Hip Hop: The Evolution Of Snoop Dogg

“Well, hip hop is what makes the world go around,” said Calvin Broadus Jr., better known as Snoop Dogg. Broadus, who first went by Snoop Doggy Dogg before later dropping “Doggy” from his stage name, came to prominence in 1992 when he was discovered by and recorded songs with Dr. Dre. This time was right in the heart of the Golden Age of Hip Hop; a time period in the 1980’s and 1990’s "when it seemed that every new single reinvented the genre," according to Rolling Stone. Meanwhile, in the time since hip hop has seemingly made a complete turnaround; consequently, the genre is completely different than it used to be. On the whole, hip hop has changed in almost every way, but no differences are larger than the ease of the music creation process,

Modern hip hop is all about sex, drugs, and money. For instance, you need look no further than the current hip hop charts to see that “Me, Myself, and I” by G-Eazy, a song all about what he is going to purchase with all his money, is the top song in the country. At the same time, the previously mentioned Lil Wayne’s most popular song, which featured Static Major, is “Lollipop,” which is all about him trying to convince a woman to have sex with him. In short, there is very little depth or meaning to the lyrics of modern hip hop

Accordingly, the artists who influenced the current ones are outspoken against the current state of hip hop rather than supportive of it. Due to this, the golden age will never be matched even unless we see a major focus change in the hip hop industry. Nevertheless, we can still reminisce over the good old days when hip hop meant something and took more talent. While they share the same genre name, hip hop of the 80’s and 90’s and hip hop of today have virtually no