Quote Originally Posted by dejayou30
those lame generic rap songs strike chords with so many college kids. a lot of my friends think they are the best fucking songs ever. ever been to a bar in a big 10 school? people eat that shit up. i for one am tired of hearing about how big your rims are or how your car has candy paint. i think every paul wall song has the same lyrics just in differnet order. paul wall and mike jones recycle lyrical lines like no one's business. i hate all the rap thats on the radio or MTV. its all the same.
Dejayou30 For The Win!!

This is the crux of the issue. Hip hop and rap have always been about one thing, responding to the masses. The songs that are getting the most air play now are what the primary listeners want to hear and what's important to them...materialistic BS. For rap and hip hop to change, the culture that listens to the music has to change.

Prime example...OutKast. IdleWild is probably THE BEST hip hop album out right now. Original beats, original music, thought provoking lyrics. But many listeners want bump that album because there is no talk of rims, bling bling, big booty bitches, etc. People start buying more albums from groups like OutKast and The Roots and you'll slowly see artists like Young Jeezy/Wayne/Payne/Jock/Whoever else slowly fade away.
Big Calhoun Reviewed by Big Calhoun on . The current state of hip hop i am writing this because i am concerned witht the current state of hip hop, that is: garbage, absolute trash, i dont even litsen to the radio anymore, hip hop, well mainstream rap, is absolute crap now, the top songs rap about "shoulder leans" and "snap your fingers" and "its goin down", how pathetic is it that these idiotic no lyrical talent no flow no content rappers can make millions of dollars? how pathetic is it that these same recycled generic beats are used in every song? it just sucks Rating: 5