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will.i.am on Contemporary Hip-Hop: "It Doesn’t Take Much Fucking Skill"
will.i.amis not happy with 2018 hip-hop.
On Saturday (December 1st) Rolling Stone published an interview withThe Black Eyed Peas frontmanwill.i.am. The interview was focused on technology and the future of entertainment.
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One question will.i.am was asked about wascontemporary hip-hop. will did not have positivethings to say about the current state of the genre.
When asked how long will hip-hop be the most dominant genre in the world, will-i-am said:
Whats the number-one sport on the planet? Soccer, because anyone can play it. The problem with hip-hop is everybody could do it. It doesnt take much fucking skill right now to make hip-hop. Its become the lowest-hanging fruit. Its no longer about Rakim-level, Nas-level, not the deep, metaphorical simile shit. Out of respect for the Nases of the world, lets not call it hip-hop. Lets say thats rap. But instrumental music is going to be the next biggest shit.
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will-i-am's quotestarted to spread around Twitter. Naturally, the response was divisive:
\u201cThis is funny as hell coming from Will I Am bc Black Eye Peas came out on that boom-bap shit and switched up quick for that bag and started making yogurt commercial music\u201d— \ud83e\udda6\u2728America Is Musty\u2728\ud83e\udda6 (@\ud83e\udda6\u2728America Is Musty\u2728\ud83e\udda6) 1543858693
None— Mark MacKillop (@Mark MacKillop) 1543874052
\u201cI'm old enough to remember when the Black Eyed Peas were making Hip-Hop in the vein of De La Soul and barely broke through, and then went pop to branch out - while also making some money. \n\nA lot of folks only know of BEP post 2004 and will judge https://t.co/gRHH3hXUpg wrongly\u201d— \ud83e\udeacTo Thy Own Self, Be Trill\ud83e\udeac (@\ud83e\udeacTo Thy Own Self, Be Trill\ud83e\udeac) 1543866668
\u201cI can\u2019t remember the last time I gave a fuck about what Will-i-am had to say about hip-hop. Maybe it\u2019s not the \u201clow hanging fruit\u201d and maybe this exactly the kind of gatekeeping that stunts growth and development in the hip-hop scene.\u201d— [HB] RAINEY\u2122 (@[HB] RAINEY\u2122) 1543797566
\u201cFergie: "I'm so 3008, you're so 2000 and LATE!!!"\n\nHip-Hop Purist, Will. i. am:\u201d— Dogecat (@Dogecat) 1543875758
Check out the full interview at Rolling Stone.
Source: Rolling Stone