Who destroyed HipHop?

[YBE]

Spoiler

I dont necessarily believe this but its still nonetheless

But real talk if yall think hiphop is dead or is dying then who would yall point the blame to. The biggest blame def goes out to the labels but Ill point to fingers to the follow people:

Jay-z (my personal fav rapper but all that businessman, hustling shyt kind of opened the doors for ppl to just treat hiphop as a hustle)
lil wayne
The 2005 era snap atl music
Souljah Boy
Diddy

We all know it but, they'll get defensive if we say it....so I rather not

They always pull the East coast is just hating card. Nah nikka. Most of your shyt sucks. We bopped to Midwest nikkas & when the West Coast was doing it. We was hating but, we couldnt deny that Ice Cube/Dre was dope or that Bone Thugs were spitting that shyt. Yall however

 

[OnlyInCalifornia]

I can't believe with the amount of good Hip Hop we've got this year muhfukkas are still on the 'Hip Hop Is Dead' 'Its Been Destroyed' bs.

 

[daze23]

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[frush11]

Viacom, Radio One, Clear Channel etc, etc

 

[BrothaZay]

Sean Combs
Eric Wright
Andre Young
Jimmy Iovine
Russel Simmons

explain

 

[Long Live The Kane]

So what is hip hop some kind of christ-like entity that keeps getting killed, resurrected and killed again?...cause I could've swore we've had this conversation on multiple occasions since the 90s (earliest I can remember is jaded "real hip hop son" types saying hip hop died because of the emergance and domination of West Coast gangsta rap) with a new culprit blamed every time...how many times can one thing die?

My theory: It's not dead, muh'fukkas just like to cry

 

[Busby]

Who destroyed hip-hop?...everybody..

The rappers
The fans
The labels
The Internet
The government

Everybody did..

 

[Sinnerman]

explain

dude says some things just to say them. pay him no mind

 

[ROFL_GUY]

kanye

think about it

before him you have to go back to pre chronic to find artsit that are that weak of MC's but were sucessfull on that level

 

[BlackZilla]

Oh look, "Hip Hop is dead" thread #34534

I don't think it's dead at all, it's just the mainstream that has changed. On top of having a plethora of classic albums from the past, Hip Hop as a genre has become diverse enough for everyone to have their lane in a sense. From the lyrical beasts like Skyzoo, Nas, Elzhi and so on, to the short bus/dumbasss rappers like Waka and Gucci Mane and Chief Keef.

My only beef with Hip Hop today is that the mainstream isn't as diverse as it was before. Mainstream Hip Hop has become really narrow and mostly filled with garbage. I wish there was greater variety in the mainstream so that fans of other music genres wouldn't think that Hip Hop is all about rapping about money, b1tches and so on over shyttty trap beats.

Hip Hop just needs a prettier face that's all, everything else below the face is still fine as hell. I'd still hit it

 

[Wild self]

kanye

think about it

before him you have to go back to pre chronic to find artsit that are that weak of MC's but were sucessfull on that level

I wanna hear this in a detailed level. If anything Kanye came out when Hip Hop hit a rut in creativity and was on the verge of being a caricature of itself.

 

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Rap started catering to a different segment after this shyt right here

 

[SAJ!!]

Who destroyed hip-hop?...everybody..

The rappers
The fans
The labels
The Internet
The government

Everybody did..

Damn right!!!!

 

[Flawda]

I think the super producer killed hip hop and r&b. I remember a time when people bought albums because of the artist and not because of who produced what. I feel like the super producer took away the creativity and it was more of what producers are you working with.

 

[Sackballions]

We, the consumers.