Xzibit Says Hip-Hop Has Lost Its Staying Power: 'Imagine What It's Gonna Be Like In 10 Years'

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Xzibit chimed in on the conversation and shared his thoughts on the current state of hip-hop.  #hiphop #hiphopnews #music #musicnews #rapnews #sohh #sohhdotcom #sohhnews #xzibit #stateofhiphop #rap

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00:00 I can't criticize the new rappers because they're look you now you have to you have to get to a

00:05 person who's going to listen to 30 seconds of what you have to say

00:08 and

00:10 and and and try to

00:12 And try to put a whole album into that is impossible

00:15 So, you know you look at the way the albums are put together

00:18 There's three or four songs five songs that you want to listen to when there may be 10 songs 12 songs

00:24 You don't get to open it the the cd or the record. You don't get to read the producers

00:29 You don't get there's no emotional investment in the music like when we were putting music out

00:34 You had the cd cover album cover cassette. You get to open it. You get to see who produced it

00:40 It's like a ceremony read the lyrics, you know, you're not guessing you're not, you know

00:44 You know a lot of the things that that that made us have 10 15 20 30 year long careers

00:52 Doesn't exist anymore. So imagine what it's going to be like 10 years from now

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