Level 1

is hip hop dead, well to me it is,/ it used to be for real afficionados,/ now its turned into a parody of its former self,/ shit s got me pissed,/ not to enough to lose sleep over,/ what the fuck happened to the competition,/ it seems mcs is all cuddled up,/ eating marshmallows at a jay z sleepover,/damn what the hell happened jigga/you use to be one of the best/you hung in there,/ but i guess/ you got affected by clocking them large figures/ cant blame you though, although i cant relate/then again../ its the consumers that will seal hip hops ultimate fate../

soulcrew

word word word im feelin every line brother, however hip hop ent dead, u jus not lookin, look at my recent reply on what you listenin to at the moment started of by black ice man, i dropped some real hip hop artists on there bro, hook ureself wit some real music, n drop me a shoutout if u wanna kno some more artists peace

Level 1

thnkz soulcrew, i'll peep that..

__________________

"cuz im an ill track matador, verbal war ambassador, sadistic, cannibalistic mc, assasinate more than your character if you ever try to test me"

Wolverine

level i got where your going with that. but
1st- the paragraph scheme was played out in 02
2nd- it doesnt rhyme or have any flow for that matter

but i saw where your going keep spitting kid

and for the sake of it being a cypha...

hip-hop dead? nah,
it belongs to the head bobbers and thongs
rocking their hips as they "zoom" along
it is held by those that shake their tail
in an ad-lib filled cell...unable to make its bail

Level 1

hip hop aint dead, shit u might be right
just got blinded by mtv cribs, big whips & bright lights
just like in bball, everybody wanted to be like mike
but in hip hop, everybody wanna be like shawn,
carter & combs, how bout tryng to be like raekwon
fuck that, how bout trying to be like yourself
cuz bighting back in the days
could have been detrimental to your health
like ghost & rae, explained on the classic purple tape
sharks & corporations is licking the envelope
tryng to seal our fate
everybody got their own kicks,clothing lines & crap
everybodys sounds the same,cant rep & put their city
on the map,whats the haps
you know have of deez wannabes,aint never cust a cap
& they front on camera,but cant roll,where the husslers at
shit got me frustrated,got me wanting to dust the gat
go up in wack award shows,columbine style & dust these cats...

__________________

"cuz im an ill track matador, verbal war ambassador, sadistic, cannibalistic mc, assasinate more than your character if you ever try to test me"

maxtr0n.

Hiphop's not dead we're standing on the shoulders on giants,
elevated to this higher place, droppin boulders on tyrants,
trying to overcome opression, through our agression, not violence,
trying to shed a little light on this depression and silence,
hiphops the lesson, our cultures protection, defiance,
its a blessing and im guessing uve forgoten that, amongst the rotten rap, theres a million mc's payin homage to those forgotten cats,
that from the bottom rap, untill their careers coffins snap.

So u gota see that when u say hiphops dead i find it demeaning,
that u could stand there and tell me that my cultures lost its meaning,
u see aint nothin new about the hussle and scheming, but we still out here, flexin our vocal muscles and screamin to bring an end to this season,
of cold, and finding a meaninng, to mould, ourselves into these revolutionary wariors that our forfathers fortold.

