the first half of this decade, mainstream music was somewhat dominated by the atl hip hop scene but I just looked up and noticed its nowhere to be seen today. Wheres lil john and jazzy fay? jd? they were producing hit after hit and now are gone. imo soulja boy marked the end of the era.

the big artists like ciara, ying yang twins, ludacris, youngbloods, lil scrappy, dem franchise boys, bubba sparx all seem long gone.

"get low"
"goodies"
"ms new booty"
"i aint neva scared"
"yeah"
"oh i think they like me"

it may have been low quality music but it got everyone really hype for a long time and now its gone. The 2000s will be looked back on for this forever. Thoughts?

10/25/2009 2:39:00 AM

every single artist you mentioned (save maybe ludacris) is the reason that hip-hop is dead.


atl rap should have started and ended with outkast. maybe throw in some t.i. for good measure

10/25/2009 2:42:18 AM

so since that junk is over is hip hop coming back alive or staying dead?

10/25/2009 3:02:53 AM

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"every single artist you mentioned (save maybe ludacris) is the reason that hip-hop is dead. "

i couldn't disagree more . not all hip hop songs are intended to be deep and thoughtful. i don't wanna go out and dance to common and the roots. crunk music had/has it's place. heavy bass and simple ,aggressive lyrics aren't the reason hip hop is dead. those artist, while not prodigies are so much more talented on one level or another than the retards on the radio now. I blame the death more on what crunk gave birth too and that's the trap music. swag rap +trap rap = the death of hiphop

[Edited on October 25, 2009 at 3:20 AM. Reason : .]

10/25/2009 3:20:00 AM

According to some scholars, we're still in the G-Funk Era

Funked out with a gangsta twist

10/25/2009 9:52:09 AM

^winner.

10/25/2009 11:12:26 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQp5l4-sfFA

10/25/2009 2:24:01 PM

This is the future!

10/25/2009 4:57:54 PM

but that looks like the early 90s...



then again i guess it is 2010 basically

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10/25/2009 5:30:17 PM

I dont want to think when I'm drunk in the club

10/25/2009 8:17:20 PM

^.

I just want to hear new and creative ways of rhyming "dub" with "club".

10/25/2009 8:22:04 PM

im just glad to see a thread discussing hip hop for once, my opinions are pretty much spot on with stopdropnrol

i also just think a lot of these cats get in the game, go hard for a lil while to make some cash, and then get out and everyonce in awhile put their name on somethin to collect some more checks as they continue to be paid off the residuals of their bigger hits

kinda like mike tyson jumpin back in the game to fight kevin mcbride, butI wont say these acts you mentioned are exactly throwin in the towel and givin zero effort, they just have more time to enjoy a comfortable life and dont wanna bust ass in the studio/on the turntables like they did when they were really on the grind


the problem with rap right now is the fact that if a song becomes of that hit, every element of that song is copied and reproduced by other artists to create a similar sound to get an easier check

for example, using the computer voice, T-pain used it for solid effect...now lil wayne, kanye, miley cyrus, kanye, katy perry etc etc use it in their songs...remember when every song used the snap in their beat? that just make it more easy to get tired of hearing these songs more than once or twice because they are basically the same songs, same beats remixed


but yea alot of these guys are still doin work, just a little less, plus a lot of guys get off their deals and just wanna go back independent so they can make a larger percentage of their money and work on their own terms, using the fame they got while they were on major labels

[Edited on October 25, 2009 at 10:07 PM. Reason : s]

10/25/2009 10:02:56 PM

hahah, my sense of timing for music is so warped now... to me, every song he mentioned is "new/current" and all of those artists are still all over the place... of course living in Atlanta might have something to do with that...

10/25/2009 11:10:23 PM

Sure, most of the Atlanta rap that was commercialized in the early 2000's was fairly disposable. That being said, most of the stuff coming out of NYC/LA/Midwest at the time was as well. Seriously, even Nas was coming out with crap like "Oochie Wallie". So to blame Atlanta artist for those problems is pretty narrow minded. Yes, "Laffy Taffy" was a awful, but so was everything being released by Dip Set and G-Unit. Commercial rap as a whole lost its creativity, nationwide.

To the point of the OP, yeah, the time of crunk has passed. I live in Atlanta now, and it's rare that I here any crunk in clubs/bars. There's still a lot of local artist getting play, such as T.I., Luda, Jeezy, Big Boi (now that he's releasing some new material finally!), Killer Mike, etc - but very little of the Lil Jon-sounding stuff from 5-8 years ago. Honestly, there are times I miss it though, 'cause it hit the spot for certain moods. I went to Goodie Mob's reunion show here a few weeks ago, and they had Pastor Troy and Youngbloodz open for them - when Pastor Troy started with "No Mo Play in GA" (one of the original "crunk" songs, from like '99 I think), the crowd went ballistic.

10/26/2009 10:12:43 AM

i see you use the term 'artist' loosely here

10/26/2009 6:25:23 PM