Another Rapper Claiming Hip-Hop is Dead: Lupe Fiasco

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Lupe has joined the list of new-booty rappers claiming that Hip-Hop is dead:

During the forum chat, the Atlantic rapper also gave his two cents on the current state of hip-hop. “I feel like hip-hop is coming to sort of a..i dare say…an end???…(no pun intended),” he explained.
”It’s not the same energy…hasn’t been for a long time…just a bunch of nothing out there…take it how u may…I hope the new vanguard proves me wrong and brings back the day of substance minus the webcam video to announce its return.” “Not ‘end’ in the since of cease to exist,” he clarified. “But more so transform into something else so expression is more meaningful…I put question marks on it because I still question my own thoughts about the feeling. But so many “what the fuck?!?!” moments have piled up so incredibly over the last few years that it begs a rethink of the trajectory of the art form.

Lupe, just so you know, you are supposed to be the new vanguard. Five years does not classify you as a vet in rap…dude. SMH

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303 Responses to “Another Rapper Claiming Hip-Hop is Dead: Lupe Fiasco”

    Roe ski Love

    First!

    ME

    At least he does sound intellegent, And he even has a point. But I am a lover of hip hop so I would hate for the artform to ended.

    c from stl

    lol @ Bossip’s comments….

    Aunt Viv

    He may not be a “vet” as you say Bossip, but Lupe does have a point.

    Hannibal

    NAS AND SOULJA BOY KILLED HIP HOP

    keysha-keysha

    If it’s dead, he killed it! SUPERSTAR!? OMG…SMH…WTF…GTHOH(Get the hell outta here!)

    Aunt Viv

    LOL @ Lupe looking like J.J. Evans 2009.

    BlackLADYDoctor

    Top of the morning bossip regulars, lurkers, and alter ego’s.

    Lupe finances a PUNK band out of the UK called Japanese Cartoon. He trying to prepare consumers for the so-called “Great American” Switch UP… Maybe get hip hoppers into PUNK music.

    Yall don’t become cutters and dope addicts ya hear?

    Hey Lupe if you and your eccentric buddies wanna do PUNK its fine with me, but please stop the m*****acre.

    WakeUPeople

    They always say that when ‘their’ career as rappers die!!! LOL

    Katherine

    No music genre can stay at the top and relevant forever..it’ll come back in a few years as something better, just like every form of music does

    Detroit

    True, inspiring, soulful, melodic, meaningful, HipHop is dead…. Bottom line……

    Just like R&B’s sound changed from the sound in the ’80’s and ’90’s…

    …rap will too. Unfortunately, I’m not feeling this change so much…but I’m sure it will evolve into something new (and hopefully, exciting).

    KevMan615

    Please he is *****ing right and I even hate to say it but I don’t get excited anymore about new releases from artist like I used to maybe becuz I got older but hey

    bored

    It’s all about a BEAT now instead of actual talent, if you dont have the right beat added to some stupid words then it dont work. Soulja Boy proved that for HIP HOP and Rihanna proved it for Pop/Rock and R&B. We are in an era of non talent coming out and being sucessful. Where as before it was the other way around. Rihanna, Soulja Boy and some others would have been laughed out of this business if we were back in the day when music was music simply just by opening your mouth and carrying a tune, harmonizing, and knowing how to put it all together, you know like something what Beyonce, Mary J., Jill Scott, and a lot of the male singers does. The names mentioned are just a few I thought of off the top of my head.. But in real the quality of the singer/rapping has been going down for awhile now because we have allowed a look and a beat to get through…

    Diana Ross, Patti LaBelle was just about the uglyest things in Music but had the baddest voices. We need to stop looking and start listening to our artist..

    elle

    I absolutely agree with him and might I also add he is very articulate. Secondly, hip hop is not dead…it died 3+ years ago at this point it is decomposed..the vultures have already flew down and have picked at its remains and not the maggots are having their way…

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    Just like I said

    LMAO @ Elle

    You hit that ***** right on the nail!!

    ***** Said

    Hip hop isnt dead, its just sleeping, heavily, in a coma like state. The problem is that hip hop lacks true stars, visionaries. People that are able to push the artform to the next level. The market is over saturated. Too many people have their opinions of what “real hip hop” is. But when you label certain styles as real, or bubble gum or pop, you limit the growth of the music and in affect kill the new growth.

    toocute

    I agree with him,it is dead,some of this garbage they rap about make no sense has no real meaning ,I just dont like it anymore,some of these songs only have good beats with words that dont mean anything.Old school rap was so much better.

    elle

    and anybody that even so much as try to cut him down and say that he is wack are clearly not true fans of hip hop and fail to have the expertise on diescting a hip hop song…

    @ keysha

    SUPERSTAR WAS A HOT ***** SONG. it had a hot beat, a great feature, and the words were according to theme and creative and most importantly made sense!

    It’s very annoying to have someone tell you that the definition of a true hip hop fan is someone who likes conscious rappers.

    Hip Hop embodies so much more than rappers reciting what they learned from books and complaining about the government, etc.

    I love Zion I, Slum Village, KO’s, Blackalicious, etc, etc, but that’s not all I love. I can appreciate all aspects of rap.

    It’s hard to get down with Soulja boy and his counterparts, but I’m not going to point fingers at someone who loves him and tell them, “they are not true hip-hop fans.” That’s ridiculous and unfair.

    What the...

    wow. I actually co-sign with bossip on that vet thing…

    i thought he said he was quitting 2 years ago?

    And for the record, hip hop is not dead. There are MANY rappers with real lyrical talent hoping to make it big.

    The market is saturated with “pop” and “pop-rappers.” The rappers that you all are looking for are just being ignored because pop music is selling, and they arent.

    Try to market Young Berg in 1995. Labels would never accept him…why? Because that kind of rap wasn’t important at the time.

    Redd Tony

    I respect his opinion, but hip hop will never die

    P.( Capo Status)

    Why yall talkin like the South Didn’t kill hip hop? lol

    Corporate America killed Hip Hop point blank. Over the last decade or so, big corporations like Viacom and Radio One had figured out that exploiting gangsterified stereotypes in rap music are its main selling points. This is the reason why every single rapper that gets any spins on the radio or on TV is a fitted baseball cap wearing self-professed drug dealer MC. Even if you are a talented rapper with a positive message, it would be damn near impossible to get your record any airplay on a national level. If you want any exposure at all you better put on some blackface and start rapping about nothing but meaningless sex, guns and cocaine. Prosperity in hip hop is also a reason for its demise. Rappers don’t make music for the love
    of the music anymore, but more for the love of money. Rappers will prostitute themselves to the white mainstream so they can live lavish lifestyles.

    elle

    I never said that to be a true hip hop fan you have to only like conscious rap that was an *****uption on your part. However I do believe the essence of hip hop whether it be conscious, party, gangster or what for, is to connect with your audience through your words and have something of value to say and again I reiterate to make sense.

    Having to say “huh what did he say” and not understanding what a song is about because the rapper has a very all over the place-out-of-focus rap style is unacceptable. Plus, lupe does not only rap about consious things, but people would know that if they bought his album and cared to take a listen and not just devote themselves to whoever a radio DJ or another popular rapper big ups.

    P.( Capo Status)

    Rap has more gimmicks than the WWE its getting that ridiculous , fa real b

    in4mustpimpette

    Not only is Hip Hop dead R&B music is gone bye-bye. What ever happened to all the r&b groups Pretty Ricky “Give me a break”.

    ***** first

    YOUTUBE “NORTH COALITION”

    N.O.R.T.H. = NO OTHERS RESPECT TRUE HIP HOP

    YOUTUBE “NORTH COALITION”

    N.O.R.T.H. = NO OTHERS RESPECT TRUE HIP HOP

    YOUTUBE “NORTH COALITION”

    N.O.R.T.H. = NO OTHERS RESPECT TRUE HIP HOP

    YOUTUBE “NORTH COALITION”

    N.O.R.T.H. = NO OTHERS RESPECT TRUE HIP HOP

    YOUTUBE “NORTH COALITION”

    N.O.R.T.H. = NO OTHERS RESPECT TRUE HIP HOP

    YOUTUBE “NORTH COALITION”

    N.O.R.T.H. = NO OTHERS RESPECT TRUE HIP HOP

    PhillyGrownYoungWoman

    it needs a change, all the talented people dont become popular/’successful’…its too negitive. as a woman, i cant really stand to watch hiphop video’s…they’re disgusting

    gunrocker

    Hip Hop isnt dead, it has evolved. as do most music, it changes with the times.

    Alloyboy

    The good rap is dead and gone. The new stuff is plain garbage. If you’re old enough to remember the early and mid 90’s you know what I’m talking about.

    gunrocker

    @in4mustpimpette

    cosign (about R&B). Now THAT is dead. Luther, Barry, Hayes, Gaye….The list of baby making musicians goes on..

    Nina Knows

    lupe is right. you simple minded folks dont understand what him and Nas are saying. Hip Hop is dead. Of couse there will always be rap music. *sigh*

    slavery is over too, but I still see *****s with chains on.

    P.( Capo Status)

    Hip Hop isnt dead, it has evolved. as do most music, it changes with the times.
    __________________________________________________________________

    Evolved into a mutant hybrid ?

    Your damn right

    gunrocker

    @ P.

    I never said it evolved into something worth listening to…

    SIDEWAYZ

    Rap has been dead for years. It was replaced by ringtones and downloads for dummies! I haven’t bought a CD in 5 years due to quality of the music. I’ll download that ***** though.

    P.( Capo Status)

    @gunrock

    True … Whats your top 5 rappers ? in your opinion

    P*****enger 57

    I can’t *****ing stand this pseduo-intelligentsia *****-faced loser.

    No one cares what you think about ANYTHING.

    The New Rap Generarion

    Everyone knows that in todays rap scene.. It’s all about how many *****es that you can *****, how much money & ice you have, how high you can get off of pills & weed & syrup, how you will shoot eveyone in sigh, how you can be in the club til 4 in the morning… No substance what so ever….

    poetess116

    We have to face the fact that the music industry is driven by the record buying public. That would be the 106&park watching demographic (i.e. 10-18yr olds who should be memorizing times tables) but I digress. Lupe’s The Cool was an excellent cd. If people even took the time to listen to lyrics anymore instead of suc*****bing to the hook driven propaganda then they would know that even in Lupe’s “main stream” Superstar there was something being said. Those of us who think that Hip-Hop as we knew it is coming to an end then put your dollars where your values are. That is what these execs understand, and as long as we are paying those who are shuckin’ & jivin’ then that is what we’re going to get.

    wtf wtf wtf

    Souljah boy didnt kill hip hop- lupe killed hip hop… *****

    John D Hater

    Hip Hop needs to become more mature instead of catering to teens.

    Veterans need to produce better music.

    The Drug game is killing Hip Hop because drug dealers can finance their talentless music!

    Look at rock bands like U2, Rolling Stones, etc. Do you think they cater to teeny boppers – NO!

    Afropunk

    *****a Punk Rock! Punk Is Dead! Afropunk is the *****! Honeychild Coleman is amazing! Get that ***** on itunes this month. Apollo Heights are OK too. They are on itunes now.

    dapro

    Hop Hip has was once the ugly or nerdy girl in high school wo didn’t get much attention but was mad cool to kick it with…..

    The she started to grow into her looks and develop a bod, then *****s started to notice her then she became to big headed and start fu*king with Hollywood and went mainstream and became commercialized

    She use to speak about trials and tribulations but still could party with the best

    Now she’s singing ring tone jingles and doing commercials so much she forgot what she use to be

    Yikes

    Hip Hop is dead!

    Mz Blaze

    First!

    dapro

    It used to be a balance in the music, for NWA there was Public Enemy

    Now it’s all the same, the art of Hip Hop has become a gimmick

    Get shot and put out records about it, falsify and glorify the street life

    excess bodyfat

    Nevermind Apollo Heights! That is complete bullocks! They are all over the place and ain’t sayin *****! Honeychild Coleman is the real diamond in the ruff of that outfit. She is like a Black Bjork or something and has mad decent DJ skills too. She is the real cutting edge ***** to search out here.

    Candid Canuck

    exactly. and hiphop aint dead. just ask Immortal technique, dead prez and madlib…. SMH

    Kimberley

    He may not be a rap vet.. But what he says is true.

    The formula: got a ho, drink this liqour, whip this whip, wear this bling, stack these stack is tired.

    I’m sick of it. No redeeming social value whatsoever.

    So get you popcorn dirty south rappers get your ringtone on and I hope you save some of those stacks because in 3 years your home will be foreclosed too.

    Not hating.. Just noticing.

    porterwayne757

    I vowed I was going to stop responding in here but I can’t help myself on this one. Hip Hop has been on it’s deathbed for quite awhile in case anyone has not noticed. Hip Hop has outlasted all of the pundits who used to say it would not last however the flat line is close. Hip Hop used to be fun, mc’s battled and above all else the thing that carried hip hops early beginning’s was the message and I am not talking about just Grandmaster Flashes either. It went from new and funny to esoteric messages and then crashed into misogyny and useless prin*****ls. You would need a computer to calculate how many artist have based their hip hop artistry on gangs, strip clubs, drug dealing and usage etc. It is true that hip hop has hit a fork in the road. Some rap artist claim they do not even listen to hip hop and the strangest thing is i believe them. Hip hop needs to a find another direction and soon before it goes the the way of the dinosaur in some ways. Hip hop will never truly die however it seems the apex has been reached.

    cripkilla582

    the south killed hip hop

    FURIOUZ STYLEZ

    THIS WILLIE LUMP-LUMP NAMED LUPE WAS TALKIN ABOUT QUITTING THE RAP GAME…

    HE GETS A GRAMMY AND WANNA LEAVE THE GAME ALONE BUT DON’T WANNA DO ***** ABOUT IT

    …WOW

    1

    The form of rap may have changed but it’s definitely the same material. The people who are not fans of rap should consider that they might just have outgrown it. I can recall countless songs that are talking about the exact same things they’re saying today. What I think is the problem is coming from the northern crowd who dislike southern rappers period. Rappers weren’t making as much money in the 90’s, so maybe that explains why they rap about bling. Anyway, stop trying to dissect the lyrics of teenagers and go watch CNN.

    Txhustla15 (Austin's Finest)

    @P.( Capo Status) – what up kin , whats your top 5 all time haha I know u going east coast

    kai

    man black ppl use to be trendsetters, but now they’re nothing but followers…everybody’s falling in line eh? But yeah The SOUTH Freakin killed hip hop and thats no damn lie! Name all the whack a$$ rappers & Where they come from…and u get the South…

    Txhustla15 (Austin's Finest)

    This would be hard since groups/individuals but out of mine

    1. Outkast
    2. Jay-Z
    3. Tribe Called Quest
    4. Notorious Big
    5. Scarface

    The cat who said before had it right it is corporate america that killed or desensitized hip hop lol not any region …does viacom or clear channel own a region – its not north or south or any part of nation for that matter. Mims is hot trash and he reps NY , and lupe is a vet hes been grinding for a minute…

    Nina Knows

    dapro

    Hop Hip has was once the ugly or nerdy girl in high school wo didn’t get much attention but was mad cool to kick it with…..

    The she started to grow into her looks and develop a bod, then *****s started to notice her then she became to big headed and start fu*king with Hollywood and went mainstream and became commercialized

    She use to speak about trials and tribulations but still could party with the best

    Now she’s singing ring tone jingles and doing commercials so much she forgot what she use to be

    ________________________________________________
    whut up Dapro!!

    damn I loved that. That was really creative and very very true.

    P.( Capo Status)

    @ TXHUSTLA

    Wat up ***** ? heres mine in no particular order b

    BIG L
    JAY-Z
    BIGGIE
    TUPAC
    NAS

    GROUPS

    BONE THUGS
    DIPSET LOL
    WU TANG
    MOBB DEEP

    You Smell Me??

    Top 5 Hip Hop artists?

    BIG – After damn near 12 years after his death I still listen to ready to die. Cl*****ic.

    Rakim – Was listening to “Dont Sweat the Technique” on the subway yesterday

    Kanye – I can appreciate his lyrics

    Common – Did you listen to the new album? Fire!

    Jay-Z – Although i dont listen to him as much as I used to.

    This isnt in any order, But we could *****ume who is numero uno on my list. Only dropped 2 albums and was spitting fire. Imagine what the world would be like if he was alive?

    I also like Lupe, NAS, Weezy (before his voice got annoying) and TI. But those five are my personal favorites.

    .......

    What is Real Hip-Hop? Watch what people have to say… Click the dots

    M.Tony Peralta

    Of course the wanna be alternative rock singer, can’t understand what he’s rhyming about Lupe Fiasco would say Hip Hop is dead. 1st. What did Lupe contribute to Hip Hop, nothing. His 1st album is not a cl*****ic he had probably 3 good songs and the 2nd was total garbage. He was more hype than actually a good artist. He’s a frustrated artist. To me, all Lupe is is one big poser. He’s extremely inconsistent from his look to his music. LUPE STEP YOUR GAME UP! That whole wanna be alternative ***** has been done from some real artist ie ANDRE 3000, CEELO, Q-TIP, MOS DEF etc. Hip Hop ain’t really dead but your career might be.

    Hannibal

    1. NICK CANNON
    2. SOULJA BOY
    3. MC HAMMER
    4. KEVIN FEDERLINE
    5. YUNG BERG

    ☆ Lola A♏ ★

    Music is dead….point. black. period.

    Real talented singers get no love, because catchy hooks, beats, and cute clothes dominate the industry.

    pYnK

    Lupe… oh how I love me some Lupe… he makes me have impure thoughts!

    pYnK

    bad thoughts… like I need to take a shower afterwards!

    P.( Capo Status)

    @eVERYONE

    Yall cant lie and deny that dipset had the most swagger in hip hop

    Hannibal

    DIPSET??? LMAO!!

    Wenzel Dashington

    Making no money = dead. Don’t listen to that art for art’s sake crap. The money is gone.

    bop

    Lupe is form da CHI!!!!!!

    P.( Capo Status)

    @ Hannibal

    Yeah dipset *****

    pYnK

    D… now you know I ain’t got nothing but mad love for you but Dipset….??? c’mon son! LOL GARBAGE!!!

    Jilly

    Hip hop is not dead. It lives in the underground music scene. There are artist like Edan, MF Doom, PB Wolf, and Lyrics Born that go on small world tours and are AMAZING! The majority of people who support the likes of soulja boy, jim jones, juelz santana, to name a few have already made up their minds that THAT is what hip hop his. Unless people do their own research, and really listen to Words current rap artist are saying, the real essence of hip hop will remain in the dark…underground.

    ***** Said

    My top 5

    1. Ghostface
    2. Jay-Z
    3. Slick Rick
    4. Common
    5. Mc Lyte

    Hannibal

    @P

    I USUALLY AGREE WITH WHAT U SAY, BUT NOW U JUST LOST YO DAMN MIND. DIPSET?

    keysha-keysha

    @ elle

    I guess you like Black Eyed Peas too? :P

    tasty t

    I AGREE WITH LUPE HIP HOP IS DEAD *****ODY REALLY KNOWS HOW TO SING ANYMORE OR RAP ABOUT ANYTHING POSITIVE ALL YOU HEAR IS HOW MUCH MONEY, CARS JEWELRY AND SO ON NOTHING POSITIVE HELL I HAVE A CAR SOME MONEY SOME JEWELRY, TO ME THESE ARTIST ARE RUNNING OUT OF THINGS TO RAP OR SING ABOUT. I THINK NOW IS THE TIME FOR YOU GUYS TO REALLY THINK ABOUT YOUR FUTURE CAUSE U CANT BE 40 TALKIN ABOUT MONEY POWER WOMEN AND SO ON. YES HIP HOP IS DEAD

    P.( Capo Status)

    D… now you know I ain’t got nothing but mad love for you but Dipset….??? c’mon son! LOL GARBAGE!!!
    _____________________________________________________

    LOL AYo baby i got mad love for you 2 but , you dont know the real dipset
    ima come “spokane”lol and introduce you to the real dipset when Cam’ron was spitting that fire TRUST ME

    Txhustla15 (Austin's Finest)

    @You Smell Me?? – yeah I feel you Im the same way , I keep ready to die on steady repeat on the ipod

    Lupe’s The cool is a slept on album , if u want garbage pick up a mims album or dem franchize boyz

    P.( Capo Status)

    @ Hannibal

    Yeah i mean it dogg , C’mon trust me IF you cop there old mixtapes dipset were them *****s trust me but I know they fell off way hard

    wat do you think about Cam’ron ?

    pYnK

    LOL okay! You come to Spokane and introduce me to it then! Lemme know what you know, lemme see what you see… I would love to see what you see in them. THEY CLOWNS!! LOL….

    pYnK

    @Han

    Is that the real Han or an imposter?

    pYnK

    Once I know it’s the real Han then I will reply to your comment….
    :)

    Hannibal

    OH ***** MY BAD, I DIDNT KNOW U SAID DIPSET “HAD” THE MOST SWAGGER. I KINDA AGREE WITH THAT, CAMRON WAS DOPE BUT NOW, HE’S DONE…

    Hannibal

    @PYNK

    LOL, WHY DONT U THINK IM REAL?

    P.( Capo Status)

    @ Pynk Aka Dipset Hater lol

    They not clowns b , thats how us harlem guys are flashy!!!lol

    Maybe u wont fell the whole of the dips but ill show u some of old

    skool KILLA CAM

    O Captain My Captain

    If you want to add a new REAL HIP HOP album check out….

    Beauty and the Beat by Edan!

    It will be the best thing you could ever do for your ears.

    BEAUTY AND THE BEAT by Edan

    It just may change your life.

    Sunshine AKA Allow me to Reintroduce Myself

    Lupe is the TRUTH.

    and Bossip you suck a$$, he can be consider a vet, two HOT albums under his belt..if that ain’t enought then I don’t know what else you want.And BTW Hip-Hop is coming to an end. It’s the same as it use to be.

    pYnK

    @Silky!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Hi love! OMG… stranger…sheesh! I’ve been checking for ya on the game… where ya been?

    P.( Capo Status)

    @ HANNIBAL

    Yep most of the NYC guys fell off espically Cam , Jay , Nas , U from the south ?

    Hannibal

    YUP, BORN IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, BUT RAISED IN MIAMI, U FROM NEW YORK?

    P.( Capo Status)

    @ Hannibal

    Yep , Straight from the big apple b

    Since your from the south wat u think about lil wezzy?

    pYnK (AKA DIPSET HATER!)

    @Han… (or the fake Han)

    Let’s just say there are soooo many imposters on here and ppl actin funny (Pedro can attest to that) that I’m not sure if it’s you or not. I’ve been off
    Bossip for a few weeks really… so maybe it’s you!

    @Pedro

    Gimme one good song that you think I’ll be feeling…. I love flashy!!! My fam is from the Bronx so I know how they do not so much how you Harlem cats roll… I love Cam and how he rocks pink tho… That’s a man after my own heart!

    pYnK (AKA DIPSET HATER!)

    @ Pedro I love your gravie… such a cutie pie!

    Hannibal

    WAYNE IS WACK

    pYnK (AKA DIPSET HATER!)

    @Han! I’m moving to Florida! We’ll be semi neighbors… kinda… well not really….. like what four or five hours away?

    Hannibal

    WHAT PART OF FLORIDA ARE U MOVIN TO, PYNK?

    pYnK (AKA DIPSET HATER!)

    Even tho you didn’t ask for my two cents… I’m gonna offer it anyway. I don’t see Wayne reppin’ tha south… he like Universal. He don’t got the down south sound no more. I mean you can tell East from West… And mid-west from the South… but not Weezy…he floating out there in the sea of Universal Hip Hop love…

    Txhustla15 (Austin's Finest)

    @pYnK – whats good when are you going get done on Gears of War lol Ive been mastering NBA2k9 and getting caught on all the NBA&BCS games

    @P.( Capo Status) – Hmm Hov is hit or miss , ill do admit some of his hunger isnt there but Nas and Cam are definitely in shadow of their careers

    pYnK (AKA DIPSET HATER!)

    @Han……I think you the real Hannibal so I’ll tell ya… Orlando is where I’m relocating to. You still in MIA?

    P.( Capo Status)

    @ Pynk

    :) Thank you b lol I got love for the bronx 2 were all my latina chicks be at
    BUTTTT they cant do it like harlem cats do hun trust me lol

    @ HAN

    Ayo hannibal i now that list was a joke dogg , but for real whats your top 5 hip hop artist ?

    PhatDjSwagger

    @p.capo status
    nooo the south has actually helped hip hop most of the rappers down here in the dirty have their own record labels exclusively it is way deeper than a north*south*east*west* thing.

    Maurice

    Bossip shut the ***** up. I swear Bossip is written by ignorant ***** fat overweight African American women who never know what in the flying ***** they are talking about. Lupe is one of the few intelligent rappers out there. He knows damn well what he’s talking about. And granted he may not have been in the game for that long. He gets a hella lot more respect than many other who have been in it for 10+ years.

    P.( Capo Status)

    @ My ***** TX HUSTLAA

    Yeah Nas is a legend no doubt in hell but hes over , As for Cam’ron hes got a new album in febuary so ima wait and see if he does good , I aint got high hopes for him doe , I dont think hes ever going to be the “Come home with me ” album Cam’ron

    Hannibal

    BIGGIE
    RAKIM
    NAS (ILLMATIC YEARS)
    JAY-Z (BEFORE BEYONCE)
    PAC

    ( Capo Status)

    PHATDJSWAGGER

    U got a point there Son , whats your top 5 hip hop artist of all time

    pYnK (AKA DIPSET HATER!)

    @Pedro I know how you love them latin girls! LOL…. so I’m waiting gimme one song that is from one of they mixtape days that didn’t get a whole lot of play and lemme see if I’m feelin’ it… I’m waiting (restin ma chin on my hand and tapping my pink nails on the desk waiting) LOL

    @TxHustla
    I’m sooo tryna feel GOW 2 but the ***** is too slow man. The effin shot gun is like a cannon and takes for EVA… LOL I get on that cuz my clan be on it but I am loving some Call of Duty World @ War now. that’s the *****. I need to cop that NBA 2k9 cuz all ma boys be on that and they say it’s too much fun. I’ve NEVER played a sport game but I may have to try that game out for size… ya feel me? LOL don’t let me get it an get good and whoop dat *****!

    PhatDjSwagger

    %%%%%lupe and nas is right but on one of nas songs who killed it he talks about( her hip hop )comeing back to life%%%%%

    Lite skin Sin

    HIP HOP AINT DEAD JUST REVERTED BACK TO THE UNDERGROUND WHERE IT BEGAN…..GOOD MUSIC HAS BECOME A JEWEL YOU HAVE TO SEARCH FOR LIKE DIGGING FOR GOLD,RADIO ISNT THE ANSWER GOOD ARTISTS STILL EXIST.

    ( Capo Status)

    @ Pynky aka DIPSET HATER AKA SEXY LATINA LOL

    Ayo go on youtube and type in “I really mean it” Just Blaze and Cam’ron in there prime

    @ hannibal

    Yeah rakims good , old skool but good

    PhatDjSwagger

    tupac
    nas
    outkast
    ti
    jezzy
    krs 1
    lyte
    i got so many

    Crazy ***** Rodney

    ***** YOU PEOPLE I am the greatest Rapper ALIVE ! ! ! ! ! ! !

    ( Capo Status)

    @ PHATDJSWAGGER

    C’Mon dogg Nas is over , I watched 1 minute of hero and i turned it off! till this day i have never heard the whole song because its awful lol Ilmatic nas was crazyyyy . The problems with nasir is hes never been a good beat selector
    and this new stuff hes putting out just isint nas b

    pYnK (AKA DIPSET HATER & ThA sExiEsT laTiNa!)

    @Pedro…. boooooooooooooooooooooo I don’t want to see no ***** on youtube… gimme some underground grimey ***** man! LOL But I will check it out anyway, gotta be when I get home tho my damn job blocks youtube… Hey did you hit up the fake Joey B yet?

    DA TRUTH

    Hip Hop ain’t dead but its damn sure on life support, over-commercialization and lack of artistic expression is killing it. We need more people talking about important issues…

    Txhustla15 (Austin's Finest)

    @pYnK (AKA DIPSET HATER!)- haha good luck on that there is *****ody dropping me in hoops on the court or on the sticks , you should get 2k9 , I had both live and NBA2k9 – 2k gives u more control of the players. Haha thats how gauge fires though…

    @P.( Capo Status)- Yeah Come home with me was a good Camron album, some of Just Blaze’s best production. Haha I was crackin how 50 said in XXL this month that Nas is like the block of ice that sunk the titanic when it comes to his career..

    DA TRUTH

    Oh yeah… and big up 2 Maurice, u took the words right out of my mouth

    ( Capo Status)

    @ Pynk

    LOL That joey ***** ima email about that one b ,

    @ TXHUSTLA

    Lol 50 cent smh hater

    @ TX HUSTLER AND PYNK

    Just because yall talk about games dont think I wont kick your *****es lol , any of u guys play METAL GEAR SOLID

    pYnK (AKA DIPSET HATER & ThA sExiEsT laTiNa!)

    @TxHustla
    Boy pllllzzzzzzzzz I’ll master that game and you will lose. LOL now on the real court yea you got me there seeing since I’m barely 5′1″

    and I don’t know how no gun shoots in real life except a bb gun or a paint gun! LOL

    ( Capo Status)

    @ PHATDJSWAGGER

    LOL JEZZY ?????????? LOL JEZZY is on yo list

    Well i guess its your list b, Why do you like him

    Honesty

    Hip Hop has not necessarily died maybe moving with the generation and society. Hip Hop told a story becasue people had a p*****ion and a reason. nowadays its about making one good song and then going commercial or ringtone or pop. Pop charts are taking over, thats where everybody is tring to go. thats where the money is, movie deals and all the other glitz n gold the entertainment industry has to offer. If hip hop was so important to people than why would they let it die….or is it up to the fans to keeps it alive?

    pYnK (AKA DIPSET HATER & ThA sExiEsT laTiNa!)

    @Pedro that is the ONLY GAME YOU PLAY.. you been talking about that weak a$$ ***** for a while now… LOL that’s the only game you know sweetie? LOL… You won’t kick ma *****. First person shooters are my fave and third person just as much… I asked my son about Metal Gear Solid and he said he heard it was fun tho.. but I only got the Microsoft ***** in my house… XBOX! Is MGS on the PS2?
    And aiight hit me up on the email about the *****ing nuts Joey…. LOL

    You Smell Me??

    My New Top 5:

    1.Weird Al
    2.Vanilla Ice
    3.Raphael the Ninja Turtle
    4.My 2 y.o. cousin Nicole
    5. Soulja boy

    pYnK (AKA DIPSET HATER & ThA sExiEsT laTiNa!)

    @You Smell Me??
    You a fool for that!!!

    ( Capo Status)

    @ PYNK

    Metal gear weak ???? OHEL NAW that fat ***** need to get whoped for them crazy *****s comments b lol I’l email ya about the joey thing now , so check ya emails b

    [B]

    @keysha-keysha

    DO U UNDASTAND D WRDZ 2 SUPASTAR??

    Jewish Baby

    lupe is working for the jews. you can tell if you really listen to his records

    pYnK (AKA DIPSET HATER)

    @Pedro…. boy don’t get me started! LOL talking all that mess…! But what system is it on? I know you told me before but I forgot and I can google it but I’m too lazy right now… k next time I’m in Philly or Harlem I will swing by your spot and pick up that controller and even tho I haven’t played it before I will beast you! BET!!!!!

    Hannibal

    @JEWISH BABY

    LMAO

    ( Capo Status)

    @ pYNK

    LOL Its aight , we can play any Soul caliber instead u heard of it ?

    You Smell Me??

    One gripe with Lupe is he intakes too much air when spittin’. Always sounds like he is running out of breath…

    pYnK (AKA DIPSET HATER)

    @Han.. answer my question man… dang you slow as hell today… you ride in on the short bus? LOL I GOT JOKES YO!

    @Pedro… I’m a gamer girl… yes I’ve heard of Soul Caliber!! But I still want to beast you in MGS tho…

    [B]

    SOUL CALIBER IZ D *****!!!! LMAO!

    [B]

    AND NO…D SOUTH DIDNT KILLED HIP HOP

    MegaTron

    Hip Hop lives on at:

    http://www.my*****e.com/prophecymc

    pYnK (AKA DIPSET HATER)

    If God could rap it would sound like Lupe… he don’t take too much air in… you crazy….

    ( Capo Status)

    @ PYNK and ( B)

    LOL i would kick both yo *****es , trust me , ME AND CERVANTES = UNSTOPPABLE

    E.B

    Hey Lupe has a valid point….I’m an old hip hop head and the new young rappers really don’t have half the talent like the old school rappers had.Examples, when L.L came out he was like 16yrs old….But he knew how to rap and still does. Old school rappers who knew how to rap and were young(Ilegal Shyhiem,Slick Rick,Doug, E Fresh,Special ED, Rakim,Beastie Boys,Big daddy kane, Kool G Rap,Heavy D, Ed OG and the Bulldogs, Red Head Kingpin anyway I could go on and on.Most of these MC’s were under the age of 21 when they released their first record. The point is the industry needs to stop letting everyone release a rap record cuz everyone can’t rap. Most of these new cats could’nt move a crowd if their life depended on it! So the excuse can’t be that they r young it’s because they don’t know how to rap….Hey Even Bow Bow was decent when he came out…..There is no reason why Soulja boy should get more airplay than Lupe…WTF!! Hey Souja I aint mad atcha….but I really dont know what it is ur doin….Get ur paper but we’re gonna have to call what ur doin something else…..He’s on tha mic rapping about a whole bunch of nothing….Now the kids love it….So that makes it cool…but not hip hop…..Hip Hop has become an ignorant contest…….and everyone is winning……We need new T.I’s, Ludas, Lupe, Commons, Talibs,. These guys r lyricist!!……the wackness has to stop!

    Hannibal

    @E.B

    I AGREE WITH YOU 100%

    pYnK (AKA DIPSET HATER)

    aiight I’ll let you have yo dreams… I deliver ***** kickins I don’t receive them….

    E.B

    And Ohhhh…Immortal Technique is Hip Hop!

    dapro

    Nina Knows

    Thx luv………

    Hip Hop isn’t dead but it is dying, it evolved but then once cats started signing big contracts it lost the hunger

    It’s like the NBA, once you put a lock on the contracts and the age limit it forced cats to get their game right

    Do the same for the music

    Hannibal

    ANDRE 3000 IS HIP HOP

    Khiry

    Lupe is one of the few MC’s that i can actually still stand to listen to. Hip Hop for all intensive purposes is DEAD!

    [B]

    @P

    NAW….I KICK AZZEZ WIT TALIM…
    DAT LIL GURL CAN FIGHT! LOL!

    Mahogany

    Lupe can claim hiphop is dead—-dude is talented and sharp on the mic. I have all of his CDs and all of them are bangers to me. It’s ok to rap about substance! Fiasco is the deal! Big ups to the Chi!

    ( Capo Status)

    @ (b) and Pynk

    I BEG YOU PLEASEEEEEE TRY AND TOCH ME WIT CERVANTES LOL AND SEE IF YO ***** DONT GET RING OUT

    M Tizzy

    HIP HOP LIVES IN THE STREETS!….IT WILL NEVER DIE!

    Problem is people are looking for hip hop on the radio and on your TV…its just not there…..

    Oh and about those dipset comments….***** they are the reason everyones says swaggg and has skinny jeans and skull and crossbone shirts…..

    Ill take dipset over all these new artists and bubblegum rappers anyday

    pYnK (AKA DIPSET HATER)

    @pedro… I’ll touch ya, beat ya, pick ya up, dust ya off just to drop you again!

    [B]

    @P

    DATZ ***** PLAY WIT RINGOUTZ!
    U SCARED 2 FIGHT OR U JUZ
    KNO HOW 2 DO DAT 1 MOVE?? LMAO!
    XD

    [B]

    @ P AND PYNK

    SO YALL READY 4 DAT STREET FIGHTER 4???

    Shay

    I’ll have to co-sign. Lupe you are the new vangaurd. Although I agree that rap is dying I don’t see any of these guys really trying to do anything about it. To the youth it comes off has hating because they’re complaining about a style of rap that sells more albums than they do.

    ( Capo Status)

    @ b and pynk

    Im I ready lol course im ready ,RYU would kill the whole roster

    p.s RINGOUT requires technique

    MJ

    He’s right.

    Hip Hop is dead.

    mj
    http://www.realrandb.com

    [B]

    @P

    LOL PLEASE..MUH LIL SISTA LUV DEM RINGOUTZ

    ( Capo Status)

    Why u acting like Cervantes or nightmare wont do a combo on your ***** b lol

    The Truth

    Lupe is right, the word SWAG killed hip hop! *****

    [B]

    NIGHTMARE IZ STRONG..BUT SLOW…TALIM OR KILIK WILL DESTROY U!!!!!

    pYnK (AKA DIPSET HATER)

    @B…
    I’ll rent it or download the demo from XBOX live marketplace but I won’t buy it. I’m not excited like that for it! LOL not like I was when Gears of War 2 came out and I got my copy at midnight!!

