Hopeless HipHop: What ever happened to The Message in HipHop

February 6, 2010 · Print This Article

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: