When I think of hip hop, and the artists that have made a substantial impact in the industry, Outkast (and more specifically Andre 3000) ALWAYS make the list. That in itself was enough to excite me when I stumbled across an Outkast instrumental mixtape. I have fond memories of riding around, doing things that I had no business doing, with Andre and Big Boi providing the soundtrack to my life. Ahh. Memories. :-) However, traveling down memory lane always brings a sad revelation....Hip hop, like the rest of the world, has become trendy and disposable. Once a lyrical battlefield, an art of wits and word play, now reduced to just another machine. For example, MTV published a list this week of the top rappers. These included Meek Mill, 2 Chainz, Nas, and reigning at #1...Kendrick Lamar. One of these things is not like the other...Out of an entire list, Nas, ranking #4, was the only one with any real time in the game. I like all of the artists respectively, but a freshman album,no matter how hot, does not qualify you as the best rapper. Poor mistress hip hop has succumbed to the nasty monster that is commercialism. The industry churns out one "next big thing" after another, resulting in a tirade of trendy rappers that are forgotten as soon as our a.d.h.d afflicted world is fed the newest big thing. We swallow it up, follow it up, and never look back. On "Story Tellin" I address the state of hip hop today. The rapper of today.
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