is hiphop dead?
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- mitsu0
in a word, yes.
- k770
What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. Is there anything of which one can say, "Look! This is something new"? It was here already, long ago; it was here before our time. There is no remembrance of men of old, and even those who are yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow.
Ecclesiastes
- pand40
here you go flight attendant
http://www.unrenderable.com/sado…hip hop never died, it was born and only people with no hope see it dead.
Paid in Full that came out in 87 has enough hip hop to last us for decades.and last time i saw transfatty we both jammed to WHAM! except we agreed not to talk about it.
- pand40
here you go, some homegrown shit, straight outta the UK..
http://fatbonghits.com/people5/c…this might be too raw for some, and not mention enough jewlery for others.
- pascii0
i remember the hijacker kru and onyx!
- phist0
"I laugh at critics claiming, 'Hip-hop’s over'
F*** you, hip-hop just started.."
- El-P from Aesop Rock's "We're Famous"mtv is starting to corrupt the indie and underground scene. the corporate vampires will invest in anything that makes money. but the good thing is that these labels have little or no corporate connects and rely on themselves. def jux on mtv2 is ok in my opinion, they need the exposure because they get no airplay. whoever recommended the viktor vaughn deserves a cuban cigar. sorry, kids - hip hop is alive and well. time to go find another trend to hate on.
leaders of the new school:
http://www.definitivejux.net
http://www.rhymesayers.com
http://www.quannum.com
http://www.okayplayer.com
http://www.raptivism.com
http://www.okayplayer.com
http://www.ninjatune.net
http://www.bbemusic.com
http://www.omrecords.com
http://www.stonesthrow.com
http://www.babygrande.com
http://www.mfdoomsite.com
http://www.hieroglyphics.com
(many more)
- unfittoprint0
MTV must be destroyed.
- brandelec0
doesn't shaq rap?
- brandelec0
may be hip hop is dying because everyone talks about the same ol' things
you fizzle me bizzle.
- kpl0
You know what's not dead?
Elvis.
- brandelec0
may be justin timberlake should start rapping
- unfittoprint0
Hip Hop has to reinvent itself.
Look at the past.
Hip Hop must create their Beck's, White Stripes, Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Respect the heritage with new visions.
Deal the cards again. If you are indeed true players.
Fuck bling bling.
Make it exciting. Not predictive.
- brandelec0
may be less cars, more hos in the videos
- peteski0
the soul of hip hop, its spiritual and fun loving nature has been dead, burned out by the buck a long time ago.
- GreedoLives0
that's bullshit.
as long as there's a bunch of kids rhymin' on the corner, hip hop is alive. they said the same shit about rock fourty years ago, and it's still here, despite what you may think of it.
There's lots of great lesser-known talent that's sure to blow up once this gangsta blingbling fest is over.
Here's some Beantown faves:
http://www.mrlif.com/
http://www.akrobatik.com/
7L & Esoterik (no site yet)
Ed O.G. (no site)
Guru (Not from Gangstarr)
etc.
Lemme drum up some mp3s here...brb
- cre2done0
"Victor the director flip a script like Rob Reiner,
The way most dudes sound nowdays they name should be knob shiner,
For a buck they'ld likely dance a jig or do the huklebuck,
To Vic it's no big deal, they just a bunch of knucklefucks."
Victor Vaughn aka MF Doom aka King Ghidra aka Zeb luv X
IF you think hip hop is dead get some MF Doom, EL-P, Necro, Big L (rip)
- one2meny0
No, but it should be. I think the only creativity still out there in that world is in Rap by guys like Eminem and ODB. Though even they get old with the drugs, bitches, hos, and guns. Not to mention the lack of creativity by ripping off all old song's bass lines and even melodies. Seriously, there hasn't been much creativity in the secular music world since Classic Rock. Look at the other side of Pop Music, not just hip hop, but all the Creeds, Nickelback and other Vanilla Rock bands, what a bunch of crap.
- unknown0
click to listen to amazing underground hip hop and funk.
- enobrev0
actaully the serious detriment to the music is the lack of accessibilty to the variety that exists...
some of us know where to find the creative shit. Which street corners or record stores to hit. Which dj's to listen for.
But when it comes to hip hop for the masses, you have merketable product aka the hot97s and mtvs of the world.
The idea that hip hop as a whole is dead hardly makes sense being that most of the members and creators are alive and well. it's a music genre, yes, but it's also a culture that lives within those who participate, most of whom are alive, kicking, writing (walls and paper, dancing, making beats, speaking, etc, etc) and keeping it alive and breathing.
as long as the makers and creators exist, the influence carries on, and hip hop 'lives'.
- enobrev0
otherwise it's like saying the web died when people began getting paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to build the same old sites over and over again.