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Why is rap these days so........

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biG_EaSt
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commercial. what happened to rappers like immortal technique with actual witty lyrics. it honestly kinda pisses me off rap has really gone mainstream and lost what made it so awesome back in the day.

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Aug 13 2009 3:05AM
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bappelabb
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Luckily there are still lots of people, also Newschoolers, like you and me who are still able to acknowledge and enjoy sharp and entertaining lyricism and high quality production in the beautiful music-genre that is hip-hop.

But to answer your question I shall remain clueless since it is also mysterious to me. How can it be that there are so much crappy hip-hop these days polluting the minds of many?

My only guess is that the majority just never take the time to explore from where this music actually descends from.

That or either the people who likes artists such as the one referred to are just not fortunate enough to posess the ability to tell the difference between what is good and what is shit.

Aug 13 2009 3:28AM
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Hugh_Conway_jr
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Thats the way rap is. Rock your adidas !
Aug 13 2009 3:34AM
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Malcolm
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fuck i had something awesome to say about this but i forgot
Aug 13 2009 6:57AM
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grown-ninja
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have yor herd the song LOL smily face?
Aug 13 2009 9:02AM
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Brenone
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i feel your pain. there is so much bullshit out there that unless you know where to look you would never even know good hip-hop still exists. unfortunately most (not all) most of the newer generation/s only know this type of hip-hop. im all for a good party song and i like that hip hop has many genre's (party, lyrical, political, gangsta, underground, etc...) but shit like this is well........silly. we can thank MTV & Hot 97 for promoting this crap.

the good stuff is out there. and i think that hip hop is def making a comeback. i think that some people are getting tired of the poppin bottles, ridin 24's, auto tune crap. a reality check is def in order.

Aug 13 2009 10:55AM
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kepler.
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The reason you're forced to listen to this garbage is because you won't turn off the radio or MTV. Make some decisions on your own and find the music YOU like, not the music you're told to like.

Rap these days, one could argue, is better than ever. Music is being released on pretty much a daily basis online and artists are ever more willing to be unique in their musical voice. You must not being paying enough attention if you think that's all that is out there.

Also, next time you try and show by comparison how crappy today's rap is, don't use Immortal Technique as an example of what's good. Sure he had a really good album but for what it's worth he's nothing compared to most rappers. It only shows how musically immature you are.

Not trying to be mean, but it's a major pet-peeve of mind when people go shouting that there isn't any good music (especially rap) these days. If you'd like I'd be more than happy to point you in the direction of some amazing hip hop that you'd love.
Aug 13 2009 11:34AM
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2+2=5
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hip hop really sold itself out. like what music video on mtv doesn't have someone using some new expensive cellphone? it's all marketing

you just gotta turn your tv off and search for your own music. it's wayyy better
Aug 13 2009 12:05PM
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Brenone
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exactly what he said
Aug 13 2009 12:22PM
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low_fidelity
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Q-Tip - The Renassaince: 2008

The Problemaddicts - Dark Side of Oz: 2008

WU Tang Clan - Chamber Music: 2009

Ghostface Killah - The Big Doe Rehab: 2007

and possibly one of the greatest rap albums of all time:

Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein: 2001


i just scrolled through my itunes for about a minute and came up with these stellar recent albums. just look a little bit past what itunes has and you will always find good music
Aug 13 2009 1:00PM
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camski26
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I agree. I really dont like any present rap music. Used to listen to Lil Wayne a lot but i dont like him anymore. I like the old stuff like this.
Aug 13 2009 5:01PM
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Crack.
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that list is fucked
Aug 13 2009 6:11PM
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gstaff
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All the mainstream is such bullshit. No talent at all.




You want some dope hip-hop

check out Jr & PH7
Aug 13 2009 7:19PM
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daringharry
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i'm just gonna leave this here.......
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Aug 13 2009 7:58PM
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prontocuts.com
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Words out of my mouth. I mainly spin electro house, breaks, and progressive, and I know good hip hop exists. Drives me insane when people say omg hip hop is dead!!1111111 with the rise of home recording studios and production getting cheaper then ever to get in to, there is tons of good indie hip hop out.
Aug 13 2009 8:41PM
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nychka
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On point... i think hip-hop is really sorta flourishing right now. Nothing against 90's rap cause its great, but honestly if you can't find any good new hip-hop your probably not looking hard enough.
Aug 14 2009 4:14AM
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-ROY-
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yeaa i also dislike all this solja boy crap, but like its been said before its not hard to find good music. The internet is your friend for good rap. not the radio. Might I suggest downloading CURT@!N$ two mixtapes. Very good imo

Aug 14 2009 11:32AM
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montageskier
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Rap is what you make it. You can say new rap suck because of soulja boy,OJ Da Juice, T pain. Or you can listen to Kid Cudi, Charles Hamilton, Slaughterhouse, Drake, Black Milk. Its up to you, what you want to listen to.

BUT, I will say this. Soulja Boy has my respect, not as an artist but as a business man. After becoming good friends with his DJ and meeting Soulja Boy I understand him now. He knows he is making shit music. But he knows hes gonna get paid for it. Maybe he doesnt have any integrity as an artist, but he is a damn good business man.

Aug 14 2009 12:26PM
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skijunkiedtm
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it seems to me that soulja boy has the attitude that hes the one laughing at all the people bashing his music cause hes gettin payed so he doesnt even care.
Aug 14 2009 1:10PM
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Brenone
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^^^because of that, that is why rap these days is so........ 

because so called "artists" put out shit music not to be creative but to make money. in my opinion that is the definition of a sellout.

im not the guy that listens to this crap and complains about it. i avoid it. but its sad that this has become the face of hip hop when there are so many better choices out there.   

