African Peasant
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the problem is simple...most of these cats don't have any talentI mean Hip Hop has ALWAYS been frowned upon as being limited musically but if you studied the culture you know that the pioneers studied the greats. Hell to be a great guitar player you HAVE to had listened to your pioneers if not only for the inspiration. The pioneers in Hip Hop wanted to better the culture as well as their talents. That's why sampling records became more and more innovative or keyboard producers found better rhythms to compete with their peers. Rhyme patterns and lyrics became more and more innovative. Nowadays all these cats want from Hip Hop is drugs, bytches and MAYBE some money cause with them 360 deals they selling their souls to the machine
the machine puts on the least talented and easy to control cats they can find. None of these new dudes will have careers based over a few years. They living in the NOW...the pioneers in Hip Hop wanted a LEGACY. Unfortunately the Hip Hop that we all grew to love is dead and I don't see it ever coming back
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The elders grew up on black music, the real one.
These new cats don't have any cultural/musical knowledge. They are a parody of the people they grew up listening.
Black music (soul, jazz, funk, etc) were the roots of Hip-Hop. Now, those roots have been cut off. You can feel it culturally and musically. Rap is all over the place. Dead.