What grade does hip-hop deserve right now?

[danikerhino]

Give hip-hop a letter grade and point out the positives and negatives. Also leave a closing statement.

What I like:
+Production is great right now, its always evolving and plus producers are mixing other music genres in their beat (rock, pop, symphony, etc.).
+Cls-›bangers.
+Variety, lots of different styles these days whether you favor substance, punch-lines, charisma, etc.
+I like the whole super-collabos in one song (props to Khaled).

What I don't like:
-Too many club-bangers.
-Too many main-stream rappers ignore creativity and let beats do the work for them.
-50 cent, has no kind of respect for any rapper (dude's career is built upon a publicity stunt).
-Too many followers, not enough leaders.
-Too many rappers claiming to be a trap-star, who gives a !#%%, you don't have to be a trap-star to be hood.
-Rappers picking a %#*%$$* dance over substance or at least punch-lines.
-Ban the lines "Do the right thing like Spike Lee" or "I'm the best since 2pac/Biggie died".

I'm sure I have more faults I just can't thing of right now but I give hip-hop a D. It's not dead to me, but you have to look harder to find itsvital signs (I mean good rappers).

 

[kaigen nova]

F.

Rap is soooo boring right now. Nothin has made me go "WoW" since the Black Album came out.

Rock on the other hand something happens every week.

 

[damnneardeadstock]

i would give it a C... too much garbage to sift through but if ya do your homework you can find the real%!+% that makes you love the genre again.

 

[x Buddha Bless x]

C-/D Too much garbage there was a time where the quality overflowed to the surface constantly to the point Id be unintentionally ignoring a lot of issh. I missthose days

 

[illscan]

I guess C- only for the few underground records that have dropped. They have been up to par, but mainstream hip hop is at an all time low. But honestly, I justwanted to figure out how to post, spell check & all that on the new board.

I forgot my ezboard password & question/answer, so I had to start a new profile. R.I.P bscan

 

[i love af1]

D/F cause of all the wack @!$! out there

 

[jimmyluv2002]

I got it a D, lucky AG came out or it would have been a F

 

[benfranklinave]

The South deserves a F

The rest of hip-hop a low C

 

[eddiehouse5]

^ i agree.

the cool (hopefully), getback, and american gangster have saved this year.

 

[fenixconnexion]

C-D, and soulja boy gets an F

when wu-tang drops 8 diagrams, rap might get a B

 

[eddiehouse5]

man, i forgot about 8 diagrams. this year really hasnt been that bad, all the good stuff just keeps coming out at the end of the year.

 

[buddha jape]

D

 

[we get money]

C-
Below average but we've actually been getting decent music lately

 

[the sauna]

C .. Average.. or maybe a bit below average these days..

 

[mr quiet money]

D

 

[carlosdapaperboy]

D. Mostly because of the wackness perpetuated by Soulja Boy, Hurricane Chris, etc....

 

[greatone632]

D

 

[b smooth 202]

D

 

[houser34]

C

 

[airlbj]

D, with the exception of a few rappers

 

[blackcease]

F-


Alot of these new dudes comin out embody everything I hate in the world. And actually I can't hate on dudes like Soulja Boy, Hurricane Chris, because atleast they're being real. Their *%%! is still kinda wack but at least they're being all the way real. All the escobars and superthugs are the biggerproblem to me. And DJ Khaled. I can't stand that goofball.

 

[wearinthefourfive]

I'll give it a 73%. There is still hip/hop under all of the Hurricane Chris.

 

[cabron james 23]

c-

 

[chozin87]

I'd give hip hop and A +. I don't listen to a lot of what's out there, but all of that is ungraded material at this point. I like Graduation,American Gangster, Finding Forever, Mood Muzik 3( hopefully soon), B.A.R.S., PE#1, 1 of every 40 Wayne verses, and a lot of the music in the last couple years.Theres a lot I hate, I hear it in the club or when I'm around ppl who listen to wack juice. At those timesI zone out and make sure I have music on me tofix my ears

 

[theo6kid]

71% Barely passing. The grade can still be saved in the fourth quarter. Hip Hop reflects my life right now, repetitive boring, but with a few shimmers, when Ikeep it real I can "thug my way through"(Finish that line)