OH Hip Hop Presents:
Hip Hop, Beyond
The Superficial

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What is the first thing that pops into your head
when someone mentions Hip Hop? Is it the radio
singles that pop in your mind? Do you think that
Hip Hop music is only about being rich, having
lots of jewelry, getting with lots of women, and
thinking you are the best in the world? The radio
may make Hip Hop seem this way, especially to
people that aren't well rounded about the culture
of the genre. Regardless of the singles that are on
replay at the radio stations, Hip Hop music can be
much deeper than any other genre. A lot of
people don't think that this is true because they

think all Hip Hop music is made for the radio.

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Compare a real lyrical and emotional Hip
Hop song to a radio single and you
would probably think it is a totally
different music genre. While some artists
choose to be completely mainstream
and try to pump out as many generic
singles as they can, many artists stay
out of the spotlight and have the best
music. A lot of the deepest artists don't

even get to the fame level that many
'radio style' artists do.

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If you think about the deepest Hip Hop songs
of all time, a lot of them vary on their topics.
The topics of the best songs are very
widespread and can be about violence, family
issues, drug problems, etc. The radio on the
music and this style of music seems like a
completely different genre. The best artists
are more like poets then rappers. They
express emotion in a way that mainstream
artists can't. Hip Hop started as a real form of
true expression, and the best artists stil hold

this value true.

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Some great examples of artist's that produce this
kind of music most of the time are Joe Budden,
DMX, Nas, Common, Kanye West, and Eminem.
Most people will say that Tupac was the deepest
rapper that has ever blessed us with music, and
it's hard to disagree. Some of the artists I've listed
have made their share of radio singles, but
overall, their music has a lot of meaning. The
radio may make some of these artists look the
same as the mainstream musicians. However, the
majority of their albums are deep and contain
messages that aren't shallow. That is where the

true content resides.

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The radio has changed what Hip Hop
means to a lot of people unfamiliar with
the whole genre. That is why a lot of
people have said that Hip Hop music is
dead over the last couple of years. Just
like if it were a book, you can't judge Hip
Hop music by its cover (the radio). Think
about that when you start to make
irrational conclusions about the whole

music genre.

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If you are interested in
learning more in relation to
the Rap music genre, look at
OH Hip Hop. It contains the
Newest Hip Hop Music. It
also has a full
Hip Hop Clothing Store

section.

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