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Originally Posted by louder
like other people already pointed out, i was referring to the "good shit".
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No. Even then its not what it was or even could be.. the reality is rap is like Delta Blues, it was authentic only in the particular societal circumstances that gave birth to it. When Jim Crow died blues became Elvis.. a corporate ghost.
Same with punk.. punk was an underground gutter music, put it on the radio what does it become? Green Day...
Rap came out of the Reagonomics 80s.. contemporary rap is an artificial nostalgia. The society that gave it life no longer exists.
Rap has been taken over by "the industry" and so has become a caricature of itself. This is what Kanye epitomizes, and why most of us here don't like or respect him as an artist.