| Hip hop music is dominating the online and offline | | | | come up with two solid lines to any of their songs. |
| music charts. Hip hop music fans experience an | | | | Why? |
| it’s about time moment every time | | | | Hip Hop Music Masters |
| they turn on MTV, VH1 or any local radio station that | | | | Rap music was artist driven. Hip Hop music is |
| doesn’t specialize in country music. Even urban | | | | producer driven. Producers are the ones who put |
| channels that used to play only mid tempo rock | | | | together all the ingredients to get you the final |
| music have diversified their rotations to include more | | | | product, a hit song. Since the rise of the producers |
| hip hop music. | | | | starting with Missy and Timbaland in the mid |
| Why is hip hop suddenly everywhere? | | | | 90’s hip hop music has gone mainstream. |
| Suburban Kids! They latched on the beats, nouveau | | | | The lyrics don’t matter much anymore |
| riche lifestyle full of machismo and bling, and they | | | | because the meat of the music-- is in the music. |
| latched on to the party. Hip hop might have started | | | | Literally, the complicated arrangements, samples on |
| out as a companion to rap music, but today, the two | | | | top of samples, guest stars, wanna-be stars and |
| musical genres are a world apart. Hip hop is funky, full | | | | more, all culminate into MTV ready hit songs. |
| of energy, dynamic, catchy, male, female, American, | | | | It’s not that hip hop is not deep, or socially |
| European, Asian and Indian all at the same time. | | | | conscious. It’s just that it has a different |
| Modern hip hop is so dance friendly that frankly no | | | | lineage. Rap masters were the lyricists. Hip Hop |
| cares about the lyrics anymore. I can name a bunch | | | | Masters are non verbal communicators. This is the |
| of up and comers in the field including Lloyd Banks, | | | | blessing and curse of hip hop music. |
| Ciara (or anyone else out of the Missy/Timbaland | | | | That is why hip hop music is so present on radio, |
| factory) and Chingy. Then, let’s not forget | | | | cable TV, and now, in the online world. If you think |
| the 3 million people that make up G-Unit and D12. | | | | that modern hip hop is a bit much, perhaps you |
| That’s pretty cool. | | | | should try one of the streaming radio stations where |
| Now, can I name one verse of any song, by any of | | | | you can select hip hop music from the 80’s |
| these artists? Of course not! These people are selling | | | | and 90’s when rappers were still in charge. |
| hip hop music for the club. If I hear even three | | | | Get in touch with De La Soul and some of the other |
| seconds of a song from any one of them, | | | | early hip hop pioneers. |
| I’m on the dance floor. Still, I can’t | | | | |