tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4849197989457216262.post8238992192807675969..comments2024-01-20T17:06:53.151-05:00Comments on Maurice Garland: World-Renown, Locally-Respected Writer, Photographer. Tastemaker and Lifestylist: Music is the New Moviesouthpeezyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10569579646642589612noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4849197989457216262.post-49234067023985808262010-09-10T12:47:20.009-04:002010-09-10T12:47:20.009-04:00You said a mouth full.Nowadays it's about ever...You said a mouth full.Nowadays it's about everything you do off the mic and outside the studio.Fake beefs,twitter fights,internet rumors etc.Talent has always taken a back seat but,now it's not even needed.ppl are creatures of boredom and it takes a lot to keep the masses attention.Now ppl realize they can put out the worse rumor then counter it and make a buzz.it's wack and it's killing hiphop<br />http://youtube.com/lochofmceo<br />http://twitter.com/loch121<br />http://myspace.com/loch121Lochhttp://youtube.com/lochofmceonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4849197989457216262.post-20369023719395043542010-09-09T17:13:19.216-04:002010-09-09T17:13:19.216-04:00I think it just comes with age... of the music.
I...I think it just comes with age... of the music.<br /><br />I think alot of the music on the radio is rapping pop music. Theres no fire. I think this era we're witnessing is hip-hop's equivalent to hair bands. Nicki Minaj is Lita Ford to Nas' Led Zeppelin. <br /><br />I think we just need to be patient and sit back and watch the transition. Im 32 years old and I love hip-hop music more than anyone I know, and nothing is more frustrating than to see some of these puppets turn our music into a WWF match, fake wrestling, scripts, managers and all.<br /><br />But coming from my perspective, Im a huge proponent of the underground movement and I follow everything in the underground, and I think that magic is coming back.<br /><br />You see it in artists like Big K.R.I.T. and J.Cole. We dont hear alot about them, their "grind" or their "swag" or how they are working so hard. We dont see them hardly ever. Rarely do we see interviews, and the only time we catch flix of them is when someone goes to one of their shows.<br /><br />These guys are truly putting in work, keeping their nose to the stone and busting ass. I think that is the generation that's going to bring the magic back.<br /><br />Don't get too depressed about it Maurice. I agree with you 10,000% about these artists caring more about these "events" than focusing on their music. But i think thats going out along with alot of these shitty, half-assed, reflective glory basking publicists and managers.<br /><br />The really real shit is coming back... can you feel it? (pause)JMackhttp://hoodhype.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4849197989457216262.post-3113118790754841822010-09-08T01:16:19.282-04:002010-09-08T01:16:19.282-04:00I just hit 20 y/o, so I was still in diapers when ...I just hit 20 y/o, so I was still in diapers when "Scenario" dropped, but if you take a look at hip-hop being more about the "events" than the music it's just a side effect (for lack of a better word) of the growth that hip-hop has had over the past 15-20 years. It's not hard to tell that it's not about them music anymore, not too many kids want to be rappers because of the love of the music. They want the money and the fame. When it comes to the event songs, rarely do they garner my attention. Most of the time it's an old verse and like you alluded to, the rappers involved most likely weren't in the studio together.Rome Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906488244261623771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4849197989457216262.post-45118381879313373082010-09-07T20:33:54.500-04:002010-09-07T20:33:54.500-04:00Well written but hate this argument. Of course it ...Well written but hate this argument. Of course it feels different, these "events" are old hat featuring a bunch of kids you may like or respect but don't have the history or context with. You can't compare hearing scenario in middle school with hearing a Khaled posse cut in your twenties. Ask the kid in Middle School who worships Drake and gets his mind snapped by his Rakim like Eminem getting on a blockbuster together. Don't ask Busta what it was like getting on his first Khaled joint, ask Tip or Ross. The players change but the Game doesn't.Abe Beamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02555083249178098320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4849197989457216262.post-60285120655998043122010-09-07T16:02:17.789-04:002010-09-07T16:02:17.789-04:001st let me begin with a hearty "LOL!". N...1st let me begin with a hearty "LOL!". Now that thats outta the way, Id like to say well-written and spot-on (the ol school HBO intro was a nice touch too, made me feel 8 again). These niggas with their "movies" and such...shit is sad but I agree with Bussa Bus and Bun (s/o to alliteration) niggas got kids and bills so as DL Hughley/Jesus said..."Keep the party goin"hiphopobamahttp://twitter.com/hiphopobamanoreply@blogger.com