Hopeless HipHop: What ever happened to The Message in HipHop
February 6, 2010
I’ve been gone for a minute, TCJ hasn’t been updated in a while, and as much as i wanted to jump back in, i just couldn’t, i had lost my focus, my inspiration. When you run an urban blog, a large portion of your post are going to be related to the music. As of late, music has been of little to no importance to me. Am i getting old? lol Maybe so, as i just turned 27, but i don’t think that’s the issue. I believe the music i feel in love with as a child has become stagnant in its growth, so while i have grown and mature, it hasnt. It has seemingly regressed to some form of Mr Bo Jangles menstrual show leaving those of us who loved the art to go back and purchase all of our favorites from yesterday and slowly alienate ourselves from today’s Hiphop.
Do you see the message? Can you see the message? Where has the message gone? Is it even alive anymore? Can it be revived or are we lost in the materialistic and superficial world of Hiphop? Those of you 25 and older should understand at very least, even if you dont feel the same, you should be able to at least note the decline in songs with positive messages. While Hiphop has grown, and its artists more financially stable, why does the art form now sound more hopeless than ever? When we didnt have nothin’ we had a message, and now that we got somethin’ we have nothing good to say. Well my momma always told me, if you aint got nothin’ good to say, dont say nothin’ at all… Ima leave it at that!
Remember When [HipHop Had a message]:
Self Destruction:
Rappin’ 4-Tay – I’ll Be Around
West Coast All Stars – We’re All In The Same Gang
Grandmaster Flash The Message
Drake Talks New Album With DJ Whoo Kid
July 9, 2009
As reported by Roc4Life.com:
LL Cool D, better known as Drake, visited DJ Whoo Kid’s radio show on Radio Planet.
The two discussed everything under the sun including his leg injury, his performance on the BET Awards, love from Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige, his romantic side, the Kanye West bosom friendly directed video, his old job at Degrassi High, and why he decided to call his album Thank Me Later.
The Game goes in on Jay-Z | Jay replies? | Hiphop Beef is played!
July 8, 2009
Well not long after i gave Game his props for showing maturity in his apology to Dre and Fif, he goes in on Jay for no apparent reason. On the low he’s been taking shots at Jay but now its out in the open. This is nothing new to me, nothing new to Hiphop, and should be nothing new to you either. Game seems to ALWAYS make one step forward and then take one step back (maybe two steps back in this case). Showing growth and then reverting back to the same ol Game we recognize him to be. I dont understand why he has had issue with Jay but then i really dont too much care. You should already know where i stand as far as rap beef is concerned. Beef is tired, boring, lame, stupid, as well as an old marketing tactic to create buzz, and i promise when i see beef coming i turn my head and walk in the opposite direction. I really shouldnt be paying any mind to this beef, as if ignoring it would make it go away lol, (if we all ignored it maybe it would) but the people love drama as we can see from daytime soaps and reality TV, if you ask me rap beef is no different than an episode of “Days of our lives.” SMH….
and Jay replies… (on not only The Game but Jaz-0 and Dame Dash too)
Everybody’s apologizing | The Game Apologizes to 50 Cent and Dr. Dre
July 3, 2009
I love it when hiphop matures!! I’ve watched as Mr. Taylor has struggled with his personal issues, one moment showing maturity and other moments giving in to his pride. This is one of those moments that i feel proud of him. No doubt about it, he’s human, and entitled to mistakes but this is a shining moment, hopefully a moment that overshadows the lesser moments.
And this comes soon after Jim Jones apologized to Mase. I love hiphop right now! Jay-Z deads Auto Tune over a No I.D. beat, and Jimmy and Jayceon apologize.
Drake – Best I Ever Had | Video | Talks working with Kanye the video director
July 1, 2009
So Kanye has his video director hat on, directing Drake’s “Best I Ever Had” in a fashion that looks somewhat…. porn-ish lol. (Drake talks the filming over at MTV.com) Its all good tho, this video is a long time coming. So with Drake having signed to Young Money/Cash Money, and with a video directed by Mr.West himself, id say Drake is doing pretty well for a guy who hasn’t even released and album yet. Three official mixtapes in and dude is the most anticipated artist of 2009. Well, nuff said, this video doesn’t need much of an introduction, check it out:
Drake talks filiming video:
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