    ( Capo Status)

    @ ( B)

    yeah yall can take that ***** nightmare , but ***** wit cervants OR MY ***** KIKIL yo ***** would get handed to you dogg , i guarentee at least 4 perfects son

    Txhustla15 (Austin's Finest)

    hahah wheres the love for tekken at and lets do this old school or maybe some street fighter 2

    ( Capo Status)

    Lol TXHUSTLA

    ***** Tekken ? lol u remeber teeken 2 wit “DEVIL JIN” I use to do the same laser eye move all the time

    PhatDjSwagger

    @e.b.
    i co-sign with you e.b. i am a true hip hop baby anyone that was born before 1985 can understand hip hop and what it has evolved into talent is not a requirement you dont even have to love hip hop any more a lot of pep ride on their friends an fam tails to make a cd.

    Txhustla15 (Austin's Finest)

    Yeah Jin was the lick , same with that cat Brian that had all the boxing moves. My korean homies showed me all kinds of moves they didnt put up in the manual since those fools get all the games early..

    ( Capo Status)

    Lol yeah thanks for the Nostalgia TXHUSTLA you bringing back crazy ***** memorys , they dont make games like that anymore fam

    u remeber NBA SNES JAM LOL

    PhatDjSwagger

    they call themselves Artist not M.C.s another thing rappers collobrate with any body in the 90’s there was some good collabos now mot%$r*****ers can diss and beef one day and the next dance and rap a couple of verses on that same rappers video that they just got through dissing on somebody elses track

    pYnK (AKA DIPSET HATER)

    All this talk of gaming makes me want to bounce outta work early and get on tha game. ***** as it is I be going to bed at like 2am getting my game on. Old skool… ahhh I remember my first gaming console was a Calico Vision and I had the Smurfs game… man what I would do to play that game right now…

    Lisa

    I hate that this comment will fall at the bottom and not the first one, but I agree with Nas on his Hip Hop is Dead album, that if you don’t believe hip hop is dead it’s a good chance that you killed it… And as far as Lupe being a vanguard, he is not… Sorry Bossip, but when you have Lupe’s intellect and put it in art form over wax for fives years, it kinda does catapult you to veteran status… Lupe has done a lot of underground stuff that garnered him respect before he even hit mainstream. …Now to my point, the reason hip hop is dead is because of you and me. We killed it. We killed it with our greed for money, power, and respect. If people don’t buy your albums, you don’t sell and you don’t blow up. We are feeding this ignorant ***** because we are so afraid to look within ourselves and stand up and fight for what we believe in. Hell a lot of us don’t believe in ***** except what we see on Bossip (no offense Bossip) We are only concerned with money, cars, and hos… We killed hip hop the day we sacrificed our hopes and dreams for a dollar bill. It’s sad… We don’t even realize it but almost all the people that posted a comment on here support this fake ***** hip hop, rap music… We let our kids dance to it and we get “crunk” off of it at the club. We are *****ing robots that would rather sway to the beat than to actually THINK, FEEL, and REASON with raw emotions and intellect. This new school hip hop is dumbing us down and we get *****ed at Kanye when he makes an album in audiotunes… I mean come on people WAKE THE ***** UP! SERIOUSLY!! What else do you need, the signs are right there!!!!! There are people out here like myself that are true music lovers and need the wisdom and inspiration that Kanye, Lupe, Common, and Nas offer because it’s REAL. LIKE IT OR NOT! Not this bull***** Soulja Boy and whoever else put out there… Trutfully I don’t even listen to the radio anymore and thank GOD I don’t have cable and not a slave to these GOD forsaken music videos…

    MC WTF

    Hip Hop was birthed as the face and voice of urban expression. Positive and negative views. Even NWA when they first came out had politically charged lyrics expressing hardships of the urban youth. In Africa, drums were the way to communicate important messages to a people over miles. When this form of communication began to be used for less than important messages, it killed that culture. Just as these rambling children rap about any random BS. They are killing our method of communicating important messages to each other. They need to SHUT their mouths, OPEN their eyes and ears and take responsiblity for their communities they LOVE to HATE.

    CAN I GET A MF’n WITNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    ♥ pYnK (AKA DIPSET HATER)

    oh wow TxHustla we got all this talking of gaming going!

    [B]

    TEKKEN 6 BR COMMIN SOON!!!!

    MC WTF

    @LISA
    Im with u girl.. the last cd i bought about a month ago was mc lyte- eyes on this and redman- Whut? Thee Album. other than that i’ve continued to embrace my alternative roots. rock and old soul like chaka and JB and the labelles. it ain ez bing mentally competent.

    GOD

    Rhymefest slayed Lupe during a debate about Hillary Clinton vs. Barack Obama. Lupe was supporting Hillary not Barack Obama and Rhymefest supported Barack not Clinton. It was the tongue lashing of the century and NOT one cuss word was used. I read that debate over and over it was that good. Rhymefest where are YOU?

    JK

    Top 5 Hip-Hop Artists

    1. Tupac
    2. Biggie
    3. Jay-Z
    4. Lupe
    5. Common (The “Be” album is pure clasic. What you know about the “Corner”)

    MC WTF

    @G.O.D.

    was it a freestyle debate????

    Lisa

    Can someone explain to me why there are IM messages on a comment board…??? I just don’t get it… And we wonder why Hip Hop is dead… (and just in case it’s not implicit enough, that is a rhetorical question and I don’t need a response…) lmao at the state of this nation…but crying on the inside it’s so sad… I swear sometimes I don’t want to have kids it’s so ridiculous…

    Pedro (Harlem)

    1. Tupac
    2. Biggie
    3. Jay-Z
    4. Lupe
    5. Common

    Its Aight at least you did’nt say Ti or Jeezy

    MC WTF

    ok.. and while their answering that rhetorical question.. maybe they can repond to why theres talk of gaming in the hiphop is dead comment board… ADHD?… LMAO

    Pedro (Harlem)

    @ (b)

    I aint lukin forward to it b , tekken gets worse year after year

    [B]

    1 KANYE
    2

    Lisa

    @MC WTF, I totally agree with your comment man… I’ll be your MFn WITNESS!!!! lol Yeah I know it’s not easy but a cross we have to bear… Thanks for the tip on MC Lyte and Redman’s album! I’ll be sure to check that out! I’ve been itching for some new good music!

    [B]

    OOPPSSS…LOL

    KANYEZ NUMBA 1 NO1 ELSE..LOL J/K..

    @P

    I KINDA AGREE CUZ I DIDNT LIK NUMBA 4..
    BUT DIZ NUMBA 6 LOOKZ LIK ITZ GONNA
    B FIRE!!!!

    JK

    Man, I wanted to say TI, cause I am from the South. And, he is one of the best artist out at this time. However, if we talking about of all time our in last 10-12 years, I just couldn’t put him on a list like that. He does not really have a distinct style that makes him really stand out. Especially when you have people like Biggie and Tupac.

    Lisa

    LMAO MC WTF!!!!! Exactly…

    huss

    Lupe is teh da TRUTH!!!

    Congrats on the 4 grammy nominations.

    ‘The Cool’ hands down is the best album of the yr. If Wayne takes it I think I’ll be done w/ the grammys.

    Go Lupe!

    Hotstuff

    Is he talking about Hip Hop or his career? :ugh: to this punk… I lost respect for him when he tried to diss Q-Tip… and when he became the number one ***** rider’s flunky- Funk Master Flex

    huss

    @ GOD

    Wooooord?! Can u please send me the link of that debate?!

    I peeped Rhymefest on ‘Jeffandfess’ off DJ Jazzy Jeff’s “The Return’ album
    he killed it.

    Great to know he’s also politically conscious.

    Pls send me that link.

    JK

    Please Lupe career not dead. And I agree LiL Wayne should not win any Grammys for that hot mess, and I live in New Orleans.

    MC WTF

    @lisa

    thx for the witness girlll.. those albums bring all the nostalgia. redman’s is from ‘92 and lyte is from like ‘89. i’m looking for more. i wish all these evolving artist would get together to do a new Self Destruction song. that ish would be fire!!!.. if wayne, luda, kanye, etc got together for real talk. non monetary profit.

    pYnK (AKA DIPSET HATER)

    @ LISA AND MC WTF….

    Ya look like some new names to me…. so lemme break it down to you….quit often on Bossip the subject changes after a while. Those of us talking about diff ***** right now have been on bossip for a long time and we’ve been known each other on this thing and we will talk about other ***** from time to time… just ignore us if ya all don’t like it… just some of us Veteran’s shooting the breeze… ya feel me?

    huss

    Lupe shocked me too w/ his stance on tribe but I didnt know he tried to diss QTip.

    That’s just reckless but this dude is still dope. He’s articulate and insightful..

    That ‘Paris/Tokyo’ remix w/ Pharell. Qtip & Sara Green is pure FIYA!!

    Lupe came hard on that remix.

    pYnK (AKA DIPSET HATER)

    *quite*

    pYnK (AKA DIPSET HATER)

    Lupe comes hard all the time…

    MC WTF

    thanks pynk.. i guess u missed the whole rhetorical statement. so thx for the clarity. it is ADHD… LMAO!!!

