From the very beginning, the Hip Hop culture has had its base in a number of different elements. Technically speaking, those would include graffiti, DJing, and breakdancing but over time — as with anything else — the elements have taken on different forms, there are sub-genres — especially as it relates to how different regions interpret the culture. Hip Hop purists love the sticky topic of whether or not the South has somehow ruined Hip Hop. If we’re discussing this point, then let’s just put an address on it: Atlanta. Ask what you’d really like to ask: Has Atlanta ruined Hip Hop? The city is virtually the epicenter of southern music, the mecca. It’s been that way since the early 2000s. It was 1999 when — whether rap fans want to give it to him or not — Ludacris busted through to the mainstream reiterating that the South indeed had something to say, just in case 3000’s famous words had been forgotten. In that regard, the South has been talking non-stop for over 15 years and some are sick of it.
It’s the state of the charts, the fact that the rap songs with heavy melodies and light lyricism have taken precedence over tracks that, as the purists argue — “actually say something.” Rici, lead artist manager at Atlanta’s Quality Control Music — home to The Migos and OG Maco — argues the differences between rap and Hip Hop admitting that although rap isn’t what it started out as, the South has made important contributions to Hip Hop. ”It’s trap rap nowadays. My guys Migos rap, but Young Greatness is Hip Hop.” Rici has also worked extensively with DC’s own Wale, so although she’s an Atlanta native, she is well-aware of cultural differences.
“Rich the Kid raps,” she added. “[OG] Maco is a rock star mixed with all that. New York is not even Hip Hop anymore — they’re rappers wanting to be from the South instead of sticking to Hip Hop [basics]. They ruined rap by trying to steal from the [Southern sound]!” Now, as inflammatory as those words may be in certain circles, it’s an argument that’s been made before. Fabolous and Joey Bad A$$ notwithstanding, there have been few artists out of NYC that haven’t at least tried the Southern formula. “At the end of the day,” Rici stated, “The South is winning so how is Hip Hop ruined?”
Below the Mason-Dixon line, particularly in Atlanta, most music is broken in the strip club. The dancers determine whether or not the song being played is “hot” and that energy moves quickly throughout the club and subsequently the city, then on to the rest of the southeastern region. So when asking a question as pointed as this one, everyone scrambles to find the root of the issue.
Atlanta’s Coalition DJs, run by manager Nick Love, has a hand in what records are played in strip clubs citywide and with the crew’s extension into Miami and Detroit, they’re pushing their influence even further. Artists pay the Coalition to spin their new music for a predetermined amount of time. If it sounds like a hit at the shoe show then, odds are, it will take off. Do remember: Future’s climb started in the strip club. But again, it isn’t what the circle plays, but how the girls react. Still, in saying this, would the ‘worst’ rap song — the type to ‘ruin’ Hip Hop — even make it to the masses if circles like Coalition didn’t have mediocre artists paying to play? Does the Coalition DJ circle, and others like it, have blood on their hands? Love explains, “The honest answer is ‘no.’ I feel like my guys are a tool, option and an avenue for music in the city. I think that if you make music that caters to the club crowd, we’re there. We’re just as much of a resource as radio is, or a mixtape, or MTV, BET…”
Love is a native of Decatur, GA, a city on Atlanta’s east side, home to a number of rappers that some would argue, are definitely not Hip Hop. “Once the masses start to tell a story about someone or something, it’s hard to change the narrative,” he says. “So if you’ve always known New York to be a certain way or LA to be a certain way, it’s hard to change your perception.” His point is that during the late 1980s to early 1990s while the South was becoming known more for its bass music than lyrical content in rhymes, all other regions had created identities as well, be it staunch lyrics in the Northeast or the G-Funk bump and social commentary on the west coast.
“For years we were known for the booty shake sound,” Love elaborates. “Then crunk, snap and trap — it’s kind of a cycle that Atlanta is in. If you listen to the commentary back then [when OutKast debuted] it was like people thought we were retarded like, ‘Oh wow, y’all can string sentences together…’ That’s kinda where we are now.”
