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6 years 6 months ago
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I think it's more of a matter of how the media treated the music genre over time. When you had that good rap/hip-hop with A Tribe Called Quest, Run DMC, Whodini, and even going as far back as the Sugarhill Gang, it wasn't just about the money. It was about rhyming with the best of beats and knowing that you were just there to have fun and make great music. I have found quite a number of articles stating the demise of rap/hip-hop and it's mostly because of how the corporate companies and mainstream crowd depicted the genre. They would rather see rappers with some half-naked women shaking their booty, showing off their expensive cars, throwing confetti and talking about simple topics such as clubbing or getting high. Rather than stick with old-school.
Old-school was better because they took samples and used them in their songs in a creative way. Rappers told about their stories and how they felt, and because of this the genre was more real during the 1980s and early 1990s. In New-school rap you don't have that stuff anymore. It's all about the money because these guys know that this is what currently caters to the mainstream and younger generation, so it gives them a lot of profit to spend. I find myself quite saddened by this because the good stuff hardly ever gets any airplay or recognition. People these days are more interested in bad music than they are with good music.
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