Aug 14 2009 1:57PM
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Dukeybrains
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Uhhh all the rap you hear maybe
Aug 14 2009 1:59PM
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dweezileast
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ringtone rap. every genre has a mainstream element to it. I dont even see ringtone rap and hip hop as the same thing and they're not. Madlib has more in common with Gillespie than Soulja Boy. It's not that they're in different leagues, they're completely different sports. The good shit is out there
Aug 14 2009 2:23PM
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montageskier
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Its up to you what you want to listen to though.
Aug 14 2009 3:39PM
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Danger.
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Rap sucks? These guys don't think so:

Kid Cudi
Wale
Drake
Bobby Ray
Theophilus London
Black Milk
Jay Electronica
Kidz In Da Hall
The Cool Kids
Kid Sister
Spank Rock
Little Brother
Pac Div
Q-Tip
Shad
The Roots
Tanya Morgan
Raekwon

/thread
Aug 14 2009 4:03PM
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Crack.
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drake? are you fucking serious?
Aug 14 2009 4:19PM
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kepler.
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Why the hate on Drake? So Far Gone was fucking amazing. He's literally changing the music industry single-handedly.
Aug 14 2009 4:24PM
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Crack.
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alright.. i've only listened to a few of his songs and I guess i got the bad bunch.
Aug 14 2009 4:29PM
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montageskier
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Seriosuly. Drake is the next big thing. So far so gone was great, and he is working on his studio album. Aside from music, in 10 years he wont even rap. He will be a famous actor, he is so well rounded.

He is also single handly changing lil wayne. Over the past few months Lil Wayne returned to his old self and put out some very good songs because of Drake.

Aug 14 2009 5:18PM
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Crack.
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I havent heard So far Gone so I am sorry.. I will be downloading it tomorrow.

Anyways I just downloaded Rhymefest- Man in the mirror and I fucking love it.

Check that shit out thread creator.
Aug 14 2009 5:55PM
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low_fidelity
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Drake sucks ass
Aug 14 2009 7:44PM
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T-Nutcracker
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Listen to Classified. Shit will blow your mind away.

Aug 14 2009 9:05PM
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AMG.
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yo, listen to Kings of Nazareth, skull and bomb society, and sands of eternity. you've probably never heard of them, but their deep as farakhan and keeping hip-hop real from the underground right now.

seriously though, MOST mainstream rappers have decent stuff, its just not on the radio.

Ludacris, Bun B, Jay-z, Kanye, Cam'ron, the clipse, etc (wait for it) even lil'wayne...all these mainstream artists have good songs. Some people act like snobs though, and when an artist is actually SUCCESSFUL, they player hate the shit out of them. i used to be like alot of kids in this thread, who only listen to music that has a message behind it, or is making some kind of commentary on how shitty hip-hop is right now. then i started listening to what actually sounds good. who cares what their actually saying, if it flows, i dont give a shit personally.

Aug 14 2009 11:45PM
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Dukeybrains
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Sometimes I forget how alll skiers are white and then I see a thread like this and I'm all


hahahh

oh yeah
Aug 15 2009 2:50AM
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-ROY-
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lil wayne has about four good songs imo. but what you havelisted there sir is a pretty good list. the clipse is doin big things right now..I love his new single "Im Good" with pharrell. And also Kanye IMO will go down as one of the greatest rappers of our time. Dude is huge right now. Just did a shoe for NIKE...(first non athlete to have a shoe with them) and stuf with LV..but my favorite "mainstream" rapper right now is common..listen to his shit.
Aug 15 2009 3:17PM
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Alex=God
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idk, I just wasnt a fan of it. It seemed like there was to much of a r&bish fell to it
Aug 15 2009 3:21PM
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wintersway
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are you fucking stupid?
Aug 16 2009 3:51PM
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VT_FLO
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they're in houstin texas.



Aug 16 2009 4:10PM
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Crack.
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you sound like some kid who knows nothing about hip-hop/rap and is just writing down what he heard on another site.
Aug 16 2009 4:51PM
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Crack.
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I like rhymefest, shad, biggie, blue scholars and Philadelphia slick. To name a few of my favorites.

Now if you wouldn't mind, please post up some of Lupe fiasco's best work so I can see how good of a rapper he really is.
Aug 16 2009 5:17PM
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Uncle.Badness
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Exactly.
Aug 17 2009 12:54AM
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Thenowhereman42
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Immortal Technique is new rap, not old rap, amirite?
Aug 17 2009 5:20AM
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Hogis
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I never say that I listen to Hiphop.
Ashamed as hell of Soulja boy and the mainstream rap.
Aug 17 2009 3:06PM
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Dukeybrains
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To the OP

I don't get your comparison of Soulja Boy and Immortal Technique as "then" and "now". You do realize there was just as much shitty mainstrream music when the Immortal technique track came out as there is now. There is also as much underground music as there was then, you don't know about it though because it's not super hyped by suburban white kids like the ones that populate this site.  It takes a while for that to happen, so in five years you could really be making the exact same comparison.  Se what I'm saying mannn?
Aug 17 2009 5:28PM
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BOSSignol
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ahahahah
Aug 18 2009 2:07AM
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Dukeybrains
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summing up "rap these days" with that shitty soulja boy song is pretty insulting to every other rapper out there
Aug 18 2009 2:14AM
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meth_time
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here are some songs you might like - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTHgf48VYJ4
and the violin good beat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR2BboZeLEw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewc1hixzYPY&feature=related
most rap songs these days have the same purpose as the jonas brothers
Aug 18 2009 10:25AM
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