Rapper Akon, Thug Wannabe

Posted on May 23, 2008
Filed Under America, Music |

The article hits points I’ve wanted to bring up here on numerous occasions but still haven’t yet.

Let’s just say I’m not a true fan of mainstream hip-hop. I prefer blues and jazz instead. Old school hip-hop is the real deal. Even with all that was left to be desired, at least rappers like Tupac were genuine.

You see, today hip-hop is mostly commercial superficial garbage with almost zero intellectual value. 50 cent types? No thanks. No more. They’re getting tiring. Keep the beats but eliminate the negative image and lyrics please. On top of that, continue innovating the original and revolutionary production styles. Timbaland is a fine example of a music producer doing that. The way he merged dance music elements like trance synthesizers together with hip-hop beats is genius.

But hey…

At the end of the day, truth however is thuggish rap sells. It sells really well, and as long as there is demand, there will continue to be supply.

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