HIP HOP IS DEAD..PT.1

THE CURRENT STATE OF HIP HOP DEPRESSES ME MORE AND MORE ALMOST DAILY...THE GOOD OLD DAYS OF GOOD MUSIC (#NOKANYE) ARE A DISTANT MEMORY. I REMEMBER YEARS AGO MUSIC WAS GOOD TO THE POINT I WAS IN THE LOCAL MIXTAPE SPOT LITERALLY DAILY TRYNA GET THE NEWEST EXCLUSIVES, WAITING FOR THE DJ'S TO COME AND DROP OFF THE NEW SHIT....NOWADAYS MOST OF THE SHIT THAT'S OUT ISN'T EVEN WORTH A DOWNLOAD, THANK GOD FOR THE LISTEN NOW/PREVIEW FEATURE. THERE ARE SOOOO FEW ARTISTS WORTH LISTENING TO I FIND MYSELF STRAYING FURTHER AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE GENRE. I COULD NEVER SAY I WOULD LEAVE IT ALONE COMPLETELY BUT I DEFINITELY DO FIND MYSELF TAKING BREAKS FROM IT NOW A LOT MORE. I GUESS A BIG PART OF IT IS DUE TO THESE NEW ARTISTS THAT ARE BEING ALLOWED IN AND MARKETED AS THE NEXT BIG THING WHEN THEY AREN'T WORTH THE PAPER THEIR CONTRACTS ARE DRAWN UP ON. THERE ARE A LOT OF NEW ARTISTS THAT DO DESERVE A FAIR SHOT BUT ITS ABOUT WHO YOU KNOW NOT HOW GOOD YOU ACTUALLY ARE THESE DAYS. AS A RESULT WE ALL HAVE THE DUDE(S) FROM AROUND THE WAY THAT SHOULD BE ON, SHOULD BE HEARD BUT AREN'T AND IN MANY CASES NEVER WILL BE, SAD BUT TRUE. I CAN'T PUT THE BLAME ON A PARTICULAR REGION, AREA, HOWEVER YOU PREFER TO SAY IT....IT'S JUST AS A WHOLE I THINK, LACK OF CREATIVITY, ORIGINALITY AND MOST OF ALL TALENT....I GUESS BEING AS I'M A 80'S BABY AND WENT THROUGH WHAT MOST OF US CONSIDER THE GREATEST ERA OF RAP TO SEE IT WHERE ITS AT NOW IS A BIG PART OF THE DISDAIN AND DISGUST. I THINK THE DJ PLAYS A BIG PART IN IT, IF THEY DON'T PLAY IT DOESN'T GET HEARD IN GENERAL BUT THEY KEEP PLAYING IT WHILE THEY CLAIM TO HATE A LOT OF THE RECORDS BUT POLITICS AS USUAL, THEY GET THAT MONEY, THEY PLAYING THE RECORD.....ANOTHER THING IS THAT IT SEEMS ARTISTS NOW INSTEAD OF MAKING THEIR OWN LANE ARE CHOOSING TO PICK A LANE THAT OTHERS HAVE ALREADY CREATED AND JUST FOLLOW SUIT...THE MORE THAT HAPPENS, THE MORE MONOTONOUS THE MUSIC BECOMES AND THE MORE HIP HOP CRUMBLES.....REMEMBER THE OLD ROC MIXTAPES, DIPSET MIXTAPES, G-UNIT MIXTAPES (JUST A COUPLE EXAMPLES) THEY ALL HAD THEIR OWN LANES RESPECTIVELY, AND THEIR OWN SOUND....NOWADAYS ITS FOLLOW THE LEADER...THIS IS JUST THE FIRST OF MORE RANTS TO COME ON THE TOPIC