Is this New Stuff Hip Hop?

Man Hip Hop Sucks BAWLS!

These dudes today are too soft?

Emo rap is wacksauce!

What happen to the street nigguhs?

I only bump that 90's Hip Hop, real Hip Hop!

What happened to the time when...

You've heard all of this in the last 5-6 years.  It use be that same old Hip-Hop debating that circled around lines like ""It's like New York's been soft, Ever since Snoop came through and crushed the buildings".  Blame the falling-off of NY for the head first dive...plunge rap took into the shallow pools of mainstream commercial Snap-n-Pop Hip Hop.  Fuck the culture!  That's dead weight to a generation that's never respected any founding father whether it be Thomas "Them-ain't-MY-brown-babies" Jefferson or Kool Herc.  If you remember 98', you remember the blow up!  If you remember 96', you knew it wouldn't be long now; ours was on its way.  If you remember anything before that, you were part of the movement.  You were selfish with this Hip Hop shit.  Every song was yours.  You owned the words, you owned the beat, you owned the feelings and the expression that came along with it-- package deal Mister.  What are you thinking now? 

What have you been thinking since The Slim Shady LP went platinum, or Supreme Clientele broke through the packaging, while Blueprint smothered the airwaves?  Kanye made it cool to rushthe stage and snatch up awards, that didn't have his name on them.  Pharrell decided it was okay to sing a little falsetto in between your verses, while rocking skater wear, riding on a BMX, with some Beckies he stole from the Ashton Kutcher fan club.  Eminem buried his feelings along with his moms and drowned his biggest fan.  A had full of rappers even decided that college along with dope, rap, and wicked jump shots was officially a way out of this hood life.  What were you thinking?

Well, while you were trying to figure out what to make of this "That shit ain't street" music, I was listening to The Listening.  I was studying for finals as a Computer Engineer major while singing College Dropout.  I drink some brain cells away while Blackout played in the background.  I watched entourage waiting for The Greatest Story Never Told-- the most unmisleading title ever!  I never did law but I knew about them Bar Exams, and when I really needed that feeling I threw on some Mood Muzik.  I'm from Virginia and when I prayed for some ill emcees to represent us, he answered back with Lord Willin' and Hell Hath No Fury-- yes, God is good...ALL THE TIME.  The game changed but the passion from these artists didn't.  I could see it, but the world was blinded by MTV, BET, and this new VH1 shit.  Do people even still set the radio stations in they cars today?  I copped Food and Liquor, The Cool, The Weather Man, Jesus Price Superstar, Below the Heavens, The Tipping Point, Game Theory, Eardrum (smh), The Renaissance, Foreign Exchange, 3:16, etc..etc.  Yet people seem to believe that Hip Hop was dead, or dying or irrelevant, ill-respected, abused, misguided, dejected in soul.  When you weigh all there was versus all people claimed their wasn't, to them, things just didn't balance out.  And it still doesn't. But that cycle's gone little by little, and rap is being excepted again for the art more than $$$ amount.  Can you tell?

9th Wonder started a whole label based off pure TALENT!  Who does that, who's ever been doing that.  We watched groups like Rockafella fall from the highest of point of successful, no chute.  And now we have artist like Kendrick Lamar.  We have groups like Pac Div.  We're amazed by Big K.R.I.T and J. Cole not only because of what they do, but because of how they do it SO DAMN WELL.  When was the last relevant female emcee.  Don't worry about that, there are many of them now.  This New Stuff is the same old stuff for a new generation.  ITS STILL HIP HOP BABY!  The red-headed basterd child of music is here to stay.  And its getting ridiculously better.  The lyrical part that people thought was gone is back with much bigger numbers.  You can't ignore your Pusha T's, your Cyhi's, your Jay Electronica's, or even your Yelawolfs.  Hell, if you ignored The Roots last here, you lost!  So, is this New Stuff Hip Hop.  What the fuck do you THINK THIS IS..... BITCH!