fox reports that rap is dying

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IMO, rap album sales are declining because listeners just can't relate to the lyrics anymore. All mainstream rappers talk about now is how much money and expensive shit they have. It gets annoying to say the least. That is why most of the major label artist focus on beats, the lyrics for the most part, are repetitive and lame. Most of the respected new rappers started out great IMO, but after their first album they became sheeps of the industry. They don't truely express themselves anymore.This should be a wake up call to all present and future rappers out there to start making songs that the ordinary fan can relate to.

Take Chappelle's Block Party movie. All artist featured on that movie wouldn't be considered popular, but they have more lyrical talent than 95% of the popular rappers now. It's truely sad that the rappers with a voice aren't heard or even respected by a majority of their taget audience.

Oh and get_nick, you sure that wasn't Chris Rock who said that? I remember him talking about that during one of his recent stand-ups. Although I'm sure Chappelle said it too.
 
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trappd-in-859 said:
Oh and get_nick, you sure that wasn't Chris Rock who said that? I remember him talking about that during one of his recent stand-ups. Although I'm sure Chappelle said it too.
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"I seen girls in the club dancin' to the nastiest shit ever made like... Smack her with a dick, smack her with a dick. smack her with a dick, smack her with a dick. Put ya dick in her ear, dick in her ear, dick in her ear. Fuck her in the eye, fuck her in eye, fuck her in the eye, fuck her in the eye. Blind the bitch, blind the bitch..."

On to the topic. Rap hasn't completey died but 90% of the good shit did die with Biggie and Tupac. Not neccesarily(sp?) all because of these 2, but they were a big part of it. IMO, rap is being shelled out by only a few rappers i.e. NAS, Jay-Z, Common, Game, and Eminem. (yes I said eminem, I know he has a lot of songs that pertain to just being funny but he has a lot of good "rap" songs as well)

The people who are killing it is people like lil jon. "Snap yo Fingers" are you fucking kidding me with that fucking song? Is that all that is left to talk about?!
 
Give a listen to Missy Elliot. Seriously. She picked up on this years ago, and has been trying her hardest to change the rap scene.

Check it
As i grab my pad and pen and begin to talk from within
Oh God im hot as the water like a preacher whos sinned
Im only human but
The world has put me on a platform since the day i was born
To only wait for my downfall but like a brick wall im too hard to break
Ok i do make mistakes but im the realest from the fake
Thats why im the hardest to hate
Aaliyah baby girl i've learned to love those while ther still awake
Sleep Sleep
And prepare a place for those who are good in the projects and hood
Give to those who are misunderstood
I know like Lisa, Pac and Biggie and Jay and Pun are still No1
There will be more of us to come
I am a leader a teacher i gotta, like a single parent provider
Put in back those hip hop dividers
Like a preist with a back slider
I've sinned ut i win
And anyone we've lost in life from 9-11
We'll be sure to see again
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[Missy Elliott]

Check it

See I don’t want to say that this is the end
I’ll end by saying this is where we’ll begin
Hip hop is a freedom of expression, not a freedom of depression
Can I make my one suggestion?
Look at how we’re labeled gangsta rappers
Is that their only impression? WAKE UP!!!!!
Rappers are craft art in a rapper’s sport
Someone like a game of basketball can’t be taught
But yet we accept the name thug
Like that’s fly
See how they covered our eyes?
Give us names to separate us
Sit back and watch us beef and make us hate us! SAY WHAT!?!?!
I’m done talking
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Yeah what’s the deal y’all this missy elliott givin y’all magazine writer’s
Radio cats listers or plain old haters a small piece of my album which is
Titled under construction under consrtuction simply states that I’m a work in
Progress I’m working on myself you know uh every since aaliyah passed I view
Life in a uh more valuable way looking at hate and anger gossip or just plain
Ol bullshit became ignorant to me when you realize in a blink of a eye you
Walking down a church aisle and that was meant for weddings and happiness and
Realize the same church aisle are used to view a loved one for the last time
From the world trade families the left eye family big pun family you know
Biggie family pac family to the hip hop family we all under construction trying
To rebuild you know ourselves hip hop done gained respect from you know not
Even respect form but just like rock and roll and it took us a lot of hard work
To get here so all that hatin and animosity between folks you need to kill it
With a skillet you don’t see bill gates and donald trump arguing wit each other
Cuz both of them got paper and the they got better shit to do get more paper so
All I’m sayin is lets take hip hop back to the rope follow me
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Silverchild79 said:
hmmmm, I just got a buisness idea

Hip Hop mad libs...

popular rap music in mad lib form
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I like your idea. It would probably make better sense than like 90% of the music out there anyway. Right now, one of my favorite unitelligible rappers is Young Dro...

Young Dro said:
I had to man I brought the flip flop jag through.
Paint the Chevy sad blue, you know my devi sad blue.
Ride straight pass you, my choppas will outlast you.
I promise ima smash you, 30-06's blast you.
600 see through Benz call it the glass coup.
Diamonds look like Passion Fruit, Viper look like Apple Fruit.
Ride through the hood you know the Burban look like Snaple Juice.
Bricks from black facts, from Summa Hill Pappa 2.
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Truely brilliant.

It gets better...
550 mint colored Benz me and Jin with the back camp twins blowing our flutie
Hair real block 'cause you know we getting coofy, iceberg drop nigga now riding goofy,
28 inches in the air, know I'm balling 'cause my whole Wrist pink and my neck kinda bluey
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:woo:
 
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