Fuck! So why I'm about to release my single, when its dead? Maybe I should make career of porn star or plumber, not an emcee

people have been saying it died since the 80's when breakdancing dropped in popularity and the government broke down more on graffiti, its gone through deaths, evolutions etc. it also had revivals when it was dying, in the late 80's it was becoming too poppy with people like LL Cool J making nothing but love songs etc, but then N.W.A etc came through and changed everything and revived the spirit again, but then that's when labels started realizing the money it could make them and cashed in on gangsta rap, it was becoming cheesy and fake then hardcore hip hop, wu-tang clan etc started coming up, KRS-One was even addressing the issue of hip hop dying in 1993 on his album Return of the Boom Bap complaining about the commercial rappers back then.

Right now the things stopping underground emcee's breaking through are:

1.

a lot of them rap about the same things
- how many skills they have
- how the radio sucks
- how hardcore they are

not all of them are like this though but a lot are

2. I've realized you have to reach the young fans, when i was playing some hip hop my 8 year old brother was liking it, but if you played it to a 15 year old odds are they're not going to like it because they're not used to it and they can't be bothered getting used to it, they are so used to hearing the same shit on the radio anything else just sounds weird to them, so emcees have to reach the young people like little kids like Wu-Tang and most of the dope people in the 90's did to us, i remember when i was in elementary school everyone was drawing Wu-Tang signs everywhere, on the chalk board and everything lol but today it seems like real hip hop emcee's aren't making their music accessible to the young kids anymore that's the main problem.

Then why do you listen and what is the purpose of this group?!?!? Everyone keeps saying this kinda shit here, so we might as well just shut down the site right?!?!?........... It's only dead (to you) if you say it is.... shit is alive and well in me. I don't blame you tho', there's times I've felt the same but I think about this shit everyday and decided it'll stay alive, even if I have to search real hard for the music, I will...that kinda keeps it fun. I remember being a kid and always comparing tapes with my friends that we'd record off late nite hiphop stations and we'd be like "Yo, you got thiiis track Bitch? I DO!!) LOL - HIPHOP is wonderful and is here to stay... there'll always be bullshit on the radio and T.V. but a real hiphop head knows how to separate and ignore the weak shit!

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EXACTLY!!!

"UNTIL THEY STOP ME, BURY, MURDER ME OR DROP ME, I GOT...THUG LUV FOR MY NATIONWIDE POSSE"

UNBELIEVABLE!!!!! Who the hell is saying this? Reveal yourself!!! If i say hip hop is dead thats my own damn opinion, but my opinion is shared by many, it is not a secret to this. I don't think about hip hop everyday nor do i listen to hip hop everyday, but when i do, i share what i listen to with others that don't know about it. Fuck the stations and MTV, i lost respect when balance was terminated, So when i say Hip Hop is dead I'm stating the fact that Balance has shifted to one side only. I can't be forced into submission to that shit on the radio, cause I'm old school everybody here knows this, my generation was the generation that bought albums (Tapes), there wasn't no advanced technology to download, so when i say hip hop is dead i am speaking from a area that i have witness begin to take over and happen from the start, But what i am good at is pin pointing a real hip hop head from a fake one, Cause if you was Real you can decipher what my comment meant, "Balance" I repeat "Balance"....So if you question my hip hop knowledge or feel i am not educated enough up to your standards, you can call me and i will help you to understand my thought process. It is fairly unique, many will agree, especially the ones who have talked to me directly on the phone from the group. I might be taking your comment personal and wrong, but at this point it is what it is........

The Artisan (AKA) The Answer

UNFUCKINBELIEVABLE!!!!LOL

The Artisan (AKA) The Answer

Not sure what area you live in, but how i remember, everything got radio play wack shit and the good shit, 80's threw the 90's. There wasn't a barrier or limits on what was played, or who was rapping, i recorded Blow job Betty (Too Short) right off the damn radio, and it was not played on a midnight show, try the mornings, uncut. So if older cats told you that shit was dead in 93, they might of been misinformed, cause that was unheard of at any place where i was in, and in 92 i graduated from high school, not sure what your age is. But that hip hop is dead statement was not even made at least not in my presence. Why i am worried about the radio? Because I want others, to hear others thats why! I know whats up and where to find my personal type of sound. But cats are complaining that the radio and the TV is not giving exposure to certain artist where in the 80's and 90's they did. I am constantly referring people to music cause of this shit, maybe i can use a little bit of help from these other advanced sources, that is my beef....

The Artisan (AKA) The Answer

word up and i agree on the second point too whit Mel cause yaal see if it stays too much underground it will ultimately disappear it happened a million times whit other cultures and hip hop does not limit to just those 4 elements hip hop comes whit that mentality that mentality disappeared Chinita knows what I'm talking about people of her age know what I'm talking about that hip hop philosophy

Thank you menace for understanding my point...Peace

The Artisan (AKA) The Answer

I think ppl are makin a bigger deal outta this than what it really is, the whole hip hop is dead thing has always seemed ridiculous to me

Wrong..With everything mixed together, everybody is satisfied, It's like going to a party where they spin lil wayne 10 times a night, in between that 10 times they can spin 10 other artist to avoid playing the same one. If everybody is getting there fair share of spins would this conversation exist? No. They can play there soulja boy, but follow up with that Immortal technique or something, for example. The industry does not want underground exposed to the public, cause than it will switch sides, and those artist making millions off of there lack of talent, will be forced to go get some... Soulja Boy is still alive cause the doors are still open for him to make wack shit, you push underground shit in his doorway he wont eat as much ( Make As Much), cause people will open there ears to REAL talent.... I break it down even further now i am drinking this beer.

Its discrimination. Its almost like saying i got a restaurant for whites only, if you are colored you can't eat here. Check it, I own this industry and the only ones that can eat are certain types of peoples. If you have a voice we don't want your service, but if you are quiet and do what i say than you will eat.......

The Artisan (AKA) The Answer