Hip hop is doing the new rock thing; there are no rules. They can do anything, really. And that's inspiring.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
For anybody to say well this is not Hip Hop and that's not Hip Hop, that is not the way the formula was laid down. It was for the people who were going to continue take anything musically and string it along.
Hip hop has the urgency and rebelliousness that early rock n' roll and punk had: a level of rule-breaking and flirtation with danger. It allows you to break the rules.
Hip-hop is supposed to uplift and create, to educate people on a larger level and to make a change.
What's wrong with hip-hop is the system that controls the definition of it. There needs to be more balance on the airwaves.
Hip-hop is all over the planet.
Hip-hop is too young to put a definition on it.
For us to keep claiming this isn't Hip Hop and that isn't Hip Hop doesn't make sense to me.
The thing about hip-hop is that it's from the underground, ideas from the underbelly, from people who have mostly been locked out, who have not been recognized.
In my opinion, hip-hop has a lot to do with rock and roll, because at one point it was considered an alternative - edgy, independent. Hip-hop is pots and pans the way that punk is garage. You make something out of nothing.
Hip Hop has become real constrained. The creative juices and creative flows have been diminished.