Eminem and other main stream diva's have destoyed hip hop and has given it to a predominantley ignorant audience.. it turns out that 85% of the hip hop consumers aren't of the same race and/or culture of the Pioneers, so yes, there is no hope for so-called Main Stream hip hop, i'll do like Canibus said in his quote..

"Maybe I should leave rap alone/
and just kick my incredible rhymes in the privacy of my own Home"

as long as its on the streets and the traditions are still practiced, Hip Hop will never actually perish, it will have a Cult following years after the Main Streams took away its original supporters..

I agree with the author of this thread, quote By MC Juice,

"Coz ya'll keep tryin it, so rappers keep lyin, it's/
a vicious cycle, people just like you keep buyin it/
lables keep signin it, A&R's confuse It/
Cable keeps rewindin It, coz they In Charge Of Music"/

yeah hip hop is gon b doomed coz i cant see any rappers in da near or far future with as much skill and ability as tupac or eminem or any of da gr8ts..

tha hell kinda question is "is hip-hop doomed" nigga hip hop is music n as long as niggas is buyin it...it neva gon b doomed

yeah but if dere aint gd enuff rappers den whos gonna buy da cds den????

it seems ppl buyin it now so it must be good

It isnt about good or bad. or whos gonna buy it and who isnt.

the point Im getting at isnt to do with "will people still buy rap albums"

Im tryna get at hip hop is loosing its essence. I couldnt give two fucks if people stopped buying rap albums. That would proberly bring hip hop back to its origin's.

But i spose everything is evolutional. Hiph ops just changing with the times of the world.

commercial rap is where its all at..so anyone who doesnt like commercial rap, check out ur best undergroudn rapper, and see where they got influenced from...

and hip hop is doomed if they keep lettin rappers like nelly, g-unit, and snoop, etc...sing.....

the game is good for the rap game
he bringin it straight from the streets

^way too long for me to read, but i agree with tha first three lines...chingy and them otha rappers are WACK. but, in hip hop now, that just goes to show that, beats sell...Whatever they play in tha club, that album will make a lotta sells...hip hop is gunna be down in a few years...rock is making its takeover...thats why i say, sign me...lol...nah, im not a rapper. but still, i am better than half these rappers out now, and im sure some of u are....i wouldnt doubt it...

how long it take u to type that long ass biography..???

No... hip hop isnt music... were talkin real hip hop.... go back to riding lil johns dick...

But word to what was said... I never buy mainstream albums... ill steal their shit off the internet and listen to it... then I can say its wack with an educated opinion and not just generalize :thumbup:

Well Put^..........................

^^^Word. Cant type msgs as long as that cat did. No one gon read them at all.
Commercial rap gets hip hop the attention it deserves. Hip Hop wudnt be where it is today without it

It is wat it is