Some Things that are not Relevant in Hip Hop Anymore

[messinjure]

Here we go again Ladies and germs. I put this in the comedy section so nerds dont get at me. even though I find this list serious....



Some Things that are not Relevant in Hip Hop Anymore

Hip Hop is changing at a rapid pace and in the last 5 years it has went from bad to worse. Things that were once relevant in Hip Hop are not even close to being a part of Hip Hop anymore. Some things that are not relevant in Hip Hop anymore are.

1. Hip Hop Radio Stations - Most of these stations are so lame that nobody listens to them at all unless they are trapped in a car somewhere and they can’t get there Ipod working or the cd player is broke. Nobody wants to listen to the same songs in rotation over and over again. Sirius radio was supposed to change some of this but sirius is just as lame now and illegal payola goes on in all forms of radio. Hip Hop Radio stations need to die.

2. Hip Hop Magazines – Who even buys these ? By the time they reach the stand the news is in them is old. The magazines are getting killed by the internet and most are hanging on by a thread before they fold up. They are usually run by some bloodsucking no talent fake journalist and they will tax the indie artists to be in their wack magazines while at the same time kissing a signed to a major labels artists ass to interview him for their pathetic magazine. I won’t mention any of these or plug any of these magazines , but for the record do not waste your money on these dinosaurs let them die. And when they die laugh at them like I will.

3. Street Credibility – Back in the day you had to have some sort of street credibility to sell anything in Hip Hop. Gone are the days when a artist would be exposed and black balled for faking that he grew up in the projects and his lyrics were written from real life experiences. Hip Hop artists these days have completely turned a hard core genre of music that we call Hip Hop into a lollipop cotton candy lyrics spitting,mohawk and rainbow shirt wearing,tight latex and spandex and skinny jeans wearing bunch of homo artists that are DESTROYING Hip Hop. I am sick and tired of seeing the mainstream media support these garbage artists. I am sick and tired of seeing and hearing DJs playing these garbage artists. This one thing will eventually kill Hip Hop completely if it is not stopped. Street credibility is no longer relevant in Hip Hop.

4. Lyrical Talent – Rappers used to be known and respected for their lyrical talent. Back in the days rappers used to battle on records and not on twitter. If you couldn’t rhyme you would get destroyed and your career would be over. Hall of Fame rappers LL Cool J and Kool Moe Dee had epic battles on wax not in the lame stream media. Great records were made lyrical talent was a must to have a fan base in Hip Hop. Gone are those days of the lyrical rapper. Now a days we have spandex wearing rappers like Lil Wayne spitting pure gibberish and still being embraced by suburban fans of Hip Hop. You no longer have to have lyrical talent to be relevant in Hip Hop you can just plug in your mic and spit pure garbage and you will have some idiot saying thats the greatest rapper alive. And to that I have to say that lyrical talent is not relevant in Hip Hop anymore.

5. Hip Hop Awards Shows - At one time it was a good thing to be nominated for a Hip Hop award and go to the awards show and have a chance to win a $5.00 trophy and brag to the world that you won. Gone are those days, now all Hip Hop awards shows fall into 2 categories. Category 1 - televised awards shows, meaning they are on BET or another television channel. Televised shows suck, but at least they give you some free promotion, but there is major payola and politics involved to get nominated for a televised award show. Category 2 - Non televised awards shows, these awards shows are just like Hip Hop conventions they are only created to make the promoters money. There are hundreds of them that go on yearly and they all are a complete waste of time and money. You get no benefit out of being named best artist of the year at “pick any state” or “pick any region” awards show. You get a cheap trophy and bragging rights that nobody cares about. These shows are big big money makers for the promoters and you need to avoid this scam and not get sucked in. The televised awards shows were once relevant but now none of them are relevant and they all need to die.

6. Dancing,Breaking,Popping,Locking – At one time Hip Hop had real dancing and real dance groups that would compete against each other. Gone are those days, now the only dancing you see is choreographed bullshit or some low budget chicken heads shaking there ass like a stripper. Some of the new artists and fans need to check out some of the old movies on netflix like Beatstreet and Breaking and Wildstyle. Back when Hip Hop had the best dancers in the world and their was a passion connected to Hip Hop. Those days are gone and now dancing is no longer relevant in Hip Hop.

7. Graffiti - At one time graffiti was a part of Hip Hop. Some of you young heads probably didn’t even know that there were four elements of Hip Hop. MCing,DJing,Breaking,and Graffiti. Well graffiti was the first element to go away. Graffiti was always illegal but it didn’t matter, it was a way for the artists to express themselves and for a group or Mc to get his name out there it was a form of ghetto billboards. Hip Hop graffiti has been replaced by gang graffiti and it just isn’t the same. Hip Hop Graffiti is gone and is no longer relevant in Hip Hop.

8. Beatboxing – Doug E Fresh , The Fat Boys , Biz Markie and some others set Hip Hop on fire with the human beat box. Beatboxing still goes on and there is even a World beatboxing association, but it does not go on in Hip Hop anymore or very little. There are a few indie artists that still do a little beatboxing but for the most part beatboxing is no longer relevant in Hip Hop.

