Childish Gambino, an artist who has not shied away from offering his thoughts on Hip Hop, proclaimed that “rap is done” during an interview with Hot 97 personality Peter Rosenberg. He stated that he still has love for rap, but similar to jazz he says the genre of music is no longer doing “the thing it was supposed to do.”
Gambino, who previously revealed that he doesn’t consider himself a rapper, addressed the state of rap when the amount of singing on his most recent album, Because The Internet was brought up during his discussion with Rosenberg. He also spoke on a new movement in music, a movement he says some have dubbed “new black.”
“It’s a pop album essentially,” Childish Gambino said. “We never wanted to make a rap album. I’ve talked about this before. Rap is done. Rap is done. I love Hip Hop. I love rap, but the thing it was supposed to do it doesn’t do anymore. Like I love it as a music. It’s the same thing as like jazz. Jazz when it was doing what it was supposed to do. And people still listen to jazz now, but it doesn’t have—It’s not doing the social work it’s supposed to do anymore. And that’s not because it’s gotten bad…It’s just a different movement. Whatever movement is happening now—Like I would like to think I’m a leader of whatever movement is happening. People call it ‘new black.’ People call it whatever, but I don’t want to name it cause it’s bs to name it. As soon as it gets named that’s when you start marketing it. And it’s like ‘Ah, this is hipster.’ Cause hipster was cool until it became hipster…And then it became monetized. Same thing with Hip Hop. So, whatever this thing is. Whatever’s happening. Like whenever Jaden Smith tells me he’s like ‘I’m real excited for whatever’s happening.’ He can feel it. I can feel it.”
Later in the interview, the Stone Mountain, Georgia singer/rapper discussed the lack of “a sense of balance” between races and also addressed crooked cops.
“That’s the thing,” he said. “People feel like that’s an attack on something. It’s like ‘I get it. I understand. You guys are in charge. You don’t want to lose the power. I totally get it’…I’m not hating on that. I totally understand. I get it. I’m just saying there’s got to be a sense of balance. Same thing with cops. It’s like ‘I get it. You’re putting your lives in danger also. But what am I supposed to do when a cop who’s a bad person does something? Who am I supposed to tell? I would call you guys, but at the same time I know what’s gonna happen.’”
Gambino also addressed a controversial poem he penned last month following the shooting death of 18-year-old Mike Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. In the poem, he states “I wanna be a white rapper.”
According to the singer/rapper, he wrote the poem, which he says was “about freedom,” while he was “in the moment.”
“That poem was about freedom,” Gambino said. “It really was. It was about freedom. That’s what I wrote and I—People were upset. But yeah, good. A poem should make you [upset]. Like when was the last time someone wrote a poem that made you feel bad like crazy? That was heart. That’s how I felt in the moment…I just wanted to write about—I wanted to show how freedom is something that’s so great when you feel it. Like I felt it. I feel it on stage…I don’t hardly remember when I’m on stage most of the time. Cause it’s like freedom.”
Video of Childish Gambino’s interview with Peter Rosenberg can be found below (via 2DopeBoyz).
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This nigga trying so hard to be influential like me lol
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The last influence you had was a decade ago.
Basically there’s two distinct forms of hip hop and thats activism and commercialism.
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Lol what a goof, tries to excuse his pop ass album by saying rap is done when there are clearly still some bad mother fuckers rapping, dizzy wright, logic, Yelawolf, Mgk the list goes on, rap ain’t dead Gambino is though
yeah true
You talk bollocks son
Another racist attempt from a rapper. Nevermind, it’s not racist when it’s not a white saying something.
How is what he said racist. Sounds like your a butt hurt white person who hates the fact that a black man is speaking about your white supremacist matrix. Black people can speak their mind. White people can speak there mind , but someone is going to call them out. I would rather respect a white person who spoke there true thought than a white person who speaks with deception.
That statement has about as much weight like Will Smith telling us “I’m dropping an album today”
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i think we need a real nigga movement
More like a real man movement. Its ok to not say nigga, you know.
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ignorant post
Hip hop is not dead, you just need to know what to look for.
people been saying that for years since the internet blew up with rap sites, more people follow what’s reported ^ supported by the machine and few to none new rapper dudes with low budget promotion have been discovered
most people don’t even use the search bar
teens just getting into rap have no clue as where to start searching for true Hip Hop
HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE COME HERE ASKING WHERE’S THE SITE WHERE YOU CAN HAVE A RAP MUSIC DISCUSSION?
y’all are fooling yourselves
Rappers talk too much. Just let your music do the talking, and stop exposing yourself all the time. That’s why these dudes aren’t interesting, because they’re everywhere talking to anyone that will listen. Save it for the album, then maybe you’ll have some substance and interesting content. Even the ones that are ‘conscious’ are still media attention whores. He’s an actor, a comedian, and a RAPPER (despite what he thinks he is). Those are all vehicles and platforms for him to express himself and get his views out there, stay off all the social media bullshit.
you don’t understand sensaye
media perception is first, the music is secondary these days, social media plays a big part in music now
dude is right that rap is dead, it’s living off the graces of it’s predecessors and not the merits of it’s successors
it’s biggest hope is Drake and he’s a hybrid, that tells you right there to pack your bags
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lot of y’all don’t wanna admit it because you’ll lose your cool points, you’ll have nothing to do, or you’re still trying to get on
but it’s a wrap
lol at this butt hurt nerd rapper
Fuck all of these sambo ass lames with this new black bs. They are afraid to combat racism and other social issues plaguing Black people. They rather be scary house niggas and assimilate.
Your not falling anyone suburbanite .lol
I’m not suburban ya lame ass troll. Go play the choking game while listening to some Young Thug pussy.
JUST COME OUT BRUH! I never took this feminine metrosexual fuck seriously.
Good to see all my follow racists are taking offence to whot this nigga is saying that rap music is dieting …It’s not with got Riff Raff,Action Bronson,Logic who are chonging the rap game it is correnty the best it has ever been
This site is a microcosm of the all the dumb white racists who now listen to rap music because when they were thirteen they started listening to Eminem
What did he say that is so offensive to you people .”Popular” rap music has become a pile of reeking shit .
Whats wrong with having more balance in society if you are confident with who you are and your potential in life you should welcome a more level playing field.
Anyway just taking the comment from the dude below proves that HHDX is the home for the dumb and stupid among us
Long gone are the days of Poor righteous teachers , Paris .Public Enemy ,KRS 1 the ones who took racism head on all we really got left is devil lovers and uncle tom scum and sellouts ignorance in rap creeped in and over took things now these rappers rather wear skirts and carry purses and tell lies about selling drugs and being fake gang members
Too $hort said it was planned by the industry to be that way. White Jews saw how powerful Hip-Hop was and threw money at the rappers to sell out.
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He writes poems lol How gay.
every fiber of your being is gay little punk