Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Could Hip Hop Really Be Dead?

Does Hip Hop Need A Revival?

I was recently scanning some articles when I came across one pertaining to the top 20 albums ever. As I browsed the list I noticed that bands such as The Beatles and Nirvana made the cut, but no hip hop artist were on there. Though I was happy to see Stevie Wonder come in at number 1 and Michael Jackson at number 3, I began to ponder the thought could hip hop really be dead. I mean with all the talented artist over the ages, was their music not enough to be thought of as the best of the best. I then read over the article and found out that the columnist who came up with this list came up with parameters and then used a formula in order to rank the albums. ["Album Staying Power Value + Sales Value + Critical Rating Value + Grammy Award Value"]. This formula is set up as to be free of personal opinion so that doesnt get in the way of the rank. I however find this to be a problem. Some great albums might not sell as well as others..so there an album loses points because in some way personal opinion or should I say America's opinion does count. Look at Nas album..great great album great content great message just something great to jam..didnt sell as many copies as Wayne or Kanye, but does that mean it shouldnt be counted as one of the best albums? NO, exactly the point no matter how hard you try to figure up a list of "best albums" in some way "Americas opinion" is factored in no matter how biased or unbiased. But i believe that if hip hop is dead then it must be revived because their are to many albums out there with good content but just not enough marketability. What do ya'll think the top 20 aLbuMs are??

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