Brilliant and extremely important video....made my day to hear this heartfelt breakdown of what I feel has been a huge problem in hip hop culture for a long time....I feel the same about some rock or metal artists as well....this video should be spread around the globe
Fortunately guys like Kendrick lamar and j cole are hugely popular. Unfortunate thing is I don’t think people who listen to them listen to the message. Conscious rap just isn’t cool to a lot of young people. Mumble rap as it’s called such as migos and these other guys is the cool thing when really the lyrics are just generic nonsense as well as the beats. I wish that shit wasn’t cool but it is. A lot of good underground conscious rap out there but they don’t get any play so they aren’t popular.
That's not his point if you follow the video....it's the culture of demeaning women, violence, drugs, fast money, etc...…..I think it applies to a lot of media outlets...film, video games, music, etc.....he was addressing the lost msg to urban youth and how it's morphed and sure there's probably good stuff, but it's not the mainstream as much...I sure saw that through my son's and his friends music....had the same complaint...great video in my view
He's not saying that there isn't. That's not what he's saying at all. DMC is saying that the rap that's mainstream is shit and that's promoting the wrong message. He called mainstream hip hop basically disco.
I thought the part about there are no more groups was interesting. Made me realize that the majority of rap I like are from groups vs solo artists.
Last groups in hip hop I listened to that I liked were people under the stairs and Jurassic 5. Migos is a current group but their music is just mumble rap as dmc refers to in the video.
MOST of it is. Some of my favorite MCs are not good live on stage.....NAS, Public Enemy, Wu-Tang etc. But The Roots, Beastie Boys, Outkast, Goodie Mob, Mos Def, all amazing LIVE.