The Current State of Hip-Hop

The current state of hip hop is alive and well.  I believe Charlamagne Tha God even went as far as to say "we are in a new golden age of hip hop."  And honestly he couldn't be closer to the truth. It's hard to believe that just this year we had albums from J. Cole, Wale, Kanye West, Jay Z, Drake, and Eminem (with Pusha T even hitting #4 on billboards 200). Hip Hop hasn't seen music of this caliber since 2003 with when Jay Z, 50 Cent, Ludacris, Dmx, and Outcast all dropped number one albums in the same year.  And let us not forget Kendrick Lamar's classic album, which dropped in the fourth quarter of last year.  Also, we've seen lyricism from the street MC's with Slaughterhouse and Meek Mill both dropping sold albums.  Not to mention, the underground artist that have been giving us some of the best lyrics the over the last few years, like  Big K.R.I.T., Chance The Rapper, TuT, Add-2, and TDE's Ab-Soul.  It's Safe to say that quality music in hip hop is once again being revered. 

Now, with all that said, we still have a long way to go.  You can't turn on the radio without wanting to blow your brains, to keep your ears from the contaminating sounds of Trinidad James, Rich Homie Quan, French Montana, and Migos.  And God forbid you go on the Internet and come across the atrocious sounds of Riff Raff or Lil B, it's safe to say the world would be a much better place if they never hear any of these "artists" again.  There truly is a special place in hell for "rappers" such as these.  Lets just hope and pray they are the last of a dying breed. With all that being said, I'd like to end my first blog on an positive not.  Here is some hip hop in its purest form, with the melodic sampling of Method man, it is TuT with a freestyle over Drake and Jay Z's PoundCake.