According
to Flavor Flav, hip-hop has come to a fade. Although he believes there
are many “great rap records” out there, according to him the principle
elements that birthed the era no longer exist.
“There’s no more of that, ‘Wave your hands in the air like you just
don’t care,’ you know, something that makes you wanna get out there and
breakdance,” the public enemy member told Gigwise. “Rap music has lost
that element right now, mainly over in America. There’s not too many
great Hip Hop records out there, but there are some great rap records”.
Continuing naming many of music’s most prominent artists, the former
hype man did dish credit where it is due. “Lil Wayne is making some
great rap records, Drake, Nicki Minaj, Ludacris, Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar,
50 Cent, Snoop [Lion] – everybody is making great rap records, but it’s
not Hip Hop.”
The hip-hop veteran blamed slow tempos for the culture’s hiatus
stating, “I think the element of Hip Hop left when Rap music started
being created on a slow tempo. It’s just stayed there for years. Right
now, a lot of rap music today is being created at very low tempos.”
Rapper Chuck D who also sat in on the interview added,”When it’s just
about ‘I got money and you don’t have money’, that’s just taking
advantage of the naivety of people.”
Watch the interview here.
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