Hip-Hop is DEAD!!

That what the people yellin'..

Over the last couple months this been a hot topic, basically sprung on by Nas's album of the same name. It's been heated debates, arguments, dart throwing and near fights over this topic. The point is Nas is a genius either way cuz it ain't really no in-between, either you agree or disagree (unless you just don’t give a fuck about none of this shit regardless, which some people don't). At the end of the day though it's all points back to Nas and his album, which is the ultimate promotion. I didn't think Nas was gonna sell as much as he sold but him bring that controversy out has build the hype of his album.

With me, I disagree that its dead...its changes yes, but it's not DEAD..I'm talking to you right now and I'm hip-hop so it's not DEAD, I go outside, to the club, on the street, at school, in the store, on TV, on radio, when a person phone fuckin rings..I hear hip-hop..so it aint DEAD...and it's not DYING.

I got little cousins, little godsons, and all of that, they in to hip-hop and they not complaining one bit. They into the Lil Wayne's and Dipsets and all that just like I was into the Jay-Z's and W-Tangs...it's the same cycle..

Do I sit around listening to Chicken Noodle Soup? Hell Naw, but it's not really FOR me though..That’s a kid’s song for kids to have fun and wild out. That song today would be the equivalent to like a Kid-n-Play song back in the day or some shit like that. It's not MEANT to be taken so seriously!..People over think shit too much...

Old niggas be trying to hype they era up to much, they compare Rakim to Dem Franchize Boyz and say, "see, that’s why hip-hop is dead". That not even a far comparison of great vs. great, or even good vs. good. You purposely find the best of your side, and finds the worst of the other side and compare. Your whole argument doesn’t even make sense enough to be taken seriously when you do that.

Now I'm not saying it's not wack shit out there, but it’s always been good & bad, how else would you now if something was good if you didn’t; have the bad?

And I do know that the game is changing, and some people aint liking the change, mostly the ones who's getting weeded out because of the change.

I think the people is ready for some new shit also, new sounds, styles and faces, people recognize Jay-Z, Nas, Em, 50 and all those guys as icons, but the people seem like that want so new faces in the game now..

SO I don’t think it's dead, but I do realize its changes. I don’t agree with Nas but a recognize what he's doing, and the album is pretty dope too music wise.

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