Growing up I had a chance to listen to rap from the masters of the art and it was all good. Man we was feeling the vibe from the beats to the rhymes to the bars and punch lines. My peers felt like they were part of something, the public was inspired by the positive message, life and music had a true connection, more like they had a date with destiny.
Things become bizarre as technology evolved; the original beats from traditional and original instruments kind of lost their way in most records and music production because of this music vice called auto tune, where everything is computerized ---killing the art of production that matters most. The rappers started to sound comic and wacky Mc’s came to the scene deviating from the original art of rap---killing hip hop vibe.
Most rappers made it even worse calling themselves the new generation of rappers and when you listen to their verses, all the Hip-Hop light glowing inside of you just fades as their lines are full of nothing but copy cat flow, there are no narratives in their songs, all they rap about is money, women, lack originality and creativity is painted all over their books of rhymes.
Then there’s this desire and greed for money alter ego that has eaten up all what’s left of the rap game. Rap is commercialized in that everybody wants to do a radio song, club banger and whatever they feel is the burning thing in the game, following nothing but the wind of trend. They don’t do albums no more; no mix tapes any more but just a few songs that fade away as fast as their release.
Big up to those who have continued with the true principles of Hip- Hop culture, thanks for the mix tapes and albums you have put up even when the times are really hard and tricky. And to new generation or rap your music is good, but all fans ask of you is a little bit of maturity and bars and more bars not immature flow that can’t hold water.
It’s time you give the fans what they can listen to and say “yeah this rapper really devoted his time to create his master piece”. Don’t you want to be recognized as someone good at what they do? Forget the money because every good art first gets recognition, then money comes after.
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