Hip Hop Is Truly DEAD?

[@Snook1985]

Hit em up is disqualified because it uses an R&B sample??? WELCOME TO RAP AND HIPHOP!!! Edit: I think people are not understanding my comment. I'm saying rap/hip hop has always use samples from R&B and other genres. Seriously, how does this comment equate me to being a Drake fan??

[@dkmma3312]

It sucks

[@MoManiaTV]

@@dkmma3312imma say nah

[@mustent5713]

Let me guess....Drake fan lol

[@dkmma3312]

@MoManiaTV what that's it's disqualified? After watching the video what's this comment even mean 😂

[@dkmma3312]

@MoManiaTV but I was meaning it sucks it's disqualified . I thought that was actually gonna be a thing 😄 just a weirdo

[@ajtaylor8750]

Bruh what the hell is Questlove even talking about? The beat for Hit 'Em Up is GAS! One of the greatest, if not the greatest, rap disses of all-time.

[@albania329]

No it’s not 😂😂😂

[@smoothgooseasmr4022]

@@albania329your overuse of emojis does nothing for your words. If you hate hip hop, just say that.

[@albania329]

@@smoothgooseasmr4022 what boy I listen to hip hop goofy there other disses that are better like ice cube who dissed a whole group 😂 goofy ass by himself!

[@jcraftgaming76]

@@albania329fake hip hop fan

[@albania329]

@@jcraftgaming76 no I’m not bitch

[@MrCriticalMinded]

I didn't know Questlove smoked crack, but clearly he has and it's affected his take on this subject.

[@drjonesey5]

ROFL

[@Zenith_Nulls]

​@@drjonesey5 damn haven't seen rolf in years

[@SCHRODINGERS_WHORE]

Lmfao 🤣

[@uncharted7againblackking256]

Wow Kat Williams was right all along

[@fab9223]

@@Zenith_Nullsnot since he got locked up

[@JonathanSmith-ul5nw]

Bro, the disrespect to 2Pac is insane

[@billymanthei8505]

He should have stuck to ballet and carrying digital underground’s crates

[@Dabucks06]

He's not lyrically good he wouldn't be in top 5 rappers today if he was alive

[@nahuagonzalo7424]

He need to sit his wide hip having ass tf down.

[@bdr113080]

Kendrick said it best. Ninjas hate the West Coast. Where was Mr. Questlove during the last three dozen battles that got just as ugly as this one did but because it wasn’t Drake and Kendrick it wasn’t his main stream? He doesn’t have a problem when it’s Meek Mill, and some other random rapper from the East Coast. You didn’t hear him say shit. You don’t even hear him get involved in other Drake beefs. But he’s got problems with Tupac and Kendrick’s beef? I think quest love is a bitch there I said it.

[@Luiz-w5s]

"Ni*** talk a lot of sh*t, but it's after I'm gone, cause they fear me in the phisical form" - 2pac, Troublesome.

[@Binky76]

I’m not ashamed of my age. I was born in ‘76 and I still love Tupac 💯 He on one for real

[@Spaceman_510]

That dude wanna be young so bad aha

[@Binky76]

@@Spaceman_510 facts. Smdh

[@rw7276]

I was born in 1990. Holmes doesn't know wtf he's talking about at all. Age has nothing to do with it. And No Vaseline samples a disco joint so where does that stand on the list?

[@DLites151]

Theatre kid industry plant

[@Simoscorp.]

Same here,bro...'74...💪🏼🤟🏼

[@jermainewoods7397]

The fact that he didnt mention pac used this beat to mock biggies get money lets me know i shouldnt be listening to his oponion lol

[@jermainewoods7397]

Thats what made it xtra disrespectful imo

[@desertbutterfly7864]

Born in 78 in South Central Los Angeles/Inglewood area and no one has ever criticized Pac like that. That song was/is a banger!! Ole boy need to have several seats!!

[@1111KO]

The DISRESPECT TO 2PAC IS INSANE!

