By Sam Farrell ’12

Rap and hip-hop nowadays are just catchy beats and nonsensical lyrics. What happened to the good ol’ days when the rappers actually spoke what they thought?  What happened to when they actually produced their own material instead of a group of people fueled by an organization? There is no heart anymore.  Instead, rap and hip hop have been replaced with illogical and crude lyrics that sell right off the charts. Strong and steadfast rappers like Common and Talib Kewli try to fight against what is now the main stream garbage, and are sadly losing. The current itunes top-ten purchased list fuel my agony as a loyal hip-hop fan. Not one, ONE, actual pure rapper is sitting on the list; not even Jay-Z, who has assimilated into the new era easily.  Instead, names like Lil Wayne and Bruno Mars contaminate ears with their nonsensical stories of drugs and girls. I will just have to face the fact that rap has died.  I guess it had to come sometime. Nas put it best when he wrote “Hip-hop just died this morning, and she’s dead.  She’s dead.”