The evolution of Hip-Hop has changed dramatically in this past decade. Some say its better how it is now, some say it’s not. Being born in this current generation I never got to experience classic hip-hop. Growing up my father listened to Ice Cube, Westside Connection, Eazy-E and other “gangsta rap” type artists. Nowadays all mainstream artists are rapping about “weed and bitches” which honestly gets really old after 2 songs. But the question is how did it going from rapping about “real” things to rapping about more of materialistic things like cars, women, and money?
In my opinion you can’t really compare artists from past decades like Tupac to an artist now like Wiz Khalifa, they just don’t compare in any aspect at all. I feel like when an artist becomes mainstream their music topics changes dramatically. For example, before Wiz “blew up” I enjoyed listening to him because his flow was so different and what he rapped about actually had some-what of a meaning to it. Now that he’s mainstream he doesn’t talk about anything else besides money, cars, and women. The only person who I believe that has a classic flow/style is Kendrick Lamar. As said by some artists themselves like Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar is going to “revive” hip-hop and the west-coast himself.
hello. I agree with you 100 percent. I liked when you said, "Nowadays all mainstream artists are rapping about “weed and bitches” which honestly gets really old after 2 songs". Its pretty sad that now rappers are getting paid millions for the same thing the other rapper was saying. As far as Kendrick he is really good artist and can make a diffrence in the game. good blog. good job man
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