Today's HIPHOP

THIS IS POST SOLELY BASED ON MY OPINION AS MOST OF THEM....

I AM SO GREATFUL I GREW UP THROUGH THE BEST TIMES FOR HIPHOP, AT THE AGE OF 9 LISTENING TO THE GREATS LIKE THE LARGE PROFESSOR, KOOL MOE DEE, TONE LOC, BIG DADDY KANE, AND OF COURSE RUN DMC, AND THE REST OF THE LEGENDARY DEF JAM. I WAS STILL WAY TOO YOUNG TO OWN ALL OF THEIR ALBUMS BUT I USED TO WATCH THEIR VIDEOS BEFORE YO MTV RAPS...I MUST OF BEEN AROUND 9 OR 10 AT THE TIME WHEN I KNEW I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE CULTURE, AND HAD TO BE A PART OF IT. EVERY BODY WITH RYTHM AND AN OPENED MIND FELT THE SAME WAY, NO MATTER WHERE YOU WERE FROM.

I'M GONNA CALL THE GOLDEN ERA OF HIPHOP ATLEAST FOR ME FROM 1990-1997, RIGHT BEFORE THE EAST COAST/ WEST COAST "BEEF" WAS MAGNIFIED BY MEDIA... WHEN THE BEATS WE'RE SIMPLER AND MORE GRITTY, AND THE EMCEES' LYRICS WERE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE "PRODUCER". WHAT HAPEND TO THE GROUPS THAT BROUGHT SOUL TO THE GAME WITH MORE MEANINGFUL LYRICS FOR THE MASSES, TO NAME A FEW, ERIK B AND RAKIM, EPMD, PUBLIC ENEMY, PETE ROCK AND CL SMOOTH,DIGABLE PLANET,BLACK SHEEP, TRIBE CALLED QUEST, DE LA SOUL, BRAND NUBIAN, GANG STARR, ORGANIZED KONFUSION, ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, THE PHARCYDE LIKE I SAID THOSE ARE JUST A FEW HEHE...NOT TO LEAVE OUT THE PRESENT GROUPS THAT STILL MAKE IT HAPPEN LIKE THE ROOTS, OUTKAST, BLAK STAR(NOW SOLO ARTISTS MOS DEF AND TALIB KWELI), AND MAYBE NOT AS SOULFUL BUT COMPLETELY ORIGINATING AND CREATING A "THIRD COAST" THE LEGENDARY UGK BACKED BY LIVE GROOVES FROM THE SOUTH WITH SMOOTH O.G. DELIVERIES AND MESSAGES

SOLO ARTIST'S THAT WERE DROPPING CLASSICS IN THE 90'S LIKE MOS DEF, TALIB KWELI, COMMON, JAY-Z, BUSTA RHYMES, THE UGK'S BUN B( RIP PIMP C) CONTINUE TO RECREATE THEMSELVES AND KEEP MAKING "CLASSIC" SONGS AS IF THEY MASTERED A FORMULA OR SUM SHIT...LOL

NOW AND DAYS THE PRODUCER'S BEAT OUT SHINES THE EMCEE JUST AS MUCH AS THEIR BRAGGING EGOTISTICAL SIMPLE LYRICS WITH LIMITED POSITIVE MESSAGES... HIPHOP'S ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT EGO'S IN A SENSE THATS THE CULTURE BUT AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO'S TIRED OF THE COOKIE CUTTING THATS GOING ON IN THE INDUSTRY MUSICALLY AND LYRICALLY. IT SEEMS LIKE EVER SINCE THE "BLING" ERA BEGAN RIGHT AROUND WHEN CASH MONEY BOYS FIRST CAME IN THE PICTURE. THAT SINCE THEN, THE RADIO AND TELEVISION MONOPOLIES HAVE DECIDED WHAT WE THE LISTENER'S SHOULD LISTEN TO AND LOVE. HIPHOP HAS BEEN OVER EXPLOITED TODAY AND STILL IS, I FELL IN LOVE WITH HIPHOP WHEN PEOPLE LOOKED AT YOU LIKE AN OUT CAST OR HOODLUM, EVEN A "WIGGER",OR "DRUGGY"... WHEN IT WASN'T COOL TO WEAR YOUR HAT BACK WARDS, AND YOUR PANTS SAGGED, BIG ASS CLOCKS ON YOUR BOOK BAG, I EVEN WORE A LEATHER CHAIN WITH THE SHAPE OF AFRICA WITH IT'S FLAGS COLORS AS THE MEDALLION THAT A FRIEND GAVE ME(MY POPS DIDN'T LET THAT LAST THOUGH BEING OL' SKOOL PUERTO RICAN/SICILIAN), WHEN WEARING A "GOLD GRILL" (I DIDN'T)WASN'T EXCEPTED AT ALL ALONG WIT TRENDS LIKE WEARING YOUR CLOTHES/JERSEY'S INSIDE OUT WERE COMMON, I CAN HONESTLY SAY I LIVED HIPHOP AND STILL DO...

HIPHOP NEEDS A REVOLUTION!!!! I WANNA VIBE AGAIN AND ACTUALLY BUY RECORDS TO SUPPORT THE ARTISTS, TURN OFF YOUR RADIO'S AND T.V'S QUIT LISTENING TO COMMERCIAL MUSIC BECAUSE WEATHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT IF YOUR AN ARTIST WHAT YOU LISTEN TO CAN HAVE A STRONG INFLUENCE ON YOUR STYLE WEATHER ITS GOOD OR BAD, BE ORIGINAL AS POSSIBLE...

THE ONLY NEW COMMERCIAL ARTISTS OUT WITH A LIL SOMETHING TO SAY BESIDES THE HOUSE HOLD NAMES I MENTIONED EARLIER IN MY OPINION IS DRIZZY DRAKE FOR HIS LYRICAL VERSATILITY N ORIGINALITY. AFTER HEARING HIS STYLE IT SOUNDS LIKE HE WAS GHOST WRITING BEFORE HE BROKE, NOT TO MENTION NAMES LIL' WAYNE!! AND ASHER ROTH CAME ORIGINAL TOO, NOW FROM AN UNDERGROUND PERSPECTIVE THERE'S ALOT OF TALENT THAT DOESN'T GET THE RECOGNITION THEY DESERVE AND WE CAN THANK THE BIG BROTHER LABELS FOR THAT, THEY BASICALLY OWN THE AIRWAVES...I SWEAR THEY'RE ONE OF THE BIGGEST MONOPOLIES BESIDES OIL COMPANIES THAT PROBABLY OWN THE LABELS ANYWAYS GO FIGURE HEHE

I'M NOT HOPPING ON ANY BAND WAGONS CAUSE I NEVER HAVE AND NEVER WILL, JUST KEEP DOING YOUR THING DRAKE!! AND ALL YOU OTHER ARTISTS OUT THERE WEATHER YOUNG OR OLD, COME ORIGINAL FROM THE SOUL AND LEAVE YOUR MARK IN THE INDUSTRTY NO MATTER THE GENRE AND MAY YOUR SOUND LIVE TIMELESSLY FOREVER...

GBEATS
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CHECK OUT SOME OF THESE CLASSIC VIDEO LINKS TO SOME OF MY FAVORITE VIDEOS JUST COPY AND PASTE:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myqQGg_s-Pw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCO79Y1eQvI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cPm9Y6dI6U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcrG05S_xoE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sUEe4TMlcg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF3ZnPkXhzM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC_aFkfFpSY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGV9G2okC8I