Is rap and Hip-Hop dead?

[Noni]

I am huge fan of Rap/Hip-Hop

But today's music is just....Terrible. Its the same thing, money,women, and drugs.
Music today doesn't have meaning as it used to back in the old days when Eminem went hard. When Jay-Z showed people how bad ass it was to be from Brooklyn. Nas lyrical game destroys todays rappers.
Of course Tupac and Biggie will always be legend and they were the peak of rap.

I'm not saying their aren't some good rappers today Kendrick Lamar, Meek Mill, Lupe Fiasco, and Tyler the creator (He was awesome with his first couple of mixtapes)

So my question to you guys....
Is Hip-Hop dead compare to how it used to be?

 

[Strata Uchiha]

Sorry bro.

Lil' Wayne murdered rap five times before it hit the ground.

 

[Lyke]

Lil Wayne is good

 

[Chibiusa]

Every generation ppl will say "This generation's music sucks". In ten years, ppl will be saying what happened to the rappers of 2012/2013. I'm not saying they're all great, but it's the basic concept.

Honestly, ppl need to stop with this. Just like how ppl moan and groan about how "bad" Justin Bieber is. He'll be considered a legend in the future.

 

[Jamcool2]

everybody knows that TUPAC is the BEST

 

[Glorious]

Real rap is dead yes

 

[foxyladyland]

its not dead check out my rhymes.

talkin bout how i went to walmart brutha u stay there; you be cashier shoppin like "come on over here"
Lane 3 is open!! Lane 3 is open!!! we got deoderant, bath n body works, and the shyt dat you smokin....
we got lickerish, cigerettes, whatever you smokin....
im like " i just seen that dude before man he gotta be jokin."

 

[DylanSwerve]

The style of music now is like adapting to inflation. You have skill as an aspiring artist, and once you hit it big you have to keep your songs simple and retarded to stay there.

 

[jiraiya lives]

no its not dead, you slaughterhouse, eminem, immortal technique, vinnie paz, K rino, chino xl, hopsin, kendrick, diabolic and more mc's who are still doing their thing and making good music....if you think that rap is dead then you probably one listen to the radio..

rap has gone underground and into the battling scene nowadays

Spoiler

this guy would murder 95 percent of current rappers and he's only a battler
[video=youtube;Hp4byLQiBLE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp4byLQiBLE[/video]

 

[Noni]

no its not dead, you slaughterhouse, eminem, immortal technique, vinnie paz, K rino, chino xl, hopsin, kendrick, diabolic and more mc's who are still doing their thing and making good music....if you think that rap is dead then you probably one listen to the radio..

rap has gone underground and into the battling scene nowadays

Spoiler

this guy would murder 95 percent of current rappers and he's only a battler
[video=youtube;Hp4byLQiBLE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp4byLQiBLE[/video]

Ive heard of them all, But this also proves another point. Most people don't know who they are, why? Because the hip-hop industry don't care about them as much, they don't care about lyrics they care about a hot beat and a good chorus that is it.
More people Know Soulja boy then the guys that you just listed its fact. This is where hip-hop is

 

[-Hatake-]

There are some that are keeping it alive. There are many artists that know how to write, you just have to look for them. I think Em's releasing an album soon.

The thing is though, these new rappers know how to play the game. They struck gold and are now riding their wave of popularity, they are filthy rich, why should they put in any effort when the mainstream audience is going to eat it up regardless of the music they produce. The fault lies in both the artists and the people, we constantly listen to garbage while the real talent is unrecognized, then there's the artists who put little effort into their music because that is the trend these days. You could also say that these mediocre rappers give a false sense of hope to the youth that listen to them, they churn out garbage, so kids think "hey, this looks pretty easy, and they get paid millions doing it, I should give it a go". Now I'm not saying that people shouldn't follow their dreams, it's just that rappers nowadays influence the rappers of the next generations, and if the future is anything like the present, then it looks pretty bleak.

 

[Meee]

Yeah it is any good material now is mostly underground shit

Lil Wayne is good

What you smoking bro?

everybody knows that TUPAC is the BEST

Overrated, he was an average MC

 

[FuChomei]

I don't see how women should've been put into the list . . . Don't judge the entire music industry, you can if you've listened to every piece of rap/hip-hop from this generation though.

 

[kingofninja]

Listen to anything from Macklemore. Everyone's heard thrift shop, but his other stuff is deep, great stories and music.