Caution. Kids at Play: Have We Outgrown Hip-Hop? (Commentary)

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

I'm a die hard Ras Kass fan, Soul on Ice is my favorite cd of all time, so you can't go by my tastes in music.

I think as long as a rapper talks about what's relevant to them like Melle Mel did 20 years ago or has fun with the music like De La Soul did 15 years ago, hip-hop will always live. Mainstream music has always been garbage, so we can't use that as a measure of quality. We are 30+ years deep, what you see is what you get, the good and the bad.

Dudes talk about who's winning and who has the most L's, this is stuff fans never cared about 10 years ago. So, I understand why rappers and labels have no problem insulting the fan's intelligence, that's the reason Jay-Z dumbed down his lyrics to double his dollars.

30 years, thats pretty fukking crazy.

You're right though, its inevitable. Its so evolved, so universal, so widespread, its got a life of its own whether I agree or not

 

[Shogun]

last album I bought was Nas, and before that I copped Common the Believer.

I support who I want....

bro can you put me onto cool jazz artist or tracks to listen too....

Lowkey I've been listening to electronic music lately:
Ryan Farish - Rays of Light - YouTube

It's fairly relaxing to listen to after a long day.

not pure jazz, but I've been grooving to Dave Matthews Band alot recently. Give this a shot..theyre a great live band


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC9a52d6oLQ&feature=player_detailpage"]Seek Up - 7/30/01 - DMB @ Saratoga Springs, NY (2 of 2) - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

Check out the last podcast at about 1:50. We had a pretty good conversation that dealt with some of this.

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[mbewane]

You can buy albums off iTunes. I don't think the point is worth debating since you are from Brussels, Belgium, you won't be able to relate to most of my points.

Ah, the good ol' "you aint from round here so no use discussing with you". Great point.

 

[BIGDENNIS10UK]

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