Hip Hop is Dead?
2009-01-09 8:37AM / 標準BLOG
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Nowadays, a lot of people say that "Hip Hop is dead". I'm sure any music lover or culture follower must have heard this many times or even said it themselves. But what does it really mean? In fact, I mentioned this topic is simply because I disagree. But, I am a fair person and I try to understand the other side of the argument first. I ask myself why would people say "Hip Hop is dead" in the first place? In my opinion, here are the types of people who, I think, are relevant to this topic, and, of course, I include my rebuttal:
1. People refer Hip Hop as Hip Hop music
With reference to the music side of Hip Hop, some people might think there aren't many new songs or artists which excite them. Fair enough. But here's the thing- since when could a music genre can be "dead"? when do you ever hear people say "yea, classical music is dead" or "duh, jazz is dying"? never! Also think more in a grand scale of things. short sighted people think old school or underground is cool purely because not very many people know or listen to that type of music.
Consider this scenario- Hip Hop music first became popular with Run DMC's Raising Hell and SugarHill's Rapper's Delight. These songs were the first "Hip Hop" tracks to top the charts. But how are chart toppers 15-20 years ago any different to current day billboard no. 1s? They would both be overplayed and "commercial" at the time, but once enough time has passed, people will start thinking it's "cool" by going back to the "old school".
Imagine 15 years from now, people will start thinking rappers like 50 cents are old school and keeping it real. Picture that... can't, right?
2. People who participate in the culture
By this, I mean DJs, MCs, B Boys, Graffitti Artists. There are a tonne of legit reasons why even those involved in the culture would even think this. Examples: DJs- "oh the music scene in Hong Kong clubs is so commercial"; MCs- "most canto rappers don't actually understand the concept of rhyming" (true by the way).
I guess to a certain extent complaints from Hip Hop-ers are true, given the circumstances. However it's missing the point. Rather than complaining about the problem with Hip Hop... why not be the solution? If you really think Hip Hop is dead because the DJs or MCs in your area suck ass, then why not be better than them and teach them how it's done? I don't think about you, but I started because I was inspired by watching pioneers of the art. People who inspire other people all have a uniqueness and a contribution to the art which is built solely from hard work. So instead of complaining about the uninspiring, why not be the inspiring?3. People who don't know anything nor do they give a shit
You win man... Hip Hop is dead.
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