[@dkmma3312]

We can't pretend he's the best forever bruh 😅

[@BABYxLUNG]

@@dkmma3312who is then dumbass?

[@uncharted7againblackking256]

​@@dkmma3312 he really is without you hearing dear mama you would be lost in life itself oh trust me and some men haft to listen to that but you forget where the fuck you came from huh yea stay listening to drake you goofball

[@mrspeedforce3394]

Well 2pac was right when he says this :Niggas talk a lot of shit, but that's after I'm gone Cause they fear me in physical form Let it be known I'm troublesome. That was from the track of Troublesome.

[@Yuuuuuuuuuuuup]

Fr tho ​@@dkmma3312

[@TheAlkebulanTrust]

?Love missed the point. What Tupac is rhyming over is similar to a Biggie song. He was mocking him. Same way Kendrick Lamar mocked Drake with 6:16 In LA with one being produced by Taylor Swift producer and two being sampled by Al Green which Drake's uncle was involved in.

[@unknowninfinite8081]

THANK YOU! I dont know what Quest was talking about. He was out of touch with this topic. Much love to Love, but he's wrong on this one.

[@brooklynv7040]

I'm a 53-year-old male from Compton. I have noticed people my age love to advise on how things should be. This is the young generation's era to experience life. Sometimes, we forget how we used to look at things when we were younger

[@Kellz-l9z]

Beings 23 thank you, I respect older people saying this because at the end of the day back in the they got down just like us just a different era with different trends

[@AntonioSam-s4p]

I'm 53 also, I've come to grips with the new generation and their music. But no one will ever convince me that their music is better than ours. Hell they even know it.

[@Kellz-l9z]

@@AntonioSam-s4p being that you are 53 you should know by now that it’s not your place to say who and what is better.. It’s perspective nobody era is better than the other. I’m only 23 btw

[@AntonioSam-s4p]

@@Kellz-l9z I respect that. But I have kids in your age group and they even agree with the possibility that this generation of music is horrible. They grew up listening to me and their mothers taste of music so they know the difference. I also have granddaughters and the thought of my booty hole brown playing on the radio is depressing.

[@Kellz-l9z]

@@AntonioSam-s4p facts me too, my mom and dad your age as well so I have more of a older soul than my peers with 80s parents. Krs one , the whole self destruction movement, chuck d , professor griff speeches etc etc. i actually prefer 90s over 00s- now💯 i just like to tell people every era will think theirs the best because that’s their era. Respect the comment though.

[@hendrx]

Imagine being a boomer to a point where even tupac is off the table

[@robbierude247]

Boomers were born in the 60s and who said Tupac was off the table the take was clearly Bias.

[@notagain2806]

Boomers last year was 64. Gen X started in 65.

[@Rumplegirlskin]

They (the panel) are literally PAC’s era… not Boomers as the others said.

[@Mentagasm]

My mom is a Boomer. They are the children born in the late 40s after WW2 and during Korean war. They grew up in the 60s and 70s and. My mom is a Boomer. And my mom loves Hip hop including so called gangster rap. I am Gen X she didn't get it at first but quickly grew to love it. She not a snob she gives shit a whole chance. And most times she is right about what's truly trash. Her ear is different. But hit em up she loves cuz Dennis Edward's was a member of the Temptations and it was a bop to her. I tried ta tole y'all that QuestLove is just a music snob.

[@jstixx]

They aren’t boomers… they are Gen Xers

[@SamSneed612]

Questlove just needs to keep his ass on Jimmy Fallon with his band and leave hip hop to dudes that still care about the culture. Also to hip hop being dead... It's definitely on life support BUT dudes like Coast Contra give me hope.

[@DLites151]

Theatre kid industry plant

[@drjonesey5]

I don't agree about the life support sentiment. The whole Drake vs Kendrick beef should have shown you that. Hip hop exist in between Underground which is alive and well and SOME mainstream. What has happened is the mainstream has become more bops and silly crap vs more substance and impactful rap.

