will.i.am has criticized the current state of hip-hop in a new interview with Rolling Stone.
“It doesn’t take much fucking skill right now to make hip-hop,” he said. “It’s become the lowest-hanging fruit. It’s no longer about Rakim-level, Nas-level, not the deep, metaphorical simile shit. Out of respect for the Nases of the world, let’s not call it hip-hop. Let’s say that’s rap. But instrumental music is going to be the next biggest shit.”
He may have a point about the criteria for hip-hop, but this is coming from a man who, according to Tyler, The Creator, started making EDM that he didn’t even like himself for the sake of money. He also admitted to stealing a beat.
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