My Response to NO ID's post about people that say hip-hop is dead

Here is No Id's original blog: click here

and here is my theory.. is hip-hop dead?

In my opinion, no music ever dies. I just think that every form of music has different artistic peaks. If we look at all the major forms of music in American culture that have been in the pop realm from Blues, to Jazz, to Rock N Roll, to Hip-hop etc. Each form of music experienced a time period when it peaked.. this is not to say that it is dead or won't be revived at some point but I think music definitely goes through artistic bursts as does culture.. The reality of the situation is hip-hop has potentially seen a peak in the pop realm as did Jazz in the 30's and 40's.. Rock n Roll in the 50's and 60's, Funk in the 70's, and hip hop in the 80s and 90s.. Elements of hip-hop will never die in music: dance, dj, graffiti etc. I feel like artistic movements are pure in their early stages where people are involved in something because it is the art that attracts them not just the money or the lifestyle. I definitely believe that there are people still like that but what happens is that the music gets over saturated with trendiness and people get involved for the fame and money before they get involved with passion. I was 10 years old when Common Resurrection came out.. too young to know about it at the time so I am definitely not an old school bitter hip-hop head.. I just recognize classic music and that is a classic album.. As we are nearing another decade I can say that most of the best (not my personal favorite) but the most historically impactful and significant hip-hop albums are from the 80's and 90's.. Not to discount Outkast, Jay, Kanye, Beenie, Dr Dre or anyone that has dropped a bona fide classic hip-hop album in the 2000's but almost all the hip-hop artists (minus the few that we know- kanye etc.) were a continuation of the previous generation.. Hip-Hop isn't dead but it is safe to say we've heard it's better days in the pop realm. My favorite hip-hop artists still doing it - Andre 3000, Kanye, Jay Z..