Week 8 Blog

Artist: T.I.
Song: Whatever you like

I had a bit of trouble thinking about one song to choose for this question because of how much hip hop has "evolved" over the years. I like T.I. as an artist, but I feel that many of his songs have strayed away from the origins of hip hop. This isn't always the case in his music; however, it's clear in this song that it is more representative of present day hip hop culture. Hip Hop used to be more about the message and it has sort of "evolved" into catchy beats that sometimes have literally nothing productive being said. I use the word evolved in quotes because generally evolution is to change something for the better and I think this is not the case here.
In this song T.I. is talking about his money and his ability to buy things for the right woman. This is representative of Hip Hop culture today with videos about Cristal and women and Escalades. This is not always the case, but it seems that more traditional hip hop is a lot more underground now. I feel this is a good example of hip hop culture because it is a pretty typical topic in many songs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w-r4rxmXDI