    2DamTrill

    Ok I know allot of you won’t undadig this….BUT… I’m gonna speak my mind..

    ANYONE WHO SAYS THAT HIP HOP IS DEAD OR DYING IS A STR8 FOOL. UNLESS YOU ARE SAYING IT IN ORDER TO SPARK A DEBATE OR RAISE CONSCIOUSNESS LIKE NAS DID.

    I can’t believe I hear so many so-called Real Hip Hoppers say this *****…
    ***** THAT!

    If you don’t like it, then ***** OFF!!!! Go listen to some ROCK, (which STOLE their sound from Blues and Black Folk artist (Elvis) .

    Go ahead and OFFF YOURSELF.

    Ya see it’s like this… HIP HOP WILL NEVER DIE.

    IT LIVES FOR EVER.

    HIP HOP IS A CULTURE… CULTURE DOES NOT DIE UNLESS YOU LET IT.
    It will only die inside YOUR LOST AZZ!

    ‘Go ahead and accept the MARK OF THE BEAST STUPID FOOL!

    You should realize that if you are truely Hip Hop.

    I can see that allot of you kats have not REALLY LISTENED to N.I.G.G.E.R(Untitled to the m*****es).. Nas’ CD…
    Listen to the last few songs even… OPEN YOUR MIND….REWIND THAT ***** N.I.G.G.A!!!! Again and Again…

    Hip Hop can have MANY diff’ sounds. It comes from all places.

    IT’s a UNIVERSAL CULTURE….

    Learn some real ***** b4 you post about how you mad about who is out now, and what you hear on the radio… *****K THAT!! get an ipod and listen to some old *****.. most of it is STILL relevant to these days and times…

    Beat on a *****kin’ table and bust a freestyle N.i.g.g.a( Never Ignorant Getting Goals Accomplished), Beat box and create a Cypher with ya peoples…

    Most of you suck monkeys prolly don’t even know what a Cypher is….

    You all need to learn about KRS1’s Temple of Hip Hop.. He breaks it down for real.. I’ve been to some of his speaking engagements.

    I don’t wanna hear that BULL$h!t about ohh it’s dead such an such killed it…
    You stupid *****s are so blind, you think you can see in the dark…You could if you used your THIRD EYE. NO ONE CAN KILL HIP HOP.

    I hope you are offended..

    …and I offer ANY of you to reply DIRECTLY to me, just say ,my name…
    2DamTrill…

    P.s. Lupe is dope, but his ***** goes over most folks head, so instead of re-inventing himself because he’s not selling records, he wants to give up???

    I don’t think that’s what he meant (I hope not), I think he meant that he wants to re-invent, himself and how he manifest Hip Hop culture into his expression. I hope so.

    get some knowledge of self you punks.

    Pedro (Harlem)

    @ Pynk

    ayo b leave them 40 + .old heads , reading our comments , dont read em , if you dont like it

    pYnK (AKA DIPSET HATER)

    ***** rhetorical… ya all gonna sit up there and say some ***** about us having ADHD then I’m gonna break ***** down for you.. whether you wanted an answer or not… It’s a message board… we will talk about what we want…sorry if you didn’t feel included and wanted to jump in our convo… haterz I swear…

    MC WTF

    @ 2damtrill

    Im glad to see another person as p*****ionate about this subject. Mastery Knowledge of Self comes with controlling ones anger and channelling it by educating urself as well as others. please refer to some enlightening directive below.

    Hip Hop was birthed as the face and voice of urban expression. Positive and negative views. Even NWA when they first came out had politically charged lyrics expressing hardships of the urban youth. In Africa, drums were the way to communicate important messages to a people over miles. When this form of communication began to be used for less than important messages, it killed that culture. Just as these rambling children rap about any random BS. They are killing our method of communicating important messages to each other. They need to SHUT their mouths, OPEN their eyes and ears and take responsiblity for their communities they LOVE to HATE.

    CAN I GET A MF’n WITNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    pYnK (AKA DIPSET HATER)

    @Pedro.. I know huh? they gonna sit up in here read ALLLLLLL our comments and then comment on the ***** we commenting about… SMDH…. pft… anyways… looks like this dropped off anyway… so I’ll hit you up on the e-mail Papi….

    MC WTF

    so u reply to ADHD but not about the topic at hand.. hate is a non issue @ “dipset hater”

    pYnK (AKA DIPSET HATER)

    Ummmmmm we commented about the topic at hand waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy at the top genius… If you so into reading our comments then why don’t ya nosey behind take a gander farther up and see…. thus why Pedro named me Dipset hater… sheesh… smh..

    Pedro (Harlem)

    @ MC WTF

    LOL ive been talking about hip hop since 11:56 read my big ***** comment dogg and stop hating on Pynk she aight she was talking about hip hop 2

    Hip

    Yeah, it’s dead… The youngins of today have no direction, no creativity, no format… Come hard, but come different, be unique, touch on real life issues…
    Who cares about how high that you can get off of drugs?? So what that you can run game on bucket head *****s?? So what that you will murder children & women?? So what that you car has 50 inch rims?? So what that you use to move kilos?? So the ***** what?? Lets git in black people!!!! R&B is also sickening…

    MC WTF

    pynk read my reply to someone else. i wish she would go and play her game.. it’s about time to do some homework or something if uve been on here that long. i get it though.. u r bored bossip vets that wait for adversity.

    ♥ pYnK (AKA DIPSET HATER)

    @Pedro…
    LOL *****uming is a ***** ain’t it! LOL… Good lookn P….

    Nas

    I think Lupe has a point because when Pac and Biggie where alive this little Rats ain’t around.someone like SouljaBoy even get a Mouth to take about Nas…Nas is the Real Hip Hop Artist Alive and Lupe forever..Respect

    2DamTrill

    @ MC WTF.. you can get a witness homie….

    “Hip Hop was birthed as the face and voice of urban expression. Positive and negative views. Even NWA when they first came out had politically charged lyrics expressing hardships of the urban youth. In Africa, drums were the way to communicate important messages to a people over miles. When this form of communication began to be used for less than important messages, it killed that culture. Just as these rambling children rap about any random BS. They are killing our method of communicating important messages to each other. They need to SHUT their mouths, OPEN their eyes and ears and take responsiblity for their communities they LOVE to HATE.”

    BUT…. I gotta say this… people in Africa STILL to this day use drums to communicate, at least in the areas that haven’t been Raped by you all know who….( the same folks that try to rape your mind in America today) there fore the art & Culture of communicating that way has not died, it’s only heard and used by those REAL people who are meant to hear them… the same way that hip hop will still live.. even if it’s outlawed and pushed underground, it will live… fasho.

    JK

    @ Hip
    ___________
    I totally agree with you.

    [B]

    HELL YEA..R&B FALL OFF BIG TIME!

    2DamTrill

    @ HIP…. so you let tha “youngin” take away YOUR culture????? You LET the Youngins dictate to YOU what Hip Hop is?????

    So the Youngins just sooo smart right?????? so smart that you follow what they say????

    Try giving them some direction on WHY they are wrong… If they don’t listen ( and they aint your kids) ***** em… Let em run wild… just don’t ***** wit me, cuz I’mma check your lil as$ …

    I’ll make a youngin go pick some switches… then I’ll light their AS$ on Fiyah!—Thats just me tho…

    MC WTF

    ok im done taling about hiphop. ive been on here all day. i’m going to talk about my other likes. i like cars. i have many. ive been lookin at the new hybrids. i like silver.

    why the hell would i continue to comment about another subject matter. my bad.. i’ll send u an email friend. later

    Pedro (Harlem)

    Da Only way hip-hop Can be saved is if the Consumers buy the right products , we have to stop buying all does wack music whats coming from certain areas in america ,ANDDDDDDDDDDD

    We need to get mature artist like is it me or If your doing R&B you have to be 16 , This “teeny bopper” thing has to go

    Bobby Valentino

    R&b is dead, HipHop is dead… It’s the 80’s babies, no creativity, so unoriginal…

    HeDoHavaAPoint

    I hate to say it but he is right. These lame whack so-called rappers and singers need to sit down and go somewhere…better yet lay down and go to sleep. I remember when turning on the radio made me feel so good. Now its like (What is that, you mean people are getting paid for recording these songs.

    2009 should be the comeback year for the real talented artists, And yes Im an 80’s baby!!!

    2DamTrill

    Shut the ***** up… You the type a ***** that git slapped.. You *****in *****…

    MC WTF

    @2damtrill

    u r absolutely right.. drumming is still used. until it gets dipped in chrome and advertisments are promoted between rhythms. can u imagine being in a tribe in africa and hearing the dru=ms then a coca cola jingle started being drummed.. LMAO!!!! thats what this is like. only filler is televised” its up to us 2 take us back. dont u think they should do another self destruction song? everybody.. luda, KRS, kayne, lupe, chuck D, etc it would be fire

    MC WTF

    @2damtrill

    u r absolutely right.. drumming is still used. until it gets dipped in chrome and advertisments are promoted between rhythms. can u imagine being in a tribe in africa and hearing the dru=ms then a coca cola jingle started being drummed.. LMAO!!!! thats what this is like. only filler is televised. its up to us 2 take us back. dont u think they should do another self destruction song? everybody.. luda, KRS, kayne, lupe, chuck D, etc it would be fire

    ♥ pYnK (AKA DIPSET HATER)

    @Pedro… yea stop buying that whack Dipset ish… LOL I hope for your sake Cam’ron comes correct with his new album… cuz he’s been not the greatest buddy…

    Don’t hate on Soulja boy ya know! He’s a fellow gamer too! Gimme some Teddy Pendergr***** and I’m straight… Fugg the young new ish… except Mario.. he came young and matured in to full grown man status… I like seeing that…

    [B]

    NOW IT US (80′Z BABY)
    GET D ***** OUTTA HERE..

