Archive July 2008

The fall of hip hop, what the hell happened? 18

Jul25
The Luna Divider asked:


What the hell happened to hip hop? These days we have the likes of Mims, Akon, TPain, Neyo, Lil Wayne, Diddy, R-Kelly, Dem Franchise Boyz, and pretty much every other pseudo rappers and R&B singers who try in vain to show the world they are hardened “gangsta” rappers or “thugz”. The music videos are all the same, either stepping out of a nice car in a nice suit into a fancy club, surrounded by pretty girls, or waving their hands all over the place in front of bouncing cars, laden down with tons of jewelry, or lounging in a nice hotel with pretty girls and spraying drinks all over the place.

That’s basically what hip hop has become, nothing but proving you have the women, the cars, the phones, and the jewelry. I hate it. Only a handful of rappers are still worthy of my attention. I’m talking about Common, Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West, T.I. and a few others.

Other than that I ignore hip hop nowadays, because it doesn’t have a meaning anymore. All these new **** rappers killed the genre.

What is up with Rap/Hip Hop? 16

Jul21
Willow asked:


I hate how todays society is so influenced by this crap. Thankfully though, it seems like the influence is dying out. Atleast thats what Ive noticed. Also, Not to sound racist at all but whenever Im reading people post things against rap music, the responses more often than not are “stop tryin to bring down black people, its our way of expression” or “white people hate on rap music”. Im not targeting that certain race even though black people may have been the “pioneers of hip hop” or whatever-there are rappers of many ethnicities.Im pretty sure there are rappers out there who actually rap about something meaningful or personal. But if you listen to the lyrics in rap music and what they talk about, the same old, tired, useless things over and over ex. sex, “bling bling”, drugs, :”gangsta life”, madd fine girls aka hoes, etc. Do you actually think people are going to respect that??
1) My friends and family have talked about this like…twice before. But I dont devote my life to talking about this subject, Trust me. . I know these are random people online but I just wanted to get other peoples opinion too since Ive been reading about it.

2) I know its been said before, but Im giving MY opinion. Is it my fault lots of other people share these views?

2) Im not white. Thats so typical of you to assume.

3) I didnt say all rap is crap. I did say Im sure there are rappers out there that have something meaningful to say. They’re just being drowned out, obviously.

4) Its so surprising that the ones being immature and cursing are the ones who support rap. Influenced by it a little to much, arent we?

Yeah…Thanks.

lookin for hip hop/ techno producer? 1

Jul19
j t asked:


im trying to find a new sound i just need someone to produce for me and my parter any help would be great i dont like gangsta rap type beats im looking for a more artistic flair to hip hop any one intrested let me know here or my music myspace
myspace.com/secondcomin180
feel free to check it out drop a comment lemmie know wat u think
by the way i have serious connections to the industry if any1 is as serious as i am