I just read the question about what do you liek better, Hip hop in the 80s, 90s, or now and I laughed my a*s off when people said that rappers were not rapping about b*tches, rims, violence, and money back then.
The 90s started off when true Hip Hop Groups such as Pete Rock and CL Smooth, EPMD(late 80s), Rakim(late 80s), Big Daddy Kane, right???
It evolved into the heavily weed influenced, gang bangin music of the West Coast… Remember when the West had it on lock for like 3 years and they were talking about Lowriders, Money, B*tches, Jewelry, and Violence, Correct???
Then Biggie, Nas, Wu-Tang, and Redman dropped good music and showed an alternative to the commercial gangsta of the West Coast back then.
Then, there was the Puffy/Cash Money Era… Money, B*tches, Rims, Cars, Chains… The same thing we criticized Rap of today for happened in what is described as the greatest decade of Rap…
Who agrees?
What I was saying is that Hip Hop always has artists who speak about b*tches, rims, money and success…
Nowadays you still have alternative artists who make good music and real music like Pharoahe Monch, Little Brother, Nas, Common, Wu Tang, Dead Prez, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Brother Ali, Hi Tek, Joe Buddens, Outkast, and so many more…
People tend to focus on the Lil Boosies, Lil Waynes and compare them to the artists of the last decade, but with record sales down and no one buying albums, rappers today are making sh*t that appeals to the close minded masses as opposed to the minority who want that real sh*t
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It’s tricky to rock a rhyme…..
Oddly enough I was on this site the other day thinking about the same thing. I totally agree with you on this. The question is what is so different now compared to back then when rappers were conveying these same glamorous lifestyles? I am not sure of the exact answers but I do have my theories. The reality is we all want money, and we all would like to be rich with nice things. I think now that hip hop and rap has become more main stream than ever, and it’s reaching larger audiences than ever before. Back then hip hop and rap was just beginning to emerge on a widespread level, well now everyone from the city kids to the suburban kids are claiming to be hip hop, or a rapper. My mom has been saying lately that 1 out of every 10 black men wants to be a rapper. I think people are rapping for wrong reasons now days. I don’t think back in the day people were rapping simply because they wanted cash in return, because rappers were not getting paid as much as they are now! There’s a lot more money to be made than ever in rapping, and I believe it’s drawing a different crowd of rappers and entertainers. It’s drawing a crowd that is only concerned with getting paid. They are not putting their hearts into their rhymes anymore. It’s more about what will sell to the youth and mainstream.
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