The strengths are:
1. There is a lot of heat and attention right now.
2. We've built up a lot, a lot of great musicians and work that we can slowly pull out and show them a gem.
The disadvantages are:
1. Not only do we have to suffer a lot of misunderstandings when it comes to popularizing hiphop, but there's also quite a bit of disagreement from those of us who have been listening to hiphop ourselves for many years. For example, I don't think it's a big deal for PG1 to pull a "Yao Bei Na" during a freestyle battle, the fans are overreacting, but some people who have been listening to hiphop for years are like "I don't think so".
2. Too much black history. For those who have been in the entertainment industry for a long time, it's too easy to get rid of you. pg1 has already been dug out of the "Yao Beina", "set of words", "play strangers", "XD", "XD" and so on. Honestly, this kind of thing, when it happens to an underground rapper, I can see it happening, but to be dug up for the general public to know about it, it will definitely have a negative impact on the artist.
There's still a long way to go for Chinese hiphop to really get going.
"China's Hip Hop" has brought popularity, traffic and attention to the underground circle, and I have to admit that the influx of capital has given some excellent rappers better resources, a bigger stage and a wider space, and also made some rappers lose their hearts in the flowers and applause.
China's Hip Hop brought hip hop to all those who watched the show, but failed to explain to them what hip hop really is. there is a long way to go to popularize the history and common sense of hip hop.
But right now the main thing I want to explore is the question about where to go from here. And that's why I'm answering this question.
Walking, of course, is by itself, but "where to go" and "how to go" need to be addressed.
Hiphop culture's flamboyant individuality, the innate spikiness, the raging anger lurking in the blood, how to adapt to the traditional Chinese Confucian culture? How to take the best and remove the dross? I've been thinking about this issue for a long time, but I think today is the time when we all have to face it.
For example, there are big and small beefs in the circle, ganging up and all kinds of black materials. Really on the stage, all these problems need to be solved urgently, but I think the main thing is the battle system. We have always followed the American battle rules, starting from Iron Mic, until today, we have been "on stage to fuck their parents, off stage to call each other brother and sister". Recently, PG1 was dug out for rhyming with the deceased singer Yao Beina in a previous battle. In terms of the current battle rules, PG1's approach not only rhymes well, but also connects to the real-time hotspots, not only does it not violate the rules, but it is also a very beautiful punchline, but not only for Yao Beina's fans, but also for the majority of the Chinese people, this kind of "disrespectful" behavior towards the deceased does not get their understanding, not to mention the fact that they can't understand it, not to mention that they can't understand it. However, not only for Yao Beina's fans, for most people in China, this kind of "disrespect" to the deceased is not understood, not to mention recognized. The battle rules should be changed in the future, and the battle in China should not be as taboo as in the US.
Because PG1 represents the popularity champion of Chinese rappers after "China Hip Hop", and Saffron Club also serves as a new popularity heavenly group, more problems have been exposed on Saffron Club. In addition to the ones mentioned above, there are also issues such as beat being picked up for plagiarism, miscommunication with the public causing offense to passersby, and stage name infringement charges, among others.
Of course, I don't have a personal argument for any of the "stuff" mentioned below, I'm not a big fan of that sort of thing, but just read this article as if it were true. I still hope that the people behind the scenes of rap music production will stop plagiarizing and copyright their samples, don't forget that Netflix is having a lot of trouble with copyright issues right now. hiphop culture does like to use samples, but don't forget that hiphop's biggest pet peeve is plagiarism.
I hope that all rappers who have fans will set an example and hold themselves to the standards of a public figure, and not learn to speak out of turn on live broadcasts of Bullet Shells, saying things like kicking the bridge out of the house blah blah blah blah blah, and losing their roadie credentials for nothing. Learning to be a public figure is not at odds with REAL itself, I still want to keep my anger and passion in my music and not bring it into my life.
On the subject of PG1 and Marvel fans, that's something I can only say, maybe he picked that name on a whim, after all, it's not justified, so we'll just have to see what Marvel's side of the story has to offer and see what happens.
Lastly, there is the issue of fans. I think fans need to be managed and guided. There are times when you send out a tweet and maybe most of the fans won't get into any more trouble for you. I heard that PG1 fans managed to get European and American fans and Japanese and Korean fans to unite to dislike Saffron Club, it's pretty speechless. You are a rapper ah, have any words to write songs to diss him ah, do not always hide behind the fans, and the fans have the wrong place, please give the fans a bit of science, do not look at the fans to come to what "embarrassing wash".
The above is, "where to go" problem, the next is "how to go".
One is to respect the music, and the other is to unite with each other.
There is no high or low in music, I have never felt that the hiphop I listen to is so high or so low, as a person who can put Chen Ru, MC Tianyou, Wei Xinyu and Hot Dog in a song list, the music itself is a kind of expression, the content of each person's expression is not the same, and the way of expression is not the same. People are born equal, and so is music. Although I don't like traps that don't mean anything, I don't think that rappers who do traps are just following the trend or low, people have their own preferences, and doing their own favorite music is enough for a rapper, and if I have to add one more thing to it, I'd add "don't forget the words" (I've been cursing every day about whether Saffron will go out now or not). If I had to add one, I'd add "don't forget the words" (I've been cursing the current Saffron for not having a heart, but this is a personal preference, and I'm not allowed to say it if I don't like it /proud of it).
From the time I listened to hip hop to now, almost ten years, more than once heard about the unity of the rhetoric, as long as we are united, China's hip hop is definitely better and better, each of us is "China's hip hop half of the savior", is not it? PG1 and GAI can go and shake hands and make peace, why can't we put aside our preconceptions and "remake the Tower of Babel".