Quality Hip-Hop
Today, Hip-Hop fans are divided. There are some fans of
Hip-Hop music who consider there selves Hip-Hop heads and they say that
“Hip-Hop is dead.” That statement means that the quality of music nowadays is
not up to par with what they think it should be. These Hip-Hop heads are fans
of older music and a select few new artist.
There other group of Hip-Hop fans are just you average
everyday listener. This person may like a song because they like the artist, or
they may like a song because they like the beat (music in the background). Sometimes this casual listener can’t even
explain why they like certain songs, they “just do.”
I am somewhat in the middle. I think that every song should
have some type of lyrical content, and it should also have a nice beat. I think
that the combination of both is what produces a quality song. Most Hip-Hop
heads can care less about the beat, as long as the lyrical content is good.
Lyrical content is not only how they say what they are saying, but what
they actually are talking about. Many people think that the in the current
state of Hip-Hop there are only four topics which are violence, money, sex, and
drugs. And the casual listeners don’t have to have any good lyrics in the song,
as long as they can dance to it they like it. I think that as fans we should
put more pressure on musicians and producers to make quality music.
At the end of the day, I feel that the music that is put out
today is still quality, but it is just a different brand that what the Hip-Hop
heads are used to. Music is a business, and it is all about supply and demand.
The type of music that is made, the music that is played on the radio, the type
of music that is purchased is all demanded by fans. And each artist caters to
that fact.
Below are links of others opinion on the topic.
