True Music In Hip Hop: Nas Says Hip Hop Is Lost, We Say It Has Been Found

In a recent interview with NBC's Talk Stoop host Cat Greenleaf, Nas talked about how hip hop is lost. He goes on to say that hip hop has lost its integrity, its realness, and its over all meaning. While Nas does make a point, when u think of all the rappers who have no integrity (Riff Raff, Trinidad James, Lil B etc). He's not wrong when it comes to rapper lack of realness (Rick Ross, 2 Chains, Rich Homie Quan etc). And when it comes to some artists, I am still appalled by the amount of success coupled with the obvious absence of meaning (Migos, French Montana, Chief Keef etc). I know that all may seem like hip hop is lost to some, but in reality, all of which was previously mentioned was not real hip hop. People need to understand that these artist don't love hip hop they love the money. Although if that is how they choose to feed their family, more power to them, but let be serious they could care less about the state of hip hop. However, since the dawn of hip hop they have tried to commercialize it and steal it for their own personal gain. The foolery we see today is no different than Paula Abdul, Vanilla Ice, and The Chicago Bears trying to rap. Now, enough about hip hop being lost, it has been found in the copious amount of great music that has been given to the public over the last few years. Just a few weeks ago another great Eminem dropped The Marshall Mathers LP II. We all know Em' is one of the top five greatest MC's of all time and MMLP2 might just be his best album to date. It is literally 100 plus minutes of straight hip hop. Along, with Eminem's raw lyrics he has some great melodies and a versatile approach when it comes to his flow, everything that hip hop should be. So Nas, I realize the bad has outweighed the good for so long, but the balance of scales is beginning to tip. Maybe, if we were able to listen to a new Nas album before the end of next year hip hop would be alive and well in everyone's eyes. Just something to think about.

P.S.here goes the full interview of Nas on Talk Stoop and the full interview of Eminem sitting down with Zane on BBC radio, along with a link to download the MMLP2 and some other songs. Enjoy!