Too often is Hip Hop called Dead without putting it in context. Yes Hip-Hop is dead, but so is all music. And it has been for a good while. All Music Rap, R&B, Rock(for damn sure), Country, Jazz, Blues, and anything you can think of. If you dont believe me what is the last good rock band to come out and stay around. White Stripes in like 2001? Even Pop Rock. Who Fall Out Boy? Music has no soul anymore for the most part. People just want there songs on the radio and on phones. And even the Grammys has caved in you realize Tha Carter III won best Rap Album. Although it was good The Cool was the most unique and inventive album in that category. But they would rather give it to the highest selling album in the past few years. Are we rewarding making alot of money or making good albums. Or is the problem deeper than all of this? Is it that society as a whole would rather make money than do stuff they enjoy or makes a difference. Most of my friends are majoring in business and don't know what they wanna do. Or they all wanna be sports medicine majors when that field isn't expanding. We look down on people that become teachers(like I plan to be) and look up to people who have more zeros behind their salaries. So does Cash Rule Everything Around Me? Hell Yes. People dont wanna hear good music they want whats hot. Record companies don't care about the bullshit artists they produce they wanna make money. So the chain is Artist make bullshit, People buy bullshit, Record Companies want more bullshit. And further evidence of the death of music is all the good artists are either quiting or doing other stuff. Kanye is talking about quitting and becoming a designer, Lupe is talking about retirement, Eminem is just coming back, Jay-Z is just releasing singles, Andre 3000( who knows what that nigga is doing, anything but Hip Hop) But this story isnt going away anytime soon so To be Continued....
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