Good Music/Bad Music?

Helloo love muffins <333 Welcome to my first blog. Isn't it so exciting?
Ok but anyways for my first blog I'm going to address the subject of music. One of my playlists are playing now as you read. ----->

Moving along I want to address the whole "Hip Hop is Dead" issue. First of all, who are you to determine if it is or not? Secondly, there are so many lame rappers you can't say one person killed anything. I'm also annoyed by all the people who tell me Hip Hop is dead but their favorite artist is Lil Wayne or Gucci Mane. Are you fucking kidding me? If Hip Hop is dead I'm sure you're keeping it that way! Don't criticize the whole Hip Hop community if you're making it worse or not contributing. All I can say is Hip Hop is what it is.

Into more details; I'm sure half of yall are probably thinking, "what? Lil Wayne's the best rapper alive!". Newsflash he's not. Lil Wayne is always high and drunk talking about nonsense that I don't want to hear. His voice disgusts me. And can we say D.O.A. stop it "weezy". Then to make it worse I have no respect for him! If you're a gangsta ok be that, but that fake shit is stupid. This boy went to an arts school and plays the guitar; that's gangsta right? And he's a blood who wears blue that makes sense too huh? Get the fuck outta here.He should of never started acting like he was hard and it wouldn't of bothered me so bad. And Next is Gucci Mane. Like truthfully I have no words for him. Listen to him! Like my friend said, his music makes my IQ drop. Gucci Gucci Gucci Gucci, OK you like Gucci stop with that foolishness because you're apparently not going to get an endorsement deal - just saying.

My point is that there's nothing wrong with listening to artists who aren't as mainstream as others! Most of them are better and actually rap about something or they can actually sing. A good list of rappers would be: Jay-Z, Lupe Fiasco, T.I., Talib Kweli, Common, Drake, Tech N9ne, Wale, etc. Oh and let me make this clear. I'm not saying there is anything wrong with listening to rappers who don't talk about anything becuase I listen to Soulja Boy sometimes; I'm just saying it becomes a problem when you call them the best rapper or act like they're music is just greatness.

[Part 2! Co-Written!]

Most people that know me personally recognize that I’m an opinionated person. I’ve been called a “know it all,” “biased” and many other unflattering descriptive nouns, and I can honestly say most of my deepest convections deals with music; specifically hip hop music.

What frustrates me more than anything is a dim-witted comparison. Nas open up a sort of Pandora’s Box when he proclaimed Hip-hop was dead. Unfortunately for me this Pandora’s Box contained hours of debate and argument about Hip-Hop. Everyone who listens to rap, like any other form of entertainment, has their favorite’s artist. But this Pandora’s Box also held dim-witted comparisons and arguments. Who’s the best MC? Who’s the best MC alive? These are questions that derived from Pandora’s Box and it’s safe to say most of them are asinine.

Lil Wayne is not the greatest rapper alive. He might be your favorite but he’s not the greatest, I’m very sorry to disappoint. That’s not to say he isn’t a good rapper and I’m not trying to insult anyone’s preference nor am I picking on him or his fan because I’m sure they don’t care about my opinion anyway. I say it just to demonstrate the dim-witted comparisons that were a consequent of this great hip-hop debate. The reason Lil Wayne isn’t the best rapper alive is because people like Nas and Jay-Z are still living. Sure Lil Wayne has had a nice career but he isn’t doing anything that hasn’t already been done; therefore, he becomes overrated when you rate him next to the greats.

That’s just one dim-witted comparison but believe me there are many more. Popularity does not equate greatness, and greatness does not equate popularity. Just because you’re the most popular rapper doesn’t make you the best rapper, it’s a clear difference, especially when dealing with art. I still maintain that true hip-hop is an art. It’s what separates rap from other forms of Music; the lyrical flexibility is something that you really don’t see in other forms of music. R&B is in a way constrained by its own art form. Therefore, saying someone like Young Jezzy is a better rapper than Raekwon is idiotic. Yes, Jezzy is way more popular, but seriously none of his albums can compare to Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, really it not.

But that’s just my 2 cents.

-Ender