The New Rules (and Kings) of Hip Hop
“Hip hop was, by all outward appearances, dead. The only viable alternative was barely viable: the staid, keep-it-real, hip-hopper-than-thou underground scene that, frankly, has been a big ol’ parody of itself since early on in the decade. So it wasn’t much of a surprise that me, Nas, and many members of the hip hop-listening public had bid our beloved genre adieu. All good things come to an end and that, in my view, was exactly what had happened to hip hop.
