LOL @ Lack of Being Hip Hop...
Don't get me wrong I love KRS-One.....But breh you have to realize many of the people who post on these forums are 14-18 years old. They weren't alive when Criminal Minded and the By All Means Necessary were revolutionizing rap....shyt some of the kids were born AFTER Return of the Boom Bap.....you'd be hard pressed for nikkaz on here to know about Step Into A World (Rapture's Delight) so the discussion you're going to get isn't going to be a fulfilling one (you literally have people on here calling Illmatic TRASH, shutting on DJ Premier's production skills (check the thread, it's appalling) and saying shyt like Ross is better than Biggie). I personally grew up on all this shyt and as a DJ who plays out 4-5 times a week, who's been djing BEFORE serato and actually used to spend my LAST on records trying to be a DJ (I can show you videos of me juggling back and forth, cutting, scratching, etc.....I'm sure if you check one of these DJ posts you can find it.) I LIVE music and hip hop more than you ever have. I'm not even gonna put my DJ resume out there because it's not important....
So It's reflection on me that I don't want to discuss Can-i-bus in 2014? Ok brehDude pulled out a notebook to a battle a nikka 2 years ago. I haven't checked for that dude since the early 2000s. He lost it when he started trying to diss Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel back in 2001-2002....Dude's finished, you damn near gotta be a weirdo to still check for that guy.
Kool Moe Dee's book was pretty good. I enjoyed reading about him breaking down who the best MC's were but I'm not sitting here on a forum discussing his music in 2014......
The point is rap and hip hop moves forward.....We can go back and discuss the classics all day and I'd love to but I'm more interested in what's going on now....At 28 I still find myself reminiscing on the good ol' days but I go on hip hop forums for NEW shyt, not to relive shyt I grew up on over and over again.....I'm sure there's plenty of new artist that deserve our attention. I'm from Philly where there's 100s of rappers on every block.....I wanna talk about that young hungry kid who's creating ground breaking and fresh new material......and I think that's where the main problem lays. There's just not enough mainstream major label releases. Underground rap is great but it's not something enough people will connect with, especially since there's so many artists now, things get lost in the shuffle if you're not checking 2dopeboyz or Nahright every single day......Back in the 90s even your rappers who weren't necessarily stars but were popping regionally could come out and drop and do well.
Take an artist like Xzibit....2nd album, pre Dr. Dre , 40 Dayz & 40 Nightz on August 25, 1998 which charted in the U.S. at number 58........He wasn't a star at all but he still got the exposure on rap city, still saw his articles in the source, xxl, blaze or whatever and become a fan and follow....He'd have a base and maybe you had the internet.....you'd go on an AOL message board or an AKA.com (I take it you're old enough to remember that site) or even SOHH and discuss it because there would be a base. I lived in Philly and literally didn't have real life friends to discuss Outkast with until I went to College in 2004...being from Philly everyone was into your Jay-Z's DMX's, ruff riders...bad boy....regional shyt.....I discussed Outkast on the INTERNET back in 98.
Now there's just so much music you're just getting it but maybe no one else is.........except the major label shyt which is few and far in-between. Somehow there's more music than you can take in but now, less of it truly matters. When Schoolboy Q or Ross or Drake or 50 or Jeezy drops there's threads upon threads and everyone partakes. There's a rapper named Khemist from Philly who's AMAZING....had a project hosted by Black thought of the roots....I feel like I'm in my own box listening to it. I can put people on it.....but if nikkas don't know, they don't know.
That's the whole point. If you have exposure to dope shyt then your more likely to get to know. There's no guidance for the youths, I've put on people younger than me on KRS-One and he's become their favourite MC in numerous cases, think it's the style, lyrics, content, hooks, delivery, charisma and energy. I was listening to KRS-One when I was a kid too, by the way I'm not like in my 40's, in my 20's so I was a child when BDP were in their sales prime. It's not about that, real music is eternal, real artists can always be discussed.
I don't get why what your saying is relevant, just cause some kids weren't born when KRS and BDP released they shouldn't be given due respect? I've had conversations that are dope about KRS-One with people on here, KRS is quite popular on here actually. Just the mods aren't really showing due respect.
Over 70 people voted KRS-One over Jay Z here, about 100 ish voted Jay, think it was around those figures. So that shows people do care about KRS-One here. More than I ever have? Your trippin lol. You don't know who I am, you could never have lived it more than I have.
The whole point is the shine should be more fair, the balance should be better, young people ain't ever gonna know if they ain't shown.
It's a reflection on you the ignorant statement you made. Not really, 1 of the best posters IronFist checks for the guy. Infact the poster you were defending wanted to check his LAST album. You don't seem to know what your talking about lol. Canibus even has a fan base on here still.
Moe Dee, he hasn't released any new music in 2014 as far as I'm aware but if he did I would discuss it, he's put his work in enough for me to give it a listen.
I'm not saying not move forward, KRS-One is advancing Hip Hop NOW more than a lot of these clowns. K-Rino is artistically too. Several are. Brother Ali isn't an old school artist and he has a good fan base too, he didn't even get no love. Well that's you, I go on Hip Hop forums for everything, plus if people are making new music who cares if the artist is new? That's a sign of trendhoppin. I fukk with everyone, don't care if it's old or new artist, it's about quality.
I mentioned Chris Rivers who is a relatively new artist, I also mentioned Lowkey who isn't an old artist. I'm all for the new as much as the old, BALANCE is what I was speaking of. You don't have a chance to connect with it if you don't know about it.
And if your 28 I'm younger than you, so this isn't an age thing.
for like 2 years now
