I hear alot about the declination of hip-hop lately but where do YOU think it's going. I think even though we do have alot of greats retiring there is some promise in the future. When jordan retired did he dissed Kobe n Tracy? No, he tried to reach out n teach the new rookies what he experienced.

I think we have
Kanye (the future)
Joe Budden (the unknown factor)
Fab
Jae Mills
Cassidy (maybe)
Lloyd Banks


but who do you really think is goin to be next generations Jay-Zs, Nas's, Biggies Pacs? Who's really gonna put hip hop on their shoulders... besides
Kanye???? Who's got the creativity, originality, and skill to do it all?

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ahaha@besides kayne....only answer i can think of is kayne...(and outkast...) he's (k.west) doin ill shit right now... everyone whos mainstream maintains what they've been doing, some of em are screaming "wake up"...but it seems like they're yelling at themselves...

i think hip hop is gonna be ok though... there are too many emcees to allow it to go to shit....

alot of people always ask this question, but only look at the mainstream hip hop... hip hop is more than the radio and tv.

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shahim the rugged child....

shud've been take care of, nurtured and all..
but nope..he wasleft to go into assylum
damn rap/hip hop..can kill a kid

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"Woop Woop, its the sound of da police"

I could really careless what happens for these cases. Nothing I listen to.

most will disagree but i dont care
a lot of people dont respect southern rapper
other than outkast..most dont take southern rap seriously
i honestly think TI. is going to make some noise in the rap world
he is featured on albums with memphis bleek and twista
his latest video features..p diddy (to me it says a lot when diddy makes an
appearance,because of his popularity...on that note diddy wanted to sign TI
but TI wanted to stay with the label he is currently with for various reasons)

i think TI along with kanye and maybe cassidy,depends.
will be the future of hip hop

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I think Ludas good even though I think he's gettin more mainstream. I miss the old Luda.

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"gettin"? I think he "got" a while ago.

Luda is a dope underground head

South is taken over...I hate to admit it, but it is....Peeps like Young Buck, Luda & Stat Quo are are gonna blow up....(luda is already big)....

As for everyone else..there are countless numbers of Mc's who will keep rap alive, and with the worldwide attention that Hip-Hop has and the Milions of $ it is generating, it's gonna be around for a long while....

i believe there will a person much more powerfull in hip hop than biggie and tupac combined..we just dont know who this person is yet..

pZ..

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yea p.diddy, signed da band! we all know how dope they are!

anyway the only one you named that i like is kanye west. the rest are wack and i hope that isnt the futre of hip hop, but if the future of mainstream is kanye west then i will be happy cause he is extreamly dope compaired ot the rest of mainstream.

hip hop aint dyin, its the mainstream hip hop scene thats dyin, its all club thumpers and shit..but if you look into underground stuff youll find theres still alot of hot mc's out there

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yep, south taking over, it went, west coast, east coast, that midwest (philly and shit) and now its south. Soon it will be the mountain regions turn, and we will rap about snowboarding, and walking around in sweater vests, and the bumbing jeep cherokee's our parents bought for us. And all will bow before us.

northern rap,