Enough is Enough

In this changing world we live in it's difficult to fathom the fact that people's mentalities are not able to expand and adapt to the changes as quickly as others. Knowledge is power, right? Why is it that we refuse to embrace "our" culture instead of constantly shoot it down. Someone always has an opinion of what artist are doing wrong, calling them fake, what they should be doing. Hardly do we choose to say something constructive or supportive to help lift each other up instead we are constantly bringing each other down. Everyday i read or see something on the web or on T.V that to be honest is just ridiculous and/or childish. What prompted me to write this is a 3 page article i read on HipHopDX that just disappointed me. This guy was very passionate about his feelings towards Drake and his success. He said Drake lacked struggle and has not "proven" himself and he went on the Define hip hop music as struggle. I will not say whether i am a Drake fan or not because i feel it will discredit the point i am trying to make. I don't know what century this guy is living in but music in general as evolved tremendously over time and to even attempt to define Hip Hop is absurd. There is no clear definition because you have rappers rapping about ranges of things from flossing, hoes, struggles, knowledge, to shaking your ass and so on and so forth. Isn't it all in the realm of Hip Hop? They are all at the end of the day hip hop artist.

Beefs and he said she said type things are just played out. Are we adults or are we children? Instead of focusing to heavily on what someone else is doing maybe we should focus on what we are doing, then maybe we can stop blaming other people for our lack of success or advancement. Nobody owes you anything. Understand that. Opinions are like assholes everyone has one. Learn to differentiate between relevance and just being a straight hater. There is no such thing as bad publicity, so whether you talking shit or praising them, either way your talking about them. Next time you go to say something negative about somebody take a look at yourself.

We say we love hip hop and the culture but we are the first to go in on eachother. We hinder eachother more then we help. We segregate genres like we do the culture. If everyone was the same or did the same kind of music we would be bored. As soon as someone has the balls to go outside the box we criticize that as well. I'ts a lose, lose. Open your minds and lets be trendsetters and innovators, lets set the example only then can we really evolve.