Abandoning the label ‘’conscious rap’’

With the growth of many sub-genres throughout the years and seeing the diversity of hip-hop with time, one of raps biggest labels has ran it’s course. Hip-hop is too diverse for labels that put a amazing genre of music into a small space.

Throughout time we’ve seen people use the talent and content of hip-hops most beloved artist put against each other for the sake of ‘’superiority’’ which hurts it more than it helps it. Perception being reality can be a gift and a curse.

Just because the delivery and style are different shouldn’t mean what other rappers are saying is less important. Conscious rap is treated like a source of concrete truth, but instead should be treated as everyone else’s singular truth. But, I think part of it is that you can learn something from anyone.

The issue with the term conscious rap is that it’s associated with a particular style of production in tandem with social commentary…..which should not be the case. The problem with the conscious rap label is we treat those particular rappers as a source of truth and everyone else as a lie when in reality hip-hop is the human experience on a spectrum.

You can take knowledge from any lane of rap and that’s the beauty in the art form. There’s beauty in alternate perspectives, deliveries across this vast medium.