Level 1

WHY DID NAS CAUSE SUCH CONTROVERSY
WHEN HE ASKED IF THE ARTFORM WAS DEAD
WHY DID THE WU, START CRUMBLING AFTER METH
STARTED HANGIN W RED
WHY IS IT TAKING DRE 1000 YEARS TO DROP DETOX
WHY HAS IT BEEN LIKE 100 YEARS SINCE I HEARD A TRACK
FROM D DOT
WHY DID IT TAKE JIGGA,50 & WAYNE TO BRING BACK REEBOKS
WHY CANT BUSTA MAKE HIS ALBUMS AS HOT AS CAMEOS
WHY CANT LATE NIGHT TELEVISION REP HIP HOP LIKE ARSENIO
WHY DO ALL THE UGLY RAPPERS FRONT LIKE THEIR PIMPS
IN ALL THEIR FREAKIN VIDEOS
WHY DO A LOT RAPPERS BLAME THE INTERNET 4 DECLINING SALES
WHY DID KIM, START LOOKING LIKE MONIQUE, AFTER SHE GOT OUT OF JAIL
WHY DOES THE GAME TALK SO MUCH SHIT
WHY DOESNT HE JUST MOVE ON, & GET OFF DRES DICK
WHY DOES PHARELL GET ALL THE SHINE & FORGET ABOUT
THE CHINESE DUDE
WHY DOES KHIA ACT SEXY?WHEN HER ASS & CRACK PROBABLY SMELL
LIKE ROTTEN CHINESE FOOD
WHY CANT MORE RAPPERS BE AS CREATIVE AS LUDA & MISSY
WHY DID I KNOW :JAEKWONS"ONLY HIT WAS GOING TO BE TIPSY
WHY DO THE LOX ACT RUFF, WHEN BACK IN THE DAY, THEY WANTED TO BE JIGGY
WHY DOESNT SOMEBODY PUNCH THE SHIT OUT OF GUERILLA
4 TRYNG TO SOUND EXACTLY LIKE BIGGIE
WHY DID JANET, FUCK UP HER CREDIBILITY, SHOWING OFF HER RIGHT
TITTEE
WHY DONT MORE NY RAPPERS CONSOLIDATE,& STOP TRYING TO
BE THE KING OF THE CITY
WHY DOES SNOOP KEEP GETTING IN TROUBLE WEEK AFTER WEEK
WHY CANT MORE WEST COAST ARTIST MAKE A HIT
WITHOUT DRE ON THE BEAT
WHY DOES SUGE TO THIS DAY, HAVE PEOPLE HIDING IN FEAr
why or should i say how? is cube dope after all these years

why dont alot rappers just shut up & sto p bitchin
why do they spit hood tales & drop names, not knowing they dry
snitchin
why did it take the hyphy movement to get 40 water sum
recognition
why did nelly dis krs, when he he knew he was no competition
why dont talib.mos & black thought get the love they deserve
why dont more rappers forget sbout the beat & concentrate
on their words
why cant memphis bleek , be as half as dope as jay
why did a tribe called quest decide to go their seperate ways
why are bboys going to hate cuz i borrowed jadas song
why do you ask if hip hops dead, when you knew all along..


just wanted to keep the thread going, decided to put a spin on jadas hit, either you feel me or you dont, just having fun wit it peace!

__________________

"cuz im an ill track matador, verbal war ambassador, sadistic, cannibalistic mc, assasinate more than your character if you ever try to test me"

Depske

hip hop aint dead as much as so many try'na kill it..
hip hop is from the head and soul,many men try'na spill it..
from these places,for expression, not all bout bling like they say..
so many weak emcees,on t.v,seem to be,dressing and actin liek they gay..
but hey hey,these emcees never have a long hay day..
always crash and burn,yellin out to dre say'n,mayday,MAYDAY!!..
hip hops a culture,a community,im just here stayin true not to u but me..
in truth we be,actually gettin a little more recognition,for the genre..
but it does make one wonder,it might be dien there,but its thriven down under...

wordness !!!.. just key'n random thoughts on the subject.. peace..

__________________
*Revenge*Of*The*Cyph*

JayBaltimore

is it dead? hip hop is what you make of it
so yeah, cause the commercial hook lines are faken it
hip hop is in my fuckin heart, so their for
it lives within untill the dim of my souls core
mainstream rap is dead except for a few of you
but put you underground, you know what they do to you?
we need more nigga's that respect the art of it
instead of rhyming words about guns and sparkin it
so remember what came out my mouth and what was said
and remember what i'm talkin bout, when you ask is hip-hop is dead

__________________

Sination

Word....................hiphop aint dead to me until Im fucking dead!~
I do it cuz I love it and it helps me make my way thru this life, fuck the fame and flash you can keep that shit, the best is just knowing you can out rap alot of those wackass MFers!

