REAL RAP RAW

So I didn't think it was possible but I just became an even bigger hip hop head at approximately 1:00am this morning. Recently when it came to hip hop I felt like I was caught in a rut. I listened to my favorite rapper Wale's mixtapes and CD until I almost memorized every lyric and ad-lib he ever spoke. I played J. Cole's CD until my CD player in my car couldn't take it anymore. And I also exhausted my Jay-Z and Eminem supply until they called me personally and told me that was enough. I had tried reaching for other sounds from new artist, but besides the ones I mentioned, none were worth any further interest. I was beginning to lose faith in hip-hop...that was until I heard the 2011 BET Hip-Hop Award's Cyphers.
I witnessed so much up and coming new talent that I immediately started looking up all of these people and downloading everything I could from them. People I was already a fan gained all new levels of respect with me. B.O.B. killed it. Chris Brown killed it. What I was most impressed with were the artist that I had heard but never heard from. Artist such as Kendrick Lamar, Blind Fury, Skills, the other members of MMG( besides Wale and Rick Ross...I already knew they were cold even before their verses) and Reek da Villain all set fire to the mic. But what had me jumping out of my seat and waking my neighbors were the artists from Shady 2.0 and the legends. Yelawolf, Royce da 5'9, Joell Ortiz and one of my all time favorite rappers that I almost forgot about, Joe Budden all murdered their mics. I also appreciated that they didn't go new school and clip the little gay bluetooth mic to their shirts and they used the handhelds. It's just something about holding the mic to me that reflects not only ownership of the stage and the crowd, but of one's talent. Anyways, I digress... The funny thing about me having this rekindling of fascination with rap is that the two artist that I felt inspired me the most were the two legends Eminem and Busta Rhymes. The new artist were amazing but what made me realize hip-hop will never die is the fact that as good as the new guys were, it was OBVIOUS that Em and Bus were lightyears better than anyone else. It just blew my mind because new rappers always are putting down seasoned vets because they don't have the swag of the new generation but Em, all of Shady 2.0 and Bus proved that the news talk shit because they're scared people will open up their eyes and realize what real rap is again and they won't be able to make anymore money off of ringtones. That's really all I have to say...those guys were all awesome and it proved to me why I should never give up on hip-hop again.