Friday, October 22, 2010
Hip-Hop, The Way it is Changing
Many people agree with me and disagree. This could be considered an opinion but the facts are right there. Rappers don't want to talk about what goes in around them and tell about the hardships. Rappers now want write something catchy to get on the radio to sell albums. That's not what rap and hip-hop was about when it started. We have seen a huge change in rap and hip-hop some say its for the good some say its for the bad. When people get money hungry they'll do anything for it. That's what happened to all the rappers and hip-hop as we know it is dead.
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I honestly believe that hip-hop is still alive, only because not every rapper in the game right now is just rapping to get paid. Hip-Hop is a style and throughout many rappers comes different styles, and maybe some of the rapper’s styles are simply punch lines. Punch Lines aren’t necessarily bad; to me punch lines just shows creativity in an artist. Snoop Dog, Jay Z, and Eminem are just a few rappers who have been and are still in the rap game keeping hip-hop alive. A famous quote of Todd Boyd said, “Hip hop is inherently political, the language is political. It uses language as a weapon -- not a weapon to violate or not a weapon to offend, but a weapon that pushes the envelope that provokes people, makes people think.” This quote alone tells you that it’s not about the beat or producer, it’s about the words that come out of the artist’s mouth. Hip-Hop may slowly be dying, but I don’t ever think that this genre will totally die.
ReplyDeleteI believe that hip hop is very much alive! It's just evolving as does everything else. If you listen to all the lyrics they are not always boastful and talking about money. To me their rhymes influence me to "get my weight up". I love how rappers like Nicki Minaj and the whole young money/cash money crew is going about influencing the youth and branching out to work with other artist across the billboards. Its the most amazing thing I've ever witnessed. I see that the world is getting smaller and more well connected through music and I'm all for it!
ReplyDeleteI don't think hip hop is at its finest right now, but it certainly isn't dead. Artist mention in the post earlier, such as Snoop Dog and Jay Z have sold as many albums as anybody in hip hop and still have them coming. Hip hop has just brought about change and its not always a bad thing until the industry becomes nothing but money hungry. Many rappers in the hip hop industry are just money hungry and that defiantly degrades the industry, but what can anyone do about it if we the public continue to buy it? Anyone who has a salary that depends on how much of their product sells would strive to produce something that the public would want and thats all rappers are doing, adapting to what the public wants to hear and what will make the radio. However, if the overall standards of the fans of hip hop would go up, then rappers would be forced to change how they sing or the information their songs contain. Hip Hop isn't dying anytime soon, but it needs to make a turn around on it own before its forced to make that turn around.
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