Rappers of today are compared and defined by the rappers in the past. As new rappers emerge, listeners, fans and critics compare them to their old favorites. Aubrey Graham, also known as Drake, has emerged as a new upcoming rapper in the past few years. He has joined Young Money Entertainment, a group created by Lil' Wayne featuring many upcoming rappers.
His success started from his acting career and continued on to his rapping. His first few songs included stories of how he came to his success, troubles he had to overcome and the struggles to reach success. Among this group of "new-school" rappers, many of them rap about how they reach success. Drake, being more renowned presently, has surpassed the stage of dreaming and is living very successful.
Big Sean and Chris Webby for example, have released albums and/or mix-tapes describing their hope for success and power. Although they continue to aim for success, they sometimes meet disapproval. For instance, The Game, one of the "old-school" rappers showed them and many other rappers disapproval in his song Uncle Otis. The Game disses rappers all around in his song Uncle Otis, saying in one line "I'mma eat it up like it's my last, I'mma do it different, she ain't getting no cash. You know why? I'm not a star".
Some say that The Game dissing these "new-school" rappers is an introduction into the rap world, others believe that it is just his way of saying that all the "new-school" rappers won't reach the success that "old-school" rappers achieved. The Game is not the only old-school rapper dissing the rap industry of today, Nas's song Hip Hop is Dead describes how the rap industry has become commercial and is focusing more on business than the actual music.
Fans of rap today, for the most part, continue listening to old-school rap on ipods, cds, and other forms of music. Radio stations of today play the top hits of hip-hop and rap songs, they overplay and butcher songs, leading many people today to not listen to the radio. Those who do listen to the radio are usually followers and just listen to top hits to stay in the loop with their friends. Society today replays the same top hits for a period of time until a new hit is released. Rappers today are told they will not reach the same level as old-school rappers mainly because they are used by the radios once they become famous and receive criticism from listeners of the rap genre. New-school rappers simply cannot reach the same success as old-school rappers as they are abused by society's wants and desires. Once an underground artist gets on the radio, original fans sometimes feel the need to stop following the artist and finding a new underground artist. As a follower of both new-school rap and old-school rap, I am able to say that overplayed songs tend to irritate me, however this does not make me hate or dislike the artist. Although many people do dislike the new-school rap, there are still fans that promote the new upcoming artists. Taylor Gang, fans of artist Wiz Khalifa, is an example of fans dedicated to following Wiz Khalifa and his rise to success.
His success started from his acting career and continued on to his rapping. His first few songs included stories of how he came to his success, troubles he had to overcome and the struggles to reach success. Among this group of "new-school" rappers, many of them rap about how they reach success. Drake, being more renowned presently, has surpassed the stage of dreaming and is living very successful.
Big Sean and Chris Webby for example, have released albums and/or mix-tapes describing their hope for success and power. Although they continue to aim for success, they sometimes meet disapproval. For instance, The Game, one of the "old-school" rappers showed them and many other rappers disapproval in his song Uncle Otis. The Game disses rappers all around in his song Uncle Otis, saying in one line "I'mma eat it up like it's my last, I'mma do it different, she ain't getting no cash. You know why? I'm not a star".
Some say that The Game dissing these "new-school" rappers is an introduction into the rap world, others believe that it is just his way of saying that all the "new-school" rappers won't reach the success that "old-school" rappers achieved. The Game is not the only old-school rapper dissing the rap industry of today, Nas's song Hip Hop is Dead describes how the rap industry has become commercial and is focusing more on business than the actual music.
Fans of rap today, for the most part, continue listening to old-school rap on ipods, cds, and other forms of music. Radio stations of today play the top hits of hip-hop and rap songs, they overplay and butcher songs, leading many people today to not listen to the radio. Those who do listen to the radio are usually followers and just listen to top hits to stay in the loop with their friends. Society today replays the same top hits for a period of time until a new hit is released. Rappers today are told they will not reach the same level as old-school rappers mainly because they are used by the radios once they become famous and receive criticism from listeners of the rap genre. New-school rappers simply cannot reach the same success as old-school rappers as they are abused by society's wants and desires. Once an underground artist gets on the radio, original fans sometimes feel the need to stop following the artist and finding a new underground artist. As a follower of both new-school rap and old-school rap, I am able to say that overplayed songs tend to irritate me, however this does not make me hate or dislike the artist. Although many people do dislike the new-school rap, there are still fans that promote the new upcoming artists. Taylor Gang, fans of artist Wiz Khalifa, is an example of fans dedicated to following Wiz Khalifa and his rise to success.
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