There is a movement in South Carolina that is bringing back real Hip-Hop. This is more evident with the release of a video that is not filled with flash and half naked video girls. The video All around da town by Fat Rat da Czar, and Directed by SMD is not one of the videos that glorifies violence or the mistreatment of women, it is a poetic narrative expanding on experiences from real situations that many face while trying to take care of a family. Now, I am not at all saying that there is not a time and place for that sort of thing. Everyone has moments that need to be scored by that type of music, however everyday life is not nor will it ever be an after dark video. So for me, and many others that think like me, this is a refreshing escape back to what Hip-Hop is the embodiment of, growing, changing and building up our own communities. It is not hard to see where we are as opposed to where we came from. Musically, artists want to push the envelope and be the next to say or do the most outlandish or controversial thing. It is just good business to create press opportunities and keep your name in rotation. Somewhere along the way we forgot what it was that we were really doing. Our music is the manifestation of the communities we live and grew up in, or at least it was. The music business over the last decade has been all about the business of making money and the heart and soul that once was the catalyst was replaced by a need for fame and notoriety. Maybe the day of an artist really feeling something when a song is written is gone, maybe not. One thing is sure as long as there are artist out there willing to share their experiences Hip-hop still has a fighting chance to make a difference.
Refrences
http://blogcritics.org/music/article/explaining-the-fall-of-hip-hop/
http://allhiphop.com/2009/08/24/lawyer-calls-for-hip-hop-%C2%93morality-clause-in-contracts/
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