POSTING #4

I can make a few general conclusions about my subculture as of now.  One being the fact that money has been a big influence or reason hip hop is changing.  Everyone is all about a dollar now a days and because of that, I believe hip hop music suffers.  This is seen in the quality of lyrics and overall way things are done.  Hip-hop is a business owned by business men.  They obviously want to make as much money as they can so I believe this is evident in what we listen to and the actions of the people in the industry.  Hip hop is no longer about just music.  Those days are long gone.  A lot of rappers now a day have the same goal as the powerful business men so they do what they have to do to sell music even if that means stepping on toes in the process and starting "beef" with other rappers.  I believe that the things I observe from my subculture everyday is the same everywhere.  Hip-hop is hip-hop.  Some places of the world may listen to different kinds of hip-hop as opposed to other parts but at the end of the day the discussions and elements are the same.  This is evident in mixtape fourms like datpiff.com where users all over the world can log on and download mixtapes and have discussions about them on message boards.