All these old time legends that keep talking about dropping new cds and hip hop.....should either drop a bomb... or do nothing.... because lots of them try and make comebacks and end up humiliating themselves.

They're already legends, they should call it a day.

All these old time legends that keep talking about dropping new cds and hip hop.....should either drop a bomb... or do nothing.... because lots of them try and make comebacks and end up humiliating themselves.

They're already legends, they should call it a day.

Yeah, Wasn't Ice-T Suppose to drop an album after his ''beef'' with soulja Boy? :ugh:

this sucks

No artist's main focus should be trying to save anything. If they focused on getting the right songs, right production, and con-temporize their style, they might be a little more relevant.

You can't reinvent 1994

old school folks should stay themselves though instead of posturing like the new breed.

That new R. Kelly mixtape is embarassingly bad

No Old School MC can save hip hop. It's time to move foward and hope we have quality albums, artists and creative producers. Looking foward to Wale and Cudi's album. Also think Drake has some ability.

Nas/Jay/Dre/Scarface - They shud stick around cz they are better than any active rappers

Snoop/LL Cool J/Mase/Ice-T - They're wack and should retire yesterday

hip hop is different now because the world has decided to react differently.
the positive energy of hip hop back in the 90's was a response to negativity that still plagues our society today but that most artists no longer try to rise above. they sit in it. it's quite sad actually. the positivity has long been given up on and now you have the mainstream making music that screams defeat.

hip hop is different now because the world has decided to react differently.
the positive energy of hip hop back in the 90's was a response to negativity that still plagues our society today but that most artists no longer try to rise above. they sit in it. it's quite sad actually. the positivity has long been given up on and now you have the mainstream making music that screams defeat.

I think it's more of Hip Hop becoming its own money making empire. The way a dude got put on in '92-94 is TOTALLY different to how an artist (if you wanna call them that) gets put on today. It's got its good and its bad.

The good thing is that those artists who would strive to make a name back then probably would have a better shot of getting recognized now being the internet has become the #1 platform for an up and coming artist by way of the blogs, countless hip hop media sites, mixtapes, etc. The bad also comes into the same scenario. A kid like Soulja Boy would have a hell of a time trying to get a record played on the radio in the 90s, but being numbers don't lie and he already had a huge fan base just off Myspace WITHOUT a deal...you do the math.

There's still a lot of good Hip Hop out there. If you solely rely on the radio, then you might be quick to say Hip Hop is done...but I believe it's far from dead.

J.Cole is going to put out a classic album, mark my words.

Most of Mainstream sh!t is garbage. I can hear a same beat with slight adjustments in every songs. Most of the lyrics are wack. If only someone could turn the table.