Let us begin – – What – Where – Why or – When – Will all be explained like instructions to a game.
See I’m not insane….
THAT- WAS- MY- sh*t!
- - The State of Hip Hop. – According to me
Ya’ll don’t hear me – this rap sh*t
is for the birds – f*ck
what you heard
Rap Music hasn’t evolved, it’s dissolved into a
“Rap / R & B / Pop / (thanks to Nelly) – Country Genre”
And is quickly headed (like my mama used to say) straight to hell with gasoline “drawws”
I pity my children – cause they will never appreciate HipHop the way I did.
They will never appreciate the sound of
mixin’ and scratchin over break beats on the ones and two’s – or the feelin you get when you hear
I GOT SO MUCH TROUBLE ON MY MIND- REFUSE TO LOSE
But now the Potholes in my lawn, have been replaced by these Potheads and their weed
And as much as I try - I don’t understand…Maybe I will when I’m older
But thinking back - why was I probably was the only 12 year old in Compton with
REST IN PEACE - SCOTT LA ROCK scrawled across my PeeChee folder –
right above the football player……
What happened to the true MC’s? All I’ve been hearing now is rappers
And ya’ll just letting anyone join this movement, from B-Ball players to Actors
I mean, I know HipHop is universal, but damn, my stance stands defiant.
Why the hell should we have to endure a rhyme by Shaq or Kobe Bryant?
Bring back the true MC, bring back the live DJ, bring back the true rap the true rap –rap true
Bring back the breakers, the poppers, the lockers, the tags, the Le Coq Sportiff sweatsuits and Kangol caps
And instead “Makin’ it clap” and “Droppin’ it like it’s hot” –
n*gga
watch me bust the Wop and do the RoboCop – And ya don’t stop –
And like Sanaa asked Taye in that flick - I ask you
WHEN DID YOU FIRST FALL IN LOVE WITH HIPHOP?
I embraced this music
and aspired to speak in lyric and rhyme to crowds who would appreciate it
and to hear applause once I was through – and I knew - I could do it
Even though this same awkward little four-eyed nerdy pudgy girl with the speech impediment that made her speak like Daffy Duck – didn’t quite fit the image of where HipHop was movin’, --
Poetry was “bitin’ me, fightin’ me, inviting me to rhyme” – so I kept on groovin’
Which was why I still can relate way more with Latifah, Lyte or Miss Melodie
than Trina, Lil Kim or that big booty video ho dancing next to rapper X, Y or Z
Cause now all this music is about Money, Drugs, Drank and Whorin’.
and Ho’s not leavin til “6 in the mornin” “6 in the mornin”
Aw No, in my day at “6 in morning – police at my door
Fresh Adidas squeak across the bathroom floor
Ice T was the coolest, KRS was the coldest, Moe D was the freshest, and PE was the boldest
Steady B, Heavy D, and Chubb Rock, Biz and Prince Markie D
shaped my love for big n*ggas
that could still look fly – with a belly
Run & DMC, Rakim, &
KRS & BDP, Chuck D & Kool Moe D
Showed me ~~~what it took to be a true MC and
Shi… and if you catch me at the right time I’ll even spit some Cube or D-O-C
But what I’m hearin today is not true Mcship – I mean come on I ain’t bein’ no “hater”
I may bob my head to yo little music, shake my ass a bit – but will I miss it 20 years later?
Will you be a legend 20 years later? Will you be KRUNK 20 years later? Or straight BUNK 20 years later?
But the truth of the matter is –
The state of HipHop today is disaster bound
And has been - broken down to it’s very last compound
See how it sounds – a little unrational – a lot of MC’s like to use the word dramatical
Fresh for ’05 – You Sucka’s.
i agree with this post and with blacktigre & daxx. i started listening to hip hop when i was 12, and, since then, my musical tastes have become much more diverse -- to include hardcore (a sub-genre of rock with a more pro-social/political reform message and even anarchy[though i'm not an anarchist]), punk (i prefer the same messages in punk as with hardcore...i'm not a skinhead...lol), mr. bungle (a rock group that CANnot be defined. the lead singer, mike patton, did a live performance in the big apple with rahzel not too long ago), a little house (but it HAS to be heavily influenced by hip hop...i just can't get down with most of the euro bullshit, which is mostly ambient and/or laden with cheezey ass hooks...i mostly prefer armand van helden), MUSHROOM JAZZ (a genre of music composed and mixed by dj mark farina...it IS the ultimate chill music) and, last but not least, Drum and Bass (a sub-genre of 'techno' that was created in the UK and is heavily influenced by hip hop/rap...the beat count [i'm not 100 % on this but..] follows an african tribal beat that is used to enter the spirit world through dance.) my reason for mentioning all of these genres and sub-genres is that all of these styles of music were born in the underground, and, with the exception of drum and bass which is still, for the time being, buried, all of these styles have been marketed and exploited by mtv, corporations and even the government (brainwashing propaganda). i'm pretty sure that i'm about the same age as you so i ask you to think back to the early 90's; mtv; fab five freddy had an hour a week; the rest of the time was metallica, guns and roses and nirvana overload. now fast forward to today. executives and other influential people wielding power saw an oppurtunity to market 'hip hop' and it's now being used as a double-edged sword. i don't think anyone (though i could be wrong) would disagree with me for saying that the ghettos in america are present day slave quarters. hitler had no qualms with rounding up the jews and throwing them into ghettos but our government has to be a little more clever than that; so, believe it or not, with every gangsta rap album we purchase, WE are funding the governments campaign for imprisoning african-americans in ghettos....and the kicker is: african americans support it! with the ghettos glorified, who in the hell would want to leave? 30 years ago bobby womack sang 'across 110th street' to enlighten others on the harsh realities of living in the ghettos of harlem with the ultimate goal of breaking out; now it's about breaking IN? ironic, don't ya think?
anyways...sorry for rambling. this piece sparked a lot of thoughts. that's always a good thing. good job. 06/03/2006
i love it... and agree w the previous person... thats why underground should be preserved... if ppl want good music they gotta seek it out.. 05/31/2006
i understand where youre coming from thats why theres an underground see yah gotta dig and search for the real music now adays
i wrote a piece similar to this i might just post it. I cant agree whole heartedly i see a few loop holes since i myself am a afficianado of the music and a participant in the culture. good peice 11/23/2005
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