We have finally established what is a good storyteller and the revelance to hip hop, hence what is a true definition of an emcee. The next idea that has to be ventured into is the idea of the eventually "Falling off" term.
Eroding - process of wearing or grinding something down.
This is where most of the confusion lies with the term of eroding of an artist skills. This is meant when one says that he/she is falling off. Place this idea in perspective, you favorite artist does not rhyme the way you enjoy anymore, hence you state that he/she has falling off. Let us look at the factors in which why an emcee will never sound the same, and why the listener is the main culprit in creating this label.
Change: When you are 17 and 18, your perspective on life is far more different when you are 28 or 32. You have experience friends leaving, death, and the grind of responsibility altering your spending habits and living regime. It would be impossible for one person to say the same things all the time if there surroundings are always changing.
Peers: Imagine that your peers that are around you, the ones that kept you sharp on your toes, either have left, dont have the same interest, or have experience changes as well. Then that affects you. You are only as good as the competition around you. People only excel if excellence is within there grasp, or perish when igorance is at there whim.
Fans: This has to be the most ignorant out of the bunch. When an artist puts out material, the public gets a hold of it, the material at best is outdated by a year or two. The artist has already went thru changes, and the main problem is the fans dont see this change. The fans dont understand that they are the ones that have to adapt this growth for the good and bad. Their ears dont get used to change, hence they claim falling off. When in fact they are the ones who fell to death ears.
If you look at hiphop as an art form, and emcess as storytellers then an emcee can never fall off. They just will tell different stories from time to time. So finally will address who is in the top ten, and who will never be in it.
Mr. Sandman
Eroding - process of wearing or grinding something down.
This is where most of the confusion lies with the term of eroding of an artist skills. This is meant when one says that he/she is falling off. Place this idea in perspective, you favorite artist does not rhyme the way you enjoy anymore, hence you state that he/she has falling off. Let us look at the factors in which why an emcee will never sound the same, and why the listener is the main culprit in creating this label.
Change: When you are 17 and 18, your perspective on life is far more different when you are 28 or 32. You have experience friends leaving, death, and the grind of responsibility altering your spending habits and living regime. It would be impossible for one person to say the same things all the time if there surroundings are always changing.
Peers: Imagine that your peers that are around you, the ones that kept you sharp on your toes, either have left, dont have the same interest, or have experience changes as well. Then that affects you. You are only as good as the competition around you. People only excel if excellence is within there grasp, or perish when igorance is at there whim.
Fans: This has to be the most ignorant out of the bunch. When an artist puts out material, the public gets a hold of it, the material at best is outdated by a year or two. The artist has already went thru changes, and the main problem is the fans dont see this change. The fans dont understand that they are the ones that have to adapt this growth for the good and bad. Their ears dont get used to change, hence they claim falling off. When in fact they are the ones who fell to death ears.
If you look at hiphop as an art form, and emcess as storytellers then an emcee can never fall off. They just will tell different stories from time to time. So finally will address who is in the top ten, and who will never be in it.
Mr. Sandman
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