Comments on: Ice Cube: “The Internet Killed Hip-Hop”

By: The Rap Up » Q-Tip: “Technology Killed Hip-Hop”

The Rap Up » Q-Tip: “Technology Killed Hip-Hop” — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:37:20 +0000

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By: david

david — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:22:50 +0000

hiphop is out on the streets anyways…real hiphop is the action of rapping djing painting or dancing…..its the energy that makes a person flex their skills..and battling other peoples skills.anything after that like cds, perfomances, shows, books etc…that shit is a representation of hiphop, but its not hiphop…real hiphop aint bought or sold…thatefore it will never die

By: rap's gratefuldead

rap's gratefuldead — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:41:53 +0000

before the internet, the majority of hip-hop was coming from big corporations who picked who to sign and market. internet at least gives way more people a chance to blow up themselves. soulja boy like him or not did all this without the help of a corporation backing him.

By: Belize

Belize — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:10:35 +0000

I agree wit Cube

By: Hip Hop Made Me Do It

Hip Hop Made Me Do It — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:08:02 +0000

For most rappers, they pretty much have to tour like crazy and sell alot of merchandise just to make some decent money because the CD sales these days alone will not pay for their big house, Bentley, etc . In the past, they can get alot of paper just targeting ma and pa shops and selling music from the trunk of their car.

The internet has opened a few doors and it has helped some established acts. Shoot, any type of publicity is good publicity. But overall the file sharing sites has hurt the rap game. In a bad economy, our money is going towards food, gas and not exactly a couple of CDs here and there.

For the most part, I see nothing but wackness on the internet — youtube, music myspace pages, etc..All I can do is shake my head in disgust.

Hip Hop (Graffiti, Break Dancing, DJing, and Rap) is alive and is more mainstream than ever before. But as far as rap, it’s currently in a coma and it needs creativity, better executives getting the right talent and helping them grow as an artist, the consumer needs to support the lyrically gifted, and the file sharing sites need to charge for copyrighted music or they need to do a better job of going against music piracy.