Is today's rap music more shallow than rap music from the 1980s or 1990s?!
Question: What happened to groups like Public Enemy or KRS-One?
Answers: What happened to groups like Public Enemy or KRS-One?
Truthfully Music on the Hip Hop Charts is more shallow but there are still people like Immortal Technique, Non Phixion, Chino XL presenting more political forms of Hip Hop. Back in the 80's & early 90's Hip Hop was still establishing itself as more than the fad that inevitably would dissapear as it had no longevity. This was 18 years back when I started listening to it but now as we can see it is still here today(it's on fad) despite wh@ the haters think. As long as there is oppression, suppression and inequality there will always be a place for Hip Hop & Spoken Word. It has just diversified so much now that there are so many varieties of styles that aren't getting mass airplay.
Heck No! Today's rap is sooooo bad!
I loved KRS-One! (I was born '90)
yes, that's why i only listen to hip-hop. today's rap has NO MESSAGE, no purpose, and no substance. it's all about cash, crack, and hoes. but there still exists many artist like immortal technique, jedi mind tricks, murs, and others of their affiliates that speak the truth.
rap all around is dumb its not even music. DOWN WITH RAP!!! haha look at this...Crap....C(rap). HA!
Well the thing is there were only a few of those rap groups back in the 80s/90s that became really popular with that political, social platform like KRS one and Public Enemy, etc. How many more can you name with that same "militant style?" Not many. I think they sort of faded out after gangsta rap (snoop, 'Pac, dre, NWA, etc) became popularized especially in the suburbs. Then THAT style of rap faded out as more "party rap" and many one hit wonders (Positive K, Paperboy, Run DMC, Beastie Boys, etc) came about. I can't say today's rap music is more shallow because many people look at the past decade of rap during the 90s and say, "Hey that sh*t was no better." LOL. Today's rap music seems more concerned with materialistic/bragging rights, but even that element has always been a part of rap culture. Now it's up to the individual person whether they like the current style (TI, Nelly, 50 cent, soulja boy, Kanye) or not but if the past is any predictor, popular rap changes movements and styles all the time. Just wait it out again. LOL.
here's the truth...read it, understand it, bask in it......nobody wants to hear that shyt
I would disagree to an extent. The 80's and 90's saw rap blow up and become known to the public while still maintaining a majority African American following. When you look at the songs from this era, while they are an important part of rap history, there main topics were about..well...rapping (eric B for president), how dope they were (Tricky), how much stuff they had (i got it made) and er...women? Sure some groups like BDP, PE and Brand nubian spat about politics and the general state of the world. But they were like the only ones doing so. Nowadays if you check the underground scene the majority of rappers are focusing on social, conscience rapping. Talking a lot about deep subjects and topics (immortal technique, dead prez, blackstarr, ill bill/ non phixion, virtuoso, roots, common even Kanye.) so while today is more bling and superficial than ever, its still has enough depth to, you just gotta look deeper than your local CD shop and radio station.