Re: Hip Hop Discussion Thread
Too lazy to re-quote but...
Eminem is that type of rapper that doesn't need a mixtape to garner a buzz because we all know he's gonna sell. Recovery didn't even have that much promo coming out, Em doesn't do much interviews just performances on late night shows and drop the following week.
Stop that bullshit bout selling out. Everybody from the OG's to the new cats are having they're songs in commercials, TV shows and movie trailers. We won't get the old Eminem back because 1) Em is in the mainstream, where sometimes you have to grow up and 2) in this society of pretty much more self-consciousness going on, everybody is getting healthy (with Lohan as an exception). Not to mention Em is looking after two girls and I don't wanna here another "Daddy's Gon' Crazy". If said rapper not selling out is so popular, where are they on the Billboard charts? Wiz Khalifa will sell out soon, yes it will happen. Whether it's hearing a song of his on Gossip Girl or 90210 or him performing with a pop star (like "Airplanes" did).
But there will be those artists that will stay true to who they are. Only problem, they won't be in the mainstream. Freddie Gibbs for one, after reading his
interview with Complex, there is no way we'll see Gibbs in the mainstream or even a top record company because he's too real. He's as real as his music.
Str8 Killa, No Filla is exactly that. If you want raw emotion of street life, listen to it. You WON'T be disappointed.
As for loyal fanbases, it's too early for Drake. There's already a fair share of fans that have turned they're back on the Young Angel. Lil' Wayne's fans have only really started rocking with him for about 5 years now and he's been doin' it since '99.
As for the Ice Cube track, the Dr. Dre and Em shots is what I was talking about. Rap know a days is subliminals. They're not suppose to just blurt out names, there's no fun in that.
MizMasta takes this shit serious man.