Level 1

stiil true to this day

__________________

"cuz im an ill track matador, verbal war ambassador, sadistic, cannibalistic mc, assasinate more than your character if you ever try to test me"

Akronim

No doubt hip hop has changed...i feel todays hip hop is dead. its no longer about urbanism, struggle, a voice but about money, ice, marketing etc. whenever big businesses & corporate America steps in to get their hand on a piece of the action..everything changes. Its all bout money now.

However i still listen to old skool hip hop so as far as that goes the cultural aspect and whats in ya soul will never die.

It's all relative ..the way i see it.

__________________
They say before you die life flashes before your eyez..I wanna make mine worth watching-Akronim

oosh

i think we all agree that hip hop aint dead it just took a breather
cuz it sick of all these rappers claimin to run with a heater
niggas used to rap jus so they could try to get out of the hood
now niggas tryna rap just to throw credibility into the hood
back in the day when beef used to be real and niggas got shot
now beef is like watchin two lil high school bitches arguin who's hot
i swear some niggas take comments so far up the ass they gotta be gay
jus proves my point when they bitch and whine then turn around suck a dick jus to get paid

my problem wit the 'hip hop' community these days is that the 'artists' are all now saying the same shit...where the fuck the indvidualism go?

MAD-VISION

used to be in hip hop you could sample all the different flavors, now theres just one glob, I used to vibe on Wu and B.I.G. then listen to some west coast shit, and even when the south hit the scene it added diversity but now you got east coast rappers on some westcoast shit and some westcoast shit soundin like some south shit, its all fucked up, hip hop as we knew it is dead until people start doin the shit for the art again and people support them with buying that real shit.

__________________
LOOT IS MY #1 FAN

oktayne

rest in peace to the many deceased
maintain to increase the peace
what is peace if all you know is problems
and your career is invented from starting
and when shit backfires, your in the hole
and you felt fired, before you even reach yo goal
now tell me do you even sound like a failure
cuz what you do don't even sound stellar
in the seller, drinking my scotch on the rocks
and thinking how I'ma get a spot in hiphop

JayBaltimore

a...a...hip hop baby you can't stop,
i'm promotin' it till the day i drop,
hook singers in and out like a coin-op,
chop and screwed cause they can't rock,
ock, my words are growing hip hop like a tear drop,
still hot, got more notebooks then a book shop,
to the top, reversing roles like a porno wife swap,
pop n' lock beat with a flow like classic Aesop...

__________________

eRek

HiP HoP 4 ever ever.. 4 ever ever..
4 ever ever..
Stop supporting the flip flops
ice, rims, n all them rocks.

__________________
{.MasTeR RoCK.}
/Penny candy poisonous rappers, best to chill or get your head gashed
Lemonhead, sour Pez kids, best to grab
a Life Savor, I'll Jawbreak ya, Boston Bake ya
Then plant my sunflower seed on every square acre/
RZA

GrIme E

Ill hip hop naked in the rain in gym-socks
Pit stop in the hood, gun store , liqure store, and rim shop
Flawless words make chins drop
Crowds, I draw in heards, like Kid-Rock
Im to sick to stop it
you'd think I skate board the way I flip words, hop hip

....

