Anyone else scared about Hip Hop???

[John Hull]

C'mon doggies. Hip Hop been dead we the reason it died...

 

[Suicide King]

This is the worst era in hip-hop.

How did that happen? You guys bootleg everything in sight. So they might as well release another 2Chainz album.

 

[sporticus]

Its really on its way out as a successful mainstream genre. You guys should've seen this coming when the number of successful mainstream acts began to dwindle down.

Now its just Jay-Z, Eminem, Lil Wayne* (maybe Drake sells this time, but Nicki last project only went gold), Kanye West*

Lil Wayne (last project gold)
Kanye (last project gold)

There are still countless B/C list artists that are making great music like Wale & Freddie Gibbs

I don't agree with any of this. Since when have hip-hop artists sold more in more numbers? At a point it was Jay-Z, Eminem, TI, Ludacris, & Kanye. At another point, you could count on Jay, 50, Nelly, Eminem to go platinum. Now it's Drake, Jay, Wayne, Kendrick & Kanye. The names change but the number stays relatively the same.

 

[nieman]

Man OP stfu. Mattafact all u nikkas need to stfu. Gosh I hope I never become like u guys.

Well, since we grew up with hip-hop...from seeing it as a toddler, to teenager, to young adult to now, it definitely is like losing a part of you. The younger generation really missed out on the culture aspect of it. This ish is damn near Disco status....but hopefully it will just go back to rebel music

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

I feel bad we don't get the amount of high quality music, but overall I do feel bad for the way hip hop has seen little commercial success right now, as I've said time and time again, corporations don't care about catering to black audiences and our inability to support black entertainment doesn't help

 

[John Hull]

Hip Hop is in the 'Hair Metal' phase of development. Too many pretty boys and trendy ass fans who don't really appreciate soul music. It's amazing how wack shyt is compared to even just 7 years ago. Eventually a Kurt Cobain level artist will shock these dead zombies back to life with something groundbreaking but that moment hasn't arrived yet.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

I don't agree with any of this. Since when have hip-hop artists sold more in more numbers? At a point it was Jay-Z, Eminem, TI, Ludacris, & Kanye. At another point, you could count on Jay, 50, Nelly, Eminem to go platinum. Now it's Drake, Jay, Wayne, Kendrick & Kanye. The names change but the number stays relatively the same.

Nah, dudes like fab, Luda, mob deep, etc all used to sell. In that 1998-2004 era basic dudes could go plat, hell even chingy went plat

 

[Long Live The Kane]

Nope...you're the first and only person in the combined history of hip hop, the internet, and internet hip hop message boards to voice some kind of concern and overall doom and gloom about the current state of it...harking back to some arbitrary point in the past that invariability coincides with your formative years...I think you may be on to some grown breaking, revolutionary stuff with this thread

Tell us more

 

[nieman]

I don't agree with any of this. Since when have hip-hop artists sold more in more numbers? At a point it was Jay-Z, Eminem, TI, Ludacris, & Kanye. At another point, you could count on Jay, 50, Nelly, Eminem to go platinum. Now it's Drake, Jay, Wayne, Kendrick & Kanye. The names change but the number stays relatively the same.

Mid 90s, everyone was going gold. There weren't the mega numbers, the 2x, 3x plat but there were consistent 300k-Gold selling artists. It's always been the case.

 

[The_King_of_Everything]

Hip Hop is in the 'Hair Metal' phase of development. Too many pretty boys and trendy ass fans who don't really appreciate soul music. It's amazing how wack shyt is compared to even just 7 years ago. Eventually a Kurt Cobain level artist will shock these dead zombies back to life with something groundbreaking but that moment hasn't arrived yet.

We def need a culture shock moment

 

[Jone2three45]

We def need a culture shock moment

Black culture has been on a decline since the early 2000's, and I'm most likely sure that majority of African Americans are happy with our current culture in America, unfortunately.

 

[The_King_of_Everything]

Black culture has been on a decline since the early 2000's, and I'm most likely sure that majority of African Americans are happy with our current culture in America, unfortunately.

That's really depressing to read breh

 

[Jone2three45]

That's really depressing to read breh

It's truth,
We do not even share a universal appeal within our culture now, it currently appeals to all women, homosexuals and shell of men, simps and cowards who still seeks validity. Just look at your modern favorite rappers, actors, politicians, and women on your favorite channel such as Bravo, VH1, BET and etc, This is what happens when you do not control nothing and do not own anything. We are a mockery of ghosts.

 

[The_King_of_Everything]

It's truth,
We do not even share a universal appeal within our culture now, it currently appeals to all women, homosexuals and shell of men who still seeks validity. Just look at your modern favorite rappers, actors, politicians, and women on your favorite channel such as Bravo, VH1, BET and etc, This is what happens when you do not control nothing and do not own anything. We are a mockery of ghosts.

I agree breh.
That's why I had to buy janelle monaes album hoping that if real r&b gets some support maybe hip hop will come back as well.

 

[Suicide King]

It's truth,
We do not even share a universal appeal within our culture now, it currently appeals to all women, homosexuals and shell of men, sumps and cowards who still seeks validity. Just look at your modern favorite rappers, actors, politicians, and women on your favorite channel such as Bravo, VH1, BET and etc, This is what happens when you do not control nothing and do not own anything. We are a mockery of ghosts.

This is who buys records.

Keep it real cats don't buy albums. Good luck with a record label trying to target this group.

If you know like I know. Trinidad Jame$ has an album in the works.