Nas says that he thinks hip hop is dead. What do you think?

I agree with Nas. True hip hop and hip hop culture is dying. All that remains is fast beats and trashy lyrics. That kind of music can be fun to listen to for strong minded adults, who don't take those kinds of lyrics seriously, but it seems that it perpetuates the ignorance of it's impressionable young listeners. I love hip hop. And I can't front- I like the booty shaking lyrics; the beats; it's fun to dance to, and sometimes the lyrics are so absurd, that I can't help but enjoy the silliness. But I think that originally hip hop music was created to give a voice to the people who didn't have voices. Up until hip hop really started to take off- a lot of issues in black and lower income commuinites (the ones who mostly identify with hip hop) were over looked or unacknowledged. Once that music became popular and started playing in the homes of upper middle class families, who found the music to be despicable- they could no longer turn a deaf ear, or blind eye to what was going on in these

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you know i agree with you but like you said i love the beats and lyrics and new dance moves out now but the real hip hop that was acually going somewhere is just full of people just tryna make a quick buck and comin out with a lot of bullshit but like i said if you really sat down to listen to hip hop back then to now you would see a big difference...now all people talk about is money, cars, clothes, and hoes but i cant front i love me some hip hop though

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i hope it dies
It Is? Finally....I thought it would never end....is this the end or the beginning of a new Hip-Hop sound? something to think about.
fo sure! true hip-hop like run dmc and the legends of the late 70s and 80s are not around anymore. the real songs that truely stood for something aint around. all thats left is degrading women, shotting people ,or havin sex. no im not sayin all thsi is wrong or whatever you wana say. i just think its absurd that all this the rappers stood for is gone.

its only my opinion tho
Well, ironically, real hiphop is mostly dead, but whatever the hell took its place is very popular now, especially to impressionable white teenagers.
hip-hop used to have a meaning, it was a way for people to express feelings and ideas about their surroundings. Now all you hear about is sex and money and it is completely self-indulging lyrics. Old hip-hop with meanings behind lyrics is not dead as long as there are still people who sing about things with meaning, its just not mainstream and doesn't bring in money to huge record companies.
I bellieve it is dying. I have all ways been into music, mostly country and hip-hop, and today, they don't have true hip-hop, just miscellaneous beats, and bad lyrics, because they think that is what today's people want

Well, it's not, and I hope it changes very soon
(you saw that video clip on Yahoo too, eh?...Heh- that Mia chick that asked him a question was HOT!) :)

ANYway, I agree w/ him. Hip hop hasn't been creative %26amp; groundbreaking since the 90s.

You Have to look underground for the good stuff today. Cause MTV %26amp; BET sure ain't airing it....
It's not at all. That and rap are still the best music out there.
I disagree I think hip hop is just getting started with all these new people coming out of no where but it could use some work like some of the raps stop talking about bitches and sex and all that other **** people don't want there kids listening to that thats what I think
It's dead because rap has taken over. Most hip hop artists like Nas, dead Prez, Common, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, The Roots, and Lupe Fiasco, don't even get a lot of radio airplay. I turn on the radio and hear crap like "chicken noodle soup", or "pop, lock, and drop it". Rap is what's selling now and labels are'nt gonna change cause they want to make all the money they can, leaving us hip hop fans with less and less to choose from. It sucks!
Absolutely. Whats truly said about it is, hip hop used to be the outlet for rappers who had something important to say, something that makes you think. Sure there were fun light hearted songs back than too, but none of it was offensive.

The industry now is filled up with nonsense "artists" with one or two hits which are nothing more than infectious good beats, compiled with silly and simplistic lyrics and ridiculous music videos that all look the same - exploiting women, black women in particular, putting the genre and Black people in general in an unfavorable light.

Its crazy how easy it is to get a hit song these days. I officially declared this when "Laffy Taffy" went to number one on the Billboard charts. What the hell? Come on, even "Toostie Roll" was better than that. That and "Chicken Noodle Soup". I turn on the radio now, and I'll hear a song that repeats the phrase "This is why I'm hot" repeatedly in the chorus to the point where you'd think thats the whole song, another that sounds just the same but instead has the line "Now walk it out," etc etc. Its all so redundant. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of songs that repeat the same line over and over (especially old ones) but you never get the vibe that its uninspired piece of crap.

Sometimes I feel like I'm one of the few teenagers my age (17) who only seem to realize this. I hear them sing a long to these songs and I'm like, are you serious? Do they really like this? Music in general hasn't been good since the 90s. There are many exceptions but they are overshadowed but commercial productions, undeserved radio airplay, etc.
As a true hiphop head and Nas listener since 1994, I have to agree with the hiphop genius. I used to love hiphop to the point that it was in every aspect of my life. But the new music they call "hiphop" is not hiphop anymore. They need to give it a new name. I recently started getting into indie rock, just because the overall creativity in it.....all in all, im still going to see Nas perform on April 30th!! And also the Killers on April 9th. : o ) Good music is good music.