Comments on: Hip Hop Isn’t Dying, It Just Sucks

By: Epitaphs

Epitaphs — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:42:00 +0000

I disagree, look at what Aesop Rock is doing, he has created something amazing. Many people have criticized him because his lyrics are impossible to understand when in fact they are just complicated and full of double meanings. If you doubt underground hip hop and what it can produce I suggest you actually take the time and try to find some of the music that is currently out there, not what was playing back in ‘94.

By: N

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:02:54 +0000

Hip Hop isn’t progressing at the pace of other music, and the word needs to be poetry, not an overpowering assertion in the declarative. 4 Hero, more known for their drum n’ bass and broken beats, has a song called I’ve Known Rivers, which is Langston Hughe’s The Negro Speaks of Rivers put to drum n’ bass:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OctC7nnkAs&feature=related

Amazing.

Jimpster did a song with Capitol A called Left and Right – hip hop meets nu-jazz:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PWUHgJaeNw

Tight.

Hip Hop, even the underground stuff, is all too often lacking in sophistication, interesting musical qualities, and good poetry. Hip Hop needs to really push. It’s like many of the artists don’t have vision beyond what hip hop has always sounded like. I want my hip hop to make me stop and ask whether or not I’m really listening to hip hop. It almost needs to transcend my concepts of a genre, or even music.

By: magnetic allah

magnetic allah — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:29:42 +0000

HIP HOP IS FOR THE OLDER PEOPLE THAT LOVE THAT FIELD.MAINSTREAM RAP IS FOR THE PARTY GOERS AND THE FAKE HUSTLERS.THEN YOU GOT THE CROSSOVERS WITH THAT SUGAR FREE FAKE AINT NEVER HAD A LIFE TYPE PEOPLE.HIP HOP IS FOREVER,THE OTHER STUFF IS FOR THE PIMPS AND HOES AND EVERY OTHER HYPOCRITE THAT FLAUNT THEIR CLOTHES,KRS KNOWS SO HE JUST GROWS ALWAYS SAYING SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM THE AVERAGE JOES.PEACE.

By: Mastermind

Mastermind — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:59:57 +0000

I agree with the other hip-hop heads on here that the genre is alive and well, but that the “popular” rap music they play on the radio is ridiculous blather about partying, money, hoes, and drug-pushing. Sadly, nowadays people seem to prefer the mind-numbing albums by Young Jeezy, Lil’ Wayne, and Three-6 Mafia to socially conscious rappers like Mos Def, Talib Kwali, and Common. We true supporters of the genre need to keep seeking out and supporting quality works of hip-hop in order to keep the art form alive and its artists viable.

By: zussal

zussal — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:30:53 +0000

I think the main reason people don’t like hip hop is because it all sounds so similar, there is little real music and the vocals are usually just annoying and dominating. It’s like listening to somebody who just won’t shut up. Not to mention the fact that most hip hop you hear is negative and degrades women.

By: DJGiantG

DJGiantG — Tue, 22 May 2007 20:25:40 +0000

My biggest problem with current Hip-Hop (that I have heard, local / underground or comercial) is that there is NO musical content. Three notes on a stock synth preset do not constitute music. I believe the ROOTS of hip-hop were so good due to all of the sampling of complex jazz and funk riffs. It seemed like by combining what seemed to be the little pieces of greatness in those old songs created something new and better. However, nowadays even local so-called underground hip-hop is using a lot of midi and software synths with default synthesizer presets. That said, even the older stuff had a message behind the lyrics. Not just a catchy jingle like a McDonalds comercial. I will say that I feel since hip-hop has made it into the mainstream culture it has one direction to go (back underground) but that doesn’t mean it will get better. It just means it will go somewhat off the comercial radar so to speak.

Just my two cents.

By: bob

bob — Fri, 04 May 2007 00:37:50 +0000

Hip-hop sux, in my opinon, i do like eminem, public enemy, and beasty boys, but that about it, metal is much better, hip pop is just a conformist type of music, metal breakes boundries, and doesnt conform to anything

By: DezignMe

DezignMe — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:57:21 +0000

Hip hop has always been good, people just don’t what to look for or who to look for because good hip hop is underground…none of this crap that is commercialized. Educate yourself

By: Rekzai

Rekzai — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 05:02:26 +0000

If you think hip hop sucks your most likely listening to mainstream hip hop and not the REAL hip hop..

By: TONI Johnson

TONI Johnson — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 23:57:30 +0000

Hip HOP DON’T SUCK IT’S THA BESTED MUSIC IN THA LAND BUT U CAN’T LIE NOW A DAYS HIP HOP IZ BOUT HOES,BLING,MONEY,CLOTHES= THE GLAMOROUS LIFE.I THINK HIP HOP GOT 2 DEM.NAS SAID IN HIS SONG HH IS DEAD:I COULD OF WENT LEFT SO LIKE MY GRL FOXY THA KID WENT DEF!!!!!