What missing in Hip Hop and What's wrong with it (Ur Opinons

[Tornado]

Seems like now hip-hop is in a real mess. If it ain't celebrities and politicans badmouthing the genre cause there too ignorant to know about it, it's these wack-ass rappers talking shit all the time, either acting like a gangster (cough: 50 Cent:) or acting like the best Mc ever when they put out garbage ( cough: Mims). Also we got the download issue, good for us average joe's, not so good for Artists. Could this be the reason, because of falling album sales that only the most popular types of songs (read: gangster, club, girls, money) ever get released. I mean those are the songs 50 Cent was doing this year. What do you think is needed for hip-hop to get back up? I personally want to see more wider range of artists, from underground to more international artists (especially UK) as MTV is too Ameriacan when it comes to rap. And new Eminem, Wu-Tang and Rakim albums should put hip -hop straight

[AspirinE]

Aint nothing with Hip Hop, people just looking for it in the wrong places.

But to be detailed, i believe theres just no inspiration. Theres literally a drought in musicians, if we don't have people around us making real music, we gonna have rappers with no inspiration.

[katastrophe]

hip hop is dying only on the mainstream. there are still many artists that are good and still do their thing. some artists include:

G.A.G.E.
Stat Quo
Obie Trice
50 Cent(i dont care what u say, he still spits better than those fucking cunts on mainstream so shut up)
Eminem(same thing as 50)
DMX
Xzibit
D-12
G-Unit
Young Buck
Lloyd Banks
Nas
Papoose
Royce Da 5'9
and more...

the problem is is that they arent getting radio play as much as those half fucks. so hip hop in general is not dead. mainstream and popular hip hop is dead until some good artist come on the scene with a #1 hit and ressurects it

[J Won]

These overly suckish Hip-Hop artists think they can sell just by talking about rims, chains and cars. Then the non-Hip-Hoppers claim Hip-Hop to have no meaning, or that the prominent Hip-Hoppers (i.e. those of the Black race), are inept. The suckish Rappers have no lyrical abilities, but they appeal to kids and other grown-ass (or half grown-ass) idiots thinking DJ Unk is the shit.

I like Hip-Hop that the collective doesn't listen to. I hate those Rappers talking about how they just shot somebody, or how their car rides on 20's and shit. There is no lyrical ability in the game right now, because all of the best are either retiring or are being slept on (and we should all be thankful that Obie Trice has 3 more albums left to do in his contract with Shady).

Mainstream Hip-Hop is givin' Blacks the wrong image, and giving ametur Hip-Hoppers the wrong idea about the culture. At my high-school, these dudes are trying to freestyle about chains, and rims and shit they don't have (tryna be like Rich Boy or that n*gga Lil' Wayne).

I can't even list the top artists whether in Underground, or Mainstream.

Why don't radio stations set Rap fuckin' straight by not playing Mims, Kia Shine or Lil' Wayne? They should just play good quality, clean as they would others, Hip-Hop. They need Method Man, Kanye West, Wu-Tang and Obie Trice on the radios. Not those fakers that they play over and over all day. And these politicians need to shut up about Rap.

Mainstream Hip-Hop is dead.

I'm out.

[James R.]

What's missing in hip hop? A sense of the struggle to express yourself. Hip Hop has become a business as opposed to an outlet. People like Nas and Eminem use hip hop to express their thoughts, not to talk about how much money they have or how their sex is like an amusement park. Hip hop has lost its roots. People rap because they're bored with selling drugs and they think making songs about it will make them seem more interesting. All this gangsta shoot em up shit is fine, I don't mind it, but people forget that a display of intelligence is just as (if not more) impressive than talking about how many guns you have hidden away in your closet

[ctodap]

now a daiz..hip hop has no meaning idz all laid back like chilled... u noe.. like stuff u kan like just dance to not bob ur head to

[sinemm]

when you dont have the best stuff
you have to be happy with the stuff you have

like for example
Tupac died
notorius big died

since they aint making the real hip hop music anymore
people have to listen to the rest even the wack ones

thats my opinion

[jBouchh]

missing: nothing is missing with hip hop, there are still a lot of dope music going around right now

wrong: the wrong music is being promoted, we got bs like unk being promoted instead of like nas

hey about lil wayne: some of his old shit and new shit is bad but get the cd 'tha carter II', its a pretty good cd, i dont know what happened with his new cd tho =/

[Tash8]

no it's simple, this is the answer

it's not about talent anymore, but it's about the image.

