Hip Hop ain't dead. It's just 30.

Hip-hop is not dead. It just got honored last night. It's been 30 years. Really it's a little bit more older if you include the first album by the Last Poets. But hey some say it started in 1979 with Rapper's Delight therefore making it 25 years old.

Anyway you cut it hip hop is a art form that most people 30 years ago thought was a passing fad. Guess the critics were wrong on that one huh? Rapping is now a part of out daily lives we see it in commerical after commerical selling us everything from cars to hamburgers. But is it still good? Is there another Public Enemy? Is there another Tribe Called Quest? Is there another Run-DMC out there?

Well folks as I said in Hip Hop critique #1 the game hasn't changed for the better except for a few minor exceptions. Here are a few artists out there who are pushing the art form past the OutKasts and 50's. These guys deserve props and more importantly they deserve record sells.

Jedi Mind Tricks, Akon, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Company Flow, Kool G Rap, De La Soul.

Hip Hop isn't dead. It just got tired, It just got relaxed, It just got rich, It just got lazy, It just lost focus, It just turned 30. Hip Hop is now underground. That stuff you hear on the radio isn't hip hop it's just hip pop.