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I'd say 98% of the hip hop that's played on the radio and on tv can "not" be classified as hip hop. Here is a fantastic video about the Auto-Tune industry, presented by one of the pioneers of real hip hop, KRS-ONE:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8RqgDsO3c4

Also presented by Buckshot from Blackmoon:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5nk_J-SQ_4

Aside from that history lesson, this app is pretty hilarious, and I'd love to play with it :)

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Wow, would have never expected someone to cite Blackmoon on HN .. respect!

Agreed. That definitely takes a lot of balls, considering how typically averse to hip-hop this community is.

See what I mean?

No, your problem was that this community is in no way averse to hip-hop.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=754160

I'm not sure if you were trying to provide an example or a counter example -- the post you linked to is modded 3 points, but the parent is at 18 points, showing a great deal of respect for the achievements of Mr. Wallace.

Gangster rap isn't hip hop. I hate anything that promotes violence, and would agree that Biggie didn't contribute much to the world. I still like Hip Hop though.

"I woke up in the morning, hopped on a train I saw my man" What happened to hip hop ? It grew up and got rich.

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