Brehs, if Nhaåz never said "Hip Hop Is Dead"....would we really have shyt on the mid/late 2000's?

[L&HH]

oh so this never existed my nikka?

Let's not forget this:





There was a new dance song every year from my 8th grade year until a graduated high school:

Its Goin Down
Shoulder Lean
Crank Dat (and the various renditions aquaman, spongebob, batman)
Stanky Leg
Swag Surf
Teach Me how to dougie

I would have hated to be in college during that time, I know yall that went to PWI's during that period must have been sick. Every year having white folk asking ou to show them how to do a dance

 

[daze23]

The guy who made Illmatic also is a guy who committed high treason and weakened the game. A true fukkboy. He did it, not me.

if Nas never existed, do you think hip-hop would be in a 'better' or 'worse' place right now?

 

[Illeye buckmatic]

I think what he was trying to do is the same thing Kendrick is trying to do know...challenge artists to rise up. Specifically mainstream. I don't think he really believed hip hop was dying because you can always find dope music on the underground level. It was all about motivating the mainstream. I never had a problem with the south being on top,I had a problem with all the songs sounding the same. That's not just the south's fault,cause other regions were jacking their style trying to stay relevant. That's part of the reason the east and west never got back on top because they was trying to be ATL,HOU,and MIA. The west has found their niche again while the east is still searching for it...on a mainstream level.

 

[StatUS]

Nas never really meant the music it was more about selling out the genre to the suits and no longer owning the culture.

 

[Big Mel]

if Nas never existed, do you think hip-hop would be in a 'better' or 'worse' place right now?

Eh, someone would have ruined it. It'd be about the same. The biggest misconception about Nas is that he's made a lot of great songs. He hasn't.

 

[Momentum]

we re-wrote history, and pretended like d4L, Soulja Boy, C styles, Snap Music and ringtone rappers was the only thing that the radio pumped for years....when in reality, we just singled out a regional sound that lasted a good 8 months,and acted like that shyt killed all of rap music.

Lowkey, this shyt is the 2nd greatest lie ever told in hip hop ( outside of Jay being the best rapper)

The same year Nas said hip hop was dead.... Food and Liquor, TM 102, Hell Hath No Fury, Donuts, St. Elsewhere,Fishscale, Blue Carpet Treatment,Doctors Advocate and King all came out.

Hip Hop never died, fakkit ass backpackers just complained so much on the internet they made you believe it did.

 

[T.he I.nformant]

Same thing when Common released "I Used to Love Her"

 

[AlldayNE]

lets not forget this....

 

[The 2020 New Member]

hip hop is still dead tho...

 

[T.he I.nformant]

The guy who made Illmatic also is a guy who committed high treason and weakened the game. A true fukkboy. He did it, not me.

What was the treason?

 

[LogicFirst]

we re-wrote history, and pretended like d4L, Soulja Boy, C styles, Snap Music and ringtone rappers was the only thing that the radio pumped for years....when in reality, we just singled out a regional sound that lasted a good 8 months,and acted like that shyt killed all of rap music.

Lowkey, this shyt is the 2nd greatest lie ever told in hip hop ( outside of Jay being the best rapper)

The same year Nas said hip hop was dead.... Food and Liquor, TM 102, Hell Hath No Fury, Donuts, St. Elsewhere,Fishscale, Blue Carpet Treatment,Doctors Advocate and King all came out.

Hip Hop never died, fakkit ass backpackers just complained so much on the internet they made you believe it did.

I understand your point of view but disagree. Wasn't just backpackers my nikka

 

[Pool_Shark]

lets not forget this....

That 3k remix

 

[MercuryHayes]

2004 - 2009 probably the worst era of all time for mainstream. Theres no denying it.

 

[up in here]

The guy who made Illmatic also is a guy who committed high treason and weakened the game. A true fukkboy. He did it, not me.

Art Barr???

 

[Wacky D]

oh so this never existed my nikka?

that song is for young girls. and even then, it was still better than most of the chit that grown bamas were droppin at the time.

let it live.