Whoever said hip-hop was dead must’ve not looked at my iTunes. Hip-hop is alive and doing well. From the tall tatted Pittsburgh native Wiz Khalifa, to the soulful country Mississippian Big K.R.I.T, there’s been a new era of young talented artists that redeemed rap from the 2007 scare of dance rap like “Crank that”. What’s one thing these freshmen have in common? It’s the Internet. They’re realizing they don’t need a record label to make a track and produce their own music videos. Young artists are taking their careers into their own hands and using sites like Twitter and YouTube to get their name out their. The pioneer of Internet success believe it or not was Soulja Boy Tellem himself. If there’s one thing that Soulja Boy did right was using YouTube to post his videos, which led to his success and eventually led to his deal with Collipark records.
This is the new generation of rap. In 2011 rap doesn’t have an image and its great. Who would’ve thought that a 19 Jewish kid from Pittsburgh would get magazine recognition like Mac Miller was able to do earlier this year. But now anyone has the ability to build his or her career. Since it’s so easy to “become a rapper” everyday I hear about somebody new from my high school trying to rap. Its kinda funny people are waking up in the morning and deciding to rap because all the lame “rappers” add to the negative image of hip -hop.
The reality is that times are changing and hip-hop is forced to change with it. A lot of the older artists that we grew up on are not around anymore because they couldn’t keep up. The freshmen want their time to shine and we have the power to make or break their careers. On that note support good music.
Later,
Atrazgeneral
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