I love hip-hop music and everything it stands for -its powerful voice of self expression and its rebellious ability to challenge the system... thats why it pains me so much to see the direction in which hip-hop music has been headed for far too long. Artists like Grandmaster Flash, KRS-One, Public Enemy, 2pac, Biggie, Nas, and Jay-z used the mic to poetically highlight the struggle of the opressed and impoverished. They made powerful, frightening, and beautiful music. Today, the radio is dominated by artists like Soulja Boy, Flo Rida, T-pain, and Akon. Where is the message? Where is the original spirit of hip-hop? However, there is light at the end of the tunnel, an underground scene full of promise to carry the torch of hip-hop, and lead it back to the goldenage. Hip-hop isnt dead... its just been dormant for far to long.
This blog will be about exploring everything about hip-hop that keeps me coming back and gives me so much hope for a rebirth of greatness.
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