I would have to say we need to get back to the best era of hip hop from around 1988 - 1994
That era had so many classic albums and they were all different kinds of hip hop. The problem with hip hop is that it is all the same.
Boggie Down Productions (KRS-ONE) - By any Means Necessary - Social Conscious Hip Hop
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back - Political Hip Hop
NAS Illmatic - Thug Conscious Hip hop (first album crowned one of the greatest lyricist.)
NWA Striaght Outta Compton - Gansta Hip Hop
Tribe Called Quest Low End Theory. - Jazz/Conscious Hip Hop,
that is just a small list and if you had an all time album list , those would be on it,
Whether it is that new song by Playaz Circle w/ Lil Wayne called Duffle Bag Boy or 50 Cent song called I GET MONEY, from North/ South/ East/ West, it is basically the same thing, and nothing really different. Now we do have Lupe, Kanye, Common, Talib, but it is far a few between,
You also had the Stop the Violence Movement, Artist actually tried to use there status to help the community, now most just want to just make money, You could see that with the Jena 6 issue, there was not many that open their mouth to say a thing, Only people like Mos, Bun B, Ice Cube, etc,
I have to say I do love that Soujah Boy Dance!! LOL!!
