This question came to my mind after listening to all the bullshit on the radio on the way home today..I found myself questioning the direction that hip hop has gone. We went from messages like Self Destruction, We're all in the same gang and The Message to shit like Tooted and Booted(sorry michelle LOL)..We went from lyrical skills to just fallin in love with the beat and ignoring the shit that was spilling out of rappers mouth...Have we become so brainwashed with shaking our asses and doing the 2 step that we don't care about what is being said?? Artists that rap about real shit are labeled as independent and underground and those that rap about the lifestyle they don't live make it to the top of the radio play list. When you watch 106&Park you'll see what I'm talking about, but if you watch VH1 Jamz or Soul you'll see what I grew up on which made me fall in love with Hip Hop and want to live, breath and eat that music..that type of music had me rewinding tapes constantly writing down the lyrics and rapping over the tracks. That type of music had me wanted to be a female DJ and had me scratching 45s with the little yellow thing in the middle mixing hip hop and r&b together..now DJs follow what's on the radio.
So think about it.. WHEN DID YOU FIRST FALL IN LOVE WITH HIP HOP..REAL HIP HOP??
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