Today to be honest, this lack of diversity has made hip-hop very very very stale. Everyone has become a clone of whatever trend is currently clocking dollars. But whose fault is that? Is it the labels? Is it the artist? Are the fans to blame? Lets examine.
50 cent might be the last of a dying breed. He has risen through the ranks of becoming a full superstar in music. He came from meager beginnings as a mixtape rapper from Queens who got gunned up and clapped quick. But what made 50 cent different was that he introduced the mixtape game to the mainstream. He made the demo tape extinct. Since the rise of G Unit, everyone and their mothers have done mixtape in order to copy that success which as over saturated the game with clones.
But why are artist copying one another? I remember back in the day, you couldnt come out bitting another nigga's lyrics or steez (yall remember that word?) or else you get clowned off the stage. But now the game has flipped and if you're following the current trend, you're geting clowned. Everyone using that gotdamn Autotune so much, Roger from Roger and Zapp (think computer love folks) is spinning in his grave.
The labels also make it hard for new acts to be original and new. I remember when Labels are A&Rs and Artist Development departments that helped groomed artist to be successful. Now you must come with ya own package or copy whats hot or no deal for that ass. Especially now since we are all downloading by the giga-byte, the labels are trying to make hip-hop as formulaic as possible. They are signing cats not even to record deals, they got ringtone deals. THE FUCK IS THAT?
In closing, hip-hop is dying from the lack of new and fresh emcees. But Urban, what about Drake and Kid Cudi and all of em? Oh dont worry Ima holla at them on the next blog.
Epilogue:
I apologize for like the 2 years I havent posted a blog on this here. I have been busy running my own radio show for underground artist (onblastradio.com) making beats for Ralphy Boy, Zone Rebel, MizLoonar, Enormous, Fullgrown, Xperience J and other artist. I also been attending IAR for my audio engineering degree. While wearing all these hats, I hope to come closer to being able to be a force in music. But IM BACK ON MY BLOG SHIT!! So check for updates regularly.
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