Re: hip hop, my two cents
SHANNON BRIGGS (sbriggs@enterprise.powerup.com.au)
Tue, 29 Aug 1995 12:55:51 +1000
> i feel hip hop is on a decline. hip hop is the voice of urban culture. i
> feel it's declining because currently hip hop is talking loud and saying
> nothing. don't get me wrong, there is a hand full of talent in hip hop, but
> the artist that are getting the p.r. and climbing the charts ain't about
> shit. in the last year there hasn't been anyone in the hh industry who has
> blown up without rapping about bitches,gats and blunts. (there has been a
> few but not alot) urban culture has more to offer then that, it has is a
> positive side but you'll have a hard time finding it in most hip hop.
don'y forget Hip Hop isn't about Blowing up as such..
I think there are elements of your argument that are very true, Hip Hop
may die from the public eye, but i can assure you that long after the
charts have forgotten hip hop their will still be a die-hard underground
who will continue to keep Hip Hop culture alive..
Don't forget how much hip hop has influenced modern day music.. look at
the charts - everybody is sampling beats.. look at how hip hop has
influenced jazz-funk and vice-versa.. it will never die, there will
allways be elements of hip hop in music.
Frenzie