hip-hop going green too. . .

The radio and I have love hate relationship, since I've discovered the wonderful world of downloads and beauty of up and coming artists. I listen to it from time to time, but I prefer my less circulated Adele and Common.I digress. . . Well anyways, I turn on the radio to hear rap recycling lines from other rap verses and turning them into choruses. . .How wack is that? come on now have we really run outta things to say,that we must resort to just boosting lines,corny lines at that,and using them in other songs to create a hit!?!? For example that song by Lil Wayne, Lollipop, don't get me wrong. Lollipop from the Cater III was a big success for Lil Wayne in 2008 .It spent 5 consecutive weeks at # 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles and also won a Grammy for best rap song at the 2009 Grammy awards. The song itself had no depth or purpose aside from the fact that it was club banger about a female's infatuation with taste that she experience while performing "mouth hugs" on a male(Lil Wayne). . .Okay so there is a part of the song that goes like this. . ."Shawty say the n*gga that she with ain't sh*t". . .then along comes David Banner,who decides "wow that is a wonderful line I'm gonna use it as my chorus". . .please Try again. . .think long and hard. . .and Try Again. According to my research Banner's "Shawty say" didn't achieve the same success. . .yes it did make an appearance on Billboard's top. . but in the addendum to the Hot 100 singles list. This means it did not even make in in the top 100 and NO Grammy. So did borrowing the lines give him a leg up in the rap game?? All Sources point to NO. I'm sure we can all name some songs in which a rapper has taking a line from another song and created a chorus. This occurrence seems to be a trend in the hip hop realm. Perhaps it saves time, but it also shows that we are a generation of limited thinkers. It seems like most rap songs are all the same. . .encompassing the same basic themes,sex,drugs and/or alcohol,hustling/the struggle, and the success of the song is based on the artist's creative in delivering this message. Recycling lyrics to convey a typical message in a rap song does not make the artist. I'm challenging all you rappers(music makers in general) "on the bubble" to explore the english language with depth to express your message,wrap your mind around an uncommon theme and make them listen! Your goal is to be ahead of the game,not pick up lyric left-overs. Rap was once based on the principals of individuality and innovation,I think its time we took it back to the basics :)