hip hop sucks

hah… thought I was being serious with that title for a sec, didn’t ya?

no, hip hop does NOT suck

far from.

I grew up on hip hop.

specifically from the 80s thru mid 90s

then dropped off for a bit as I dived deep into the rave scene and listened to all things electronic; my passion for drum n bass still thumps as hard as the bass bumped those many a night spent at Red, Nation, and various other clubs in DC.

but I digress…

after I left the rave scene behind with my 30s, I came back to my original love,

all things hip hop.

and it wasn’t until I was in my early 40s I realized I was missing out on current hip hop due to being a crotchety old person who refused to notice the hip hop of today is as awesome as it was ‘back in my day’ — only different.

once I opened my mind and ear, I got it… and now I love it.

all of it.

the ridiculous lyrics and the sick beats.

yes, even fucking Cardi B.

as someone who’s single, I’m on a couple of dating sites and have shared my passion for hip hop on my profiles. found it one of the good ways to weed out the suckas from the winners. because the suckas almost always have something shitty to say about hip hop; e.g., “your profile seems pretty cool, but hip hop sucks!”

of course, I can’t wait to go onto their profile to see what sort of music they’re into and almost always it’s some garbage like Dave Matthews Band, Bare Naked Ladies, or Oasis.

and with that, they get the insta-block. because nobody needs that kind of negativity in their life. and when I say negativity, I mean, the kind of music being sent to you from their Spotify list thinking they’re doing something special when all you really want to do is toss the list out the window like a bad CD.

so, next time you think bout telling a lover of hip hop that hip hop sucks, how bout just not if you ever really want any WAP.