Comments on: I fell off

By: Jose Lopes

Jose Lopes — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:51:29 +0000

Hey great piece…and I would have totally agreed a couple of years back my brotha…but trust me things are changing fast and the underground is shinning as much as it was 10 years ago…there’s loads of talented artists coming up, especially from the west coast…

For this exact reason I decided to create a blog that en-captures this new movement, that is conscious, full of thought and knowledgeable of the Old School…

Have a look at J’s Music Inc. (www.joselopes.net) I mainly focus on supporting and exposing new artists…

It would be great to Keep in touch

Jose

By: chanese

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By: izdakehlah

izdakehlah — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:09:40 +0000

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By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:45:07 +0000

hey don’t sleep on eydea, Aesop Rock, or Tonedeff. Check those artists out they are not listed but are extremely talented. Listen to “Here for you” and “Soundtrack of a Romance” by eyedea off his album, The Many Faces of Oliver Hart. Do that asap cause you are in for a treat. There is also this brand new way undergrond artist laying raw vocals over an 8track and doing it old school startin his indie label who will emerge soon. He’s a must hear you can check him out at http://www.myspace.com/whizdumb. His last verse on crushed I mindblowing. He raps with one other guy by the name of Prep Logic who reminds me of a more conscious eminem. I really enjoy looking through this site please keep it going. Good commentary too leave more of it visiters.

By: Quentin W.

Quentin W. — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:52:13 +0000

Hit me up on the email listed I am a concert promoter and I am looking at doing some unique cutting edge stuff involving the underground..

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By: Willy James

Willy James — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:01:21 +0000

The times are changing, in a sense, but we always seem to be saying that. The change may be more manifest than principle. Radio stations have been playing the same stuff repeatedly for as long as I can remember — remember how many times you heard Ice Ice Baby as a kid?.
I don’t think the developing issue with hip hop is the change in structure of the industry — it has always been crap –, but I think you hit the nail on the head when you mention that what is being settled for is dangerous for the art. The fringe genres of ‘gangster rap’ and bling bling flows were perfectly acceptable until this widespread development of an almost mob mentality within the pop community came about [the amount of this mentality is the problem, as it is obviously not new to hip hop -- I refuse to join in on the hero-worship of Pac and BIG because of their promotion of such mentality, which ultimately led to their deaths]. The fact that record companies are working extremely hard to promote this form is disturbing. What is equally disturbing is the fact that they continue to promote it because the public loves it (I’m tired of just blaming the labels). We know violence and sex sell, but that doesn’t mean we should continue buying them.
On a broader note, communities need to really take care of themselves, which has been obvious since the dawn of man. There are so many childish ‘beefs’ out there right now between newborn ’swag’ kings, it is ridiculous. The childlike egos of these “men” is disturbing, and says something about the social environments surrounding them — talk about insecurities!. The public and the bigger labels that sell such ideas to the public are partly to blame here.
Hip hop has always had to fight against some sort of backlash, whether it be internal or external, and I believe it will survive its current evolution. I believe that we are still within the first generation of hip hop being truly acceptable within the mainstream — middle-class suburbanites now slap hip hop tunes like they invented the sh*t –, and it is still in the process of defining itself within that mainstream. If the final initial- definition is anything like the current pop manifestation, then the underground will probably see a huge revival — as long as it can avoid being too ‘pop’ and relying on a small number of artists to carry the weight, as it sometimes has. The underground always seems to fester and reappear.
By the way, have you noticed how ‘old’ hip hop is getting? The shelf life for some artists has become quite long, and the pop scene has allowed for reinvention — see Lil Wayne, etc. My problem with that is that you have to hear the same people for 5 or more years at a time, with little supplement. Nothing wrong with being a lifelong fan, but let’s see some variety! There are great underground artists still around, but even the underground seemed to develop a ‘pop’ scene. I’m glad my boy josh is kicking knowledge on artists that deserve some recognition, and this is the stuff that will revive the scene. It’s just a cycle…

By: E.R.O.C.

E.R.O.C. — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:55:11 +0000

I just stumbled upon ya site…I feel what ya saying..I agree with the comment also..I think hip hop got destroyed within the past decade…Now its time to rebuild & knowing what went wrong (I think some of these new cats do)Take the ish back from the ground up again w greater knowledge..Peace…

By: Mech

Mech — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:47:28 +0000

Yeah right on man.

I once heard from a few elders that great music and new genres come from times of recession. So here’s to the world and its future and to the music of the people that will be its soundtrack.

New site layout look sick byw.

Peace

Mech

By: josh

josh — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:40:23 +0000

What do you think of the new site layout? The old blogspot blog is a thing of the past!