
Im not sure whether to take Cooties seriously, he seems to just to be saying dumb shit to get a rise out us. Revan i've found you to be knowledgeable on all sorts of music so im not sure where the "punk only" theory came from. Hip Hop is bigger now than its ever been but like any music it has good a bad (and 50cent who defies description). Like most other forms of music the best is made for the love of it, as soon as you start making music with money being the inspiration it all goes horribly wrong. Hip pop may be all over the charts but that doesnt make it good or inspirational music IMO.