AllHipHop.com must have sensed the buzz building for Guilty Simpson of Almighty Dreadnaughtz fame. Melanie Cornish interviews Guilt and he’s not shy about speaking his mind.
AllHipHop.com: Do you feel that real songs have been lost among ‘tacky’ dances?
Guilty Simpson: Yeah, but I am not going to go out on a limb and say that Hip-Hop is dying as there are people putting out good quality joints. It is just that those people are not getting the shine and the light shone on them to the point where there music is pushed into the background. Then you have radio, where every song that comes out sounds like an extension of the last song just by a different artist. A lot of the cookie cutter music isn’t even selling a lot of units like it used to and I think that it is just leveling the playing field for a person who really wants to be creative on a record.
(Guilty at Black Milk’s record release in New York, Thanks again to Michelle)
You know you might have someone at a label that wants to do original stuff, but the cookie cutter thing is a sure fire way to make a lot of money and now they are doing the cookie cutter stuff, they are not even guaranteed money anymore, so maybe it will make the artist take a step back and take a look at themselves to get ideas to what they really want to do with their careers, rather than just going for the easy money. I think it is fair and I know some people might think that is a haters statement but I am from the underground, I always root for the underdog. Now that all these other records that are not bringing anything to the game or are not really adding anything to the game, personally I love it, because that is what you get. You can’t fool the people forever with this watered down music that’s not creative. If you are not creative it is a shame that I have to listen to someone’s song and before the video goes off I might know how to do the dance but I can’t remember one lyric in the song. You would rather go out and dance rather than do your music, be a dancer. When you pick up a Mic you have a responsibility to give the people some real lyrics and real music. I think it is time for people who come from that angle to get their shine on and I am just ecstatic to be part of that.
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