It's no secret that the meaning in rap songs has become drastically different over the years. This was not always necessarily a bad thing. During the late 70's and early 80's rap saw the introduction of gangster rap. Rappers like Ice-t along with rap groups like N.W.A and Run DMC are mainly responsible for this. This introduced rap to its golden age. Here emerged some of the most respected rappers and rap groups of all time. Solo rappers such as Tupac Shakur, Biggie Smalls, Big L, Big Pun, and Nas along with groups like Wu-Tang are considered the best of all time. The rappers all had one thing in common, substance. Their clever lyrics always had a meaning to them.
Hip hop truly saw its prime around the turn of the century. It was fantastic in not only mainstream but underground as well. Mainstream had rappers like Eminem, Biggie smalls, 2Pac. Underground was seeing a huge movement, mainly led by rapper Aesop Rock. Aesop Rock's cryptic lyrics and unique style are what singled him out as a rapper. His lyrics contain many large words and especially complex rhyme schemes. Eminem went on the create the fastest selling rap album in the world.
Around 2005 is when there was a drop in creativity. This is when rap became less of poverty and philosophy and more of "let's go to the club and get wasted". It was now about who had more money and women not who had more skill. Rappers like Lil' Wayne, Soulja boy, and Chris Brown are largely responsible for this. Now in 2013, hip-hop/rap is truly at the lowest point it has ever been. The most notably terrible rap group is young money. Consisting of Lil Wayne, Drake, Rick Ross, Future, Nicki Minaj, and 2 Chainz along with multiple others. Rap has lost all meaning. It's now full of repetiton of a single line, and words that can barely count as rhyming. It's really upsetting to see the condition rap is in now-a-days.
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