The CPR of today's Hip Hop

I realized that most of the writing I've been doing about rap recently has been all bashing and complaining. So I decided to take a break from this method of self torture and take a moment to discuss the small group of decent albums that recently dropped.


Scarface's Emeritus: This is the final album by Scarface, making this his ninth studio album. It's a shame when a rapper like Scarface sells less than someone like T- Pain or Chris Brown. This album barely sold over 100,000. Scarface, honestly, has never dropped a bad album. This is no exception, from the hardcore, Southern beats that you can't help but rock your head to, to the cold- hearted, gritty lyrics that get you pumped up and begging to find someone looking at you funny so you can punch them in the mouth.


LL Cool J's Exit 13 : Again, this seals the deal for this rapper. Just like Scarface, this is LL's final album, making it his thirteenth. Just like the former I discussed, this one failed to sell. I don't understand exactly what is wrong with rap fans today. Exit 13 contains a fine mix of radio friendly material, and the hardcore Hip Hop that reminds LL fans of the Mama Said Knock You Out days.


Ice Cube's Raw Footage: I have to hand it to Ice Cube. Had he stopped rapping ten years ago, he still would have been revered for his earth- shattering title "Amerikkka's Most Wanted." Yet he still drops extremely controversial, right- wing Conservative men enraging raps that feature him puffing a fat ass marijuana blunt and giving the finger to the screen in the classic "I don't give a $#*@" personality that Ice Cube has.


G-Unit's Terminate on Sight: Just when I started to accept the fact that G-Unit's heyday was gone, this album barely saved them. A great album overall, definitely not of the caliber that their debut "Beg for Mercy" was, but nevertheless a keeper. Hella better than any of the other garbage out these days anyway.


Krs- One's Hip Hop Lives: Could a more fitting title be given to the rapper that considers himself, and not without good reason, the living, walking, breathing, manifestation of Hip Hop music? I think not. "The Teacher" Krs- One, better known as the last remnant of the hardcore Hip Hop scene of the early 80s, is still making classics, almost thirty years later. Do you think a rapper like Jibbs will be remembered thirty years from now? I hope he'll be dead.