“Hip Hop goes wherever the people go”
-Yasiin bey aka the mighty Mos Def

Why do people think that the artists that are 40+ still don't have the same fans they did when they were in their 20's? Why would artists stop making music when they have fans that want it?

I think Clipse is still dope🔥🔥🔥

We are at a stage where Hip Hop is a solar system and not a planet. It's a stage that all art forms and music forms have gone through. The advent of social media has only accelerated the process.

God I LOVE essay videos written by an MC, the repetition, the word play. Man really brought his pen for this one

Hip Hop isn’t having a midlife crisis, we only project our own crisis’ to this lovely artform

Your thumbnail reflects all the ways a person can embrace (or rail against) aging. Clipse are aging gracefully. I adore LGSEO.

It feels like we’re returning to the chaotic nature of the early days of blog era where labels didn’t know what to do about artists uploading on internet, no homogeny and everyone having a different lane.

I was born in 2000, MF DOOM is the reason I started music and I started at 18, even then I felt like this whole gimmick tiktok crap is just not it. Never dropped too much music but now at 26 I realize Ive always wanted to say my part but Im afraid of what others will think of me when I say it out loud but screw it I decided to put it all out there for everyone to see

Hip hop has become stagnant because no one else is coming through. We’re still relying on rappers from 30 years ago to give us new music. Younger generations don’t care about hip hop, they’re more interested in social media trends.

Man, what a powerful video. I genuinely loved the way you connected all these different generations, perspectives, and movements happening simultaneously within hip-hop. As a producer who's been creating for over 20 years, so much of this resonated with where I am in my own life and artistic journey. I've reached a point where I create because I genuinely love it, because I NEED to, and because it's an extension of who I am. I still carry the essence and feeling of the music I grew up on, but I'm equally fascinated by experimentation, evolution, and pushing things into unfamiliar territory. That's the beauty of art to me. We don't all have to be having the same conversation or moving in the same direction for something meaningful to be happening. Maybe hip-hop isn't having a midlife crisis as much as it's discovering just how many different lives it can live simultaneously. Beautiful perspective, brother. Thoroughly enjoyed this one.

Me and all my old head musician homies have been dusting off our equipment and figuring out how to make contemporary hip hop that is honest and from an adult's perspective, while still keeping it funky. There's an entire world view after 35-50 and beyond that isn't about senior discounts and swollen prostates.

Hip Hop is not just one thing. It is not a monolith because the people into it isn’t a monolith. That’s what makes it great. It is old and young, maturing while still being immature. It contains wisdom and arrogance and even dumb materialism. It is global and universal just take a trip out of the USA and you’ll see how huge and diverse it is!

Honestly i think were at the beginning of a new era…and for the better part

Finally another brother that can speak on the culture and actually understands.

Hiphop is the reflection of languages that progress in society. languages may start off as one thing but then words change over time and become something different in a new context. Hiphop has become bigger than itself. That's why it's the best genre. I think Ye and many others really introduce that to the modern society, showing that hiphop is the best vessel for what you want to convey.

what did blues, jazz, r&b, and rock do as it got older? what will hip hop do differently from other genres as it gets older?
grateful that hip hop has been what it is so far, curious to see where it all goes

Another great video, Green. Thank you.

Great video, very wide range but very focused. I enjoyed this a ton Green

this is the exact reason why it will never die. more and more refined artists will come out of hip-hop as the standard for being a star from it way into middle life is seen as the norm. it is a kind of prestige reserved for greatness