The Return Of The Lyricist?

By: desil386

Los Angeles : CA : USA | about 1 month ago

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For years we have heard the grumbles from rap fans that real huip hop is dead. Soulja BoySoulja Boy and all the other laffy taffy type rappers have come and f***** up the game and now real lyricism and respect for the craft is dead. Well everything comes in cycles and it is going around that the new look for the next few years will actually be going back to the basics and focusing more on who is the better rapper instead of what they wear or how they dance.

With the success of Drake recently and Jay’s declaration that Auto-Tune is dead and we need to get back to the rapping it looks like label and radio execs are taking notice. Within the next year the new sound is supposed to be more lyrics oriented and labels will be signing more MC’s instead of entertainers. The catch is though that despite the return to lyrics the labels are not budging on the fact that today's top artists has to have some kind of sex appeal as we see with Drake and even now Soulja Boy. They are looking for that balance.

This is great news to me. I’m hearing Florida rapper Heretic and Pittsburgh artist Wiz Khalifa are supposed to be getting some big looks along with several others rappers that fit this mold.

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melbell | about 1 month ago

Thanks for this info. I admit I'll never be an authority of rap, but I do remember a time during the '80s when there was some very political & valid rap that I did enjoy & I forget that many people that listen to rap never even heard of the rap I'm speaking of. I was reminded of that only last week as I helped a young man find a book entitled "The Coldest Winter" which was written by Sista Soulja who I remember having some very illuminating raps during that period -- I mentioned recognizing the name to the young man & he had never heard of her, he was finding a book for some one else. It was during that period in time that I became familiar with Queen Latifa & many of her songs fit that bill of politics & poetics that made rap interesting to me. I'm not sure when sexist violent lyrics took over as my own preferences in music generally stuck to more rock oriented genres than rap, but I don't really believe it did anyone but the artists with massive money & the studios any real good; I always have been drawn to music with a message that made people think about how they might help to improve the world & that period in the '80s was one of those for rap. I'd like to believe that it could travel back in that direction. Thanks again for your insights, yer pal Mel Bell.

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