[@Mentagasm]

Coast Contra is the shit. They are Fire. And I was born in 71. I haven't been excited about a group since Wu, since Pharcyde, since Tribe, Since Leaders of the New School etc.

[@uncharted7againblackking256]

Facts indeed you can say that shit again

[@bushwacka5187]

Facts but the Roots still a classic band.

[@roddarodda2080]

Questlove just hates West Coast rap. Said hit em up sound like smooth jazz dinner music? Has he heard his own band the Roots? Griselda l? Roc Marci?

[@klaykirby324]

Facts!!!😂😂😂

[@Pooz30]

With how heavily jazz influenced The Roots are… especially earlier in their career… and how Black Thought is still regarded as one of the hardest MC’s of all time… this take from Quest really surprises me.

[@126Johnj]

Quest Love probably thought Melly Mel won against EM lol

[@uncharted7againblackking256]

Lol nooooo

[@moodyblues2716]

Brother, if he’s not in touch with rap then he definitely hasn’t heard the Melly Mel beef

[@fuzzyd9320]

@@moodyblues2716 It came and went so fast, most people haven't heard it!

[@126Johnj]

@@moodyblues2716 lol

[@MrDarkx1000]

Let’s be real, we love and/or respect the work that Questlove put in, but he’s so clearly focused on other shit when it comes to music in general he’s completely out of touch with Hip-Hop (and it’s culture) at this point. Edit: also congrats and blessings on your new child and your family Stevie 🙏🏾

[@ShadzVibez]

I’m not sayin that I agree with his opinion, but I humbly disagree with yours because the roots literally blew up off of criticizing and mocking rap music of their time. They were always critical of misogynistic and gangster rap. Also, he was not wrong about the drink and beef because it had nothing to do with bars and was only about each other. With that being said, that is what beef is about. He is not out of touch, he just holds a different opinion

[@mustent5713]

He's white adjacent now. Jimmy Fallon appropriates black culture and that's his daddy now

[@mrworkowt5419]

I like and respect Questlove too but he's clearly trying to be disrespectful ​@@ShadzVibez

[@luke_cohen1]

@@mrworkowt5419 Yeah because beef was pathetic as fuck. 2 dudes with kids who are both rapidly approaching 40 years old traded high school level insults with one another. That shit is embarrassing once you’re willing to see what it looks like to people who don’t listen to rap all that much and it doesn’t help rehabilitate the image of Black people in North America either. Hip Hop needs to grow the fuck up and act its age because this is a pathetic showing from its top stars.

[@blakseed]

Quest Love is part of one the most legendary hip hop groups in history, and all he gave were bad takes. He's been in the liberal mainstream media to long. Sensitive ass. With all due respect.

[@d.michael372]

When he came out against the Baby that’s when he really showed is allegiance

[@mrsam0496]

He lost his hip-hop when he became mainstream political

[@aldawgd]

He’s literally always be liberal mainstream. Not sure what you’re talking bout… that was part of their gimmick

[@d.michael372]

@@aldawgd well I know we as a culture didn’t embrace the roots off of one group members ideology, we mess with hip hops first official band because their music! Now as far as the average Jimmy Fallon fan those ideologies definitely line up for them lol

[@justinnyugen7015]

Man I listened to a lot of The Roots back in the day. Disqualifying Hit Em Up over smooth jazz instrumental is WILD considering how much of the same jazz is present in The Root's discography. Never Do What They Do...except sometimes we do it too? Quest has been comfortable as Fallon's background music for waayyyyy too long. That's the only explanation I have for his takes

[@uncharted7againblackking256]

Ain't it funny how he proved his dad wrong but turns around and says this shit lol wow wow

[@joshlamar1990]

Jadakiss checkmate is a underrated diss record,

[@Verse314]

Facts...