It’s the amount of single deals signed out of the South, but the music business is exactly that: a business. And while some are emotional about the essence of Hip Hop being lost on what comes out of the South, we have to remember that there are artists like Big K.R.I.T., J Cole, Jeezy, and T.I. that have made their mark on the industry in recent years. Tip’s manager and Grand Hustle co-founder Jason Geter — who, ironically, is from the tri-state area — weighed in. “There’ve been the little flukes that have come along here and there,” he admits. “Just like New York has had a number of flukes that have come about, here and there. Whether it’s the Harlem Shake or the Chicken Noodle Soup… As a fan of Hip Hop I can argue that the South has had some and New York has had some, the west coast has had some.” He goes on to state that the main reason the “flukes” are at the forefront is the fault of the record labels, desperate to make some money, regardless of how it comes.
“Of course for every career artist, there are 7 one-hit wonders but that’s just the music business, right? I think the kid Raury has a real shot at a career.” Geter added, also naming 2 Chainz and Killer Mike as examples. When challenged in reference to Tity Boi’s longstanding industry presence, Geter argues, “Yeah. He been out, but it don’t happen till it happen. You been out but ain’t nobody been paying attention to you. Let’s be honest.” It’s true. Artists like Killer Mike, who is currently experiencing the height of his rap career as half of Run the Jewels, can’t be discounted in the conversation. A lot of it is a difference in what’s marketed. One running argument that many artists have made is that while on NY press runs, they’ll turn on the radio and it sounds like it could be an Atlanta station. Artists like Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan run the radio waves up top the same as anywhere else. Record labels snap up Southern artists that may have one solid hit, push them and drop them just as fast to be on to the next. People like to dance these days and loyalty to artists, even artist development, is a relic of the past.
Where Geter may blame the industry for these one-up projects, Love intimates that the blame may fall squarely on the shoulders of certain colleagues. “I don’t think some of my peers care,” he shared, shrugging. “Like, ‘Whatever. As long as I’m getting my money or my artist is getting that shine or my artist record is popping.’ A lot of these folks aren’t from here so they don’t care. They moved from wherever they moved from to come here and get money, so they have no real motivation to preserve and boost Atlanta.”
It’s a general remark made, particularly within the Atlanta metro limits where those born and raised in the city feel as if the transplants have negatively affected the natural progression of Southern Hip Hop. In a small city/big town like Atlanta, where the percentage of out-of-towners hovers around 45%, it’s a valid argument — sort of.
But people like Chaka Zulu of Luda’s Disturbing tha Peace and Geter aren’t from Atlanta and have made valiant efforts on behalf of the city, even outside of Hip Hop. For instance, Geter spent the better part of one recent day in one of Atlanta’s most notorious neighborhoods, Vine City — also known as The Bluff — working to restore the nation’s first integrated park. He said that Love’s point is misplaced.
“I feel like [me and Chaka] are two people that have helped this city in so many ways and the average person wouldn’t even understand the influence — not just outside of the city but within the city. Me personally, I’ve done more than 99% of the dudes from Atlanta for Atlanta. That’s real and you can ask the mayor ‘bout that,” he stated with a laugh. Geter added, speaking of that day in the park, “I’ma tell you. I was there. I ain’t see [nobody from Atlanta] and to be honest with you, it was a dude from New York who invited me. We sat down with two other people who had nothing to do with Hip Hop. So I think that’s just a cop-out. It’s back to that black-on-black bullshit.”
“We would’ve hoped that somebody else would’ve done it,” he said, slowly. “But as far as we know, looking over the last 15 years, looking at the charts, nobody ever closed the doors on the East Coast and the West Coast. Nobody’s ever closed the doors on those markets.”
“It’s just that the South caught a run and it’s just been so obvious,” Geter shared, pausing. “It’s coming back around now. The west coast has some good artists coming out but let’s be honest, New York is still trying to get their feet planted on the ground, and I get it. I’m from there.”
