You'd think it be a modern poets dream to see how far hip hop has come.
From the New York streets to our t.v screens we are blessed with cultural voices of pain, confusion, struggle and passion.
These struggles go beyond ghetto street corners and fatherless childhoods to civil rights animosity and inequality.
Whose to blame when it comes to artists that claim to be the truth when in reality they are constructed and act as puppets to mass money making corporations.
No more home studios, no more basketball court battles just a cheap remastered beats or (in Kanye's case) a sample and some lyrics about struggling on what to buy next.
Don't get me wrong there is still talent out there and some artists have been loyal to hip hop's name, but we have to actively seek them.
You could push the blame on so many forces.
Money, for blinding the hunger of talented poets with a dream.
Record labels, for pushing catchy lyrics written by writers they represent.
Producers, for over selling compositions that become variations of their last beat.
Publicity, for molding a poet physically even mentally for financial gain.
All these forces are liable but the most liable is the poet for 'selling out'
A lot of people don't like to use this term but I know that for a serious lyricists your words are apart of you.
Let's think about.
When was the last time you heard a successful hip hop track without a pop artist singing the chorus?
The format has changed.
Few listen to the lyrics so artists don't put any time into writing them.
It's not about blame, it's about the future.
It's up to you, to choose what it is you listen to.
As a poet I listen to lyrics, I want to understand the struggle and that means something to me.
It's a choice.
I could layout my opinions and debate for hours but I'd rather your conscious make up it's own mind.
Instead let's make this a positive, because there is still so much talent that doesn't get the exposure it deserves.
Here are my top 5 lyricists
4. NasFrom the New York streets to our t.v screens we are blessed with cultural voices of pain, confusion, struggle and passion.
These struggles go beyond ghetto street corners and fatherless childhoods to civil rights animosity and inequality.
Whose to blame when it comes to artists that claim to be the truth when in reality they are constructed and act as puppets to mass money making corporations.
No more home studios, no more basketball court battles just a cheap remastered beats or (in Kanye's case) a sample and some lyrics about struggling on what to buy next.
Don't get me wrong there is still talent out there and some artists have been loyal to hip hop's name, but we have to actively seek them.
You could push the blame on so many forces.
Money, for blinding the hunger of talented poets with a dream.
Record labels, for pushing catchy lyrics written by writers they represent.
Producers, for over selling compositions that become variations of their last beat.
Publicity, for molding a poet physically even mentally for financial gain.
All these forces are liable but the most liable is the poet for 'selling out'
A lot of people don't like to use this term but I know that for a serious lyricists your words are apart of you.
Let's think about.
When was the last time you heard a successful hip hop track without a pop artist singing the chorus?
The format has changed.
Few listen to the lyrics so artists don't put any time into writing them.
It's not about blame, it's about the future.
It's up to you, to choose what it is you listen to.
As a poet I listen to lyrics, I want to understand the struggle and that means something to me.
It's a choice.
I could layout my opinions and debate for hours but I'd rather your conscious make up it's own mind.
Instead let's make this a positive, because there is still so much talent that doesn't get the exposure it deserves.
Here are my top 5 lyricists
5. Slick Rick
Click the name to check them out!
nice!!!!
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