[@justinnyugen7015]

"Picture Kiss not come out swingin It's like going see 50 at a show and he don't come out singin"

[@Cyraxx1989]

@@joshlamar1990 woah a comment not about hating on Eminem I'm impressed you obsessive little creepy stalker. 91467Z5

[@Cyraxx1989]

@@joshlamar199091467Z5

[@703Tyme]

Meet The Grahams will be added to the next list, that eerie ass beat, ugh, this was ruthless!!!!!

[@junie502]

Ninjas talk alot of shhh but that's after im gone....cause they fear me in the physical form. Ninjas in trouble 😂😂😂 long live the Goat 🐐

[@bankheadpolo]

I was just thinking to myself about that bar after hearing ol dude diss pac like that

[@junie502]

@@bankheadpolo 🦾🦾🦾‼️

[@thisismyinferno]

I feel like Meet The Grahams should have been on there too. Maybe I missed it. It was like a horror story.

[@SandraPhillips-cb5og]

You've got a knack for this, loving your content!

[@cocaine9357]

Eminem bout to drop and Kdot killed off fake hip hop. So no it's alive and well

[@corey4109]

Quest love would still say it's dead. He'd be like all the other racists saying white people don't belong in rap

[@xoioioioioio8084]

Who is this goofball.

[@Spaceman_510]

Fr, im not an em fan but that dude is hiphop. theres a new fire burning. mcs just have to add to the kindling. The mainstream aint what is seems

[@aushaurdwilson]

100 lol

[@gregh_777]

ahhh its good year for hiphop

[@Prince_EL_Lee_En]

Not going to lie... I was born in the early 70's & Questlove is on some ole BULL ISH!!!

[@TheRealUncensoredTravelGuide]

That's like saying marijuana is leaving the streets of LA and NYC. Hip hop is something we all love and nostalgic memories from when we were younger.

[@iambclues]

The fact that meet the grahams isn’t on this list is crazy

[@sidwilkins3078]

I was a white farm kid in nebraska. My first introduction to hip hop or rap was seeing the hype about NWA so of course I paid a guy outside the record store to buy it for me. From there it was ice cube solo stuff to dre chronic to snoop to big to 2pac and emonem. My point is hip hop will never be dead will always be young talent looming somewhere in obscurity to boost it back up.

[@nickgoodlock263]

"Some people request love, I just blacken my thoughts" -Joell Ortiz

[@alec187]

What makes Questlove’s opinion absurd is his biggest inspiration as a musician “Tribe called Quest”, the hip hop band that he was in “The Roots”, his best collaborators and people he produced for: D’Angelo, Common, J Dilla… all used Jazz and RnB samples and put it over a hip hop beat. I have so much respect for Questlove’s contribution to music but this is just straight up hypocritical.

[@jaksmakndaxter]

Before I watch the video. I gotta speak on the title: Hip Hop is a culture, and one that has now reached all major countries in the world….I don’t believe Hip Hop CAN die in its present form (Hip Hop elements upon which are universally agreed to be DJng, MCng, Breakdancing and Graffiti). It’s important to have that distinction toward having a discussion about any of its moving parts. Speaking as one of so many who added their stones to the Pillars of Hip Hop.

[@davidgerald133]

I think Hip Hop as a culture is dead...now its just a genre of music. A popular movement but not really a "culture"

[@jaksmakndaxter]

@@davidgerald133 you are fully entitled to your opinion, and I respect it. However, millions of other people who contribute to the culture of hip-hop every single day will respectfully disagree with that statement, myself included.

[@TheGabfest]

Questlove has been talking way too much this month and none was positive for Hip Hop. Please Quest don't end up like those others old heads that are so petty jealous and disrespectful towards all those that are not from their era. Long live hip hop!

[@lightsoutmedia73]

So the roots never made jazz type music and black thought never rapped over it? I’m surprised at his take and I’m a 70s baby myself

[@AceDramaBeats]

"Hit Em Up" is number 1.

[@traviszander]

I had "The Bitch In You" in the Your React You Lose BEEF EDITION but it was blocked for copyright. I was so mad I couldn't include it.

