The Problem with rap today!

I stand to be corrected , but the birth of punchline rappers was the death of rap as we know it. The punchline rapper seeks to get his point or diss across in a short amount of time, and not going through a slower more methodical build up. Then around the Time Lil Wayne, became extremely popular (post Carter 1 and 2) circa Drought 3 mixtape, a style of rapping known hashtag gained popularity. Rappers got even lazier. First let me explain my definition of a rapper. Someone capable of telling compelling stories through rhyming, or even just able to make clever turns of phrase.

The Hashtag generation is at the fore right now. Hashtag, is when a rapper ommits the use of like or as in a simile, much like Nicki Minaj, Wayne, Fabulous,Drake. Don't get me wrong done right the style of rap can be  good, ie: Barry bonds by Kanye West. Not that the style isn't entertaining, as a verse ends up becoming a game of word association, keeping the audience guessing. But lesser rappers are leaning on this style too heavily. The biggest difference between the names i mentioned above is that they can switch up their style to give you a more cohesive song, that makes sense and follows a theme from start to finish, but there are certain youngsters who can't make that jump. Watch the vid above to see how retarded, and funny (i have to admit)this style of rap is.

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