THE STATE OF HIP HOP: MY THOUGHTS!!!

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SAYING HIP HOP IS DEAD AND THAT IT WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. I DONT AGREE WITH IT BEING DEAD BUT I AGREE WITH IT NEVER BEING THE SAME. I SAY THAT IT WILL NEVER BE THE SAME BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS GONE DIGITAL, BUT THAT ISN'T A BAD THING. I JUST THINK LIKE THIS, IF YOU CONSTANTLY PUTTING OUT HOT MUSIC, KEEPING YOUR NAME RELEVANT AND GIVING THE FANS WHAT THEY WANT THEY ARE GONNA BUY YOUR MUSIC. THEY MAY DOWNLOAD A COUPLE OF SONGS BEFORE THE ALBUM COME OUT BUT IF YOU GOT LIKE 4 OR 5 HOT I MEAN HOT SONGS LEAKED ON THE NET FROM YOUR ALBUM, PEOPLE ARE GONNA GO OUT AND BUY IT NO MATTER WHAT BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THE ALBUM IS GONNA BE HOT. FOR INSTANCE LIL WAYNE, A FEW SONGS GOT LEAKED FROM HIS ALBUM BUT PEOPLE LIKED WHAT THEY HEARD SO THEY WENT OUT AND GOT THE ALBUM. THEY ALSO GOT THE ALBUM BECAUSE OF HIS CONSISTENCY. ANOTHER EXAMPLE T.I., HE HAD 4 OR 5 JOINTS LEAKED FROM HIS ALBUM BUT THE SONGS WERE SO UNDENIABLE THAT PEOPLE WENT OUT AND BROUGHT HIS ALBUM. THATS WHAT YOU GOTTA DO NOWADAYS TO SELL RECORDS, YOU GOTTA BE CONSISTENT. YOU CAN'T JUST COME OUT NOWADAYS WITH ONE SINGLE AND HOPE THAT THE SINGLE POP, IT DONT WORK LIKE THAT. YOU GOTTA HAVE MORE THAN ONE JOINT OUT THAT PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH SO THEY CAN GO OUT AND GET THAT ALBUM. MIMS FOR EXAMPLE HAD THE "THIS IS WHY IM HOT" JOINT, THAT SONG WAS BUZZING CRAZY, HE HAD THE WHOLE WORLD SINGING "THIS IS WHY IM HOT" BUT HE DIDNT HAVE OTHER JOINTS FOR PEOPLE TO SING OR KNOW HIM FOR SO THEY DIDNT GO OUT AND GET THE ALBUM.
I THINK HIP HOP IS GOOD, ALOT OF BIG NAME ARTIST IS COMING OUT THIS YEAR LIKE JADAKISS, EMINEM, DR.DRE, JAY-Z, 50 CENT, RICK ROSS, LIL WAYNE AND A FEW OTHERS. I THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE A GREAT YEAR FOR HIP HOP AND THE SALES WILL BE UP. LAST YEAR THERE WERE ALOT OF GOOD SELLING ALBUMS THAT CAME OUT ALSO. THINGS CHANGED BUT THEY DIDNT REALLY CHANGE THAT MUCH. EVEN BACK IN THE DAYS YOU HAD GUYS GOING GOLD, YOU HAD THE ONE HIT WONDERS AND YOU HAD THE BIG DOGS. LIKE I SAID EARLIER THINGS JUST WENT DIGITAL AND PEOPLE GOTTA LEARN HOW TO USE THAT TO THEIR ADVANTAGE. ALL THAT DID WAS MAKE IT EASIER TO INTERACT WITH FANS IF YOU ASK ME.
RIGHT NOW I THINK HIP HOP IS GOING IN A GOOD DIRECTION, IT WOULD BE GOING IN A BETTER ONE IF I WAS OUT BUT IM ON MY WAY TO HELP IT OUT A LIL BIT LOL. HIP HOP IS A CULTURE AND A WAY OF EXPRESSING YOURSELF SO I DONT KNOCK THE PEOPLE THATS COMING OUT WITH THEY 'LIL DANCES AND WHAT NOT. I JUST THINK HIP HOP WOULD BE ALOT BETTER IF PEOPLE WOULD BE MORE CONSISTENT, THATS ALL. I MEAN ITS JUST LIKE THE NBA, YOU GOT YOUR ALLSTARS, YOU GOT YOUR BENCH PLAYERS, AND YOU GOT SOME PEOPLE THAT DON'T GET OFF OF THE BENCH. IN HIP HOP YOU GOT YOUR PLATINUM ARTISTS, YOU GOT YOUR GOLD ARTIST AND YOU GOT PEOPLE THAT NEVER COME OUT. LIKE EMINEM SAID "YOU ONLY GET ONE SHOT, SO DON'T MISS YOUR CHANCE TO BLOW". WITH THAT SAID, FOR ALL YOU UPCOMING ARTISTS, IF YOU GET THAT CHANCE MAKE SURE YOU BANG THEM MOTHERFUCKERS IN THEY HEAD WITH BANGERS AFTER BANGERS AND YOUR CAREER SHOULD BE GOOD.