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Originally Posted by thethrillfactor  You had wack rappers,singing over wack tracks. You had guys that you would consider total sellouts back then which are revered today. For every Afrika Bambatta you had Planet Patrol. For every Run DMC you had the Fat Boys.(Back then even Dela Soul & a Tribe Called Quest were considered soft). |
This is true. But what this means is there was a BALANCE of all sorts of types of hiphop. Today there is NO balance. Where are the Bambaataa, Public Enemy, Poor Righteoues Teachers, Main Source, Stetsasonic, Digital Underground, Pharcyde, Cypruss Hill (and 100s of more) of today?
If hiphop was in the same mindstate back then we wouldnt had the diversity, we'd have 500 public enemy's and 500 pharcyde clones back then instead. But no, alot more artists back then went for originality and the media allowed it and promoted it.
Beeing original and dope today equals no contract and no respect.