Better than Jay-Z, Kanye West, and Lil' Wayne? Are these the artists to measure up to? According to Soulja Boy they are. Not only that, but he believes he is better than those artists as well. I would like to believe that you know Soulja boy is in fact not better than them. In fact he is so below them that he's actually on a negative scale, with the above mentioned artist on the positive side (I'm not a fan and just my opinion...but read on). As you know I read a lot of articles and comments and it is very apparent that the bar in Hip Hop needs to be raised. Hip Hop is about struggle and the ability to overcome circumstances. But time has changed Hip Hop and the music that is represented thru it. Hip Hop has been marketed and handed to the youth, and as new young people become fans of what they hear the original motive behind Hip Hop gets lost. Hip Hop artists today have become empowered by the hard work that was done by artists years ago. Because of this there is less struggle and more prosperity for these artists of today. The problem is these artists don't highlight the struggle that is there and that they went through to be where they are today. Instead artists highlight the end result. The money. The cars. The women. Beyond that artist of today are constantly comparing themselves to other talented artists. But it's seems it's always the same few artists that everyone is trying to compare themselves to. You've heard a thousand times..." I'm better than Jay-Z, Kanye West, or Lil' Wayne. As if these artist are the best of their time and the history of Hip Hop. Let's all be real for just a second. Of all the artists in Hip Hop to have come and gone, do you really think these artists are the best? What makes them better than other artists? In my personal opinion Kanye West and Lil' Wayne do not belong in the book of the "Best To Ever Do It In Hip Hop" (not a real book to my knowledge..just sarcasm). They are great artists, they make a lot of great music but what is their angle or message? Jay-Z is very talented, his music has a message in it. And not just I'm rich and drive nice cars. Kanye West is also very talented and a master of beats. He also has a message in his music, but at times it can be replaced by metaphors for rhyme purposes. Personal opinion, I like Jay better. And Lil' Wayne, extremely talented, a very hard worker, sometimes can have message in his music but most of the time it is punchy metaphors and a nice hook. Rarely does Lil' Wayne have a solid message in his music that is worth 2 cents. Yet people all over hold themselves to greatness and talent levels of these few individuals. Here's my point, what about Russell Simmons, Rakim, or Run DMC, or Eric Sermon, or Slick Rick. Hell even the Fat Boys, and don't get me started on d-boys and gangsta rap all stemming from West Coast group NWA. These groups of individuals set the tone and were the driving force behind Hip Hop music. They didn't need to compare themselves to one another to prove their greatness. They all brought to light the daily struggles of African-American men and women here in America. Their music focus wasn't how much money I got or oral sex like eating candy. They had something to say. Today people hold themselves up to shallow artists in comparison, when they should be holding themselves up to a higher level and standard. It would be somewhat okay to say I'm better than Jay only if your music was very lyrical and the message was strong and positive. But people all over say their better than someone else and in fact they are just the opposite. Lil' Wayne, self professed "Best Rapper Alive". I would say that statement can be try depending on if you meant Best Rapper Alive...in your hood or maybe even your state. Beyond that you are just another rapper. To be in the league of the greatest Hip Hop artists, it takes more than record sales and mat

Where Is The West? Radio is whatever but when I do listen… where is the west? The same with satellite radio… where is the west? I mean sure Ice Cube just released and album, and so did The Game, but what other heavy hitters? It’s not to say artists aren’t doing it out here in the west but damnnn. Ever since Tupac was assassinated, the west has suffered. The last great album in my opinion that has came out of the west. And I mean a CLASSIC ALBUM. Not just a good or hot album, but history. That album was Dr Dre’s “Chronic 2001”. Nothing since has came close. In my opinion, not to say other hot albums weren’t dropped from then to now by various west coast artists, but…..come on. Tell me you don’t have that album. People in countries where they don’t even speak English have that album. They can’t understand sh*t but they still know it’s hot. So where did the west go wrong? Or did we go wrong. Like I say “...the west never fell off… we just didn’t want to get in a pissed in pool.” Basically meaning ...for those who just don’t get it, we never left, we didn’t want to be in the game when you got these bubble gum rap artists, faking and basically poisoning the rap industry. The rap game is like marriage now. Anybody can do it. It doesn’t hold any meaning to be a rap artist anymore. And get this, so hip hop started out east coast. That’s cool. But Gangster rap and D-boys was all started here on the west coast. Right now in the industry you got all these clown-ass “D-boys”, talking they do this and that. And maybe some of those chumps aren’t totally full of it. Good for them. My point is how‘s the west not going to dominate what it “started”. I know lot has changed in the whole view of gangsters and D-boys in music but… It’s not that I’m trying to promote the message behind the music but where is the west? I look at Billboards Top 100. Don’t bother looking at Top 10 for the west. In the hip hop arena all you see is east coast and the south. Let me tell you something. The east coast NEVER fell off. Since this hip hop thing started, eyes have never left the east coast regardless of any other side or coast has done. I don’t know what that says… but that says something. The west came into the game strong and as time and passed and hip hop evolved the west kind of flickered out like a lighter out of fuel. Artist like Ice Cube, E-40, The Game, Snoop Dogg, Too Short, and DJ Quik, just to name a few, heavy hitters. When they drop new music the world responds and you hear it everywhere. All of a sudden the west is on everyone’s lips. Then, just like that over nite success for the west came, it flickers out. What about the other west coast artists out here doing their thing grindin’, making street classics? We get slept on by the industry like we don’t make hits. To be way real we get slept on by the very people we call our friends, fans, family, and others sitting right next to you here on the west coast. I talk to plenty people who love lil’ Wayne and Jay-Z and a slew of other east coast artists. In all the names of artists people listen to and like musically most names mentioned are not west coast artist. This is from the west coast listener. I think the west is going to have to change up the game plan in order to get back in the game. I think hip hop fans on and of the west are gonna have to start showing more support for the west coast artists. Otherwise the west can soon call itself the new central northwest. Name any hot hip hop artist in Nebraska. How about Wyoming? Maybe in Montana? It is up to California to carry the west fully. Now maybe you don’t care about the whole east coast / west coast thing. You just like music. That’s cool but it’s always even cooler being able to see a favorite artist perform especially when they’re local. Maybe I’m just crazy or my weed is just that good. All I know is the west is about to introd

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