Elton John Wants to Get His Hip-Hop On

Puff daddy (I refuse to lower my intelligence level by referring to him by his alias) has a clothing line, and perfume. Fifty cent has a clothing line, bottled water, and baby lotion. Every rapper the masses know of is a sellout (I can think of only two who aren't at the moment). Now Elton John wants to rap. There was a time when rap was poetry, a valid form of expression, before Fifty cent got famous with DR. Seus rhymes like "Clickety clankclickety clankmoney in the piggy bank." Before Missy Elliot spewed complete garbage like "Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta I need a cup of Watah(purposley mis-prounonciating "water" because she can't write a decent rhyme)". If you live in top 40 and corporate radio, rap is dead to rights. Elton John, K-fed, and Richard Simmons combined, can't dig this blade deeper in hip-hops wrists. Top 40 is a cancer. Rap is on it's dying breath.


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As a loyal Elton John fan for over 35 years, I am disapointed by his next musical venture. I personally feel that hip-hop and rap should be left to those who don't have Elton's musical ability.

I had a senior moment today, obviously Elton is having one also.....

Elton John will be fine!!! Whatever he decideds to do I am sure he will be great at it.. He's been around long enough and weathered enough..he'll be fine....

Miss S...
"marrow minded" = bone headed? LOL.
Well said; let Elton do what he feels.

love elton john am a huge fan but i think elton john trying to sing hiphop is like a cowboy trying to sing regae it just dont fit.... love elton because hes a passionate singer n a great rocker , why ruin something good ,this is a very bad idea...i agree all hiphop is is a bunch of noise,am not a fan too many talented people are wated by singing weird songs. example mariah carey loved her singing normal songs but then she started singing with all these rappers n doing some bad sucky music. keep doing the music we love that you are now elton,please say no to hiphop..its a bunch of noise n krap n i would hate to see you lower your standards by doing bad music...say it isnt so elton.

I dont like all hip hop, but then again I dont like all Rock. I will give it a listen.. who Knows it might turn out great.. So people dont knock something till you try or hear it..

If Elton thinks he wants to try a new route in music , then so be it . I think if he really wants to try to do real music then sit him down with B B King or Dr john of New Orleans and play to the real rythm of life.

That's all we need. A flaming fairy doing jungle jive.

I am sitting here laughing my butt off at some of these comments...especially the negative ones. All they go to show is how marrow minded and judgmental people can be. I also think that it is wonderful how some of you are self appointed music gurus and have the audacity to tell me what "real music" is. Your like or dislike of a genre of music does not classify it as real music or not. Then again, using your line of thinking, R&B and hip-hop are considered "real music" by Elton John if he is considering using some of the beats for his CD. So if your beloved Mr. Fantastic himself thinks that they are "real music" then no more needs to be said. As far as all of these Elton rapping and going over to hip hop comments...the man did not say that he is going to sell his piano and become a rapper. He stated that he likes the beats and wants to see what he can do with them. So can Elton do hip-hop? I guess we will see. And all this BS about it ruining his career. Please. Besides, if the man is truly as fantastic as people say he is, his career would not end due to one not-so-good CD. The man should be commended for being brave enough to step outside of the the little genre box that musicians get placed in. Tim McGraw and Nelly, Ying Yang twins and Adam Levine of Maroon 5, Jay-Z and Linkin Park, Aerosmith and Run DMC all paired up and stepped out of that box and the results were wondeful. I would *love* to see what he comes up with. Other artists should only be so brave. By the way, I am a 28 year old black female who now listens to eveything from Dr. Dre and Ying Yang twins to Chopin to Elton John to Trace Adkins. Maybe if you took the time to listen to more than the five records, three 8-track cartridges, and four cassettes that you have at home you *might* find that there is a whole world of music that you are missing out on.