Ignorant rap; Hip hop's nemisis. Ignorant rap came out of just freestyling & just having fun, but some artists allow that to come they're whole career, which causes a downfall in our music. There will always be someone out there to rap about money, cars,& hoes just like there will always be $5.99,V.I.M clothing, its not for everyone, but someone in this world enjoys it.
Recently, I have began to realize the pick up hip hop has taken since all the bad music we've been hearing, post Nas' album "HipHop is dead". Due to all the losers that come out claiming their music is true hip hop when in all actuality they just had a catchy chorus, and a decent beat.
Those such as Drake, J.Cole, & Prophit are making a name for themselves not only as rappers, but as rappers releasing hip hop tracks with steady concepts & creating imagery through great storylines, to keep listeners engaged. Something that has not often been seen since the late 90's with songs such as Biggie's "I got a story to tell", and in recent years Binary Star's "Glen Close" with twisted concepts one is not sure what the story will do next.
I'm sure you have all heard of Jay-z's new RocNation artist, J. Cole. His new song off his mixtape, The Warm Up, "Lights Please" is an amazing track I heard at the end of June. My new fav track comes off the mixtape is "Dreams", my brother put me on to this track a few days ago, and I've played it like 1,000 times since I heard it. His concepts are amazing, I'd compare them to that of the Pharcyde or to Souls of Mischief. East meets West. He's done it again on the same mixtape. Check it out.
Prophit is also another artist on the come up straight from Queens, making big noise. His mixtape "Cause When you Stop Dreaming its Time to Die" features a list of tracks with amazing concepts, such as, "Baroness", and newer songs, not on the mixtape such as, "Pain is Love" & "Devil wears Prada" (Proph x Alex Goose) which all have great concepts. His understanding of the women along with his ablity to analyze a sitation and tell it for what it is, is amazing. Def an artists to check out.
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-Nicki Nahmeanez
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