HipHopDX.com asks: Has the south ruined hip hop?

[IllmaticDelta]

No, the south has not ruined hip hop. Hip hop is alive and well. The major technological shift that happened in the late 90's and early 00's hurt the music industry, and the industry was slow to adapt which allowed illegal downloading to become so widespread for so long. The main issue the industry has now is trying to get young people that were born during the technological shift to pay for music when they've never had to. This is why streaming services are so popular because technically you are not purchasing music, you are paying to have access to millions of songs on your mobile device. Although hip hop was created in NYC it has always had strong roots in the south, just like all of the other popular american music genres. So, to say that the south ruined hip hop is incorrect, ignorant, regionally bias and sad.

A fact alot of people don't get

 

[NvrCMyNut]

the problem when east coast old heads were mad at west coast g rap was that they didnt understand the west coast g culture. once they let it sit for awhile they realized OH I SEE. these dudes aint just talking about shooting and killing one another. or messing with chicks. they are talking about police brutality, and police killing unarmed black people and treating us like slaves in prison, etc. There were stories being told about the ghetto in first person and 3rd person. Sometimes people would confuse that with someone glorifying violence. NO, they were telling a story from that person's point of view.

This what we have here now.. there is no sugar coating it. there is no other way to look at it.

the southern hits are chosen by DRUNK STRIPPERS in STRIP CLUB.

East Coast rappers had been doing all that. The street shyt per se wasn't the problem ppl had with LA hiphop, the problem was was that the balance was all fukked up over there, the Westcoast was on some cartoon shyt, EC street rappers that fathered NWA like KRS1 & Schooly D were the actual ghetto reporters NWA pretended to be, the conscious shyt always took a backseat to the shock raps & glorification of criminality. Then after NWA blew with White America? Forget about it, NY hiphop got more mature & conscious while LA rap got more childish & c00nish. They have every right to be aggrieved by that shyt.

 

[IllmaticDelta]

East Coast rappers had been doing all that. The street shyt per se wasn't the problem ppl had with LA hiphop, the problem was was that the balance was all fukked up over there, the Westcoast was on some cartoon shyt, EC street rappers that fathered NWA like KRS1 & Schooly D were the actual ghetto reporters NWA pretended to be, the conscious shyt always took a backseat to the shock raps & glorification of criminality. Then after NWA blew with White America? Forget about it, NY hiphop got more mature & conscious while LA rap got more childish & c00nish. They have every right to be aggrieved by that shyt.

rapbeats is gonna ignore this post

 

[IllmaticDelta]

rapbeats is gonna ignore this post