Most of the hip hop our generation listens to is trash.

From the lyrics to the beat, the powerful message hip hop used to send to the everyday people is gone. All we hear about is rappers talking about money, power, fame, and women. Today songs have no meaning and only sound ignorant.

True Hip Hop was shaped and formed by greats such as Run D.M.C., Wu Tang Clan, Notorious B.I.G., Nas, Atmosphere, Murs, and MF Doom. A lot of people have no idea that underground hip hop had much to do with the forming of rap. A great example of the power music carried back then was when legendary MC Nas came together with the powerful MF Doom and the 9th Wonder to create the amazing album God’s Sons.

The rhymes that MC’s laid down had powerful messages, stories, and art in their words. Hip Hop fiends would know about the infamous King of New York, Nas, and his stories about everyday struggle to a heart filling song for his daughter. The problem with music today isn’t the crappy artists who sing, rap, or produce these songs, it’s the new generation that gives them fame and fortune.

In all truthfulness artists today wouldn’t last a chance in the past. It’s sad how today’s generation doesn’t know art. Itts very obvious when you hear a song from back then and today–there is much difference. A great example is to hear the powerful lyrics of Atmosphere song “Yesterday:”  “Never thought about the world without you, and I promise that I’ll never say another bad word about you. I thought I saw you yesterday but I know it wasn’t you, cause you passed away, Dad.”

Rapper from Atmosphere, slug (Sean Daley) lays down powerful words about his late father with whom he had a very rocky relationship. Now read the lyrics of Drake’s song   The Motto

See how ignorant and understandable these lyrics are?Hip Hop isn’t about girls, money, or fame. Hip Hop is a living soul; it changes and evolves, but in the past maybe music was simply better. It can be way more than that, and deep down in the hearts of many music lovers, true hip hop lives on.