So, I'm reading blogs, websites and watching videos of these young rappers bitchin' about rappers like Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes and even Redman and Method Man, still in the game, recording, releasing albums and doing shows. What these little bitchin rappers don't realize is that these and other older artists have this thing called a CAREER! They have stood the test of time! They have STUDIED what it takes to still matter over the years, although styles have changed and we are officially in the ring tone era of Hip Hop.
Wait, my bad, it's the Auto-Tune era and if it weren't so, half the rappers you are listening to today wouldn't be off their block, so I guess I can understand the bitterness when these wack ass rappers have no clue on how to build a career beyond 'x amount' of ring tones sold! If you see the press releases I get from publicists and labels bragging about how many ring tones their artists sold and then you don't hear about them a year from now, you'd laugh, as I do when I read it!
So, to all the young wack rappers who we won't be reading about or hearing about next year, take a back seat and learn why the Jay-Z's, The Bustas and the 'Older' rappers still matter and why we'll see them releasing yet another album next year and beyond because they have what you should aspire for, A CAREER! So I'm gonna start a movement, it won't be called, Stop Snitchin', let's make it, STOP BITCHIN'
I think that the rappers of the present time have totally lost respect for the seniors.They have broken down the element for real hip hop. The bombs on the wall, the tags on the subway, the mcs kicken rymes that are both political as well as sexy for the ladies, without disrespect. The overall block party. When the speakers were 20 feet tall in the middle of the project or blocks. Ced we can really appreciate that and we can hold on to that, but as far as these little hard head motherfuckers, there generation will be lost and the true archives of hip hop will be lost.Lost because there is no respect for the elders. Its the same in our culture but thats a different blog, dont get me started.
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