Hip Hop, Beyond The Superficial

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• Hip Hop, Beyond The Superficial

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• What is the first thing that pops into your head
  when someone mentions Hip Hop? Is it the radio
  singles that pop in your mind? Do you think that
  Hip Hop music is only about being rich, having
  lots of jewelry, getting with lots of women, and
  thinking you are the best in the world? The radio
  may make Hip Hop seem this way, especially to
  people that aren't well rounded about the culture
  of the genre. Regardless of the singles that are
  on replay at the radio stations, Hip Hop music
  can be much deeper than any other genre. A lot of
  people don't think that this is true because they
  think all Hip Hop music is made for the radio.

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• Compare a real lyrical and emotional Hip Hop song
  to a radio single and you would probably think it
  is a totally different music genre. While some
  artists choose to be completely mainstream and
  try to pump out as many generic singles as they
  can, many artists stay out of the spotlight and
  have the best music. A lot of the deepest artists
  don't even get to the fame level that many 'radio
  style' artists do.

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• If you think about the deepest Hip Hop songs of
  all time, a lot of them vary on their topics. The
  topics of the best songs are very widespread and
  can be about violence, family issues, drug
  problems, etc. The radio on the music and this
  style of music seems like a completely different
  genre. The best artists are more like poets then
  rappers. They express emotion in a way that
  mainstream artists can't. Hip Hop started as a
  real form of true expression, and the best
  artists still hold this value true.

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• Some great examples of artist's that produce this
  kind of music most of the time are Joe Budden,
  DMX, Nas, Common, Kanye West, and Eminem. Most
  people will say that Tupac was the deepest rapper
  that has ever blessed us with music, and it's
  hard to disagree. Some of the artists I've listed
  have made their share of radio singles, but
  overall, their music has a lot of meaning. The
  radio may make some of these artists look the
  same as the mainstream musicians. However, the
  majority of their albums are deep and contain
  messages that aren't shallow. That is where the
  true content resides.

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• The radio has changed what Hip Hop means to a lot
  of people unfamiliar with the whole genre. That
  is why a lot of people have said that Hip Hop
  music is dead over the last couple of years. Just
  like if it were a book, you can't judge Hip Hop
  music by its cover (the radio). Think about that
  when you start to make irrational conclusions
  about the whole music genre.

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