Now before yall try to crucify me..let me explain. No one was
complaining before Nas said "Hiphop was dead". People claim that
Soulja Boy and other southern artists art the cause for the decline in
Hip Hop. Wrong. Fans are so quick to forget that their were actually
worse songs in the 90s..(remember Who That is? That's my Baby Daddy!)
I mean we had the "Tootise Roll", "I wish I was a little bit taller", and
a whole heap of bullshit. Souljaboy was a 16 year old kid who made a
dance record. He wasn't aiming to make thought provoking music. But
anyway, from the 90s to the present..different positions had influence
on the records we loved. There was a time where if you had a big feature, you
were on...there was a time if you had a big time producer, you had a
hit, there's was a time where if you were on a famous Dj's mixtape,
you got a deal. I feel Hip Hop is better than the 90s because now it's
back to making original, honest, thought provoking music. If you make
great music and put it out..it will catch ears. I mean Drake was
independent with the number 2 single country at one point...that's the
people talkin. A lot of people hold 90s music so close because of
nostalgia, it's like when old heads used to tell us that Run DMC is
the shit...30 year old hip hop fans will still say KRS-one and Rakim
are top 5 emcees of all time. They had their time but there is a new
wave of music...by the people, influenced by the people, and for the
people. It's not for the money, not for the women, not for the bright
lights. XXL has been on point for the most part in there Freshmen
class assessments. I mean how can you not love a Wiz Khalifah,
Currensy, J Cole, Wale, Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West, Drake, Pac Div, and
etc? These are all artists dedicated to making the best possible music
to stand the test of time not just for a check...as fans we put
artists on such a high pedestal that we criticize and talk shit about
artists every chance we get,download they shit and never say "yo I
like ya shit dog"...if Hip Hop is dead....then it died with the "fan"
By- @AsiFrio
complaining before Nas said "Hiphop was dead". People claim that
Soulja Boy and other southern artists art the cause for the decline in
Hip Hop. Wrong. Fans are so quick to forget that their were actually
worse songs in the 90s..(remember Who That is? That's my Baby Daddy!)
I mean we had the "Tootise Roll", "I wish I was a little bit taller", and
a whole heap of bullshit. Souljaboy was a 16 year old kid who made a
dance record. He wasn't aiming to make thought provoking music. But
anyway, from the 90s to the present..different positions had influence
on the records we loved. There was a time where if you had a big feature, you
were on...there was a time if you had a big time producer, you had a
hit, there's was a time where if you were on a famous Dj's mixtape,
you got a deal. I feel Hip Hop is better than the 90s because now it's
back to making original, honest, thought provoking music. If you make
great music and put it out..it will catch ears. I mean Drake was
independent with the number 2 single country at one point...that's the
people talkin. A lot of people hold 90s music so close because of
nostalgia, it's like when old heads used to tell us that Run DMC is
the shit...30 year old hip hop fans will still say KRS-one and Rakim
are top 5 emcees of all time. They had their time but there is a new
wave of music...by the people, influenced by the people, and for the
people. It's not for the money, not for the women, not for the bright
lights. XXL has been on point for the most part in there Freshmen
class assessments. I mean how can you not love a Wiz Khalifah,
Currensy, J Cole, Wale, Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West, Drake, Pac Div, and
etc? These are all artists dedicated to making the best possible music
to stand the test of time not just for a check...as fans we put
artists on such a high pedestal that we criticize and talk shit about
artists every chance we get,download they shit and never say "yo I
like ya shit dog"...if Hip Hop is dead....then it died with the "fan"
By- @AsiFrio
3 comments:
You got a point homie
Well said and well written Mr. Frio!!
Dawn what you doin on the sight? LoL