Why do people think if Tupac & Biggie was still alive, Hip-Hop would sound the same?

[AntiHero]

I noticed that anytime i look at the comments of one of these new rappers, there's always that one person who posts something like " this shyt is horrible, if biggie and tupac was alive hip hop would still be alive" with over 20 daps .

If Big & Tupac was alive we'd still hear the same shyt that we hear now, ASAP,Odd Future etc.

People keep saying that the 90's was 'real hip-hop', well if we're going back into time then this is real hip hop.



People need to just accept the fact that every generation has it's own slang,sound,fashion etc.

 

[Couth]

If biggie and pac were still alive music would sound different breh. Fact. Even if only one of them was still alive.

You can argue that if tupac and biggie were alive the game would still be more about lyrics then about beats. Hip hops decline started right around the death of those two. Not a coincidence.

But even if hip hop did evolve into being more about beats then lyrics, it still wouldn't be the same as it is today if they were alive.

Jay-z never woulda blown the way he did. And that alone would rock the whole game as we know it.



I also think that if tupac and biggie had lived they would have a much smaller fan base. They woulda both fallen off by now. And it woulda been Nas and biggie being mentioned together. Not tupac and biggie.

 

[playplayaj]

There is no decline in rap. It's just evolving in a way that most of us don't like. In the 1600s, opera was the pinnacle of lyricsm, poetry, and musicianship. The common man dumbed it down and people had the same complaints. Music evolves overtime..... PERIOD. The Internet is just helping it change more quickly.

 

[Mandarin Duck]

My thing is, Biggie and Tupac weren't the only artist around in the early to mid 90's.
Why didn't any of those artist have the ability to sustain a career throughout the 2000's and what makes them think the same thing wouldn't have happened to Big and Pac?
As fickle as hip-hop fans are if Big and Pac where alive they'd be putting out Datpiff mixtapes and be considered

 

[King Poetic]

hip-hop is dead.

just look at the sales of these rappers today. tell u a lot that white people who's the biggest buyers of rap know today's shyt is trash and they moved on

 

[kingdizzy01]

 

[the cac mamba]

why the fukk is this in the locker room

 

[marajuana]

If these dudes were still alive lil b would be working at walmart

 

[jadillac]

My question is, if they were alive why would it be a given they'd still be rapping?

And still rapping about the same subject matter at that?

Fans would've more than likely turned on them at some point just like they turn on EVERY one else

 

[Perpetual Beast]

I also think that if tupac and biggie had lived they would have a much smaller fan base. They woulda both fallen off by now. And it woulda been Nas and biggie being mentioned together. Not tupac and biggie.

You've never heard the 7 day theory by Pac obviously.....destroys any body of work Nas did, and I'm a huge Nas fan

 

[Couth]

You've never heard the 7 day theory by Pac obviously.....destroys any body of work Nas did, and I'm a huge Nas fan

Down to ride to the bloody end, just me and my girlfriend, me and my girlfriend.


I have. I'm a huge pac fan. Just happen to think Nas deserves to mentioned next to BIG

 

[Perpetual Beast]

Down to ride to the bloody end, just me and my girlfriend, me and my girlfriend.


I have. I'm a huge pac fan. Just happen to think Nas deserves to mentioned next to BIG

2pac is Nas's favorite rapper.....2pac and Biggie would have still been the grandfathers

 

[LA Fisher]

I know for sure if KRS was still alive NY hiphop would sound way better.

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

I noticed that anytime i look at the comments of one of these new rappers, there's always that one person who posts something like " this shyt is horrible, if biggie and tupac was alive hip hop would still be alive" with over 20 daps .

If Big & Tupac was alive we'd still hear the same shyt that we hear now, ASAP,Odd Future etc.

People keep saying that the 90's was 'real hip-hop', well if we're going back into time then this is real hip hop.



People need to just accept the fact that every generation has it's own slang,sound,fashion etc.

people say that because it was the actual DEATHS of them that caused the change

people were fine with the music and the violence, the drug and mafia rhymes.... and then those 2 started going at it... it blew up in the media worldwide... it changed rap completely to "who you riding with".... changed the culture with east vs west... and made the entire game about those two.. shyt the fbi was following them both and keeping tabs on everyone in the war

the way they got killed is what changed rap... all the sudden it wasn't just rapping anymore... it was reality... famous people were being MURDERED in famous areas, with cops and fbi agents there, on public streets with no arrests or nothing


rap changed after that... it became, lets stop the violence, oh this isn't worth it, when will it end, why can't we all get along. tribute records were being made... puffy started dancing and doing love records... the industry stopped pushing the tough shyt and started pushing the "lets dance and have fun records" and until DMX came out with "lets take it back to the streets motherfukker" on get at me dog... that shyt reigned on top... the hard knock life tour started with the intro "this ain't that versace shirt wearing bullshyt, this is real hiphop" trying to take it back to the streets

but ja rule hit right back with r&b singing rap and the game went right back to that again







not to say there isn't hard shyt selling... but the formula ever since their deaths, to get SALES... is to crossover with something for the ladies or something to dance to or some shyt like that.... when it was big and pac...i mean just listen to the lyrics of people's singles back then...... "your daughter tied up in a brooklyn basement" "fresh out of jail, on bail, california dreaming" records like cream, method man, ice cream... these weren't club bangers and loving women... this was shooting nikkas, killing nikkas, fukking bytches, and calling it a day... selling 2-3 million easy

the game will NEVER be like that again

 

[Rigby.]

if mcdonalds was alive, Tupac would be working at lil wayne

if biggie was alive, krispy kreme would be bankrupt

if big L was alive, asap rocky would be working at rue 21

Just some paraodies I seen