(Mainstream) Hip Hop Is Alive!

[Mr.Wezzinton]

word i can fuck with that dont forget The Roots are still around!!! and you got Skillz Slaughterhouse(Joe Budden,Joell Ortiz, Royce,Crooked I)
[video=youtube;nHgUFHll3aM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHgUFHll3aM[/video]

 

[Age187]

That's what I'm saying. The underground has always been hot, and the middle ground (Roots, Royce, Joe) has been good too. It's the mainstream where new rappers haven't been keeping up. Now that that's happening, it rounds out the scheme so that groups like Slaughtahouse can be even more appreciated.

 

[DaPrinciplez]

Mainstream hip hop is alive when the lyricism returns to it....which its starting too, only thing left to witness now is the real lyricists return to the top of the charts, which is the real problem in the 1st place isn't it?

I mean real hip hops always been there, you just needed to know where to look.

When people say hip hop is dead, they mean real hip hop created by lyricists that sits atop of the charts.

The last case I seen of that was Jays' Blueprint 3 hits and as if Jay could ever drop without makin it to the top of the charts.

I see what your getting at and it does make it seem just to say hip hop is alive and well.......but the case still is, for now, if your a real lyricist, your goin to have to dumb it down to sell records, unless you already looked at as a legend.

 

[Mr.Wezzinton]

Mainstream hip hop is alive when the lyricism returns to it....which its starting too, only thing left to witness now is the real lyricists return to the top of the charts, which is the real problem in the 1st place isn't it?

I mean real hip hops always been there, you just needed to know where to look.

When people say hip hop is dead, they mean real hip hop created by lyricists that sits atop of the charts.

The last case I seen of that was Jays' Blueprint 3 hits and as if Jay could ever drop without makin it to the top of the charts.

I see what your getting at and it does make it seem just to say hip hop is alive and well.......but the case still is, for now, if your a real lyricist, your goin to have to dumb it down to sell records, unless you already looked at as a legend.

thats because we arent in a state right now where REAL lyrcists get the cred and or the respect they deserve BUT there is a #1 he's on your avy NAS, and lets not forget Black Thought can fuck wit 99.9 percent of thesse cats out here RIGHT NOW. WALE is what i think is the BEGINING of a new kind of Lyrcist in Hip Hop