The Escape, The Journey: The Contemplation

(You Knew This Was Coming)

B.o.B. (Google Him)

Charles Hamilton (Google)

Asher Roth (Google)

Kyle Hubbard (Facebook)

Rotten Rhythm (MySpace)

This is, what I believe to be, the Future of Hip-Hop.

And also,

The Death of Hip-Hop.

Strong, bold, and controversial words whenever they are said.

But yeah,

I said it.

What every Hip-Hop head is waiting for is what I see will end Hip-Hop as we know it.

Why do I say that?

Simple.

One of the only reasons Hip-Hop survived within the mainstream was not because of drugs, sex, and violence.

But because of the deterioration of meaning behind the use of any of these.

You can't tell me the verses behind Sky's The Limit by Notorious B.I.G. (R.I.P., go see the movie, sneak in if you have to) and (wow, this is actually hard, partially because I stopped listening to the radio) well, every other song (let's use Soulja Boy before Crank Dat.) about going from the streets to the studio doesn't have a similar meaning.

The only difference is, what Biggie said was real. Nowadays, if you hear a song about the same thing, unless you're under the age of 14, you're prone to either consider it bull,

Or dance to it, The other reason Hip-Hop is alive today.

Because it's no longer Hip-Hop.

It's "Hip-Pop".

And what's sad is anything made by a black guy that has any sort of snare, 808, or rhyme is consider "rap" and dragged into the same category as Rap/Hip-Hop.

And what's worse,

Kids actually believe this is cool, this is it, this is real.

I swear, a couple of weeks ago I found a kid on MySpace (don't have one, just saw a link to his page), twelve, name "something, i think kid-13",

Rapping about FILA's. (Over a Soulja Boy-esque beat)

I ain't never worn FILA's but I'm sure as hell am going to do my best to avoid them now.

- Before I continue, go ahead and call me a Soulja Boy hater. But if you are, then the only probable difference between me and you is that I barely listen to the radio and you only listen to the radio. Don't believe me? Ever heard of Give Me a High Five? Yeah. I like him before the deal. More words. (And to claim bragging rights, Get Silly wasn't no recent song. It's been available for download on his soundclick since '06)

Continue -

Now I can't say what he (Kid-13 as he shall be called) is doing isn't music, because music is in the ear of the beholder.

But at the same time,

It's sad how little people give in order to get a lot.

But back to the topic at hand.

One: Hip-Hop is Not Dead,
It's dying.

Two: Hip-Hop can not be saved.
Why would you want to save it? (This question goes out to all my Hip-Hop heads, and the people who refuse to listen to Hip-Hop)

The Hip-Hop showcased now is truly messing with our youth, correction: MY youth, the youth I'M apart of, today.

Example:
I'm part of a Hip-Hop forum, and I won't even post my stuff, writtens, at all simply for the fact that it seems everyone else that is on it is on this "Hood" mentality, when in actuality,

They're the biggest group of *****ies and fake ****s I've ever seen in my life.

You know you ain't hustling, dealing, or trapping when you on the computer putting up smiley faces!!!

It's gotten to the point where my little bro jokes about "being gangsta".

And that "Yo!" "Word!" "What it do?" shit pisses me off when it's all stereotypical, trying to "talk like we talk", or simply not real at all.

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Anyway,

If Hip-Hop is to die, I think me, all those Hip-Hop haters, and all us Hip-Hop heads can agree that it should be with lyricism and realism, and that there is no better way for Hip-Hop to die besides that.

And I think that Hip-Hop will either die being hated and unaccepted as a genre anymore by this,

Or die and like a phoenix return as something new, and better.



- Welcome To The Contemplation

(I feel like I didn't get my point across. I just hope I'll be another one to contribute to this massacre.)