9. Hip Hop Record Pools – These used to be the only way a DJ could get the new records, Im talking about actual vinyl for the latest releases. Record pools used to be a good thing. I got literally thousands of records for free and got to preview records way way before they hit the radio. Well those days are gone, there are a few digital record pools still going on but they are open to everybody now. This is something I was sorry to see die and is not relevant in Hip Hop anymore.

10. Hip Hop Conventions - If you were ever dumb enough to go to a Hip Hop convention in the last 5 years you probably feel stupid for going to it. The moment you walked into the convention, after wasting your money to get in you realized that you had been took. Hip Hop conventions were invented by music promoters to make money. There are number of these that continue to operate and they are all scams meant to make the promoter money. Do not ever, ever attend one of these conventions thinking you are going to network. You cannot accomplish anything when everyone in the room is trying to network with everyone else who is a nobody. Major Record labels do not go to these conventions and if there is a representative from a major label there,it is part of the hook to get you to pay to come.The major label representative got paid to be there and he is nothing more than a glorified secretary and has zero juice to sign anybody. Hip Hop conventions were never relevant in Hip Hop and they never will be but I want to warn the indie artists that just don’t know any better. Don’t waste your time or money going to a Hip Hop convention ever.



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[shakur420]

It's Ok, let them come in here and try to convince us that lil wayne fits into some bitch ass "sub-genre" of Hip Hop. It is the comedy section afterall. Thanks for posting man.

[Asshole]

commercial hip hop*

[El Mono]

Let me just take two example from your list and show you that you're looking in the wrong places.


Lyrical talent?





Graffiti?






Stop complaining and support the talented.

[messinjure]

^^^^ see?

[El Mono]

What? Just because you find the list serious means that I can't critique it? Sorry, I didn't know your word was absolute.

[messinjure]

telling someone to stop complaining is critiquing ?

[El Mono]

Yes, all these lists do it complain and complain. I dislike that, they focus on the commercial world and forget to see that Hip Hop is perfectly fine if you look hard enough [examples given] it's just not what's popular right now.

You personally know the artists who have raw skill that you admire and you know they'll be here in 5 years, 10 years. These commercial rappers and their gimmicks will die off.

We need to make sure people don't consider the crap you get fed isn't Hip Hop, education doesn't equal complaining about "how it used to be".

As Iron Sheik from ROTM said "If you done day dreamin bout the 90s the past start behind me"

[Younes]

It's true what Mono says, just because it isn't popular doesn't mean it is dead.

The only issue is how and what kind of hip hop that is promoted and the idea people get of it.

Look, the Diabolic & Immortal Technique joint, got 3 mio views already, if atleast just fucking 100-200.000 from that bunch went out and bought Diabolic's album or something, that nigga would hit the billboards like a comet, but that's because all these fucking underground heads are ignorant retarded sons of bitches who think that love and support on youtube will fucking keep a rapper going when he got a family to take care of.

I try to avoid being a bitch about rappers turning mainstream because, shit, who wouldn't when people in the underground are too stupid and living in idealistic lollipop land where people live of eachothers love n shit... atleast mainstream gives you some money in the pocket...

[shakur420]

I don't think there's any complaining in this article. It's laying out the situation, breaking down how things that defined Hip Hop are no longer relevant. Sure, we have real Hip Hop artists still out there but how much influence do they have on the culture? Go to World Star Hip Hop and Rap Basement, how much coverage do people like KRS, Rakim, Celph and Diabolic get? How many times have you heard a Premo beat or Reks track on BET? How many aspiring artists do you know that want to follow in the footsteps of Rhyme Asylum? Do you even talk to 16-25 year olds who listen to Hip Hop? That consider Wiz and Drake to be skilled rappers? I hear music from locals every week, kids makin decent videos and shit, people passing them my way, telling me to check out this guy or that crew or whatever. Who you think they sound like when they rap, who are they trynna emulate, M.O.P. or Gucci? Do you see kids dressing like Wu Tang or Wocka? When people like Souljah Boy and lil wayne can have careers in this genre while Rhyme Asylum struggle to recoup 5 grand for one of the best albums I've ever heard - skill wise on the mic - the points mentioned in the article seem pretty accurate to me.

p.s. I don't think Tech's lying when he says he's got more money than mainstream artists. Mainstream artists don't make a lot of money, it's common knowledge by now. They have rentals. Houses, cars and jewelry. They only make big money if they get big enough to strong arm a good deal or get marketing contracts. My boss chills with Drake all the time. The only reason that kid has any money is because of TV and promos like the Sprite deal.

[Dred]

Hip-Hop is a jewl to those who REALLY listen to it, I mean skilled artists that you have to go out of your way to find. Those in the spotlight are like you already mentioned, in their because of deals, and the industry making them the face of hip-hop; It does not mean they are the best, and in most cases thats not the case. Not dissing anyone, but I listen to artists who work so hard and are relatively unknown, but the ones who know about them appreciate them. Its sad that some of the best rappers(or even bands), struggle to scrap enough cash to pay rent, but thats the unjust world we live in.

I have seen many amazing hip-hop and the like, artists stop, or break, because they can't afford to produce music anymore.