When Nas claimed "Hip-Hop is Dead" he wasn't talking about this new emergence of rapper-singers, he was talking about all the whack rappers, who showboat on about money, cars, and bitches.
However, in recent years with the success of T Pain's "Rappa Ternt Sanga" which translates into Rapper Turned Singer. There has been a large group of rappers who have followed T-Pain's trend, In particular Kanye West. The most dominant figure in Hip-Hop today.
Now I'm not picking on West in particular because most "rappers" are too a victim of the auto tone. I just heard a song where Young Jeezy is using it.
The auto tone abandons the lyricism and depth of hip-hop even more so then the "flashy rappers" in the south. This new birth of "rappers turned singers" has completely destroyed the hip-hop culture and made everyone sound the same.
I used to turn on the radio and be able to distinguish exactly who was rapping. However with this new breed of the auto tone its nearly impossible to tell the difference between T Pain, Snoop Dogg, or Kanye West.
Although I do agree that with everyone who says hip-hop needs a "new voice" but apparently rappers have taken that to literally. We need to embrace the lyricism in Hip-Hop and finally give artists such as Talib Kweli and Little Brother their credit. The auto makes everyone sound like their in mentally challenged and anybody with a harmonizer can do it.
The “rappers turned singers” have fully emerged and it depresses the hell out of me. What’s next "blogger turned rapper turned singer." We have to draw the line somewhere, right folks? and bring this shit back to HIP HOP because right now the genre is slowly dying.
I live for Hip-Hop and I'm not going down without a fight. I hope the true hip hop fans aren't either. Everyone please go out to your local record store and support lyrical hip-hop that expands your mind, because it’s a dying breed. If were not careful, sooner then later all the rappers will have become singers. its sad.
YEE!
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