OfficialLogic
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I should clarify, I don't mean the artists who haven't blown up yet or are simply dudes putting out music for creativity's sake.
I mean the niggas who get REAL preachy about it and overstate their importance in the hip-hop game.
I say this after getting into a 'discussion' with a Hopsin fan who seems to think he's the 2nd Coming of Pac or something.
To me, I hate when underground rappers say they'll never sign to a major in the fear that their creative input will be ruined. Because the majority of underground rappers that say that are just using it as a copout for being afraid to enter the mainstream. Normally, I wouldn't care, but these are the same type of niggas that try to put out some sort of message and try to act like hip-hop's savior.
And we all know those types of rappers. They rap over uninspired, 90s throwaway beats, preach all about some 'real hip-hop' while sounding like every other underground artist in the world and expect to make some change in the game. Except, they ALL seem to miss a vital point: if you expect to change the game, you have to be a participant. You have to have APPEAL. People will only listen to you if you can manage to grab their attention. Nobody wants to listen to some dusty ass nigga from the Bronx rap over a generic boom bap instrumental with his bland ass try-hard Rakim/Nas vocals.
Kendrick played the game perfectly. He has enough mainstream appeal for people to listen, but he also has a message and he doesn't convey it in a way where he's forcing his audience to agree with him. That's what separates him from the Hopsins of the rap game.
This nigga Hopsin will rap over the same four or five instrumentals every song, and is too close-minded to rap over anything BUT those beats. He'll go off about being hip-hop's savior and trying to promote positive change, but he's not willing to make the sacrifice to make sure his message is actually felt. Furthermore, the positive 'change' he preaches about is really just insulting anybody who MIGHT have given his music a chance. He doesn't understand that the king of the rap game is ultimately the one who sets the rules and examples for others to follow. And to be king, you need more than mediocre beats and technical ability. You need to be charismatic and likable. You need to be in the arena, not on the outskirts hoping that somebody's eyes wander off the battle long enough to notice you.
I'm sick of these underground artists sitting exactly on those outskirts, with all these entitlement issues, bitching about how the mainstream only likes 'trash' artists, when really the only thing separating you and those trash artists is that they make music that people actually wanna hear and they aren't passive-aggressive douchebags.
I mean the niggas who get REAL preachy about it and overstate their importance in the hip-hop game.
I say this after getting into a 'discussion' with a Hopsin fan who seems to think he's the 2nd Coming of Pac or something.
To me, I hate when underground rappers say they'll never sign to a major in the fear that their creative input will be ruined. Because the majority of underground rappers that say that are just using it as a copout for being afraid to enter the mainstream. Normally, I wouldn't care, but these are the same type of niggas that try to put out some sort of message and try to act like hip-hop's savior.
And we all know those types of rappers. They rap over uninspired, 90s throwaway beats, preach all about some 'real hip-hop' while sounding like every other underground artist in the world and expect to make some change in the game. Except, they ALL seem to miss a vital point: if you expect to change the game, you have to be a participant. You have to have APPEAL. People will only listen to you if you can manage to grab their attention. Nobody wants to listen to some dusty ass nigga from the Bronx rap over a generic boom bap instrumental with his bland ass try-hard Rakim/Nas vocals.
Kendrick played the game perfectly. He has enough mainstream appeal for people to listen, but he also has a message and he doesn't convey it in a way where he's forcing his audience to agree with him. That's what separates him from the Hopsins of the rap game.
This nigga Hopsin will rap over the same four or five instrumentals every song, and is too close-minded to rap over anything BUT those beats. He'll go off about being hip-hop's savior and trying to promote positive change, but he's not willing to make the sacrifice to make sure his message is actually felt. Furthermore, the positive 'change' he preaches about is really just insulting anybody who MIGHT have given his music a chance. He doesn't understand that the king of the rap game is ultimately the one who sets the rules and examples for others to follow. And to be king, you need more than mediocre beats and technical ability. You need to be charismatic and likable. You need to be in the arena, not on the outskirts hoping that somebody's eyes wander off the battle long enough to notice you.
I'm sick of these underground artists sitting exactly on those outskirts, with all these entitlement issues, bitching about how the mainstream only likes 'trash' artists, when really the only thing separating you and those trash artists is that they make music that people actually wanna hear and they aren't passive-aggressive douchebags.
