What makes somebody "REAL" Hiphop?
 

Anotha damn dorm arguement, i'mma have a splendid time hearing u children say ignant shit like "real hiphop is only underground shit" or "if u talk about money and hoez and shit then u aint real hiphop" so allow the talking to commence

Tattooing "Hip Hop" on you. lol.

Um, anything really. Fuck labels.

the ability to:

1) rap
2) dj
3) graffitti
4) breakdance


i thank you.

I think having a deep interest in the above... whether you can do it or not really.....

i'm surprised by your answeres i thought i'd hear real hiphop aint spitting bout money and bitches and shit, real hiphop is BIG L (who rhymed about that all tha time and nobody can deny that he is hiphop) but I'm not worried cuz i'm sure somebody will

real hip hop is real. its not about money and bitches.

you happy now?

Thank you, but your ignorence wasn't real, i'm waiting on somebody that really thinks that. *begins to hold breath*

to me, real is just someone who wont compromise succes for the love of the game

i like that definition

it doesn't matter if you rap about girls and cars respected old school heads did it. Just don't do it all the time becuase if you do it begins to make you sound 1 dimentional and fake. if you rapping about selling crack and you have never done it then that's fake.
IE Big Tymerz- all they do is rap about money and there wack at it that's fake.

Non-phixion- do crazy shit and they do comment on the world and they're dope when they do it. they've commented on girls and there still real hip hop "Kobe Thai dime bitches"- Ill Bill
"Latex bitches be chokin on cock like blow pops"- Goretex

imma give a simple answer...Not Sellin out is real...

as a high school cat alot of Teens, think hip hop is Phat Farm jeans, an RW shirt, two tone ball caps, throw bakc jerseys, and a pair of Air Force 1s. personally i dont think that matters, however i do own phat farm, RW, Sean John etc. BUt "real" hip hop is rapping, dj-ing, breakings, graffing whatever done wiht passion. If u rappin bout bitches and u passionate then hell thats real to me something thats true to urself. So if i were to talk bout my ice i'd be frontin hard. But talkin bout how it is to live on the poor side of the fence thatd be real. Not the drugs cuz i havent sold any, guns, i dont own any, fights, cuz i dont get in any. Thats real

Real hip hop is bein true to yourself and not portrayin a fake image.

I would never rap about shootin people and sellin drugs coz like INsanity I aint into all that.
What I do rap about is my life and experiences. And thats what I do whenever I drop an open mic.......everythin has to be the truth and nothin but the truth

Real hip Hop is knowing where it started, and staying true to yaself to keep it from ending.

Holla At Em

hip hop to me is true poetry in motion, its deeper, doesn't matter if they are talking about money and bitchs, cause you can get deep with that shit too.

Rap isn't a part of Hip-Hop.

Emceeing is.

But rap isn't. Rap just happens to be there.

Listen to that song, and I always mention this, Devil Went Down to Georgia. That's country music, but that old far is rapping. Rapping is just talking fast, that's all it is.

Emceeing is an entertainer, philosopher, or simply the guy running the show.

listen... imma explain it for you kids who dont know shit(which is most of you)...

Hiphop... is culture.. aint no such thing as "fake" hiphop. bling bling and bitches is one aspect of hiphop.. just cuz you dont like commercial shit doesnt mean it aint real hiphop.. tell that to the millions of fans.. those million people have there likings in hiphop. not everyone likes underground rappers... doesnt mean they not real hiphop....

i hate yingyang twins.. but without who keeps the parties jumpin.. they shit be havin the clubs active... thats an aspect of hiphop... try playing some immortal technique to get a party crackin.. exactly.. all you kids who think your cool cuz you listen to underground it still doesnt mean you know shit..

hiphop is what it is... stop trying to make it like its something sacred..cuz its really not. just like rock and classical.. just a music genre with many aspects.

Real hip-hop to me is just truth and meaning. As long as an MC has meaning and truth in his/her songs, I respect them.

congrats postman isn't an idiot. Good shit

HIP HOP:To have lived the game know what's going on in the streets and making it tru to your lyrics, your battles, your anything. Fake subarbinites get the fuck away from the game you been tryin to put your self in for to long
pz and luv to all those who know what the struggle means.