[Jukeman]

Quote: Originally Posted by DiceMan

I feel you and I definately respect your post and you do have some very valid points. I'm 36 so I'm one of those old heads who was bred and born in NY. I don't knock the kids doin their thing nowadys b/c they could be out trying to tap my pockets but I also understand what they're doing isn't meant for me. They have their own movements going on and I'm all for it. As far the "real hip hop" thing one thing you have to understand is (and I don't know how you old you are) before the game blew up you really had to have skills to get on. We came up on deep lyrical content. Half of these dudes (NY included) probably wouldn't have made the cut with a Rakim, G Rap, KRS, Cube or Kane in their prime. Again this is no knock b/c I understand the game is in different place now and there isn't a premium placed on lyrics.

I respect your post and agree with the opinion but you also have to consider that Hip Hop is young (early 70's) and the lyrical part of Rap didnt catch on until the late 80's and in the 90's....Thats only as decade...Def not enough to define a genre...We had a golden era, thats it..

Hip hop/rap was never about lyrics..Dudes were saying jibberish, toasting and saying repeatitive chants from the start...Thats how it got the name "rap"



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