Nadine Graham was bred in Brooklyn, NY but based in the Atlanta metro area. She co-hosts an urban lifestyle show called Day 1 Radio on ABLRadio.com. Graham is enamored with lyrics although she can ‘hit the Quan’ with the best of ’em. She’s written for Revolt, Billboard and The Boombox.
the problem with this analysis is most Americans do not truly understand the roots of hiphop…hiphop was born out of New York from brothers with deep Jamaican/Carribean roots. The whole culture was heavily influenced by this West-Indian/rude boy/Jamaican culture. This is the background of almost all the greatest original MCs/Djs from New York whether its africa bambatta, kool herc or notorius BIG . The culture was tied to that New York/urban/Caribbean style culture for years. Then, the West Coast came along and it was closer to a Southern “More American” sound because most the guys in the West Coast have Southern roots where most African-American originate from. Then, it was the Geto Boyz / Scarface who really came in with that Southern Sound before Outkast/Goodie Mob solidified its placing. Anyways, purists are idiots. The south did not ruin hiphop. They made it better
“The south did not ruin hiphop. They made it better” HOW, SWAY?`
how? conceptually? lyrically? socially? the made NO improvements to hip hop. the south is nearly a total liability.
Has the south ruined hip hop? Well, I guess it’s start a making this website live up to its name. At least today their aren’t any fuckin articles about the Kardashians/Jenners, and the the other gossip shit is at a minimum. Some of the articles could sill stand to be proofread better. The misspelled words and fucked up sentence structure make you question the thoughts behind everything else that you just read.
The fact that this is even still an acceptable question is kinda disappointing from the perspective of a southerner. It’s pretty disrespectful. Especially since we’ve done so much for the culture. And I hate this argument that we aren’t as lyrical, the fact is we simply talk different from yall so we gone rap different. Furthermore our lifestyle is different so our definition of lyricism is different. Yall define lyricism by syllables and aggression alot of the time up north, that’s not how we define it down here. We like storytelling based in reality and vivid pictures as well as rappers with alot of musicality in their flow.
Migos, Future, Cash Money,Young Thug, etc. They can rhyme? They dont say ISH! There are a handful of southern artists that can rhyme. I know Outkast sounded different, but they still had lyrics. Same with Luda. Hes got bars too, The rest are garbage and are just in for a quick paycheck. Yeah the south did kill it.
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Hip hop is now overcrowded by bumms. When it is played on public I feel ashamed to recite it’s words because i’m not even allowed to say a Nigga I totally hate hip hop. It contains unnecessary words. It’s all about materialism. There is no way we gonna see a descent person out of the word YOLO. All of those chaps who use that word are doing useless things; They dropped out of school, they don’t read any books, all they think of is rap, they are too lazy to commit to any labour. Some of these bums bragg about how they have been stabed like it’s fun to be them. They all over the streets picking fights. Is that all you dudes think life is all about. I’m free i’m a free-spirited person. Ya’ll Dumb Americans after 20 years you’ll be in a Civil War you’re fighting for skin Color.
you are hilarious. Hiphop is the top selling music in the world right now. im sitting in a office right now with executives who earn plus 200K a year. Guess what? half of them all listen to hiphop, Drake, Jay-z…etc. what are you talking about..youre lost…
you are hilarious. Hiphop is the top selling music in the world right now. im sitting in a office right now with executives who earn plus 200K a year. Guess what? half of them all listen to hiphop, Drake, Jay-z…etc. what are you talking about..youre lost…
you are hilarious. Hiphop is the top selling music in the world right now. im sitting in a office right now with executives who earn plus 200K a year. Guess what? half of them all listen to hiphop, Drake, Jay-z…etc. what are you talking about..youre lost…
. . . about civil war i’m not wrong. I’ve been a “big brother” lately. You are all going to believe it when it happens. Americans are dumb. You think why your soldiers invade other countries then the media tell you they are protecting your country. Those people they are invading they’re protecting their countries. Ya’ll whites and blacks gonna start a civil war in America Christians will be the one who start it with your gangs shit. People who can’t reason. Why are you a gangster? Why do you want to polish your swagg? Why are humans even on Earth even today. But I know all humans are gonna die The world is just dying but what i’m certain is humans are ging down first.
naah man,South elevated Hip Hop to a new sound these guys just wanna ride the old wave and old formula,which is cool and im not saying that classic hip hop drumbreak is bad,its raw and its dope to hear someone spit fire but cmon man,if you just know how to rhyme over classic boombap then how come you a rapper ?
