Originally Posted by
toshison
There are still lots of high quality emcees out there and plenty of quality hip hop made.... Just don't expect to hear it on mainstream radio or see it on TV (as if they even play music videos on TV anymore).
Lots of artists that made an impact are still doing their thing... I mean De La Soul (minus Maseo) just put out another album - First Serve. Common put out an album, The Roots put out an album not long ago, Pete Rock & Smif n Wessun put out an album not long ago. Ghostface is still doing it. Raekwon's got a label and signed Toronto's own JD Era. The list can go on and on. A lot of the producers that painted the beatscape of the 90's are still producing. Guys like Pete Rock, DJ Premier, Diamond D, Large Professor, Pycho LES etc...
You have lots of quality music from J-Live, 9th Wonder, Nottz, MED, Elzhi, Kev Brown, Blu etc etc... Lots of great stuff out there. Even look locally - Did you get that New North album featurng some of Toronto's finest?
I think the problem is not that good hip hop no longer exists, it's just that pop culture is so in your face that maybe its hard to see past it.
To a degree, it is a generational thing... That late 80's, early 90's golden era sound is what I will always go back to but there have been some great artists to come out since then, you just got to look for it and understand that the music has evolved.
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