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Slap-Boxing With Jesus

Hipster-Hop Must Be Stopped

Way the fuck back in December – around the same a couple c-boys tried to dissent but failed miserably, but that’s neither here nor there – I made the mention how hipster-hop was turning into the new backpack rap. Back then I was somewhat leery of this new sensation of 90s babies running around trying to emulate the styles made popular in the 80s, though I’d notice it had been coming up for a long while now, because it just didn’t make any sense. For starters, I was born in the 80s, and not only do I not remember it being like that to me, I barely followed the shit when I was a kid to begin with. The only thing that kept my interest were Mario Bros. I played at my cousin’s house and the fake-ass Ninja Turtle action figures from the Paramount Swap Meet [1] my mother used to get me when I brought home good grades. Shit, I could give a shit about rap unless it came on early Saturday mornings. Word to Kid ‘N Play on NBC.

On a side note, to anybody who feels my “hip-hop pedigree” – which is about as valuable as a Happy Meal toy in the real world nowadays – is questionable allow me to call shenanigans on that thought, because I know I’m not the only one who was more into toys and cartoons than rap music and Jordan’s when I was in the first grade.

So obviously there’s a clog in the pipeline when some not-even-legal-to-drink rapper is talking about “bringing ’88 back.”

Not only that, this disturbing trend is solely focused on braggadocio, essentially devoid of any of the powerful messages a good chunk of the music from that era, making each and every acid-wash-meatcutter-jean-wearing hipster rapper look even more foolish. To take Sach O’s point to a different realm, this one-sidedness only makes them come off as insidiously fake.

The true test for most of these acts will come within the next few months at this year’s Rock The Bells Festivals [2]. With the majority of the concertgoers being predominantly anti-anything “trendy” hip-hop [3], I’m interested to see the response the likes of Kid Sister and The Cool Kids will receive. My guess is that they may get the ever-loving shit booed out of them, not unlike how Brillyance did Collie Buddz (who?) at that Zune (iPod Touch > Zune) concert a while back, because of their blatant attempt to gain crossover appeal by swacking the look, but not the feel, of rap music from over two decades ago. Then again, they may actually succeed in tricking the masses as they have the industry idiots who waste their money backing them. I doubt it though.
 
[1] B. Clipse, Malcontent and Brillyance, I know you three know what I’m talking about.

[2] On a side note, I will be attending both the Los Angeles and San Francisco shows, so feel free to stop by the DX booth and get insulted by yours truly at any time.

[3] Although backpacking against the system has gotten pretty trendy as of late also.

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