Ok production heads....I will put myself out there to see what you guys think on the current state of hip-hop music and where it will be going in the next few months....
I've been upset. Mad. Hurt. With all the crap thats out there now. The industry is in a craze right now - the creation of the "1 single" album is still up despite the obvious lack of support by fans in buying these albums. I miss THE ALBUM. Where dudes would actually make 12 cuts on there and CARE. I miss getting the album where cuts never make it to a single but you can always tell a true head when you hear dudes reciting them deep B sides because the WHOLE album was money.
Remember the days when you busted out "When it comes to sex...I'm similar to the thrilla in manilla." to some chick..... Some ignorant dudes would laugh that were just radio heads but you would always find dudes that can complete that line of songs that never made it to radio.....where did those days go? I know the answer to this is commercialism but it seems to me that commercialism is about to lap creativity and quality severly this time around.
Now I fast forward to today....bust the latest Kanye single.....and realize....his stuff is actually hot. In being true to self (for what is the point of faking it these days) I realize I get that old feeling back when he comes on the radio....automatically different from everyone else....I can't wait till this dude come out....I could realy care less about 50 or Nelly this year......i can already hear about what I got and f*ckin this hoe.....I'm tired of all the BS raps.....rapping about nothing to me. We loved hip hip because it was something new, deep and we were seeing things through the eyes of greats. We were once entertained by so many different coasts because not only was it new but it was interesting to see the many perspectives. Yeah I've gotten older, got a kid now........and I became less and less interested.....but I cannot hate on what Kanye is trying to get out.....I can care less about him being conceited and all this but dang.....I have to give it up.....the quality of the mans work comes out in every song. Forget coming out with raps off the dome if you are saying the same thing over and over...the man is taking his time to write some good stuff and then, from what I can see, makes the track a killa. Where else do we see this level of all around quality in dudes that have made it - the ones that the world hears?
If there is any other purpose to writing this it would have to be this: Hip hop is so watered down now....substance is the key. Without substance, we would stay boring.....which is why we are.....and Country and Pop is ahead of our genre once again. We are digressing.
What do you guys think?
I've been upset. Mad. Hurt. With all the crap thats out there now. The industry is in a craze right now - the creation of the "1 single" album is still up despite the obvious lack of support by fans in buying these albums. I miss THE ALBUM. Where dudes would actually make 12 cuts on there and CARE. I miss getting the album where cuts never make it to a single but you can always tell a true head when you hear dudes reciting them deep B sides because the WHOLE album was money.
Remember the days when you busted out "When it comes to sex...I'm similar to the thrilla in manilla." to some chick..... Some ignorant dudes would laugh that were just radio heads but you would always find dudes that can complete that line of songs that never made it to radio.....where did those days go? I know the answer to this is commercialism but it seems to me that commercialism is about to lap creativity and quality severly this time around.
Now I fast forward to today....bust the latest Kanye single.....and realize....his stuff is actually hot. In being true to self (for what is the point of faking it these days) I realize I get that old feeling back when he comes on the radio....automatically different from everyone else....I can't wait till this dude come out....I could realy care less about 50 or Nelly this year......i can already hear about what I got and f*ckin this hoe.....I'm tired of all the BS raps.....rapping about nothing to me. We loved hip hip because it was something new, deep and we were seeing things through the eyes of greats. We were once entertained by so many different coasts because not only was it new but it was interesting to see the many perspectives. Yeah I've gotten older, got a kid now........and I became less and less interested.....but I cannot hate on what Kanye is trying to get out.....I can care less about him being conceited and all this but dang.....I have to give it up.....the quality of the mans work comes out in every song. Forget coming out with raps off the dome if you are saying the same thing over and over...the man is taking his time to write some good stuff and then, from what I can see, makes the track a killa. Where else do we see this level of all around quality in dudes that have made it - the ones that the world hears?
If there is any other purpose to writing this it would have to be this: Hip hop is so watered down now....substance is the key. Without substance, we would stay boring.....which is why we are.....and Country and Pop is ahead of our genre once again. We are digressing.
What do you guys think?
