Hip Hop Beyond The External

When the phrase Hip Hop comes up in conversation, what do you think? Do you think about all the cocky, party, or love songs that are always playing on the radio? Are you thinking that Hip Hop is just about the superficial side of life? If you aren't very familiar with the genre completely, these are probably some of the things you think about the culture. Actually, many of the best Hip Hop songs are much more meaningful than anything that ever plays on the radio. People don't believe this because all they see is the advertised version of Hip Hop music.

Compare a real lyrical and emotional Hip Hop song to a radio single and you would probably think it is a totally different music genre. The meaningful music in the genre is usually created by the artists that decide not to try and get on the radio. Instead, they do it for the sake of art instead of the sake of fame. A lot of the deepest artists don't even get to the fame level that many 'radio style' artists do.

The theme of the real Hip Hop songs are much different than the hedonistic views heard on radio singles. Some of the best songs have topics like sad stories (Eminem's Stan and Tupac's Brendas Got A Baby), drug problems and family issues (Joe Budden's Calm Down and various Eminem tracks), and cultural problems (Tupac's Changes). The radio on the music and this style of music seems like a completely different genre. The best rappers put real messages into their music and act more like poets. The roots of Hip Hop music show how deep Hip Hop should be.

Some great examples of artist's that produce this kind of music most of the time are Joe Budden, DMX, Nas, Common, Kanye West, and Eminem. Tupac is usually crowned the king of this style of music, and many of his most popular songs are some of the deepest songs in Hip Hop. While these artists have dropped mainstream hits that lack a message, the majority of the music they create is deep and emotional. The normal songs that you hear from these artists on the radio aren't the songs that I'm talking about. Don't judge these artists by the radio. Judge them from their complete album content. Albums are the real way to see if an artist really has something real to say or not.

The radio has changed what Hip Hop means to a lot of people unfamiliar with the whole genre. That is why a lot of people have said that Hip Hop music is dead over the last couple of years. If you look at Hip Hop as a book, people are judging it by its cover. Remember that next time you start to question the value of Hip Hop music.

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