[AspirinE]

no it's simple, this is the answer

it's not about talent anymore, but it's about the image.

No.
Its simple that its actually not about image... its about talent.

[AspirinE]

G.A.G.E.
Stat Quo
Obie Trice
50 Cent(i dont care what u say, he still spits better than those fucking cunts on mainstream so shut up)
Eminem(same thing as 50)
DMX
Xzibit
D-12
G-Unit
Young Buck
Lloyd Banks
Nas
Papoose
Royce Da 5'9
and more...

Typical shadyrecords groupie selection. 50 ... being better then those rappers in mainstream :lol: . Or are soo motherfucking closeminded that u actually compare rappers to non-rapper stereotypes likes Mims, and young joc?

Common came out with an average album and went #1, and his record makes any g-unit record look like stereotype bullshit.

Young buck... lmao... G-UNIT
Stat quo.

Go pick some good stuff mate, your starved for hip hop, you're eating the first trash somebody serves you.

[pawel]

G.A.G.E.
Stat Quo
Obie Trice
50 Cent(i dont care what u say, he still spits better than those fucking cunts on mainstream so shut up)
Eminem(same thing as 50)
DMX
Xzibit
D-12
G-Unit
Young Buck
Lloyd Banks
Nas
Papoose
Royce Da 5'9
and more...

Typical shadyrecords groupie selection. 50 ... being better then those rappers in mainstream :lol: . Or are soo motherfucking closeminded that u actually compare rappers to non-rapper stereotypes likes Mims, and young joc?

Common came out with an average album and went #1, and his record makes any g-unit record look like stereotype bullshit.

Young buck... lmao... G-UNIT
Stat quo.

Go pick some good stuff mate, your starved for hip hop, you're eating the first trash somebody serves you.

word up asp, exactly what I was thinking when I saw his list...

what is missing in hip-hop, is the experimental stuff... now it's almost all a fucking simple beat and some lame as lyrics, just because they think 'this is why I'm hot' 'n stuff, and there's not like jazz, soul or whatever as influence in hip-hop anymore. (well, some artists have of course, but 90% does not)

[AspirinE]

I dont even mind, rappers trying to not sample or some shit, but for gods sake, some of these producers need to go to a musical school or something.. X_X

coz putting on 1000 hi-hats in a row and a snappy snare from the default sounds of an mpc and broken flow to suite an of tempo drum pattern ... is not music, its just amateur jungle music, even african tribes, dancing around a campfire prolly have a better taste and perception of tempo.

And i really pitty the souls of people that think u need a standart "club banger" to dance... last time i heard The Seed 2.0 play at 1am in a club it gave way more energy to people then the same bullshit over and over again.

Aight fuck it, im done complaining, i just downloaded All CunningLinguists albums and Jedi-mind tricks albums, the shit sounds sweet to my ears, could give a fuck really what the crowd of people that are bored from one idol and force themselves on the closest relative to that idol are on about... their loss.


Edit:

PS.
I will pay 1000$ to the person who brings me the severed head of lil wayne.

[sinemm]

people have to listen to the rest even the wack ones

no, they don't. they can just stop listening altogether

... i agree with what a lotta people said here, but i just think that nowadays, too many people think they can rap, when they just simply can't.

but we all still listen to it right?
did you quit listenin to hip hop cuz of 50? i dont think so..and you shouldnt..

i mean at least there must be somebody who knows what real hip hop real rap means..if they leave too..that just means giving them the opportunity to do everthing they want in the absence of the others..

[Tash8]

no it's simple, this is the answer

it's not about talent anymore, but it's about the image.

No.
Its simple that its actually not about image... its about talent.

I'm talking about the mainstream, in the mainstream, tell me are they talented or they just got the right image that makes people wanna ride their dicks?

and i'm not talking about underground at all here.