This Hip-Hop Controversy

I like Hip-Hop Music, but not all hip-hop. I feel that many of the messages are the same played-out messages. Ok, so you have the car, the money, the bling -- so what? And don't even get me started on the videos.

So I could sit here and complain all day about the decline of hip-hop music - what am I going to do about it? I could pray that some of these so-called artists could come across this blog, read this and maybe get a clue. I wonder if any of them ever listened to Lauryn Hill's CD...

Isn't music supposed to inspire?

Some artists say that they're just expressing themselves - what they're actually doing is showing their lack of knowledge. We're all given gifts in life. How we use our gifts determine how far we'll get in this life and the next. I hear of hip-hop artists shooting and fighting each other and I wonder -- why? You want to throw away your gifts for doing something absolutely stupid?

I heard a statistic today that the biggest consumers of hip-hop music are white males. What it all boils down to is money.

I've also noticed that most hip-hop artists are pretty young. Why can't we have someone wiser and more mature come out with some hip-hop music? But wait, somone's coming...soon!

Read more of my thoughts about hip hop over at my music blog...