    [B]

    Yeah 80’s & 90’s babies… You get the ***** out of here…

    [B]

    *****Z IZ JUZ USIN HER(HIP HOP) DEREZ NO HEART AND SOUL N IT NO MO…LIKA ZOMBIA.

    Pedro (Harlem)

    @ pynk

    u hate dipset but like soulja boy lol???

    MC WTF

    ITS BEEN FUN..

    @2damtrill and lisa

    nice to converse with u. hope 2 chat again.

    ***hip hop lives because oppression lives***
    do ur part!!!!!

    [B]

    SPEAKIN OF “UNORIGINAL”
    Y U GOTTA USE MUH NAME
    U *****IN BOPPER…

    Pedro (Harlem)

    @ (B)

    LOL u remember that gay ***** ***** Voldo From soul caliber ?

    HipHop/R&B

    It’s dead… A lot of you are in denial… If it wasn’t for good weed, a lot of this garbage would suck 90000 times plus 3…

    [B]

    LMAO!! HELL YEA!!
    LOOK LIK HE DOIN D
    MOON WLK N 1 PLACEZ!
    LMAO! WHA D ***** DAY
    WUZ THINKIN WEN DAY
    MADE EM??

    [B]

    Because I know your ***** *****, and your Momma.

    ♥ pYnK (AKA DIPSET HATER)

    @Pedro… LMAO I kidding about S. Boy! LOL he’s garbage but his stuff is catchy!! I remember the Dipset crew did some song with someone from the west coast and it was RIDICULOUS! LOL they was all dressed like Bloods and sounded like crud. that was my last memory of Dipset! LOL Man bring Junior Mafia back someone!! LOL

    [B]

    Because I know your ***** *****, and your Momma.
    _____________________________________________

    *DEAD*

    NICE TRY..COME UP WIT SUMTHANG NEW

    Pedro (Harlem)

    @Pynk

    Junior mafia vs Dipset

    DIPSET SMASHEESSSS LOL

    @ (B)

    LOL But damn he was so fast , couldent catch him for ***** , but the scariest character was cervantes lol remember when it was called sould blade MAD MEMORIES

    [B]

    @P
    HELL YEA!!
    I STILL GOT D PS1
    VERSION ON SOUL BLADE
    I REMEBA IT WUZ ON
    SEGA SATURN…I LIK
    D WATER RAFT STAGE

    [B]

    @P
    I MEAN “OF SOUL BLADE”

    ♥ pYnK (AKA DIPSET HATER)

    Uh oh watch it someone is gonna throw a damn fit that we talking about games… LOL

    Junior Mafia would master the Dip*****s!!! LMAO… that’s tight.. Dip*****s!!!

    Pedro (Harlem)

    Lol yeah the water Raft stage was crazy

    I remember when i was Cervantes i use to do the same

    move over , where he stabs you wit both hes blades and toss u lol

    [B]

    Uh oh watch it someone is gonna throw a damn fit that we talking about games… LOL
    _____________________________________________

    ***** EM.

    Pedro (Harlem)

    @ PYNK HATER HATER HATER HATER HATER

    LOL it dont matter anyway cos they all for NYC baby

    Pedro (Harlem)

    from*

    [B]

    I GUEZZ MUH STALKER IZ GONE….LMAO
    XD

    ♥ pYnK (AKA DIPSET HATER)

    @[B].. LOL I know I could care less about what the haterz say! I just figured she/he’d have ***** to say but it looks like they bounced….

    @Pedro… yes doll they are all from NYC so I got love for them all!!!!!!!

    2DamTrill

    LOL at the Lame pu$$y aZZ fool that is scared to be themselves on a *****in blog… lol you gotta use my screen name to say sumthin.. you just took an L up yor aZZ Casper the *****goty ghost… Be real speak your mind.. you know if you get outta pocket, it’s off to pick the switches you go… LOL too funny….

    Yo MC WTF—> Peace Brtoha…

    @HipHop/R&B
    I’m not in denial, how are YOU gonna tell me to believe sumthin you say????? You have no facts, you don’t even have a name on a blog… you must live in a dizzy mess of confusion…

    @ [B] So you mean to tell me that you have not heard any Hip Hop with heart and soul in it in the past few years????? ooooweee homie you are missing out… I’d make you a few MP3 cd’s if I knew ya…. damn shame tho.. hope ya find some,, or make your own… ;)

    You all need to find some underground Hip Hop clubs to go to… ATL has some that are hott… don’t know about where you reside… good luck…

    [B]

    I suck man *****, and I’m a man, that plays video games…

    [B]

    How can be your self on a blog????????????????????????????

    2DamTrill

    Dipset vs Junior Mafia?? Hmmmm….. I’d have to give it to Dipset… Because Big is no longer around to right Lil Kims verses and Lil cease never did really deliver any heat (solo project?? NOT) and the rest of them Mafia *****s are just lame as hell… So Dip Set wins that one… My opinion…

    2DamTrill

    You are so yourself… Congrtulations!!!!!!!!!!

    2DamTrill & [B]

    We are *****s who wanna ***** one another..

    ♥ pYnK (AKA DIPSET HATER)

    @[B] I noticed they was gone… some of these dumb *****es on here I swear… I had one too, but it was obvious they was not me… Pedro had it too.

    [B]

    OMG HEZ BAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    2DamTrill

    @[B] “I suck man *****, and I’m a man, that plays video games…” WTF??? Did I miss sumthin?????

    Anyway, you can’t be yourself just by being you. just be real, and don’t act like a fool. Not sayin you are but… speak your mind homie…

    I don’t know nothin bout that first thing you said about sukin ***** and video games, you must have been talkin to some one else….

    Pedro (Harlem)

    @ Da real 2damtrill , u right

    wat about bone thugs vs wu tang

    @ Pynky

    stop frontin u a sexy ***** hater :(

    2DamTrill & [B]

    You **********as need to inreract with humans..

    [B]

    U RIGHT…IMMA MAN DAT PLAY VIDEO GAMEZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    GO DO SUMTHANG WIT UR LIF

    2DamTrill

    lol at the lil ***** ***** kids on here playin.. go play with your self lil snot nose, b4 some one tracks your ip addr down and kicks in your door… you don’t know what that means do you?

    LOL anyways I aint got time for kids… ***** off… tell ya moms I said hi

    [B] D [REAL] [B]

    LMAO!!!!!
    NO LIF *****Z…

    2DamTrill

    Is that a that a threat????? It sounds to me that you may have possibly done that before?? Coud this be the case..

    2DamTrill

    @ Pedro.. Wu tang will murk Bone thugs just like Pac and Biggie murked them *****z with their own style on their own songs…

    No comp what so ever… Ghost and Deck alone would murk them… I like Bone tho… but not against WU…

    2DamTrill

    Could you please repeat what you said that you, or someone is going to do???

    2DamTrill

    @ the dumb***** ghost on here… ***** *****ka dont worry about what I do… you scared piece of *****. know where you are fool…How you think the record industry was sueing students and *****… IT’s EASY, your on a public blog fool, either you are at home, or some place with cameras… need I say more???? You are not worth the time… Nuff Said

    [B] D [REAL] [B]

    @P

    YO HOW U PUT
    UR PIC ON HERE

    2DamTrill

    You are so intelligent?? Could you have possibly done, what you said that you or someone might do to me????

    ♥ pYnK (AKA DIPSET HATER)

    @2DamTrill…. ya I feel you… but I was talking more like a battle of then and now… Like if we could go thru a time warp and make that ish happen. I know Junior Mafia is long gone but when they was here they was on top of they game. Soooo if you could take them from then… and Dipset now… and some how battle… that would be tight.. Dang I hope I didn’t lose you there in what I was tryna explain. LOL… I feel so bad for Kim… She’s been tryna find herself since Big’s death… I think she’s lost herself so much. Notorius KIM was weak as hell, she chopping her self to pieces and all this mess. Big had such an impact on her life… it’s as shame.. cuz she was so talented. She still has it in her… just need to find that fire again, something she p*****ionate about… Ohhhh that album she dropped before jail had some cuts on it… I may need to put those on my iPod tonight…

    @Pedro…
    You got that right, I’m sexy and I’m a hater… I only hate on Dip*****’s tho!!!

    @2DamTrill & [B] ….. get the ***** outta here you lonely ***** no ***** having *****… *****… ain’t *****ody want to *****s wit you or here or hear what you got to say.. come real or don’t come at all…

    [B] D [REAL] [B]

    @ D FAKE AZZ 2DAMTRILL AND [B]

    *****Z LIK U GIV PPL A BAD REP 4REAL…

    2DamTrill

    I am a hiphop gay purist!!!! And so is my male husband [B] the both of us like to be ourselves over the computer, make love & debate hiphop… And we both like to swing!!!!!!!!!!