You’re wrong when you say “ride the old wave” . The south makes easy music. Simplicity is key. That’s a walk in the park for an east coast rapper. Here’s where it gets crazy: If the east took the sound of the south and made a hot song with south flavor, it’s “stealing the sound.” Understandable. I have never heard a rapper from the south try to sound like they were from the east (Luda maybe being the closet thing to a lyrical rapper from the south). J-Cole, but North Carolina plays a funny boarder with south meeting east. It’s country none the less.
So, with that being said, credit is due all over the place. Today’s listener is hard to get by. They need simplicity. Things are getting easier in life. In every form of life. Whether it’s reading(they have sites where books are read to you), writing(typing), and access to social media(phones). Music is simplified, and the south has fed simplicity for 15 years.
This being Hiphop history month its important we remember why hiphop was created in the first place. It provided an outlet for the youth to safety express themselves thru art an put a spotlight on conditions in the hood. That being said the south represents more of a call an response beat driven rap which can be/is considered simple. Hiphop is always evolving/ devolving depending on who you ask. Im from the south but i lean more toward the eastcoast with their lyricism.. The religion of hiphop is health love awareness an wealth. Krs1
I think that the answer is yes… sort of, The rappers who are on top out of the South suck!!!…. If Luda, TI, Bun B, hell even lil Wayne were the forefronts I would have no problem, because they display their skill, but instead you have Migos, Future and i don’t know who else (and I don’t know because they all sound similar and nothing about them stand out).
When hip hop hit the south, it ceased being a voice of the voiceless, a tool for social change or a way of artistic expression. It became one big ass party, hip hop always had party music but not exclusively party music meaning they had socially aware tracks. and more importantly, they were received well by the audience.
the south’s culture is just different, nobody down here wants to hear revolutionary preachy raps. its cool if outkast spits a verse here or there, but a chuck D? a Paris? Immortal Technique? nah bruh, that won’t fly in the south.
Yes they did.by making black males look like thugged out mindless criminals that are illiterate remember them two fat Niggas with Lil Jon Lil Sam and big bo SAMBO you set us back as a whole for your own gain and regional fame…..Scarface and Outkast the rest should at least stop lying about the damage you’ve done
i agree the image portrayed is clown like not taken seriously
Rap game is like a circus of clowns they just make music
skills is no longer really needed you just pop some wack beat in and flow thats it youre a ”rapper” nowadays
Yes They have. But it’s not all there fault. The suits ruined hip hop. Its like they get in a room and say “ok what are we gonna make cool in hip hop?” tight pants? Kissing men? Mumbling words? Auto tune? Yes to all!!!” anything goes in hip hop now. No skill is needed. Ghostwriters, autotune, it’s all ok now….the south gave birth to young thug……south holds the L !!!!
this article is 12 years late…”Turn on the TV, and all you see is the A
You niggas better make up a dance and try to get radio play” – the game
Cunninlynguists. Now thats a Rare example of true hip hop from the south. Its a rarity to find true lyricists and artists from the south. But there are some. In my opinion though, starting with like JT Money, Project Pat, The Hot Boyz and all that garbage. All the shittiest of the shitiest hip hop, 90% of it has come from the south.
JT Money was a good lyricist,8Ball,Mister Mike!
All the article had to say was YES. This is coming from someone from the south. Its particulary Atlanta. They have sucessfully undone all the ground work guys like Outkast, Ludacris, T.I. etc have done for southern hiphop.
change is a part of life.there will always be periods of bad music. remember disco, 80s glam rock, and bad techno/house. its just now there is lack of variety.
the kids want mindless music Now n there’s little you can do about it. how long it will last no one knows. you only need new young creative musicians to create a new hot sound which will make trap obsolete. or when people get tired with pop n want real music.it will change one day
no
I’m from the south and I’ll have to say yes
Some of the new cat’s FUCK YEAH,now all you have to do is mumble & grunt to the beat… All these garbage “drill” studs in Chicago
“The south did not ruin hiphop. They made it better” So Future, Migos, and Young Thug are making hip-hop better? HOW, SWAY?
