does hiphop still have a place for consciouse rappers?

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Permalink Reply by Diddygotbeats on October 3, 2007 at 6:22pm

Family...i totally feel you. Its way different from when i came up. I still think that it is a place for rap that says somehing. Its all about how its given to them, thats all.

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Permalink Reply by Keislam on October 4, 2007 at 7:22pm

Yeah...diddy's on it...Its how its tossed now...but it wuz da same back den 2...But Hip Hop, to me has crossed ova and become da bullhorn 4 so many different cultures dat she had 2 speak da language. Plus Kats are gettn doe 4 dis now...when i wuz cumin up...it wuz 4 local rep and sum females...now...its da loot..."what people do for money"

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Permalink Reply by Angel on October 4, 2007 at 11:13pm

Coming from a motherly point of view, while at the same time being a part of the Hip Hop way of Life since it was basically born into our lives, I wish it was more about the Music and the feeling that it gives us. When we, the old school heads, think of Hip Hop we don't JUST think of the music... we think of what we were doing at the moment we first heard Kurtis Blow, Run D.M.C, or Afrika Bambaataa. We think of how life was then, how the MC was reachin out to us with their words and/or beats. It's like we were all one unit. Now it's all about who has the most money, who's girl has the biggest ass, and who sold more drugs before they made a dollar from rappin about it. My children and everyone elses don't need to know how many girls they slept with last night and then how they threw them out the room once they were through. My daughters are queens and my son will grow up to treat every woman who comes his way as such, because that is what I teach them. So in my opinion, todays RAP may flow to the beats, but the message that hits the streets is weak.

Angel

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Permalink Reply by Kala Nation on October 8, 2007 at 1:39am

Yes it does.The problem is that corporate business only thinks of the bottom line,and their target market White youth.At one time Hip hop was Black and Puerto Rican kids communicating and the rest of the world listened in.Now it is Black communicating with the masses of Whites for money,fame ,support ect.No one is talking to the Black man anymore.We dont matter,it is more important to sing aybaybay with white folks and gangstas in the club.AYBAYBAY!!!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by R3DBON3 on March 29, 2008 at 4:39am

I THINK IT DOES AND PRETTY SOON WE WILL SEE THAT KIND OF RAP FLOWBACK AGAIN HIP HOP GROWS AS THE WORLD DOES AND THESES YEARS ARE THE YEARS OF THE UNDERDOGGS .. AND EVERYBODY HAS SOMETHING TO SAY. THE WORLD IS IN RECCESION SO WATCH CONSCIOUSENESS COME BACK TO THE GAME WE AINT CRUMBLIN ERB NO MORE MAN..WE STRUGGLIN TO SURVIVE SO IT HAS GOT TO BE SAID IN STORY FORM THERE ENTERS THE CONSCIOUSE RAPPER ..KEEPING HEADS HELD HIGH CAUSE EVERYONE FEELS THE STRUGGLE THEREFORE EVERYONE WILL FEEL THE LYRICS...R3DBON3/LADY.C

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Permalink Reply by ShyeSmoove on June 4, 2008 at 11:13am

There will be an influx of the conscious emcee back to hip hop because of the times we are currently living in. The fact of the matter is he/she never left. It was the industry that had enough of Original people enlightening themselves. When it became more than back to Africa, medallions and kufis, and more about disenfranchisement, illuminati and assessing the proper blame through a study of history, the industry then fazed out the intellectual emcee.

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Permalink Reply by Cortez Singleton on December 12, 2009 at 11:41pm

I think there's still a place in Hip Hop 4 conscious rappers.It starts with balance, a lot of this bubblegum rap, and flossing garbage has taken over.The youth today is learning the negativity and false meaning of Hip hop, and it's flooding the realness of da game.A lot of DJ's are scared to spin Mos def, Buckshot, Krs1, Rakim, Scarface, just to name a few, because most of this generation don't want to hear it..they too much into da tight pants and materialism.The message to be taught is waking up dealing with real issues, like what's going on with our Government and the agenda thats ruining our youths..This all can still be taught through Hip hop, and also being smart when u enter the game, money wise, don't be no puppet for the beast..

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