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Others, like Azealia Banks and Chief Keef, have been dropped from their deals and seem genuinely happier for it. Artists like Chance the Rapper, Dom Kennedy, and Lil Debbie are following suit, ignoring big ticket major label deals to tour the country in an RV. Macklemore famously crossed over on a major level with just a distribution deal. Which is part of why many artists are foregoing the system altogether. A new artist like Snootie Wild can have two hip-hop hits, and only be able to squeak an EP out through the system. Major label albums aren't even being released. It's not just that record sales are down (although they are). But what had been, from the 1990s through the mid-2000s, a major consumer product is no longer. Hip-hop remains a core aspect of black popular culture. The practical effect was to further detach the culture from the culture industry. It hollowed out the industry, and slowly rebuilt it in a strange new shape. The cause of this upheaval is obviously the Internet. Despite this, those who see hip-hop as a flourishing marketplace of ideas, art, and personalities are right, too: It remains a powerful vein of truth and creativity-one that has yet to succumb entirely to the smothering retro obsessiveness that marked the end of jazz or rock 'n' roll. Those worried about the genre's direction seem right to be concerned: With a small handful of major releases and a smaller grip of genuine stars, the genre that once set the table for popular music is beginning to feel undernourished, and a few young, unproven memes don't make up the difference. Whatever side you fall on in 2015, both of these groups-while not entirely wrong-are definitely asking the wrong questions. Or maybe it's about personal temperament: If the glass is half full, why would you not see hip-hop the same way? Maybe it's a generational thing or maybe you feel out of place within your age group, a teenager with an old soul, or a middle-aged fan who still gets a not-that-guilty thrill from the music's irrepressible energy. Maybe you feel both ways on different days. Or are you excited about the state of hip-hop?ĭo you celebrate artists' increasing independence, the iconoclastic personalities, the Vine clips, GIFs, and social energy behind the hottest new singles? Do those who fear for the genre's health strike you as hand-wringing old heads who can't see what is so evident to your high school or college class: that hip-hop doesn't just exist in 2015, it thrives? I cannot get enough of all these.Are you worried about the state of hip-hop?ĭo you sit up at night pondering the many threats to the core pillars of the culture? Does Iggy Azalea's success make you uneasy? Do you express concern over dropping sales numbers, the harmful values propagated by club records, the hipsters documenting-distorting, even-the culture? Summerfuckingmadness2016 Comment by Nicholas Lee SwigerĪwesome, remix's name please? Comment by VilleCollective You can find the names to all the the same title post on youtube Comment by Jacob Demchuk Man this track makes me wanna cry of happinness Comment by Kennygoh Tie What is the name of that song that starts around 20:42? Comment by Tarrin Skeepers I wanna move out Comment by Shoshana Sarah Why can't I find this on youtube Comment by Tim Are Nilsen I know this song but I don't know the name Comment by trippyc024 What is this called.this is so peaceful and dope Comment by Wes is cool

Enjoy artists like Nujabes, Birocratic, Brock Berrigan, Substantial & tons more. We close of the year with a 2 hour compilation of the best Chillhop releases of 2015.