The only thing the south brought to hip hop IMO is less reliance on sampling. Other than that it brought a lot of garbage artists and sensibilities.
Yes, the music out of the south has been hot garbage since No Limit. But that’s what happens when art gets commercialized. There’s been a lot of wack shit on both coasts as well. Yes, music evolves; from the electro-funk of Bambatta and the “hip, hop to the hibbity” crowd of the late 70’s we got boom bap and lyricists from the 80’s to early 90’s. We had afrocentrism, party songs, gangsta stories, straight bars, political and socially conscious music etc. But commercial rap started falling off in the mid to late 90’s and has been rushing to the gutter ever since. Maybe it’s coincidence that southern fried rap (not calling it hip hop) has been on the rise since around the same time? I don’t think so. With an ever increasing southern influence, rap has been devolving into mushmouthed chants (can’t even call it lyrics) and some of the wackest fucking music of any genre. Plastic shit for the digital age marketed to the lowest common denominator. It’s a commodity; it’s not art. Dullards worry about “what’s hot” instead of considering “what’s good”.
South destroyed it and ripped it to shreds, be honest niggaz
Mabey it was these rappers on the east an west dropping their sound and biting the south? Yall been pointing fingers for years mabey it your fault
Like Pimp C said…”we making country rap tunes down here, y’all can keep hiphop”.
Overall the south takes an L but lets not act like they haven’t had some dope MC’s. Like 3000, Luda, and 8-Ball & MJG. What really ruined hip-hop is the loss of black radio, lack of black media, white record execs, and the fact that black people are unwilling to safeguard their own creation.
The south didn’t technically ruin hip hop, greed, ignorance and laziness ruined it. However the south is waving the flag of embarrassment for hip hop right now. Whether they want to admit it or not. What’s really sad and pathetic is that the greats that came out of that area, outkast, ludacris, goodie mob have to keep quiet how they feel. Cause they know the music that comes from the south is shit. The only people that play that hawt garbage are people that can barely read and only listen to the beat of a song. No intellectual thought, yet try to say otherwise. Is it any wonder when you see battles, none of the rappers from the south outside of the ones I just listed will battle folks from the mid region, east or west coast. WHY??? Because they will be shammed and dogged out. Its a reality, nevertheless ignorance is bliss and people these days would just rather be caught in the matrix of stupid.
Hip hop, R&B actual DJ all has fallen to the waste side. Talent is definitely there but no one cares to be different anymore. Everybody wants to be great without working hard.
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING!! KILLER MIKE IS FROM THE SOUTH AND HE HAS EVERY HIPSTER FROM AMERICA TO ENGLAND ON HIS SIDE!!! JEEZY IS BAD AND INTOLERABLE “I PUT ON”. YEAH A FAKE GANGSTA PERSONA!!
The article should be called “Is Hip-hop slowly dying out thanks to Auto-tune rappers and weed obsessed lightskins”.
Also Tupac And BIGGY were never considered “on top of their game” when they were alive, so can these fake hiphop listeners stop sucking on their rubber like bones (Because ya’ll saliva has enzymes that break down the metalic bonds, making them rubber like, kinda like a gimp mask)
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? Biggie and 2pac were the biggest rappers of there day. There was no one bigger commercially then biggie, 2pac and snoop from 93 to 97. The reason people say biggie is the greatest of all time was bcos back then he was huge. Every rapper in the game spoke about biggie and pac and snoop. Everything in hip hop was dominated by bad boy and death row. Biggie was literally the King of New York.
you must be a 16 year old from Atlanta. Both pac and big were selling multiplatinum records and singles. BUT with no gimmicks unlike 98% of the guys out right now. if I am not mistaken, Big was the King of NY in 1996, no?