    Pedro (Harlem)

    @ ( b)

    got to Gravatar .com and u can do it from there b , just follow the instructions aight

    @ 2damntrill

    aight wat bout Nas vs biggie

    @ pYNK

    damn you latinas lol

    2DamTrill

    @Pynk… I feel ya, you didn’t loose me…. I still say that B.I.G was the nucleous of JM, and Big could slaughter the entire Dipset, cam, all them *****s and their family too… so it would be no comp if it was back in the day… Lets not forget that Dipset is s*****ed from Camron, who is s*****ed from MAce.
    Big Un ( B.I.G.’s homie) was Camron’s manager… so ya see it all starts from B.I.G. Crazy huh?

    ♥ pYnK (AKA DIPSET HATER)

    @Pedro & 2DamTrill

    Bone and Wu can’t even be compared… As much love as I have for Bone I would have to say Wu got that in the bag… with Rza, Meth and Ghost… IT’S OVA!!! knock Bone out tha park.. Each one in Wu got they own sound, Bone all sounds the same… damn… I need to get some Wu on my ipod now too….

    2DamTrill

    I do feel sorry for Lil Kim tho…

    ok Nas vs Biggie… Biggie would prolly get it, you just can’t handle B.I.G’s raw flow off the dome… Nas is a thinker, so it would be a nice match up… but BIG would say stuff that would make the crowd freak out… thats how you win a battle.. feel me…?

    Pedro (Harlem)

    @ Pynky 2DAMNTRILL

    Its funny how yall didn’t mention how Cam’ron was ghost writting for Junior Mafia and Lil kim

    2DamTrill

    In real life I don’t know how to conversate… That is why I posted a picture of Andre 3000, I am very intelligent when it comes to debating rap over the internet… I wanna be important…

    Pedro (Harlem)

    The only person who could kill biggie in the hip hop game

    BIG L vs biggie

    big l wins

    2DamTrill

    LOL I feel ya Pynk… see ya better load that iPod up!
    Keep that Trill ***** alive in your world… then you won’t be fased by all this Hip hop is dead BS… WORD!

    PYNK you are pretty as helll… I Just couldn’t resist being a guy… lol had to throw a lil flirt in… ;) Gotta love a woman who loves Hip Hop!!!

    ok yall I’m out… might holla back a lil later tho… Be Eazy…

    HIP HOP LIVES….HUMANS DIE

    ♥ pYnK (AKA DIPSET HATER)

    @2DamTrill….. dammmmnnnn I forgot about Horse and Carriage…. and Mace is how Cam’ron came to the table… talk about a blast from the past…
    Big is the greatest of all time… anyone that thinks diff can KICK ROCKS!! And I’m glad I didn’t lose you… whew.

    You hear that Pedro… he said BIG COULD SLAUGHTER THE WHOLE DIP***** CREW!! LOL

    2DamTrill

    one last thing to the Ghost ***** hole… you dumb young ***** in your butt ***** face that is not Andre 3000 thats Obama ( in his youth) you *****toid.. now kill yaself and die slow….

    you just got played and ROASTED on the internet.. die roach!

    ♥ pYnK (AKA DIPSET HATER)

    @Pedro…. Cam was not ghost writing for them.. QUIT LYING! LOL… I know damn us latinas… but you love us too much to hate us!

    ♥ pYnK (AKA DIPSET HATER)

    @2DamTrill, thanks for the compliment… :)

    Aiight then.. peace be with you… and take it easy.. me and Dro will keep this up!! Right Papi???

    2DamTrill

    Ooh… I feel so low, because of what someone said to me over the computer… Don’t be so touchy *****….

    ♥ pYnK (AKA DIPSET HATER)

    LMFPRAO!!!!!!!!! No that dumb ***** didn’t say that the Obama pic was of Andre? OH WOW…. yea you just got chopped and screwed yougin…. kick rocks…. sorry *****….

    Pedro (Harlem)

    lol I aint lien he did, BIGGIE HIMSELF said Cam was nice `

    pYnK (AKA DIPSET GROUPIE)

    Please be quiet, and go take care of your mexican family, or Spanish, or White, Mixed, or whatever you are… Mexicans can’t comment on rap anyway, only Cypress Hill.. You fake ***** CHarlie Baltimore…

    Pedro (Harlem)

    @ Fake Pynky

    She puerto rican = Big Pun ,so ya hating cant talk b

    pYnK (AKA DIPSET GROUPIE)

    Every female M.C. had to have a busto ran on her to be accepted in the group… Unless they were lesbians, and even they had to suck *****… Ask Fat Joe… Us women need to be women, and quit trying to find a reason to be in a mans world just to suck ***** & rap… I’m so a M.C. Female of the world.. Look at me, I don’t like Killa Cam, or jim jones… Who give a *****…

    pYnK (AKA DIPSET GROUPIE)

    Puerto Ricans ain’t nothing but white *****es, with a mexican accent, that love to ***** *****s…

    Pedro (Harlem)

    FAKE PYNKY

    @ But why u hating ?, your probaby not an idiot , but your acting like one

    you said she wernt talking about hip hop and she started talking about hip hop, what you want her 2 do b ?

    ♥ pYnK (AKA DIPSET HATER)

    @ Pedro… I’m gonna have to wiki or google that.. I didn’t know Cam wrote for Kim and them…. he does have some tight ***** to say every now and again but he surround himself with corny ***** dudes! LOL

    @Fake Pynk…. LMAO… that was some funny *****… Like Pedro said I’m Puerto Rican and wtf… regardless of race or color if someone know what they talking about let them speak. You dumb ***** prob ain’t got ***** to say or contribute to this hip hop convo and you gotta sit up there and be a jack*****.. You just hating cuz a girl know more about hip hop then you do… LOL You probably are Antoine AKA Joey B sitting up in here stalking Pedro and me and spreading more hate… you dumb *****….

    @Pedro… Thanks baby… You always got me!!! MUAH…

    Pedro (Harlem)

    Just clownin… I’m going to chill just because of you homeboy… PEACE!!

    pYnK

    Well maybe you are hihop grounded… So for that alone, my apologie goes to you.. I was just being an *****.. PEACE!!

    Pedro (Harlem)

    @ Fake pedro lol

    maybe u can come back next time as your own self , and den we can talk about hip hop aight , and u never know put a picture of ya self cos u a female mc ?

    @ PYNKY

    I got chya

    ♥ pYnK (AKA DIPSET HATER)

    @the fake *****… you got creativity… so create a real acct, upload a pic an get involved in the real convo instead of pulling a Joey on us… aiight?

    Before I Go

    Big Pun, Fat Joe.. They are cool, but they are mediocre… No matter what cir*****stance, HIPHOP was created by *****z, and will always be for *****z.. Everyone else are just lucky to have a chance to listen to rap… You don’t see *****z trying to do latin music… Maybe in NewYork, but even still it’s for *****Z.. Bottom line… Peace Pedro..

    ♥ pYnK (AKA DIPSET HATER)

    @pedro…
    okay love I’m out… getn off work going home and chilln’… I expect to see you there waiting for me when I get there….. LOL

    ECOUTTADAQC

    IT IS!!!!!!!

    somebody break out the hymnal!

    CriticXtreme

    The brother is so right. Listen to the radio airwaves, they play the same songs every hour never venturing outside of box to play some of the hottest hip-hop artists that are on the net. Instead they stay within the safety net of the Lil Waynes, T.I.’s etc. Their playlists are created by their corporate offices that own the record companies that own the artists. Let’s face it, hip hop has not been the same since 2Pac moved to Cuba!

    GOD

    @Mc Wtf

    It wasn’t freestyle debate they had that BILE written in advance. Drumming up lame DRAMA. It was a draw for sure look Hillary got a cush job ALL her homies are placed on the chessboard and its only a matter of time before those demons start plotting. Kind of like hip hop just with POWER.

    Mizz_Lovely

    im mad that the only time bossip talks about lupe its something negative towards him, thats real childish with the botty-rapper comment

    Cala

    A fans of him posted a interesting storis of him on a blog page on a STD dating site” STDpal,,,com”. Many users know him in this way

    Ha Ha

    Hip hop? That stuff is for homos! Really gay *****!

    kim

    the best true rapper was 2pac r.i.p
    2.big r.i.p
    3.jay-z’s pretty good but i don’t like much of his music
    3.mase was hot in 97′
    4.cash money millionaire’s used to be exciting
    5.ja rule and common will p*****
    but hip hop died with pac as far as i’m concerned, and it’ll probaly never come back, i like lupe’s swaggger but “he cool” wasn’t that cool and he talking!

    EffYou

    It’s funny that the same dudes claimin that they rap for the “love” are the same dudes running away from hip hop right now..So what hip hop isn’t @ it’s best right now..U think big daddy kane cared about first week #’s ?? Them cats made music cuz they loved it..Everything goes in circles,so what people may not be moving the big #’s like before,but if it’s quality,people are gonna support it

    OverTheTop

    People always talking about Hip Hop Dead when they ain’t selling sh*t. When that money roll in they shut they mouths up then. Nas wasn’t moving nothing for a bit and neither is Lupe Fiasco now. That’s why they both was talking that ying yang.

    Freddy T

    He’s a savvy dude and he’s right. When Lil Wayne is the hottest thing then it’s already in the casket.

    Izzy

    its not dead lol, but its hurting. its only mainstream music thats hurting though. theres still dudes like mf doom, andre 3000,and lupe fiasco putting in work. artists like the ones mentioned before should be getting more support.

    Kenyasoweta

    Lupe is way sexy. Brainy men are the sexiest of all.

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