Something weird is happening in hip-hop

Cancer eventually kills itself….

Hip hop came out the Caribbean but you Americans/ New Yorkers complete dismiss that and go right into what was wrong with America during the 80s

This video has aged amazingly considering jpegmafias attention rn and collabs with Kanye

rap is a musical art form . hip hop is a culture.

billie ellish is not hiphop what😂😂

Diddy always said he was changing the game… He did and it sucks

A bunch of yapping on this video.

Wow, you have nailed how I feel about hip hop. It needs to have a message not necessarily lyrically but in attitude and live shows. Too much of it seems like chart chasing and streaming hits.

Hip hop ain't dead, it's just changing to something we don't like

I see, there’s two parallel trends. One is that the mainstream is in decline, the other is more experimental stuff coming to the fore. You can argue that rap’s going through a progressive rock phase, or a punk phase, simultaneously.

17:00 the band FEAR was on SNL and their fans did so much damage to the studio when they played the band was banned for life from ever playing on SNL again.

on "Born Free" M.I.A. incorporated the synth & drum machine madness of "Ghost Rider" (1976), composed by one of the first and most-out-there punk combos Suicide. I love her transformation of that piece, and her artistic choice while building upon and elevating the original material into a completely different spectrum.

any chance of a playlist that covers the music in this video? I'd be eternally grateful!

Another hip-hop video forgetting about the role of DJs/turntablists. That may seem dated, but it's why hip-hop has been dying, IMO.

Bawxsh should be in this video too

How can you talk about hip-hop and non mention Eminem?

Finally…

You're acting like the natural way of the music world is for rap to be on top. It's not.

Yuno Miles On Top

I think of rap music as independent and ideally underground music so when people assess the market based on the sales of the biggest names I feel it's missing the point. The category 'hip-hop and R&B' says it all. For me that's like combining hip-hop and gospel into a category. The two musics are so different it must be a commercial creation.
I grew up punk rock and those ideals are as relevant to me as ever. Take it from the man.
I'm only 5 minutes in so interested to see who you mention. I love Little Simz, Young MA, Run the Jewells, Dee-1, Lupe Fiasco, No Name…
Furthermore. A kid from the hood or alone in their bedroom has a way more relevant perspective on our society and what it's like to live in it than a J-igga o Snoopy the Dog.

The is shift good been living it ever since the thps 3 days hearing Xzibit, lootpack, madlib, and hearing underground tracks on adult swim bumps back in 2005 when they were playing five deez and j dilla instrumentals on air. Never looked back since then !