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Since the revolution of music, artist have collaborated in order to exchange fan bases and create new sounds. Collaborations ultimately benefits both parties, most of the time one star isn't as popular in the media and the other needs to remain relevant in the media hence the collab. Recently major artist like Drake, Nicki Minaj, Kanye West etc... have been criticized by audiences addressed as vultures for hopping on popular songs and instead of helping the artist, stealing their artist identity while the artist rapidly declines in status. For example Kanye remixed Chief Keef's " Don't Like " Keef remained popular the entire year and now he's unknown, Drake hopped on Fetty Wap's " My Way " and completely took the Migos flow after " Versace ." Although they all were great songs, the business of music definitely left a bad taste with hip hop fans. We're seeing more seasonal artist versus long term hip hop develop in the industry. Ba...

Hip-Hop You The Love of My Life Well I absolutely love this topic, because I love hip-hop. I'm 20 years old, so yes I'm a 90s baby, unfortunately I wasn't alive for the beginning of hip-hop. Therefore my hip-hop influences are not: Eric B & Rakim, Run DMC, KRS-1, Suga Hill Gang, Funky 4 plus One More, Rappers Delight etc... You get the drift. However we 90s babies are the luckiest, because we've gotten a chance to be a part of the elevation of the lifestyle. Raps that were once only rhymes, elevated to many poetic devices. Artist such as: Tupac, Biggie, Common, Jay-Z, Nas, Eminem, and OutKast etc...are examples of the advance. With all of that being said, I've been a hip-hop listener since 1998, I was 5 years old, but of course that's not when I fell in love with hip-hop, because I was way too young to appreciate any music. Back then all I enjoyed about music was the catchy tones, but not the lyricism. As the years past I began to develop an infatuati...

 Happy Throwback Thursday    A Tribe Called Quest - Electric Relaxation Remember when New York and the other surrounding northern cities dominated the hip hop industry? I'm talking about the Wu Tang Clan, A Tribe Called Quest, Eric B. & Rakim, Nas, Jay-Z, Biggie, Big L, Big Daddy Kane, De La Soul, DMX, Slick Rick, Mobb Deep & Many more! Well all has definitely changed, since that time hip hop has become more national and international. Now you see MCs from all over the globe, but myself and many others miss and remember what hip hop use to be. Rappers are no longer coming from Cali, New York and occasionally the mid west. People the international success of hip hop isn't a bad thing though, this simply mean the genre has finally taken over the world. Hip Hop spread like a wild fire after the historic 90s era! I'm proud that the music I love is impacting so many people in different ways, allowing highly skilled new talent to arise! So for throwback thu...