I was chatting about this on another forum somewhere. Basically i was discussing that i feel that to make it mainstream in rap you need to release something which caters for the Pop audience.

The state of rap today.

There is too much pop music. Take 50 cent for example. I like the guys music. I am not crazy about it but id listen to it. However the problem i have is that he released a song which catered for the pop audience, that been 21 questions.

If you look at his album one of the best songs on it is Patiently waiting with Eminem. Thats a brilliant track, yet it wont be released because it isin't something that the pop audience would buy which sucks. I seem to be having this problem more with Eminem recently. He released Business which is a horrible track for Em's standards. He has 'When the music stops' on that album yet that wasn't released and i think thats a great track too. Yet again that goes back to the point of catering for a more broad audience. They release the tracks which are catchy and will sell to the kids who listen to pop.

If you listen to some of Eminems recent mixtape stuff then you have to agree that him and crew have made some fantastic tracks. I love all the mixtape stuff. So the point im making is that for rappers to compete with each other and sell in this day and age they think theres a desire to make catchy pop style songs which will sell to a wider audience.

If you go back to the likes of 2 pac etc then you will see that he made music for the love of it, hence why he has so much unreleased shit. That's why he's the greatest. He made his music because he liked making it. He wasnt catering for no certain audience, it was his way to voice his opinions/concerns/loves and hates in society. That's why he is the greatest and always will be the greatest.

Reading your favourite rappers i was suprised not to see Scarface on any of them lists. I think he's talented Scarface. He has alot going for him and his voice is rough and sounds great.

I think the last album i listened to which i loved every single song, and i mean every single song on it is probably Dre 2001, Chronic album. That was amazing.

Theres probably more but thats all i can think of off the top of my head.

With rap getting more and more like pop music its going to take something drastic to change this. R n B/Hip Hop is the centre of attention and the most interested source of music at the moment. With the likes of Beyonce chart topping and linking up with rappers, its going to get more this way.

Its quite simple in this day and age. To make it main stream on the top, you need to be accepted by the 'pop' audience so to speak.


~ Gibbo