Show Wheres Where's the beat Jacob Campus Reporter Throughout the rap was dominant and posed new groundings for freedom of expression especially to the African- African American culture which until then laid somewhat frail from inner-city inner injustices And politically from the lyrical precision of Nas to the authentic imagery of the Wu-Tang Wu Clan and many other artists that fluctuate on the spectrum they've had significant power in getting there philosophies and ideologies out to the media and even so soto soto soto to influencing public polices dealing with youth education and discrimination The was a movement and without the help of hip- hip hop it probably wouldn't be called one All well and good goodin in the past but now i i- what has happened to the progression of such genuine flow of consciousness Ill I'll tell you the brainless fictive repetitive concepts of money sex and egotism that plague TV stations like MTV and BET with artist like Boy Flo Rida and others who have just lost the hip hop perspective are what have taken over and replaced the true culture of visionaries into a dull state of self indulgence Nass Nas's 2006 album Hip Hop Is Dead basically emphasizes hip hops hop's dying vitality in America and although although- many debate this topic on its potential it seems obvious now that hip hop has significantly lost its momentum compare to the prime Why is this I can only conjure that with the temptations of money and all the selfish things thing that come with it its seems only arbitrary to think about abou originality in a world of mediocrity Of course by me ranting on it doesn't mean there arent aren't any artist that stay true to the foundations of rap as an art form like Atmosphere or Little Brother or even Immortal Technique whom on a very small list that are mostly subjected to the underground because the mainstream mainstream media either disapproves or disregards And although Im I'm not chanting g up new issues I feel that its sad to see the poetry of our generation abandoned at its roots with obscene lyrics and obscene clarity But Bu maybe as the great Jazz era faded away into seeps in the cracks of the new pavement that maybe Rap Hip Hop whatever you call it will willand and like times always is things die and ana things live I t l' l J 1 |