UNDERGROUND + MAINSTREAM + FUTURE

HIP-HOP

UNDERGROUND

JAY ELECTRONICA

“RENAISSANCE MAN”

COOL CALM PETE SHING02

MADVILLAIN “ACCORDION” 2004

MAINSTREAM

COVERS OF WAKA FLOCKA FLAME’S “O LET’S DO IT” & “NO HANDS”

WAKA FLOCKA FLAME 106 & PARK INTERVIEW - 2010

B.O.B. FEAT. RIVERS CUOMO “MAGIC IN ME”

WIZ KHALIFA “BLACK AND YELLOW”

WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

NICKI MINAJ “ITTY BITTY PIGGY” 2008

LAURYN HILL “DOO WOP (THAT THING)” 1998

NICKI MINAJ “MASSIVE ATTACK” 2010

KANYE WEST “LAST CALL” 2004

Now was Kanye the most overlooked? Yes, sirNow is Kanye the most overbooked? Yes, sirThough the fans want the feeling of A Tribe Called QuestBut all they got left is this guy called West

Better take Freeway, throw him on tracks with Mos DefCall him Kwa-li or Kwe-li, I put him on songs with Jay-ZI'm the Gap like Banana Republic and Old Navy, and, oohIt come out sweeter than old Sadie

Nice as Bun-B when I met him at the Source awardsGirl, he had with him, ass coulda' won the horse awardsAnd I was almost famous, now everybody love KanyeI'm almost Raymond

Some say he arrogant, can y'all blame him?It was straight embarrassing how y'all played himLast year shoppin' my demo, I was tryin' to shineEvery motherfucker told me that I couldn't rhyme

Now I could let these dream killers kill my self-esteemOr use my arrogance as the steam to power my dreamsI use it as my gas so they say that I'm gassedBut without it I'd be last so I ought to laugh

QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER

SPACE FOR TWO FEMALE RAPPERS?

THE NEW “FRESHMAN” STYLE IN HIP-HOP: WATERING DOWN THE GENRE?

WHY DO UNDERGROUND ARTISTS REMAIN UNDERGROUND IF THEIR STYLES AND SKILLS ARE SUPPOSEDLY SUPERIOR? ARTIST OR FAN CHOICE?

CAN AN ARTIST ACHIEVE BOTH FAME AND ARTISTIC CREDIBILITY (KANYE WEST)?

HIP-HOP MOVES IN PHASES – CURRENT PHASE: GOOD OR BAD?

IS HIP-HOP DEAD?