Sparrow
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over the past 5 years it seems like hip hop has become more about the artists street credibility than how good their music is. Hyperviolence is way overglorified and to me not balanced with any spirituality. Maybe it's a part of the new generation of unrepetent materialism at all costs selfishness, I dunno.
Back to topic, in other words who has more credibility as artists apparently is coming from having the best credibility as criminals. So dudes are doing everything in their power to show the world how dirty and hard they are on youtube/myspace etc. even goin over the top with the silly videos. It's almost as if you don't do dirt or run on youtube showing off and talking about hurtin some other cat on youtube or showing off your guns and how much dope you sold or showin which blocks you run that no one wants to know about what you got to say as an artist. So for it has created an era of youtube artists that spend more time beefin than actually rappin, and some of them cant even rap but are given a pass because of their street cred.
Has street cred become more important than skills. Has being a "gangsta" become a liscence to have a rap career.
I will admit I did dirt as a shorty, but that was ages ago, so I cant rap about dirt. I don't do dirt. I have a couple opf guns, butthey legal and they stay in the crib to protect my crib because I have two daughters. I still smoke drink and get out and party a bit, but I don't bang, I try to stay on the humble, and even though I have homeboys that are still wild and out there, I for the most part do not get mixed up in any drama.
Yet more and more I am startin to feel like putting my new album will be a waste of time.
Yeah I spit about partyin, smokin, drinkin, and rollin, but I also rap a little more about just average peoples life, bills, havin kids, my shorty wifey, etc. so in essence I can't really spit about killin, robbin, ridin, and doin dirt and being hard at all cuz I'm . Don't get me wrong I'm not a punk at all I'm just older, and have enough stripes from the old days I guess and if I had to protect what I loved, I'd stand up and walk tall, but i wouldn't rap about being a thug or hard because Im not a thug, and I don't ride dirty lo.
Is there a market for people like me anymore?
Is the game more about youtube videos and bossip stuff and street exploits? Is the game for a old dude like me anymore?
Back to topic, in other words who has more credibility as artists apparently is coming from having the best credibility as criminals. So dudes are doing everything in their power to show the world how dirty and hard they are on youtube/myspace etc. even goin over the top with the silly videos. It's almost as if you don't do dirt or run on youtube showing off and talking about hurtin some other cat on youtube or showing off your guns and how much dope you sold or showin which blocks you run that no one wants to know about what you got to say as an artist. So for it has created an era of youtube artists that spend more time beefin than actually rappin, and some of them cant even rap but are given a pass because of their street cred.
Has street cred become more important than skills. Has being a "gangsta" become a liscence to have a rap career.
I will admit I did dirt as a shorty, but that was ages ago, so I cant rap about dirt. I don't do dirt. I have a couple opf guns, butthey legal and they stay in the crib to protect my crib because I have two daughters. I still smoke drink and get out and party a bit, but I don't bang, I try to stay on the humble, and even though I have homeboys that are still wild and out there, I for the most part do not get mixed up in any drama.
Yet more and more I am startin to feel like putting my new album will be a waste of time.
Yeah I spit about partyin, smokin, drinkin, and rollin, but I also rap a little more about just average peoples life, bills, havin kids, my shorty wifey, etc. so in essence I can't really spit about killin, robbin, ridin, and doin dirt and being hard at all cuz I'm . Don't get me wrong I'm not a punk at all I'm just older, and have enough stripes from the old days I guess and if I had to protect what I loved, I'd stand up and walk tall, but i wouldn't rap about being a thug or hard because Im not a thug, and I don't ride dirty lo.
Is there a market for people like me anymore?
Is the game more about youtube videos and bossip stuff and street exploits? Is the game for a old dude like me anymore?
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