Before hip hop started to become a real movement, the public wasn't exposed to it. With Yo MTV Raps and shit bringing some hip hop to the forefront we created a mainstream. At first all the rap we heard was mainstream, and it was good. This new vibrant art form was getting out and it was exiting and different, from sugarhill to easy e all this shit was out there now and it was crazy. Then more and more people started to add to the pool of hip hop artists. Radio stations were creating hip hop culture by picking and choosing from an ever increasing pool of music and that was influencing the listener.
Now we have a ton of hip hop out there and what the radio and media choose to play and inflate is garbage. White dudes in collard shirts are not who I wan't creating my hip hop playlists. A guy named steve should not be spinning trap, but thats whats happening. Now to find substance you pretty much have to go underground, and thats where the beautiful side of hip hop is, and it's endless. You just have to know where to look.
Support your local hip hop.
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