I miss real pop rappers

[neils7147933]

When gangsta rap came out, it wasn't cool to be rapping without being angry or coming off hard...but rap's devolved to where there aren't too many credible gangstas - no one's mad anymore - it's just posturing, bragging about material possessions, claiming to be fly without actually acting like it...whatever - and it's all pop. When everything that pretends it's not pop Is pop...the pop rappers can't get signed anymore - and can't get airplay. Even the poppiest out there, guys like Black Eyed Peas, like to call themselves hip-hop and mix profanity in with their lyrics and act hard...

I, for one, miss guys like Young MC, Tone Loc, Kid 'n Play, Heavy D, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, etc.

[winkyisnasty13]

You're not alone brotha

[platinummatt!]

Angry rap is ok sometimes

[K.O]

Hip hop/rap is dead.....

[flipside]

the new "rappers" sucks. i remember an MC once said hip hop died when they called it rap.

[RAESAAD]

I hear ya......very few seem reallt real or legit to what they are saying.I personally think Jeezy and Chamillionair are the two brightest spots in Hip-Hop at the moment simply because you can tell that they have been thru the **** they Rap about......And Chams flow is sick.Jeezy is not a very good lyricist but is as raw and real as it gets now.