Cassidy is set to face Dizaster in the “Ether” battle tomorrow (December 6). In advance of the battle, he spoke on the state of Hip Hop with Doggie Diamonds for ForbezDVD.
The Philadelphia rapper says that Hip Hop has strayed from its roots of going against the grain and instead is being defined by mainstream radio.
“I feel as though now because they’re pushing the music so much,” he says, “that crowd that’s not really Hip Hop feel as though that’s what’s winning and people wanna fit in with what they feel as though everybody else like. And that’s why people liking this bullshit music that you hear getting put out nowadays.”
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The Philadelphia rapper goes on to say that this desire to fit in is why radio ratings are down and why BET’s 106 & Park is ending. He says that people who are genuinely interested in Hip Hop, which goes against the fit-in mindset, are turning toward the Internet.
“For the artist that’s really being creative and really got talent, they can benefit from that,” he says. “And that’s why radio ratings is declining because they don’t really want to hear that bullshit they playing.”
He also says that Hip Hop has become oversaturated and in social media, the art form has lost its authenticity as it has started to blend with comedy. The genre has lost its definition, Cassidy says.
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“If it’s all mixed together,” he says, “then it’s hard to decide what is what. I think like for this new music and this new style that these niggas is doin, it need to be categorized in a different category than Rap and Hip Hop.”
The Fresh Coast/FilmOn “Ether” event is scheduled to be at the Belasco Theatre in Los Angeles. In the build-up for the event, as Lush One called it “the most important battle ever.”
Cassidy said he was getting a $250,000 paycheck for his participation, but Dizaster denied the claim. Gillie Da Kid predicted it will be an easy victory for Cassidy.
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