Kingdom Knock

So here we go again with another lil something to boil your noodle. So why is it that Hip-Hop seems to be the only musical genre that comes with expiration dates for their artists? and who deemed the eligibilty of an artists contribution to the game to be based on there birthdate? Are HipHop artists like packs of bread whose minds start to mold the longer it sits around...i think not. See to me this is just another systematic way to control one of the strongest mediums we have today to be heard. Now true indeed HipHop is youth driven but are we not taking into consideration that its also the youngest of musical artforms to date, meaning we are just NOW reaching the point were we have new generations and "pioneers" of the art. With that being said how far do u think Rock-n-Roll would've gotten if the new breed of cats held no reverence for people like Chuck berry, or even Elvis Presley ...what would R&B have turned into if Aretha, Gladys, Marvin and many others had been relegated to figure heads of a distant past? whose skills and abilities were not used as blueprints to forge forward as the next new artists emerged to push the envelope of their genre. See these other genres have thrived and built themselves on looking to the future by "building" on what there predecessors did ,not casting them and there accomplishements to the side. Ask your average HipHopper what the 4 elements of HipHop are and see what their response is....direct fans of Soldier boy to Kool Moe Dee's Wild Wild West and watch as their face contorts to a twisted view of confusion, to too many fans Rev Run has no relevance past Diggy and the families Mtv reality Show. My point here is that there's a real problem or should i say disconnect with the music that I love which doesnt need to be. Why are the Rolling stones, Kiss, and Steven Tyler packing out stadiums while on AARP? because music is organic and is about sound and melody, about speaking directly to the mind and heart of the listeners and making a connection. Which is inherently my argument with todays brand of HipHop which is more about "swagger" and the latest fad,... who has a maybach and who pumps the most drugs in the trap, see for most of us and alot of these rappers who repeatedly feed us the same ol rhetoric the skill involved in becoming a artist has been lost to the glamorizing of a fad or lifestlye...here today gone tomorrow music, while we go on regurgatating the same mind numbing images and sounds. In short the "art" has been taking out of the genre and replaced with filler, which is not for those who choose to use their brains for more than just a hat rack (unfortunatly that number seems to be dwindling by the day).While older and more established artist struggle to be heard amidst this sea of plastic rap we have yet to build a bridge that will push the genre forward instead of reducing it to its current incarnation. Hip hop in my opinion needs its elders and those who are tied to its roots to keep it from becoming just a tool of the machine to lull the world into a state of zombiesm. True Artists make art that is timeless and transcends the weights we try to place upon it, they touch and stir emotions in us that alot of times we didnt even know we had. Their in lies the magic of being a artist...and this my friend is something that "Time could never touch"! holla