I don't even refer to the shit that's out now as Hip hop. It's pop or hip pop, but def not hip hop. Someone tried to tell me Lil wayne and Drake are hip hop, uhm, no, hip pop maybe or just pop. I haven't heard a new hip hop artist in a long time. Most real hip hop artists were the ones established in the 90's. Really 50 is one of the last I can remember that came out this millennium and that was like '03. He has since turned into a pop artist. Hip hop wasn't about money, originally. Sure it got popular and people made lots of money from it. It slowly got homogenized into what it is today. Today's "Hip Hop" is what rock was in the 80's. The industry had a formula.80's rock=big hair, make up, crazy clothes, a love ballad, an aggressive song, a party song = hit record. Todays hip pop= tattoos up to your eyebrows, the latest designer clothes, "gangsta" image (video with mansions and lambos), a gangsta song, a love/r&b song ft. some rhianna, nikki manaj etc., and a club song bam! Hip hop is today's rock.They were called "rockstar" in the 80's, now they're called "rapstar"
Seeing how this thread is from 2006....I think the better discussion would be where has Hip-Hop been since this thread was posted.
I don't even refer to the shit that's out now as Hip hop. It's pop or hip pop, but def not hip hop. Someone tried to tell me Lil wayne and Drake are hip hop, uhm, no, hip pop maybe or just pop. I haven't heard a new hip hop artist in a long time. Most real hip hop artists were the ones established in the 90's. Really 50 is one of the last I can remember that came out this millennium and that was like '03. He has since turned into a pop artist. Hip hop wasn't about money, originally. Sure it got popular and people made lots of money from it. It slowly got homogenized into what it is today. Today's "Hip Hop" is what rock was in the 80's. The industry had a formula.80's rock=big hair, make up, crazy clothes, a love ballad, an aggressive song, a party song = hit record. Todays hip pop= tattoos up to your eyebrows, the latest designer clothes, "gangsta" image (video with mansions and lambos), a gangsta song, a love/r&b song ft. some rhianna, nikki manaj etc., and a club song bam! Hip hop is today's rock.They were called "rockstar" in the 80's, now they're called "rapstar"
The same place disco went
Hip-Hop Sux... It's easy to please simple minds.
I agree that people accept the simple stuff being shoved down their throats and no the artist and producers no longer have control of the music. Hip-Hop was sold to the "suits" many years ago they dictate everything now. Where is it going? Hell, I don't know... most likely no where good.