The Great Rap Debate: Can Real Hip-Hop Still Move the Crowd?

[blackbloc]

wtf is " real hiphop" and what is "fake hiphop"

 

[StillFaggyAF]

"Also we’re obviously not dealing with a generational but an intellectual gap"

disagree with this, so according tot he author, people today are dumber?

 

[moedays]

"Also we’re obviously not dealing with a generational but an intellectual gap"

disagree with this, so according tot he author, people today are dumber?

I think so, but that's just my opinion.

 

[konceptjones]

real hip hop still moves crowds, especially overseas.

 

[P. Town]

What is real Hip-Hop?

 

[moedays]

real hip hop still moves crowds, especially overseas.

Rock the Bells

 

[MrCrookedLetter]

What is real hip hop?

 

[soul rattler]

Hip Hop is the culture. It's where genuine intentions meet artistic perfection.

Rap is the execution of enlightened discussion and has existed long before Hip Hop's inception. As an artform, it's rhythm and poetry (KRS-ONE). Everyone from Jay-Z, to Pitbull, to Queen Godis.

Different executions of rap move different crowds.... But niggas are too busy crying whenever they see a crowd they don't relate to being moved by an MC they don't relate to. They're scared of being labeled as "outsiders".

 

[StillFaggyAF]

i dont label pitbull as hip hop any more

 

[soul rattler]

Doesn't matter. He still raps.

 

[StillFaggyAF]

anyone that raps is hip hop?

 

[CeLLaR-DooR]

Whenever Juicy, Ruff Ryders Anthem or dead prez' Hip Hop comes on in the club, niggas still go mad...

Didn't read the OP...

 

[Gen. Stasia]

"Also we’re obviously not dealing with a generational but an intellectual gap"

disagree with this, so according tot he author, people today are dumber?

Yes people are extremely dumb down nowadays.... we are an Entertainment society meaning ppl use most of their time being entertained instead of learning.

 

[JDSTAYWITIT]

i hate these damn bitchy ass opinionators .....like bruh STFU ...stop crying ...go support the artist you like ...have a coke and a damn smile ...

 

[dalyricalbandit]

throw yo hands up into the air and wave em around like you just dont care and scream out oh yeah!!

 

[illedout]

what exactly do U consider real hiphop??

 

[Plutarch]

i hate these damn bitchy ass opinionators .....like bruh STFU ...stop crying ...go support the artist you like ...have a coke and a damn smile ...

i second this. the only thing more annoying than a dumbass fan of "fake hip hop" (whatever that means) is a self-righteous fan of "real hip hop" (whatever that means).

go watch a old school/classic hip hop song on youtube and the comments section will be flooded with 13 year old white kids crying about how lil wayne is apparently killing "real hip hop." pleease.

the golden age fallacy strikes again.

 

[curtis75black]

Real Hip Hop will only move the crowd when biases leave the forum. When a emcee can drop a project and it gets rocked off its music, not the name its attached to. When you can rock with a project even if your favorite had beef with him or her. When was the last time any of y'all just said "This is some tight shit, even if I normally don't fuck with the style". The thing about the early 80's is that there were too many styles from different emcees and groups. The music is all that counted, Not the gimmick or image their trying to portray.

 

[StillFaggyAF]

"Also we’re obviously not dealing with a generational but an intellectual gap"

disagree with this, so according tot he author, people today are dumber?

Yes people are extremely dumb down nowadays.... we are an Entertainment society meaning ppl use most of their time being entertained instead of learning.

so we're all dumb fuck compared to people 10 years ago. i can't get jiggy with that, its condescending and insulting to those of us who actually care about hip hop. The author doesn't even consider generational difference as a relevant issue. I wonder if people who grew up in the 60s and 70s thought bboys and other hip hop fans were dumb as well?

 

[jono]

Hip-hop still rocks crowds, its just not the same anymore. The culture has change, or rather been manipulated, diluted etc. I just read "Blues People" by Leroi Jones and not to my surprise what we see going on with hip-hop now, is the same thing that happened to the Blues & Jazz.

If we keep making hip-hop about money and who makes money that will be the barometer for white folks to make Eminem the GOAT MC. Its what they did with Elvis, its what they did with Paul Whiteman, etc. Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it....sad part is we've seen it countless times already.