I'm still trying to figure out why people would rather listen to illiterate music, then listen to something with a deep meaning. I'm mainly into the Hip-Hop genre of music, but this post/rant is about the steady downfall of music and a whole. Part of me is glad the "Greats of the Genre" has died off. I would rather see someone like Pac who always predicted how he would go out, ended the way he did. Even though I KNOW that Pac would put himself down on the level other people are at these days, I couldn't watch him fall off because people would rather hear someone like Wayne or Gucci on a beat instead of Pac. I just don't think people realize the raw talent these dudes had. The meaning of Hip-Hop as a whole is gone. It's history. True Hip-Hop is so dead, that they should put that shit in History textbooks in school. Tupac - Temptations Will I cheat or will I be committed, heaven knows Gettin weak and I wanna hit it, so here I go in my ride and I'm all in, gettin high I can hear the people callin, I'm passin by Everybody knows I'm ball-in, and to God Gotta keep myself from fall-in, but it's hard All the cuties know I'm under pressure, what do I do Gettin shaky when she pull the dress up, and say it's cool If I showed this verse to some of my friends, they would tell me a wayne verse "goes harder". Let's take a wayne verse and compare the lyrical content of those. I will pick the most lyrical wayne song I can come across instead of picking any one that shows no skill at all. Lil Wayne - DOA Ugh, fiji water granddaddy purp Excuse me I let da semi auto-matic burp Blood gang muthafucka call me red alert Young carter, kill in order who get it 1st Stuff dat gurl with dick till her head burst Young wizzle, flow needles I can thread shirts Boy you aint did shit I den said worst Flip your fitted cap back like fred durst Ugh, fiji water og kush I drink verses & eat hooks Got da stove on my waist & we cooks Im in da way you cant pass like aaron brooks President ride da car slow I let my driver drive I'm on part 4 This might not be the best wayne verse out, but I think it's safe to say, anything Pac has ever put out, makes waynes shit look like a joke to Oldschool standards. Now, Let's take someone like Outkast and compare him to someone like Gucci. Two Southern acts and lets see what we have here. Outkast - Two Dope Boyz From the bottom of my lungs a ***** be blowin, spittin his game Comin up on ya from the South, the A-T-Liens aint changed Cooler than most players claim to be A ***** that's from the A-Town see The home of the Bankhead Bounce, Campbellton Road and other city streets Enough of the verality, fallacy, butter we speak not fiction Speakin of pullin yo' girl lookin at Jheri curls you bitches Everytime I ryhme for y'all, I'm lookin to prove a point kickin a freestyle every now and then but mostly off the joint See I smoke good cuz see it go good wit them flows, why the ***** the B-I-G like Tony Rich nobody knows why but me and my folks, cuz yall *****s jokes like the joker I'm sick of these wack ass rappers like I'm tired of hoes in chokers Gucci Mane - Lemonade My phantom sittin on sixes, no 20's in my gun Your cutlass motor knockin, because it is a lemon My rifle's Georgia-peaches, but you look more like a lemon These sour apple bitter bitches, im not fuckin with em I'm truly stupid paid thats just how I feel today, I'm movin slow cause codeine syrup's in my lemonade I'm standing in the shade and im sellin lemonade 600 a pint ago and raise off in the A Lemonade diamond bracelet, put it in ur face (BURR) Lemonhead diamond earrings I wore yesterday (BURR) Im pimpin where im winnon, thats just how im chillon Im smokin grits and sellin chickens, corvette painted lemons GUCCI!!! No lyrical comparison there. I still don't see why people listen to these dudes. When ever I hear someone say; "I don't listen to the lyrics, I listen to the beat." I think of that line from Masta Killa from Wu Tang. "The dumb are mostly intrigued by the drum" It's sad that a song by Big L released back in the 90s, pretty much describes what music today is like. Big L - I Don't Understand It There are too many MC's who are overrated You ask me, they wasn't even supposed to make it In the rap biz, they don't know what rap is So give it up, become a actor or a actress Or a producer, cause you fail to use the Mic right, so take flight before I bruise ya For sayin those bull crap wack raps on wax You need to get smacked, sit back and rip that contract Hey yo, I'm serious, Big L ain't playin games I should get foul and buck wild and start sayin names But deep down inside you know who you are Your rhymes are not up to par, you fake superstar And that really gets on my nerve When a rapper gets the credit that he don't deserve Goin platinum and don't have no soul Some rappers are mad nice and don't even go gold I don't like the way it's goin down Because it should be the other way around I just don't understand someone like Wayne gets played over Wu Tang, Someone like Gucci gets played over Outkast, and Tupac is known as "That dude who beefed with that fat dude a long time ago". If you're gonna listen to a genre, how are you gonna disrespect the history of it. I can't think of too much more to say to get my point across. /rant