Astoundingly YES
Nope what you have are songs that only use to get spins in the club or 5 oclock mixes (clean), Now its a regular on radio programming. Blame it on Record labels and programmers for over saturating and not giving balance and exposure.
I used to be one of those people that thought the south ruined hip hop but I don’t think that anymore. Yea there’s a lot of shitty music that come’s out of the south, but you can say that about anywhere. I mean just look at idiot like Chief Kief, but people don’t charge Chicago with ruining hip hop. Plus, there’s also some really good dudes that put out music from the south that get slept on like KRIT. I’d say Big Krit is one of the most talented dudes in the game today
Big Krit is dope. Killer Mike is dope. Currency is dope. there are some talented emcees from the south.No one is disputing that. No one has problems giving credit to dope down south rappers. Most of the big NY legends like Jay and Nas openly gave credit to dope southern rappers like Scareface, UGK, Outkast and Devin the Dude. JCole is from the south and gets love worldwide. For every JCole, there are 1000’s of migo and gucci mane type rappers that discredit the game.
Yea, the South is part of the problem, alot of garbage comes out of the music from the south, with only a few exceptions like Ludacris, T. I. P., outkast, even Lil Wayne stepped up his game from being real Wack back in the day. But very little creativity and alot of nursery rhymes mixed with video game beats. I think they have diffenantly turn alot of people away from listening to hip hop. But it’s not all there fault. It’s the powers that be of record company label higher ups who push this dumb downed version of music.
I agree it’s what the powers to be want to allow they don’t want blacks being political like public enemy teaching to the masses therefore making blacks actually think and want to educate themselves on certain topics and perhaps question things if u keep large group of folks dumb down with the future, migos Atlanta stuff these days then we play right into those in actually are into power. The ole slave mentally artist figure I got mine who cares what it does to hip hop. .
What the hell you talking about whites the ones that said it will not last now it’s a300 hundred billion dollar a year business so keep your mouth closed mad you don’t get in on right
Its not the south its who they allow on tv and radio from the south. Remember This is Why I’m Hot and the Chicken Noodle Soup Dance was out of NY.
Search Underground Rappers from the south
BOBBY SHMURDA
LIL MAMA
TONY YAYO
No HipHopdx ruined hip hop
No, because the popular crap that comes from the South isn’t hip hop in the first place.
they sme fine rappers in the South jus like in the East & West but the South has to take e fall….i fuckin hate young thug,pussy ass homo
The south don’t make hip hop. Hip hop been dead for a while now. As a culture it’s dead.
Damn g. I feel the same
Correct, most music from the south is not Hip Hop and has no connection to the culture. However, you are incorrect about Hip Hop being dead. Hip Hop is alive and thriving where it belongs, underground. Hip Hop has always been a counter culture opposed to “main stream’ or pop culture. The term Hip Hop has been co-opted and attached to anything and everything (case in point Hip Hop DX). No doubt, this misguided branding confuses people as it is intended to do. But make no mistake there are still plenty of talented B-boys, Graff Writers, DJs, and MCs that keep the culture moving forward. The fact that mags like this and corporate radio tend to focus on talent lacking individuals with no connection to the culture should not dissuade you from the true Hip Hop culture. DEF STAR RADIO awaits your arrival.
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I feel like its all our fault. As artist, record labels, radio stations, bet, mtv, vh1, social media, and fans.
We let and make the music sound this way. Companies only want the real quick one hit wonders ,cause now that music comes and goes so fast, the labels dnt wanna invest in artist no more. And we the fans just wanna download free music all the time, not support artist we like, even ones we like right now we still will steal from. Everything black culture starts we allow to soon follow with a quick end cause we dnt keep teaching the next generation to come, the value of future possibilities like any other culture. So i cant blame the south completely
When all around tge world its been the same song,,
south is not ruining hiphop. culture is not a kind of thing that ruined by some. it only become diverse. if there are the ones who ruining hiphop it would be you lazy boring so-called hiphop purists. fucktards blame south for more than 20 fuckin years and still couldn’t get the diversity of hiphop and changing sound of modern music as whole. good job, scumbag.
