"...I remember how large Super Rhymes was when he fell off I used to wonder
about crews that used to rock They were large, but none of them could manage
to stay on top.."

KRS-ONE "Outta Here" The Return of the Boom-Bap 1993

The concept of "falling off" seems to be undubiously connected with the world of hip-hop. However what i will attempt to do is try and shed more light on this term. The conclusion i hope to discover is as follows, there is no such thing as falling off. If one is to come with this conclusion, you have to make a more refined defintion of hip hop music in general (This is omission of the elements of the culture). However there is one element that has to be considered. Everything in life degenerates period. As you grow older, your body loses muscle mass, it gets more frail, and your focus loses it's direction for it's constant division. Nothing can remain in efficient form forever, from human beings to buildings. Dengeration will come later on into this assesment.

The defintion of hip hop music will take this form. Imagine a room filled with storytellers. The ages of the storytellers are from various generations, and both female and male. In the center of the room is the current storyteller of this generation. He or she is the one that is telling stories that gathers attention, all the while to older storytellers watch to make sure that the story is outlined correctly. As time goes on, a new storyteller will emerge. They
would have obtained wisdom from the storytellers in that room, to be able to
carry on the tradition. However on an occassion, the storytellers in the back
of the room will get a chance to re-tell a story, and say a new one.

-cont-

Mr. Sandman