P-Cutta & DJ Drama - Street Wars Pt. 18 (Go Hard Or Go Home)

on the last one, there were nonbeef tracks, but he put them on saying "50 cent diss"...lost it

I agree with you whole heartedly on everything you said dude, but the guy you have on that profile pic is notorious for creating drama in order to sell his music. 50 cent first album was great, it was damn near wonderful, every track you could listen to, but now he makes garbage. The guys is creating a career from the same material he used to destroy ja-rule's career. I don't like ja-rule either but i despise hypocrites. 50 cent created drama with rappers/ hip hop artist like jadakiss, fat joe, dipset, and even the game in order to promote his album. He had the whole world waiting to hear what he had to say about these guys. We wanted to hear this beef battle. But after the cd was out and his album sold, he left those guys alone. 50 cent is not an artist, but he is a marketing genius. His caree and wealth is not made off of talent, but marketing skills. This is what the industry is headed towards. Artist today are not concerned with lyrical content, they do whatever it takes to make a few million. We the people are adding to this type of nonsense. Beats are so catchy now that people are paying more attention to what the beat sounds like instead of what the artist says. Like Andre 3000 said, "if you don't move your feet then i don't eat." This is the mentality that music buyers have put into the heads of the music producers. So in conclusion, i believe that hip hop is not dead, lyricism is dead. we are in the age of snap music and two stepping. if you are not making the people dance than your music is weak. Good music is out there and a lot of more rapper/hip hop artist have potential, but they have to eat too, so if it requires making bullshit music that keeps the ground moving instead of some tight lines and cliches to make you think they they will do what they have to do. beliieve me i would and i bet if you were in the same situation you would too. Nigga's gotta eat!!! O.C.B

It's definitely a shame... especially when good rappers have to dumb-down their flow to sell records. Just look at eminem.. one of the greatest of all-time, yet all of his hits are nothing but preschool nursery rhymes. There is still plenty of great talent out there, it's just too bad that they don't get the credit and sales they deserve because a majority of the population are too slow to understand. It's not just hip-hop either, it's music in general. These days it's all about having a catchy hook, not putting out music with an actual story/message behind it. Unfortunately I don't see this type of music going away anytime soon...