Listen to Young Thug right now and tell me you can’t just go and mumble through autotune and get the same shit done. Hip hop purists ain’t lazy, these Southern rappers are.
NO, down south music is NOT hip hop; it’s rap music. huge difference.
Gee,
Correct, most music from the south is not Hip Hop and has no connection to the culture. However, you are incorrect about Hip Hop being dead. Hip Hop is alive and thriving where it belongs, underground. Hip Hop has always been a counter culture opposed to “main stream’ or pop culture. The term Hip Hop has been co-opted and attached to anything and everything (case in point Hip Hop DX). No doubt, this misguided branding confuses people as it is intended to do. But make no mistake there are still plenty of talented B-boys, Graff Writers, DJs, and MCs that keep the culture moving forward. The fact that mags like this and corporate radio tend to focus on talent lacking individuals with no connection to the culture should not dissuade you from the true Hip Hop culture. DEF STAR RADIO awaits your arrival.
Great post my dude well said and honest.
Let me tell you who ruined Hip Hop: god damn media organs like you HipHopDX!!!
You keep advertising this sh*t day and night, you post this sh*t on facebook constantly, you try to show how future and his kin cool and talented, want more?
You and other websites are hypocrites to push all these garbage to teenagers’ plate and they gotta eat it because this is all they have. There are many cool bloggers on the internet and they try to advertise real slept on artists all the time.
Of course you need ratings to makes money, but have you ever read your comments when you shared something real like interviews with real artists or articles about some topics? People appreciate and read these valuable materials.
But what you do is advertising young thug, quan, white jesus thing like they have a piece of talent. Only piece they have is sh*t!
You answer now: Do you wanna keep it real or support this brainwashing?
Yes. Yes they did. They lowered the bar so damn low that literally ANY/EVERYBODY can take a crack at it (and they do, everybody is a “Rapper” now, go on Reverbnation), you don’t need to be artistically inclined at all. This would be like if the NBA just suddenly started taking in any idiot who can simply dribble a ball, there is nobody gate-keeping, there is no requirement needed anymore, as long as you’re insane enough to promote yourself long enough to build up a small following you too can be a rapper. Its not even rap anyway, its pop music dressed up as rap. Used to be you would hear a rapper on the radio and you knew you could never rap that well. Now when you hear rappers you immediately realize “I can do that! This guy sucks!” Wack opportunists trying to copy other wack opportunists, goes on and on because thats the norm now. That is all thanks to the south, its not debatable. For God’s sake you got a guy who calls himself Plies because he didn’t know how to spell pliers, a RAPPER! You’re job is words! WORDS! Now his name is a ballerina move because thats what he wrote on the contract lmfao! Its so dumb I can’t even…
Preach!
I’ve said this many times before but the man has ruined Radio music like he has done with every other art form. Name any other music that lets strippers tell them what music is good ? Black people have become sheep and we take what our master gives us. Oh this is hop hop so I will accept it with no objections. Ying Yang twins actually had a following smh. The more ignorant the music the more it sells. This is the only genre that the less talent you have the more money you will make. Drill music, Trap music all garbage for a certain type of person.
Hip Hop is a culture that has rules to it, you know a hip hop song from the beat, scratching, samples and the MC rapping on it. Hip Hip has been made into a sub culture of small shows and independent labels. In hop hop the one on the mic is an MC in Pop Rap he is a rapper and that is the difference. Pop rap is dominated but gimmicks, hooks and same sounding production. Hip hop pushes the bar and tries to be different . The Southern crap all the artist sound the same and the more ignorant the better.
