| Over the years the definition of real hip hop has | | | | were only exposed to a generation of artists who |
| become harder and harder to explain and identify. In | | | | knew how to market themselves and make money |
| the beginning, hip-hop artists were ranked based on | | | | but with little desire to elevate the art form. I don't |
| their creativity, intelligence, as well as their ability to paint | | | | blame them though, realizing that most of the younger |
| lyrical pictures with clever ryhme schemes. This was | | | | artists don't remember the days before rap existed, so |
| the scale that measured the difference between a | | | | they have an entirely different outlook on rap. |
| great rapper and a not-so great rapper. When major | | | | So when folks ask about real hip hop they are usually |
| corporations got involved with the business side of the | | | | speaking of a feeling that they got when listening to |
| hip hop art form, they applied business principles to the | | | | artists who created music that opened up the minds of |
| rap game that made the industry all about who was | | | | listeners and always raised the bar of the art. Now |
| the best at marketing themselves instead of who was | | | | that I personally use real hip hop to motivate youth in |
| the best at lyrics or creative writing. | | | | schools, I can see that they are very responsive to the |
| This formed a divide between the old school hip-hop | | | | music which gives me hope that the future generations |
| heads who became accustomed to a certain | | | | will continue to elevate the music. |
| elevation in the music and the newer generation who | | | | Thanks for reading. |