WTF is Happening in Hip-Hop?

ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO, WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, I REMEMBER HAVING THIS DISCUSSION WITH MY CLASSMATES ABOUT WHERE HIP-HOP WAS GOING AT THE TIME AND WHAT HIP-HOP WOULD LIKE LIKE IN THE FUTURE. AND, I TOLD THEM THAT I SEE HIP-HOP FUSING WITH ROCK. I ALSO SAID IT WOULD BE A SLOW FUSION, BUT A FUSION THAT WOULD DEFINITELY HAPPEN, AND IT WOULD BE BY THE TIME WE HAD CHILDREN.

NOW, WE'VE ALREADY HAD THE LIKES OF RUN DMC AND THE BEASTIE BOYS, BUT I WAS SAYING ON A LARGER SCALE.

WELL, WITH THE ADVENT OF SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKS AND THE DIVERSIFICATION OF ARTISTS WITHIN THE HIP-HOP COMMUNITY, IT'S HERE! AND I LIKE IT.

SO, I AM NOT A NICKI MINAJ FAN PER SE, BUT I DO LOVE LIL WAYNE AND I JUST FOUND "KNOCK-OUT," WAYNE'S NEW SINGLE AND I LOVE IT.

THE SONG SHOWS THAT WE CAN STILL ROCK LIKE THE WHITE BOYS AND STILL HOLD TRUE TO THE CULTURE. AND, TYPICALLY, IN HIP-HOP SOUNDS THAT USE PRO-TOOLS INSTRUMENTS THAT ARE USUALLY USED IN ROCK SONGS, THE HIP-HOP ARTIST WILL FEATURE A ROCK BOY IN HIS SONG. WELL, THIS SONG IS ALL HIP-HOP WITH A ROCK FLAIR WITHOUT THE CO-SIGNING OF A ROCK ARTIST.

LIL WAYNE DID HIS THING...AND NOTICE THAT A LOT OF OTHER ARTISTS FROM BIG BOI TO JAY-Z TO NAS AND SO MANY OTHERS ARE STARTING TO FEEL ROCK SHIT. AND, ITS INEVITABLE, BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, ROCK STARTED OUT IN THE STUDIOS OF BLACK ARTISTS SINCE ITS INCEPTION BY THOSE ARTISTS.

SO, NIGGAS, ROCK OUT!!!