Topic: Skillz - Hip Hop Died
- Sep 1, 2006 12:21am by trez260 - http://www.myspace.com/trez
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HIP HOP DIED A LONG TIME AGO...
"Do you feel like that sometimes? Well I heard someone say that like two years ago. I dont know how I feel about the music right now. I know that I love hip hop though. I hear nigggas saying bring NY back and the South is killing it right now.
And I'm a firm believer that everyone gets thier time to shine. I also believe that alotta these dudes arent really who they say they are they just change to make a buck. If thats the kind of dude you are then thats cool too. But thats the name of my new song " HIP HOP DIED". The concept came to me like two years ago when someone else was saying it and then never brought it up again.
So when we came back in contact I inquired about it. Nas's album is called HIP HOP IS DEAD. I know peeps are gonna question the fact that we so close to the same title but hey ...it is what it is. I believe in this song so much its unreal.
This song says so much that I actually cant believe I wrote it. I know that it doesnt fit the format of whats poppin right now. You wont hear this record right behind TI or right before Rick Ross. I already know that. You wont hear it on the morning show in the city you live in. You wont see it on 106 and Park. I already know that.
It's not what people are used to hearing from me. I already know that. But still I belive in it. Some people will like it and some people wont and I'm cool with that. I performed it last night for the second time ever and a girl came up to me after the show and hugged me hard as hell and said " That last freestyle was so beautiful...it made me think about myself and the kinda music I really like and the shit that Ive supported that I really shouldnt have".
That made me smile. Someone got it. Someone understood me. I know Flex aint droppin no bombs on this song. I know you wont hear it in the 5oclock traffic mix..but still I believe in it. I fell in love with HIP HOP all over again when I heard this beat. So maybe some of you will understand why Im campaining so hard for this one and then again some of you wont.
Ive never tried to be something that I wasnt on wax. I just know how to rhyme pretty good...nothing more nothing less. So the question that I ask you(fans, friends, DJ's, promoter's, producers anyone else who listens to this music called hip hop) WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WERE REMINDED OF WHY YOU LOVE HIP HOP MUSIC?
See? You still trying to come up with something aint you?"
- Sep 1, 2006 12:33am by JDFlow - [url=http://www.my.rawkus.com/profile/jdflow]JDFlow on Rawkus[/url]
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I guess your answer depends on what "hiphop" means to you. Maybe in the revised version of Websters dictionary they'll have a definition for what this is. Then the people who are sitting around wondering can have some sort of closure. The rest of us know what's up. That doesn't mean that what's up is good, or bad. Chances are if your pants are still saggin, you're still bumpin classics, or you always find yourself remenicin of "the good ol' days", you're still in love.
- Sep 1, 2006 01:31am by yady - amateurs practice till they get it right, professionals practice till they cant get it wrong.
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[quote:42a3c129ef="JDFlow"]I guess your answer depends on what "hiphop" means to you. Maybe in the revised version of Websters dictionary they'll have a definition for what this is. Then the people who are sitting around wondering can have some sort of closure. The rest of us know what's up. That doesn't mean that what's up is good, or bad. Chances are if your pants are still saggin, you're still bumpin classics, or you always find yourself remenicin of "the good ol' days", you're still in love.[/quote:42a3c129ef]
WELL SAID
- Sep 1, 2006 02:02am by Reach. - Peace and oneness,
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At times I feel as though Rap isn't as "fun" as it used to be, but to say that it's 'dead' is ridiculous.
You can't have rigid ideals of what the artform should and shouldn't be.
That's much more detrimental to the genre than D4L.
Rap would have no balance without both Kweli AND Dem Franchise Boyz.
20 years ago Schoolly D was talking about pointing a pistol at someone.
As much as we'd like to sometimes believe that the misogyny, materialism and glorification of violence are new to the culture...it isn't.
There are still rappers in the game who force me to rewind their verses.
I hear songs all the time that "send me".
I don't know... It gets silly sometimes.
Despite all the arguments I've had with my family they still give me reasons to love and to cherish them.
Turn the radio off.
That's the first step to recovery from "Hip Hop is Dead"-itis.