NY has fallen off even with commercial radio, French Montana and garbage like that is killing them. They no longer have a signature sound or even style because the Major record companies wants everyone to sound the same. Feddy Wap from Patterson NJ sounds like he is from ATL and ever speaks with an accent. lol That is why these artists are like fast food and are gone in 1-2 yrs. NY underground is ok but they have even fallen off a lot. The stupid written Freestyle battle scene is awful as well. Real hip hop is still alive and well with great new and old artists. Most of the sheep just take what they are givin instead of searching and find the great music that is being made on a regular basis. This site is 90 percent pop and 10 percent hip hop if that. I understand because Chief Keef and Rick Ross get arrested & get ratings while hop hop doesn’t.
young thug, future, and migos are leading the new school with music that’s creative and real as hell. not to mention it’s fun to listen to, like, I ain’t tryna listen to dry-ass j. cole or any of them def jux/rhymesayers honkies either.
the south IS hip hop and has been since the 90s
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creative and real? Oh wow. I dont even think we liveo n the same Planet anymore. Yung Thug, I guarantee you all my money you odnt understan WTF hes saying, he doesnt speak English.
Those dudes you named can’t even rap…That defeats the purpose of even being a rapper…Being able to rap.
i agree the image portrayed is clown like not taken seriously
Rap game is like a circus of clowns they just make music
skills is no longer really needed you just pop some wack beat in and flow thats it youre a ”rapper” nowadays
Let’s call it how it is. Radio DJs conceded there duty to breaking records to the strip club DJs plain and simple. As an artist you can only break a record in the club or on blogs. And even blogs need you to have a heavy co sign or PR Campaign to even listen. So if the strip club is the only way to get attention. It better have a whole Lotta base and light on lyrIcs. Women can’t twerk to boom bap. Radio needs to pick up responsibility or Blogs need to go out of their way to find new artists without a PR campaign push.
I blame HIPHOPDX and all the Journalist that gave great reviews to Imbeciles like Chief Keef, Yung Thug( who doesnt even speak English) and the rest of the crew. You wonder why Hip HOp is the wya it is now? It’s bc you support this Wack BS.
What’s all the fuss about? Before they rhymin about shooting people, selling dope and money, now it’s about twerkin, lap dances and money. Get over it… main stream hip hop never been conscious east, west or south.
Mainstream Hip Hop has never been conscious? At one point rappers like Nas, Common, Mos Def, KRS One, and, CL Smooth were mainstream. Those rappers were conscious…Back in the day, being conscious was the normal thing for a rapper to be, nowadays I can count the number of conscious rappers in mainstream Hip Hop on one hand.
I say the internet ruined hip hop.
Because demos are to be passed out not downloaded. It definitely defeats the meet n greet of an artist. Per say makes it too easy to be heard. And most importantly ruins records sales because the consumers dont have to purchase an album anymore. To end it, anytime a place other than New York gets shine..thats when the hating starts..
I don’t completely disagree with you but who knows where our favorite artists would be without the Internet
My question is when are we going to stop pinning the blame on people.And just have opening our hearts to new ideas and styles maybe Hip-hop needs to more variety than just making a hit song that’s catchy for a year then disappear.We rather should have a clear message on what really is the culture about and add to things rather than divide.What about the Midwest(especially KC) when are going to have a breakthrough so far all we have Tech N9ne.
Im from tha Boot! & I LOVE THIS CROOKED MF.!! But all these fake artist from tha south really Dry Snitching in they whole album. I overstand that its entertainment but u got real street niggas out here trying to speak in a different lingo and these clowns giving the laws tha info. Thats why tha dopegame dead, & its so many informants. Stop Fakin & giving tha game to tha ppl.
To be completely honest tha South aint wit no Hip Hop anyway!!! Like Pimp say Country Rap Tunes. The South as always been where tha fie music come from, Jazz, Blues, Soul, bounce. Muddy Waters, Satchmo, B.B. King, Bobby Blue Bland.
Trailus you and PIMP can say what you want about Soul music and Jazz however were not speaking about Jazz or Soul were speaking about the Destruction of hip hop since the south took it over. OOh by the way “rap” and Hip Hop started in the Bronx, NY and PIMP is rapping (North) not doing Soul Music or Jazz …FACTS! And what style of music is keeping the music business alive? Its not Jazz a dying art as well as Soul another dying art..IT IS HIP HOP STARTED IN THE NORTH not the SOUTH.