[@raymondalvarez9925]

2pac music unlike most artists today’s music was felt! He spoke to his generation. His body of work is ridiculously large considering his limited time due to his death. His music still on point 20 yrs later. Fuck questhate .

[@danielwilliams7458]

Damn shame "record haters" by E-40 didn't make it😞😞😞

[@JayDotPresents]

Your intro look was exactly what I was looking like!!😂😂😂

[@JJPHILLYLG]

My two favorite well-known MCs are Eminem and Black Thought. Mr. Tariq come get ya mans!

[@johncooper5328]

It’s kinda wild that meet the grahams wasn’t on the list

[@billynomates3664]

That fact that killshot isn’t on this list is fucking stupid 😂

[@xxi404]

Thats easy bro, be like Scru, pull up the race card😆

[@iCoujak]

next to No.37 "Dishonorable mention: "Killshot" Eminem"

[@freckles019]

Thankyou for grind Stevie,love & BLESSINGS to you & yours

[@Amazingprophet08]

Pastor Troy literally says this is to you "No Limit Soldiers" in the first 30 seconds!

[@bigsheed9003]

The foundation of Hip Hop is taking samples like Dennis Edward’s “Don’t Look Any Further” looping it, adding drums, chopping it, pitching it up or down to make a Hip Hop beat. “Don’t Look Any Further” was used on other classic Hip Hop songs like Eric B And Rakim’s “Paid In Fulll” according to Questlove that song is soft? WTF is he talking about?

[@AngelOfDæth_4]

He's allowed to have a very unpopular opinion and we're allowed to disagree 🤷🏾. Bro gotta stand on his own with this one

[@jeffreymarumorankeng3839]

Congrats brother

[@Strommunism]

I forgot how much smoke Royce had for Em back then, which is hilarious because as much as I respect and admire Royce, a lot of those things he said can be reflected directly back at him lol. But I think I heard Royce talk about this and he and Em were both gone off alcohol and drugs at the time. Glad they squashed things

[@sergiov954]

The beat is a remixed version of Get Money. Tupac dissed them to their own anthem. Lmao Questlove just be talking

[@Mid40s]

Dennis Edward’s- don’t look any further

[@Renaldo44]

Questlove is clearly an Oreo cookie

[@Why-I-Oughta]

0:00 The podcast the clip is taking from is called One Song Podcast. I believe the video is called Cold Lampin' With Flavor. I don't think hip-hop is completely dead. I just hope hip-hop doesn't degrade into artists trivializing sensitive topics such as paedophilia and fueling racial tensions because Kendrick Lamar recently did that and achieved great success. 🚫🖤

[@jp.thecameraman]

Where's "Hail Mary" Em ft 50 and Busta (Ja Rule diss)?

[@therealsugarrayrobinson5468]

Idk how meet the grahams didn’t make the list that’s crazy

[@3JohnJoker]

Rap beef is not about who raps the best! 💯💯💯 But when the best rappers start beefing… 🤩🤩🤩 Pure gold… 😎😎😎

[@DesiS16]

He also left an award show when the whole east coast & west coast thing started to heat up one night & said the same thing. I don’t get him but he’s still such a great musician. Damn hard one

[@aaronmccurdy1516]

You should debate Questlove steevie would love to hear that discussion

[@aknotten]

Honestly, I want to place “Not Like Us” @ #1 because of the CULTURAL significance it has. K dot resuscitated / reclaimed TRUE Hip Hop bringing REAL Hip Hop back to no 1 on the charts, UNIFIED Indigenous / “Black” American culture & exposed industry sickness, abuse & “culture vulturism” all @ the same damn time. That’s CRAZY! However, the number 1 spot has to go to the dis record that established / defined what a “Dis Record” is and what the rules / DNA are of a dis record, without it there would be NO dis records. “The Bridge Is Over” culturally resounded where Hip Hop was created (the Bronx) & exposed the lies depicting it being created elsewhere (Queens). It also methodically / diabolically destroyed the careers of the “Juice Crew” & was the 1st Hip Hop record that incorporated Reggae. My # 3 pick would have to be “ETHER “ no explanation required .. Respectfully

[@emerj101]

SK saying Questlove should have his card is funny AF. That knockout scrambled your mind dawg

[@riddlorecvemipre]

The bridge is over is one of the most iconic disc record also, it deserves it to be about where it’s at. You’re too young have been there and seen the impact. That song was everywhere.

