Am I the only one tired of people complaining about today's hip hop?

ever since Nas said it, thats all you hear "Hip Hop is Dead" or "Hip Hop is Dying".....its like some people dont know they have other options, stop takin the songs you hear on the radio or see on tv and using them as the posterboy for the whole genre, there are still plenty of talented artists out there, both in the mainstream as well as underground....sure, its not like it was in the 90's, but some of yall need to get over that..Im a big fan of 90's hip hop to, probably my favorite era, but just like alot of you took for granted hip hop in the 90's, i think alot of people are taking many artists for granted here in the 00's..I dont like alot of the everyday ringtone rappers either, but i'll point out them, not blame the whole genre for them..

opinons?

Am I the only one tired of people complaining about today's hip hop?icons for myspace

lemme see reasons its still livin...it just took a couple shots

common

mos def

talib kweli

the game

ludacris

lupe fiasco

jay-z

nas

did i 4get any1??

EDIT: how did i 4get scarface lol

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Yes I am tired of people saying that simply because of Nas' song. But, for Hip-Hop heads like myself who have been saying Hip-Hop is dead since around 2000, I'm not gonna stop saying it as long as records from Soulja Boy and 50 Cent are going platinum yet records by Talib are going heavily slept on.

If you did know anything about real Hip-Hop, artists have been saying its dead long before Nas reached the mainstream with the theory. Common released a Hip-Hop classic in 1994 titled I Still Love H.E.R. which criticized the direction in which rappers were taking music, and in 2000 Talib was the first to say that Hip-Hop was dead off his Reflection Eternal album on a song entitled Too Late, which he did because real artists were getting no love on the radio anymore.
Join the crew. Yeah most of us are tired of hearing their pissing and moaning about hip-hop. They're not helping with their damn questions. Haha, ringtone rappers. I never could find an Immortal Technique, JMT, or Zion I ringtone... that just sucks. Anyway. This is what I have to say to them.

Look, I agree that most mainstream hip-hop is down the drain, but you have a choice. Either, find some better artists(yeah, I said said it you lazy a/s/s) or leave hip-hop alone. Quit being a little girl. There's many underground MC's representing the true school hip-hop. Look for them, and you will find them.

That's it. Props for the question, now I can adress these kids.
nope.

sometimes i even feel like.......

beating a wall because of it..

people are so ignorant nowadays..
That is so true. People only copy what Nas said because they dont have opinions of their own. STOP STEALING HIS WORDS AND GET A F*CKING OPINION!
I think that as much as I can't stand people reclaiming "hip hop is dead" I can say that I think nas may have done a good thing...He knows it's not dead, he just wanted to raise awareness about the worthlessnes of much of today's music...He has raised (or at least tried to) the consciousness of the common listener...I hope...
KRS-One (The Teacher) said it best. Like it or not, these ringtone, club anthem rap artists of today are just as much hip hop as Jay-Z, BDP or Run DMC. It's not up to the new generation of listeners to reject these new artists and embrace the old but it is up to them to KNOW of those that paved the way. The NaS, Jay-Z, Biggie, Pac, BDP, Juice Crew, Run DMC, Grandmaster Flash, Sugarhill Gang, Public Enemy, YOU HAVE TO KNOW THAT!

That being said I am tired of people proclaiming the "death of hip hop" because artists and labels would rather put out party records. What with the advent of the iPod, the age of singles is back in a huge way and any artist that tells you they got into it strictly for the artistry of it IS LYING.

Thats not to say that I agree when faceless networks like MTV, Vh1 and BET (amongst other, they are the three biggest offenders) pick and choose the parts they like about our culture and market it to outsiders as "real hip-hop". That is the real disservice.
No, any question I've answered about the situation I've repeatedly said that hip-hop is better now than it has ever been. the number of quality releases in the underground every year keeps growing as the mainstream gets confined into one style of rap. That is the reason most people don't hear some future classic CDs, but they are definitely out there. Also, with the mainstream reputation getting so trashed record companies inevitably will have to switch up their criteria and try releasing different styles of hip-hop. Check out Blu %26amp; Exile-Below The Heavens if you say hip-hop is dead. Check out Panacea-The Scenic Route (Huge amount of props to FredMS for notifying me of their new release) if you say hip-hop is dead. Check out Cap D-Return Of The Renegade if you think hip hop is dead. I could go on for years but I am just saying that the only thing that has changed in terms of quality music is where it is found.
i see what you're saying but you have to understand that people are frusterated. i am in my mid-20's and i am a HUGE fan of 90's Hip Hop (particularly west coast) but really anything that's early 90's), so i have researched this genre intensively and i remember a lot of what it was like in the early 90's and i'm telling you today's hip hop is NOTHING like it was back then. all these legends that ppl give credit to for paving the way were mainstream. you probably didn't have to "dig" for it like you do now. Rakim, KRS-1 and EPMD were like regular househould names. i think ppl are offended that they have to look underground for quality music. they want their favorite artists to be as easily accessible like whack-*** 50 cent is. in my personal opinion, YES HIP HOP IS DEAD! and if it's not dead yet it is on it's last leg unless ppl make a change NOW. not next month, not next yr, NOW! so no i'm not tired of ppl saying Hip Hop is dead or complaining about it cause i know what it was like back in the day. it's like night and day. and if no one says anything and speaks up about it, i can guarantee you there are going to be 10x as many lil waynes out there 5 yrs from now thinkin it's cool to talk about bit**** and hos for the next generation. and i understand how it's not fair to judge a whole genre because of a few rotten apples but there are MORE THAN a few rotten apples out there. if it was only lil wayne and boosie than no one would trip. but you got pretty much the whole darn region (South) ***** up Hip Hop! that is sad how a whole region could do this much damage. now i respect talib kweli, common, lupe fiasco etc but we need more of them. naming a few good artists in one hand is not gonna cut it. and i don't think ppl are going to stop complaining until they see results.
No its not because there are some good rappers today such as kanye west eminem ludacris nas jayz
You know why Nas said hip hop is dying is cause he doesn't know hip hop anymore. He's an MTV plastic rapper now. If he knew better he'd know hip hop is alive and well but he's been on MTV so much that he forgot where to look. To find hip hop you have to go out there and look for it and you can't expect it to come to your feet. Hip hop has never died or is in a state of dying its just people don't recognize it anymore so they think its dead. It's always changing and if you don't change with it you will think it died.