BigManZo

thats ill man,

BigManZo

is hiphop alive when its ran by solja boy
i kip going back like McBoy and Flo-rida the hit boy
Nappy boy and produca rapper auto-tune singer
Kanye Tandrum crying for awards he's so bitter
bow wow and and other kids like Romeo in NBA sneakers
whiteboy return to diss a bitch married by Cannon
what ever happened to the love of cyphers
i dont mean 6min remix of make it rain old men throwing cash
niggas kissing ass young Buck behind 50s pants
Jay put a ring on it wasnt he forever mackin'?
oh he was just rapping?? Nas getting under the dude that disses his wife
he aint make it right, look how nigga was too dark in the light
a failure in commercial, chris Brown owned that track
whats with the catchy chorus? i want word murderous
inspirational where did Guru and KRS vanish to
Missy lost weight and lost her touch
what with tits and looks? u still ugly as fuck
Baba Sparks country boy used t spit fire and Jay retired??
what about Dre? or should we talk about Scott stoch instead??
this niggas is getting money look at the jewel they hire
i'ma run up to Paul Wall and auction his mouth entire
Lil wayne is lil kissing men is is he really hard
not when looking at Bird's butt but is he the greatest of time
where Rakim at after quiting the Doc
Snoop the gansta i saw him cry remarrying baby mom
HOW THE FUCKK CAN U ASK IF HIP HOP IS DEAD WHEN CYPHERS STILL GO ON

Burt Blaze

Hip Hop aint dead she just been off of the block
Came back around, nappy headed high off of the rock
Fell in with some real bad seeds that tell her stories
Sellin dreams about limosuines no more sippin 40's
Blowin execs to get air time on MTV but sadly
The only awards meaning anything are the mother fuckin grammies
And rappers gotta sing to get they hands on one of those
Now compete with Lady Gaga & The Jonas Bro's
We start auto tunin and at first it was fresh
But now there rap albums with no rappin Kanye West
And rappers actin an ass at awards shows Kanye West
And rappers bitch fitting when they lose KANYE WEST
Hip hop aint dead but the things we seein lately is evidence
That she's in a coma we needs a new wave to set the precedent
Need a relevant roster not these elegant imposters
OH I'M A DRUG DEALIN G no you a corrections officer
We need a smelling salt or get slapped til we awake
We need Lil' Waynes albums to sound more like his mixtapes
We need the content in verses to be as appealing as the hooks
We need to stop fillin herses and start reading books
The mainstream labels only care about the bottom line
Can you sing an sell tee shirts? NO? Next in line
And even the hip hop labels answer to the real execs
Not Timberland, but the guy signing his checks
The puppet masters pullin the strings and controlling the flow
Think talent is enough, where the fuck did twista go
Got replaced by Soulja Boi and Waka Flocka Flame
What the fuck kind of name is Waka Flocka Flame?
Its saddening to see her in such a brutal state
Like she was out late, got mugged beaten down and raped
Now she's lying there on Method Man's iron lung
But no way, I dont think her time has come
I think she just need some one to shed light on brighter days
Hip Hop's savior and his name is Burt Blaze

haha...nice

Burt Blaze

hip hop isn't dead...this f'n site is dead

__________________

Level 1

u right!

__________________

"cuz im an ill track matador, verbal war ambassador, sadistic, cannibalistic mc, assasinate more than your character if you ever try to test me"

Burt Blaze

Its backwards as trying to be stealth in flip flops
When ya start talkin about the death of hip hop

__________________

Urban Eskimo

^^That sounds like a Calfskin rhyme lol, hip hop/flip flop is his all time favorite multi...he's used it over a hundred times on this site alone.


KOS

__________________
Real Eyes Realize Real Lies

Burt Blaze

but the stealth/death and the meta in there "backwards as trying to be stealth in flip flops" you ever try to walk quietly in flip flops??? lol, plus I think I used them, was not played at all. haha, its whatever.

__________________

Urban Eskimo

I was only refering to the rhyme, not the content.


KOS

__________________
Real Eyes Realize Real Lies

Burt Blaze

its all good

__________________

Level 1

Missy lost weight and lost her touch
what with tits and looks? u still ugly as fuck
[aint that the truth]

__________________

"cuz im an ill track matador, verbal war ambassador, sadistic, cannibalistic mc, assasinate more than your character if you ever try to test me"

Burt Blaze

I seen her horse teeth soon as she start mouthin off
She look ok in a garbage bag, in jeans she make my dick go soft

__________________