[@sanazatabaki691]

How can they disrespect 2pac like that!! It's insane

[@jermainetafo-ntombah1495]

Eminem looking like: 😶🤐

[@supakev1096]

There's definitely always a threat. Imagine being at dinner or a club and a group of random gangsters are taunting you because of the rap beef..... Then ur friend, who is also real gangster, says a few words....now those thugs are waiting for u in the parking lot. So many scenarios we are not considering.

[@qaspanova]

Family Matters and Euphoria should be higher; I think Euphoria is the best of all the disses but whatever

[@Mogodu_Rachoshi]

Meet the Grahams???

[@Mazin_YouTube]

The Warning by Eminem not being up there is wild…

[@bryonandrews2012]

I’m sorry but I have to bring the 🐐up in this conversation.. I believe Em changed the game where rap beef became rap the best and talk the most sh!t @ the same time!

[@Endrick-real]

Eminem is the pelé of rap , they'll create every excuse to discredit him

[@collinwheeler5096]

On the 31st when eminem drops his album, we can revisit this question. Cuz when I'm sitting here on June 1st replaying all these new songs, I will not be thinking "hip hop is dead"

[@MasterDanielson]

Kendrick Lamar can definitely beat Eminem in a rap beef imo

[@Yoannan_I]

They gonna go back n forth for a year before I call a winner ngl

[@xxi404]

Hmm. Dunno about that. IF, eminem was the one with Drake beef, it woulda been over after 1 release of his song...or 2 max🤷🏻‍♂️ woulda destroyed fake hiphop pedo drake instantly

[@Me_549]

He can but probably wont

[@jonathanrodriguez264]

What about Meet the Grams ? How should this be rated ?

[@DarkHeart515]

This was fun, thanks man. I have to disagree with you though. Some rap beefs was about who was the best rapper, while shit talking

[@RobertRoss-d6i]

It was strategic for dancing and club. You from Philly no Diddy 😂 The hatred for LA. I use to fuq with easy coast. Every since Hit'em up. All easy coast try and do is discredited 2 Pac

[@bigdaddy326]

Stevie, you need to check out Roxanne Shanté. Even though she's before your time, she was vicious on the mic. She actually was battling all the female MC's in that time. She even battled a couple guys. It's worth giving her a listen.

[@jansund1650]

To be fair The Roots have always been against gangster rap. one of their best songs is about that "what they do"

[@jenntaylor6083]

I KNEWWWWW MY FAV WAS GONNA BE NUMBER 1. #IHITEMUPPPP❤❤❤❤❤

[@markey412]

Notice he said nothing about No Vaseline which took a sample of Dazz by Brick and just looped it.

[@jaycomplexkidrandle1889]

If that's the case, then he may as well have mentioned "No Vaseline" also. 🤦🏿‍♂️ I could also imagine your response to Dee-1's take on this whole Kendrick Lamar vs. Drake beef.

[@venomalastor8]

Cole’s strategy was the feature tactic to prove his pen game. And that shit worked. So now we need a collab b/w him and Kendrick.

[@t.k.d6774]

When did rap beefs prioritize diss respect over Bars, y'all changing the rules every week 💀 with that logic, does it mean MGK won the Beef against Eminem cause he was most disrespect??

[@Jellybean0009]

I am 61 and even I remember The Real Roxanne. 😊

[@christophermhudson09]

Black thought also agreed when they were talking about it in the past...... Does his hip hop play opinion card get removed as well??? 👀

[@anthonyv4678]

The beat is a play on Junior M.A.F.I.A.s Make Money

[@josephwalsh9285]

I feel like Eminem with the death of slim shady is his way of semi retirement..he will always be involved in music but I feel he's not happy with how Rap has taken a turn for the negative.. but that's my feeling..

