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Why does Hip Hop suck? Politics as Usual

This is the time where every four years the average citizen suddenly gets involved with politics. Healthcare, foreign interest, the economy, etc. have become a topic of discussion anywhere from your average Joe's lunch break to the locker room of your little cousin's gym class. (believe it or not) I'm not going to bore my Hip Hop fans with too much political talk 'cause I know you're getting that from everybody else's blog. However, I will say this: I think the voting process in this country is a fraud. I think Obama is the best candidate left but it isn't the best candidate for the job. I think he's great but Ron Paul would have fit better in the White House and he's a Republican. I know my Democratic pals will say, "Nino ,cut it out." Well, I don't care for that shit either, it's about the right man for the job.

Before I get into how this relates to Hip Hop, let me just continue for one more paragraph please, follow me. Ron Paul was the only man who made sense in the debates. He's the only dude who said we need to get the fuck out of Iraq, immediately. Not in those words but he might as well have. You see forget the gas prices. We're in Iraq for what reason? 'Cause of contracts we have with certain folks over there? We haven't even found oil! We're in Iraq patrolling the perimeters for national security? What the fuck does Iraq have to do with our national security? People are fucked financially over here, losing jobs, and are stitching themselves up in their house with Home Depot products rather than going to the doctor. For stitches, man! Dudes is scared to go to the doctor to get a cut fixed 'cause it might cost them an actual limb. So fuck Iraq! The war costs us four billion dollars a week. Who is that shit hurting the most? Canada's dollar is higher than ours and so is Cuba's. In a few months I wouldn't doubt if the Mexican dollar will be equal to ours. That's not to offend any of my Mexican folks but this is just a sign of how bad shit is here. We went to Korea 50 years ago and we're still dealing with a mess over there. Obama is a smart dude, but if he applied his intellect and stood up for what needs to be said, rather than not be afraid to offend some of his financial backers he'd say, "Lets get out of Iraq now." It's not doing us any good right now and its only going to get worse. We just borrowed money from China that we're in no position to pay back any time soon.

I just spoke to a friend of mine who happens to be a Hip Hop editor and her response was this: "You can't just say get out of Iraq; that's not how the US works and they have to work it out." Why does it seem like in life the most logical shit to do is always the thing that just can't be done. Labels for instance aren't selling ANY fucking records. Why? 'Cause as I mentioned a while ago, their formula which they are so comfortable with isn't working. Does it matter to them? The singles are getting mass exposure, ringtone deals are off the hook and all, but you aren't selling any fucking records. They all went bankrupt and starting partnering up with each other cause they were making no MONEY! You'd think they get the point and try something different. Great artists will sell records because people will buy their product for more than just a single. Nas, The Nortorious B.I.G., Tupac, Big Pun, Snoop and etc didn't get deals because they were popping on Myspace. They didn't get deals because they had BDS spins or a killer street team. They got situations because companies believed that they can build a fanbase if they had the right machine behind them. Well somewhere that all changed when Hip Hop was all about its business. Funny when you focus too much on the business the things you sacrifice right? Good Music! Who cares about how good your music is. Now its all politics. DJ's have artist now and they are scared to put on a new artist who's hot because that artist might get hotter than their artist. They have a production team or produce themselves so they have to play the records they make on their show rather than expose new talent. This is how this works. What is this doing to Hip Hop? The same thing US political interest is doing... It's affecting the PEOPLE.

Now the people have to listen to this mess. The true talented artist who don't have any money behind them to afford features, radio promo, a publicist and etc, can't be heard. So like Joe Budden said on "Dumb Out"; "Let me find out Hip Hop's turning Republican." Yes Joe, let you find out. People care more about when Jay-Z is getting married than listening to a great song. Does anybody care about the quality of music anymore? Shit whats the point? Sure this dudes music is good, but his bio isn't professional. He doesn't have quality press pics or a DJ Premier track on his resume. Why give him any light? Fans expect all rappers to rap the same. They think the popular one's are the best one's when that's far from the case and I ain't just talking on a commercial level either. Some of these "real Hip Hop artists" are wack lyrically themselves. They don't spit from gut, have no presence, and if this was 99 they would be an afterthought. So you can be the dopest dude out right now but good luck getting somebody to push you on any level if it doesn't benefit them. Hip Hop has turned into George W. Bush. Incompetent, senseless, and having zero consideration for the interest of the people. Politics always manages to fuck shit up. With Hip Hop its no different. The economic interest fucked this culture up and has pushed the quality so far back that not even its most loyal purist whether (writers, artist, DJ's,) consider the quality first. Its not quality first its about branding, business, identity, marketing, name value, dick-riding, rims, facials, muscles, fashion, nice video, who did the beat, how much do you make, how fly your girl looks, and "did you hear what happened with such and such."

To the industry in a whole:

We as the people demand quality music. We as the people demand results immediately. We as Hip Hop followers demand that you separate the good from the useless one's. Put the waste in a different section. We love the news and all but we demand that quality music be pushed heavily in this overly saturated industry. There's more horrible shit than good shit, oh we understand. Create a different section for them. The people have spoken. Look at their comments. They let you know who they like and who they think is a waste of time. Don't you get it when nobody is even listening to this person's shit or supporting it. This artist can't sell out a show, get any listens on HipHopDX, sell a CD, or build a loyal fanbase. STOP PUSHING HIM! You are wasting our time and yours. More yours cause you are actually putting money behind this buffoon. Damn similar to how the US is puttin' money into shit that doesn't benefit the people. We as the people demand that rappers step up their presence, rhyme schemes, word play, punchlines, creativity, beat selection, work ethic, mental stamina, and stop saying predictable shit. Stop talking about how gangster you are. Go be a full time gangster then cause that shit is old in Hip Hop. Stop talking about how much money you make, we get it baller you got cake. Stop talking about how real your music is none of you are fake we understand that. Its getting old and tired. Dudes who can't rap for shit are rapping and we are tired of them being heavily exposed to us. We as the people demand a change, immediately.

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