Comments on: Is Hip Hop Really Dead? http://warrenlaidler.com/photography/event-photography/is-hip-hop-really-dead/ Life Through the Lens of A Multmedia Artist: Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:38:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Matt Rhys-Davieshttp://warrenlaidler.com/photography/event-photography/is-hip-hop-really-dead/#comment-2053 Matt Rhys-Davies Mon, 30 May 2011 09:56:49 +0000 http://warrenlaidler.com/?p=1163#comment-2053 I don't think it's dead, I do think the quality artists have been sidelined in favour of junk, 'pop-rap' where substance is absent, and generic chart topics such as cars, money and women are prevalent. I'll just go for my top 3 as quite short of time, but : Illmatic - Nas (of course!) Return of the Drifter - Jehst (Best of British probably) Asylum Speakers - Foreign Beggars (The gritty sound of London) Although that said, best hip hop track of all time has to be 93 'til infinity by Souls of Mischief... I don’t think it’s dead, I do think the quality artists have been sidelined in favour of junk, ‘pop-rap’ where substance is absent, and generic chart topics such as cars, money and women are prevalent.

I’ll just go for my top 3 as quite short of time, but :

Illmatic – Nas (of course!)
Return of the Drifter – Jehst (Best of British probably)
Asylum Speakers – Foreign Beggars (The gritty sound of London)

Although that said, best hip hop track of all time has to be 93 ’til infinity by Souls of Mischief…

]]> By: Willhttp://warrenlaidler.com/photography/event-photography/is-hip-hop-really-dead/#comment-111 Will Sat, 19 Jun 2010 22:08:17 +0000 http://warrenlaidler.com/?p=1163#comment-111 hey whats your myspace page. hey whats your myspace page.

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