FIRST OFF HIP-HOP DOESN'T SUCK.....ROCK AND COUNTRY SUCK......

HIP-HOP HAS BEEN AROUND FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS NOW AND LIKE SOME PEOPLE HAVE SAID OVER THE YEARS IT HAS BEEN HIT OR MISS AND FOR THE LAST 10-15 YEARS IT HAS BEEN MAINLY ABOUT MONEY, CARS, AND HOES. BUT THAT IS ONLY A PORTION OF HIP-HOP THATS NOT EVERYBODY. THERE ARE A LOT OF ARTIST OUT THERE THAT CAN TALK ABOUT MONEY ON ONE RECORD AND HURRICANE KATRINA ON THE NEXT, THATS JUST THE WAY IT IS. BUT THE RADIO REALLY ONLY PLAYS WHAT THE PEOPLE WANNA HEAR. YOU HAVE ARTIST LIKE JAY-Z, NAS, KANYE, LIL WAYNE, COMMON, TALIB KWELI, T.I. AND DAVID BANNER. BUT IF YOU LISTEN TO THEIR CD'S YOU'LL HEAR RADIO FRIENDLY SONGS AND SONG ABOUT WHATS GOING ON IN THEIR NEIGHBOR HOODS AND AROUND THE WORLD. MOST RAPPERS RAP ABOUT WHAT THEY SEE IN THEIR HOODS, WHICH IS DRUG DEALERS, MONEY, PEOPLE DYING, HOES AND CARS......

EVERY FEW YEARS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF RAPPER ARISES, NOT EVERYBODY WANTS TO WRITE SONGS ABOUT WAR, POLITICS OR THE SAD SIDE OF LIFE, SOME GUYS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN. EVEN IN THE 80'S YOU HAD GUYS LIKE GRANDMASTERFLASH WITH "THE MESSEGE", BUT YOU ALSO HAD LL COOL J WITH "ROUND THE WAY GIRL". IN THE 90'S YOU HAD PUBLIC ENEMY AND NWA BUT YOU ALSO HAD HUMPTY HUMP AND 2 LIVE CREW. AND NOWADAYS YOU GOT LUPE FIASCO AND COMMON BUT ON THE FLIPSIDE YOU GOT SOULJA BOY AND T-PAIN. EVERY REGION HAS DIFFERENT TYPES OF RAPPERS AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF STYLES. NOW I COULD GO THROUGH AND NAME OFF PEOPLE BUT I'M NOT GONNA DO THAT BECAUSE I'M SURE EVERYONE GETS WHAT I MEAN......

NOW I'M NOT SAYIN ALL RAP MUSIC IS GREAT BUT ITS ALSO NOT ALL BAD...I'LL BE 27 THIS YEAR AND I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO HIP-HOP FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS. I'VE LISTENED TO ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF HIP-HOP AND DIFFERENT ARTISTS. FROM MC HAMMER, KRISS KROSS AND EVEN VANILLA ICE TO N.W.A, BONE THUGS N HARMONY, JAY-Z, T.I. LIL WAYNE AND KANYE WEST. I'VE HEARD SOME OF THE BEST RHYMES AND SONGS TO SOME OF THE MOST BS GARBAGE. NOW I'LL ADMIT THAT SOME OF THE STUFF THATS BEEN POPULAR FOR THE PAST 3-5 YEARS HASN'T BEEN GREAT HIP-HOP AND ISN'T VERY LYRICAL AT ALL. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS, IT'S FUN AND WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT THATS WHAT HIP-HOP AND MUSIC IN GENERAL COMES DOWN TO IS HAING FUN. I CAN LISTEN TO COMMON AND KANYE ALL DAY BUT SOMETIMES I JUST WANNA GO OUT AND HAVE FUN AND DANCE. AND THATS WHERE GUYS LIKE SOULJA BOY, V.I.C., HURRICANE CHRIS AND T-PAIN COME IN. EVEN SOME SONGS FROM LIL WAYNE, JAY-Z, T.I. BUSTA AND KANYE ARE MADE SO YOU CAN JUST KICK BACK AND HAVE FUN. EVEN R&B ARTIST LIKE CHRIS BROWN, USHER AND NE-YO MAKE MUSIC FOR THE CLUBS SO YOU CAN GO OUT AND HAVE A GOOD TIME. THERE IS A TIME AND PLACE FOR SERIOUS LYRICAL HIP-HOP, FOR GANGSTER RAP AND EVEN FEEL GOOD DANCE MUSIC............

ALSO AS FAR AS THE MUSICAL SIDE OF HIP-HOP, ITS TRUE MOST ARTIST DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT INSTRUMENTS ESPECIALLY THE YOUNG ONES. BUT MOST OF THE PRODUCERS CAN PLAY MULTIPLE INSTRUMETS AND A LOT OF ARTISTS ARE STARTING TO LEARN ALSO. DON'T PUT THEM DOWN JUST BECAUSE THEY MAKE MUSIC ON COMPUTERS OR USING A DRUMPAD, THEY ARE STILL MUSICIANS. JUST ASK YOUR FAVORITE ROCK GROUP......

LIKE I SAID I BEEN DOIN THIS FOR A LONG TIME NOW, HIP-HOP IS MY LIFE ITS WHO I AM. I LOVE HIP-HOP, I WOULD BE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF PERSON IF IT WEREN'T FOR HIP-HOP. ITS FOR MY LOVE OF THE MUSIC THAT I STILL GO OUT AND BUY THE CD'S OF ARTIST THAT I TRUELY LIKE. BUT I CAN'T STAND IT WHEN PEOPLE PUT DOWN "HIP-HOP" OR "RAP" MUSIC WHEN HONESTLY THEY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT. NOW I DON'T WANNA COME OFF SOUNDING RACIST BUT I'MA GUESS THAT 90% OF THE PEOPLE THAT PUT DOWN HIP-HOP ARE WHITE PEOPLE THAT ARE ROCK FANS AND THEY REALLY DON'T CARE TO UNDERSTAND HIP-HOP AT ALL.........

NOW ITS TRUE THAT NOT ALL OF HIP-HOP IS GREAT MUSIC, BUT NEITHER IS ALL ROCK OR COUNTRY FOR THAT MATTER. MOST OF THEM ARE WHITE GUYS WHO PROBABLY ACTUALLY HAD A PRETTY GOOD LIFE BUT THEY MAKE DEPRESSING SONGS AND WEAR BLACK EYELINER AND CALL THEMSELVES "EMO". MAKING BS SONGS ABOUT SOME GIRL THAT DUMPED THEM OR HOW HARD THEIR LIVES ARE(IN THEIR MIDDLE CLASS SUBURBS) AND THAT THEY WANNA KILL THEMSLEVES. OH BOO-FREAKIN-WHOO, IF YOU REALLY WANNA KILL YOURSELF CAUSE A GIRL LEFT YOU, THEN YOU MIGHT AS WELL JUST DO IT CAUSE YOU'RE JUST A LOSER ANYWAYS......

NOW IF ANYONE GOT OFFEDED ABOUT WHAT I SAID OR I HURT SOME FEELINGS SOMEHOW.....I DON'T REALLY CARE BECAUSE THATS MY OPINION AND I DON'T GIVE A **** ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK...GET OVER YOURSELF CAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY ITS JUST MUSIC........