Ballerstatus has an editorial from Mark Clark about today's HipHop. He thinks it sucks:
...Combining the lack of knowledge the majority of the hip-hop audience has, with the money hungry, C.R.E.A.M.-driven rap stars, the problem with creativity stands firm at a pause. The artists are producing what sells; what we buy, and what sells right now is garbage...
I'm sorry, but I'm disgusted over the lack of demand for quality music. I blame the artis;, I blame the consumer; and I blame the greediness of society. I blame the lack of thought and the short attention span of the listeners. No one wants to think anymore; no one wants to sit in the car and dissect the message that Public Enemy was trying to get across, or what Immortal Technique is trying to teach. They want to go to the club and get Crunk, and continue being as ignorant as the music they buy...
Man, I am kinda tired of all the old heads complaining about today's music. They sound like ...their parents. For some reason we older folks forget that we were blasting Will Smith back in the day. (Not me of course) and other corny shit just like the kids are doing now.
There is only one word to describe what Hip Hop has done is AMAZING. It has filtered into every part of society. And unlike the success of R&B in the past, we are actually running this shit. Not every aspect, but the successful aspects.
I used to work for WEA in the early 90's. The number of Blacks involved in the music business now has quadrupled at least. Especially the number making money. Mark doesn't get it. But the kids are alright.
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