ive been thinking recently about hip hop as a music from its roots to its current commercialism,from block partys and africa bambata taking his black spades gang off the streets to sort beef out on the mic instead of by weaponry to the gangsta culture which has now lost its message and is nothing more than another commercial spin to sell.its undoubted now that hip hop is mainly industry controlled and has strayed into the territory of whatever sells,a million wannabes jump on the bandwagon insulting anyone who truly loves it.i really do reackon that if old skool rhyming suddenly became excessively popular again,how many gangsta rappers would change their colours and styles?smart for business sense maybe but still just a commercial overflux.i question this,is rap music so far out of our hands now that we cant control what we want to rhyme about.im fully aware its the way it is and nothing can change the way commercialism and the industry works,but i want real honesty with these answers.what are we in this for?i even want to know fakers reasons too,why honestly do you front to rhyme?i'll start it off,i will honestly say that ive been through periods of faking with rhymes myself,because i wanted to rap but i wanted a style that would be profitable,thats how easily influenced i was.im seeing sense now and im progressing slowly with my own style which im growing with as im shedding bad skin from my previous attempts to get into the game,and i'll happily admit i feel so ridiculous looking back on it.sorry for going on,but it leads me to one last question.if we all grew into our own styles like im doing currently then wouldnt fakes be reduced and the future of hip hop be richer instead of following trends?let me know what you think....

our job aint 2 preserve hip hop
its 2 evolve it,

no matter wot ure style is
if ya words r dope and fresh sum 1 sum where will feel ya vibe

the word's put exactly

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but Hip Hop was at it's finest hour when it wasnt all about bling bling and killing and drugs

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R.I.P. Bodie

Yes now its "Fake"

"Kill ur momma,Eat ur Baby"

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yeah,it is fake.Niggas all bout shooting each other and shit.The 1st. to come to mind,is 50 cent.Rap is not all bout killing and shit.We all know 50 is not gonna kill JA,so wtf?If they both rap battled,it would be way better.I wish rap battling was more popular.It's not used very much.Some people who like rap,don't even know rap battling exicts.Not even 8Mile could save it.lol.I want to take rap somewhere away from killing and put more emphasis on rap battling.It's better than fighting and a lot more fun.I agree with you Burty.100%.

i think almost all the rappers out today suck. the only rappers i like right now is eminem, all of d12, snoop dogg, red man, method man, 50 cent, dr.dre, dmx is ok, ludacris is ok, i like outkast. thats like it of the rappers that still rap. i dont like anyone else basicly. i cant think of many else that i like. jus off the top of my head

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you bitches get a hystorectomy/
disrespectin-me/
you want to feel the full efect-of-me/
hand a tech-to-me

i like all of the old rap-snoop,dre,pac,biggie,nas,you get tha pic.
most of the new rappers suck.ie. chingy,usher,lil john,etc.
i think we should preserve hip hop,not go further into it because the newer rap gets,tha shitier it gets,but w/e i aint da boss of da world

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The Definition. period.

were gana take it were eva the fuck we wana........we run the busness not rapers

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im sick like ya girl got that shit period

Yo i got to say that really the only way that we can speak our mind freely on record
is with an underground record and in some cases no even that! What happend to freedom of speech i know that we can say what we want but can we say what we want on an industry record HELL NO they controle what happends and who you are, shit for all we know eminem could be fake! we just dont know who industry rappers are any more and thats the sad thing. I believe that hip hop is changing for the better
and soon we just might see some poetic shit at the top of the charts...cause lets face it gangsta rap is almost dead i mean theres like a vibe in the air thats hinting that people are tired of hearing about dudes gettin shot up and shit (hence the war).
I am a firm believer in the fact that history repets it self for instance.....
Pearl harbor=9/11 and soon there will be shit goin on like the sixtees when nam. was going on and the draft and shit. Bottomline hip hop will change and then the Industry will fallow its just all a matter of time!

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Indeph Lyricalsolja you illy on the sickness tip.

We gotta take it away from, I sold drugs, fucked madd hoes, Brought million dollar everything, and shot a few niggaz in the head, and bring it to conscious rap with some substance to it. Basically shun what the industry and the world at large deems as "good" hip-hop.

~CJ~

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personally, i wanna see rap go back to the way it was duing the 1988-1994 era...


big ups to Public Enemy/chuck d is my nigga

RIP Biggie Smalls

stfu kid
I didnt know Usher and Lil John rapped

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R.I.P. Bodie

Yeah Usher was a mad tight rapper when he was underground but ever since then... blah

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RIP SMOKAJOKA WE WILL MiSS YOU!!!!!!