Hiphopnerd

Artists sometimes go back to the same creative wells a little too often...

Example #1 - Dilated Peoples
I think they've released the same album 4 times now...great beats, lackluster lyrics, solo song for each MC, uninteresting skits, and a track highlighting Babu and the DJ's role in hip-hop. It still makes for a pretty good listen, but I like to see some growth & advancement in the artists I support. There's little reason for me to keep buying your future releases if they all sound exactly the same as what you've already done.

Example #2 - GZA
GZA's fallen in love with the name dropping track. "Labels" was cool..."Publicity" was enjoyable..."Fame" was ok, and "Animal Planet" just took it too far. Nevermind that the last two were on the same damn album. Look we know you can take the names of record labels/magazines/celebrities/animals and make a sorta-coherent rhyme out of them. It was neat the first two times...but it's getting a bit ridiculous now. Seriously, what's next- calling out chain restaurants in "Hunger"? "Jimmy John & Little Caeser were playin' Dominos OutBack / when Wendy wit' a Potbelly got her face smacked / by Popeye the infamous In-N-Out pimp / who's Subway accident had left him with a limp..." Is that what it's gonna come to, GZA?