Do you think Hip Hop has lost it's "Culture?"?

Let me explain what I mean. Back in the day (mid 80's - mid 90's), Hip Hop wasn't just a music form, but a culture, which obviously included the main elements: B-boying, Graffiti, MCing, DJing etc.. but there was also a since of the culture within urban communities. Being "Afrocentric" in fashion and attitude etc.. was very popular during this time which is why you saw a lot of people wearing madallions, growing dreads etc.. in the early 90's.

Now, it seems like because Hip Hop has crossed over, it's become more "corporate" and all about money and crossing over to a pop audience.

So, do you think Hip Hop has lost that whole "culture" mentality and sold out? Or do you still look at modern day Hip Hop as a culture?

For me personally, I'm not feeling like it's a culture anymore.

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No I just think with the changing of time so does things around it and Hip Hop has change and is a ever changing industry....

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Nah, I still think it's the words of the people
absolutely. hip-hop used to actually be decent. now its just a bunch of black guys screaming.
It can't lose what it never had.
I agree. Hip Hop is to what Yuppie was to rich young white men in the early 80s. Getting as rich as possible, no matter how crappily you do it. I think I gave up on hip hop when "A Bay Bay" came out. WTF? Whats does Bay Bay mean? I listen to Funk nowadays
in a sense ya i think your right back in the day it was about partys, havin fun, chillin, and talkin about hard times

now alot of it is money, sex, drugs, and the whole livin large lifestyle

i mean ya they did sing about that back in the day to but not just about that

i get what you mean finding hip hop music that has more meaning then livin large lifestyle is hard to find these days
I do agree with that statement. It's all about portraying a stupid "as long as the radio stations will play it image" and that's why a lot of it sounds the same now. It's like if you wanna sell you gotta sell out. Feel me?
yes, its garbage now, just the same, ***** *****, hoe, same beat, yawn...
the hip hop culture is universal, it exists worldwide in all kinds of neighborhoods, not just the inner cities or "urban" communites of the United States...ppl are still "afrocentric" in fashion in attitude today, it has just evolved from years ago when some of u were young...but then again, i still see people wearing medallions and growing dreads today
I agree, it used to be "for the people" and now it's like it's "for the record companies" [to get richer]. It has definitely lost it's culture aspect and have become more corporate, but I think that is with a lot of things that blow up and become marketable. I'm not mad at the genre for blowing up, I just wish they could have kept the "quality" and stayed true to Hip Hop's roots, in the process.
Its what you want it to be, it is what you ware willing to pay for. You, as a consumer make it what it is. If you support the realer rappers out there, they will flourish... or if you buy soulja boys ringtone... you get the idea
no i don't think hip hop lost its culture