Here are some new pics of your favoritest most handsomest rapper.
Remember this? This scene was legendary for decades after me and my friends saw it! Classic!
We have long talked about “the day the music died” and there have been plenty (probably too many) songs about how hip hop is dying, if not dead. But in reality, those songs actually kept hip hop alive. Many of those songs and artists were odes to the authentic sounds of original hip hop, including samples, drum breaks, creative lyrical cadences, etc. Today, what is considered “hip hop” actually has more in common with pop music. Verses that are sung, not rapped, kicks and snares that sound more “keyboardish” than sound like they were sampled from records, more electronic sounds, less original instruments sampled from records, etc. Actually, when I listen to a classic rock song, I hear more in common with original hip hop than I do when I listen to any popular radio station playing “hip hop.”Here’s another interesting occurrence happening now. Many of the current popular “hip hop” songs are remakes of songs I listened to when I was younger– when I say younger, I mean just like 10 years ago. There are no popular RAPPERS anymore. Name me one real RAPPER (meaning he/she doesn’t sing as well as rap) that hasn’t been around for over 10 years. Even in the underground and indie hip hop scene, the most popular artists are all hip hop artists that have been around for over 10 years now. Nobody new is coming up. Nobody new is creating anything new. And the question is why?I have some theories, but I’d like to hear some of yours. Is this the beginning of the end? Or is this just a transformation that all genres of music go through?
