hip-hop is dead? nonono. i just saw jay-z and he f*cking killed it. one of the tightest, most energetic live shows i've ever seen.
but i do agree up to a point. most mainstream hip-hop today is just horrid, all cheesy auto-tune vocals, lazy rhymes and boring beats. it's all about the decline of west coast hip-hop and the emergence of the throwaway labels from the south.
on the other hand, there's still a lot of great underground sh*t. some are drawing on electronic dance music in innovative, not derivative ways. good example:
YouTube - Common ft. Pharrell "Universal Mind Control"
YouTube - Mos Def Quiet Dog Bites Hard
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19-04-2010, 06:10 PM #1M.O.D.
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Jay-Z? I dunno, that "Hard knock life" tune really killed me off... Just stupid, novelty, gimmicky rubbish designed for the top 40 chart. Tho, to be fair, he did a track called "DOA - Death of Autotune" :lol:
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