Where is Hip Hop meaning?

During the summer the whole universe was cranking and snapping to Soulja Boy’s hit song Crank that. Some of us even went as far as incorporating our own added movements. It was clear that this song was a mega hit, but what are we calling a mega hit today?

There is nothing wrong with a little two step and cranking, but some of the lyrics are explicit and some songs don’t talk about anything, but sex. Example Baby Bash has a song called cyclone. It’s about sex, but the beat makes you want to dance.

Lyrics are not the same like the good days when Aretha Franklin and MC Lyte were playing on the radio. Songs like MC Lyte’s, Lyte as a rock. She used metaphors to describe the body weight of the woman. She wasn’t talking about killing and sex.

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Unlike today’s music woman are being called everything in the book and songs are hits because of the beat. Never mind he lyrics. It seems that the meaning of music is lost and the beats are everything.

There are still some artists out there who still care about what they are singing and rapping about. Artist like Common and Kanye West. Will hip hop ever find its way again?