[@phillipmorgan4627]

Keep that same "cant think about it now, gotta think about it back then" energy for Roxanne Shante lol

[@Wynter_Heat]

23:09 you crack me up when you say “that’s hard Bruh”😂

[@The-y4t]

Stevie what's your ranking for most disrespectful diss track

[@klaykirby324]

Nas “ Ether “ is aging well!! He was speaking but no one was listening, now it’s all coming together!!

[@sleepy_trading]

Man these ppl too disrespect 2pac.. And some old music maybe weird to listen for gen z now but they surely the legend to that time and for the ppl who listen it that time till now, i still play hit em up and california when goes to work in my car... Like i dont understand mostly music gen z listen lately.. I still love the old school music..

[@kingjams]

People forget that before rap become mainstream and put on audio, people were rapping over someone beating on a table, beat boxing, car, some metal object etc. 2Pac Hit Em Up was him being creative, using a unconventional beat and making a very good diss song. Simple as that.

[@bloodshot_ii]

People sleeping on Ice Cube/Westside Connection - King of the Hill. Cypress Hill diss

[@kendellawsonsr]

All I know is the best diss tracks came out of LA & NYC!

[@BrandyBeach]

I’m so sick of seeing drake and Kendrick faces at this point, I wouldn’t care if they both disappeared 🙄🙄✋🏻✋🏻

[@Hector-jq5bz]

Why tf do people focus on the beats/samples when it comes to disses? I mean yeah I know it make a song a lot harder but it's the LYRICS that should be focused on not the dam beat 💀

[@gmalone1969]

Born in 69 and I am white, so that probably discredits my opinion in his eyes - LOL. Hit Em Up beat was hard, especially for that time. I still blast that one is loud as my speakers will allow.

[@2huer09]

Maaaan Calling Out Names by Kurupt definitely should be in the top 10 diss tracks of all time lol

[@MrJlrod33]

Hip Hop has been "dieing" since 1995. It's not going anywhere

[@BeautifulBrainTrained]

Whole he is a master instrumentalist. He does not speak for hip hop! I was born 1981... It is hard!

[@danielbarnes8459]

I feel to say it’s not about the lyrics is an oversimplification. It’s one criteria for sure. And a significant one

[@Kslay5]

Look quest love is my favorite drummer. He is a certified legend but I can't agree with that. 2pac diss is forever a staple in hip-hop history

[@amberannification]

I was born in the 70s too and from the East Coast... I still thought 2Pac was fire. Ngl, I was a ride or die Biggie fan back then, but I respected Pac and thought his music was dope as well.

[@triniborn76]

Questlove, the fans has spoken. Hit em up is a classic!

[@Itachi-uq2mu]

I am only at 5:45 minutes in, but I have to push back a little bit on your statement Stevie. While I agree, that Rap Beef has never exclusively been about who is the superior rapper, that has always been an element of most beefs. If you know you are the inferior rapper, sometimes it will benefit you to stop trying to showcase your skills and just try to destroy the opposing rappers character, credibility and status. Sometimes if you are the superior rapper you have to get ugly and stoop to their level and everything in between. Sometimes there is just a lot of animosity between 2 people and the rapping is just the vehicle to voice their hatred sure but I do think there has to be a level of skill, cleverness or wittiness that puts you above your opponent. Slick wordplay can do that, funny jabs and punchlines can do that, insults and character assassination can do that too. It all goes together and whoever can use the best combination of those tools to beat their opponent wins.

[@RainMoonGoddess]

Yes I think lyrics have alot to do with it too. It hits harder

[@ranrod8641]

Hip-hop isn't dead, the 90's hip-hop era was just better and it's too good for this era. Eminem is one of the few lyricists that's still around from the 90's era that belongs in the conversation, Kendrick Lamar and J Cole is this generation's lyricists in my opinion.