Hip Hop in Critical Condition

It's a cold day today and everybody is gathered in memory of Hip-hop, Kool Herc is seated next to Grandmaster Flash with a sad expression on his face mumbling something along the lines of how no father should ever have to outlive his child. Afrika Bambaataa sits by the casket and places a rose inside before leaving in a hurry, it's a depressing sight for the godfather of Hip-Hop culture. Suge Knight and P Diddy have put aside their differences for now in order to pay their last respects, they both know this feeling well but it's still a difficult service. Now it's time, the casket is lowered into the ground and is covered over with dirt, Hip-Hop is officially dead, there is no coming back.

Soak it all in for a minute and ask yourself, "could this really happen?", the answer is yes, and it's damn close to being a reality, Hip-Hop has gone from the most creative form of expression to a pitiful form of music, it's on life support and the plug will be pulled soon.

A lot of people think that writing lyrics is simply sitting down with a pen and notebook and stringing together words that rhyme, this is wrong. Writing lyrics is a much more involved process that starts from the time you wake up in the morning until you go to bed. The most important advice i could ever give somebody is "Keep your eyes and ears open, listen to what people say and watch what they do", this is where your lyrics are going to come from, everybody has a story and if you learn to look at the whole picture, you will never run out of material to write about.

Today, people seem to have forgotten that part, its all about spinning rims, jewelry, selling drugs and gunning down enemies, the creativity is gone, maybe this is what Nas meant by "Hip hop is dead". Personally, i don't think that's true just yet, i do however think that Hip hop has one foot in the grave, if we don't inject some creativity back into it, were going to be going to it's funeral soon.