Undoubtedly, we will no longer find people like Chief&Soci, le Sacre Scuole, the first La Pina, La Famiglia, Joe Cassano, Colle Der Fomento, gli Uomini di Mare, and all those groups and MCs who came before and after Fibra, both extinct and active. But even if the so-called "Golden Age of Italian rap" has gone down the drain, we still move forward, and whether it's in fashion or not, in my opinion, it shouldn't matter. If someone loves rap, they love it forever, even when it ends up, who knows, at Sanremo.
To tell you, I am a staunch supporter of indie label rap and self-productions; I discovered Marcio when he was still sixteen, I was a fan of Articolo before the gold records, and I too felt betrayed as a connoisseur of "small Italian rap." But still, for example, I will buy and listen to Marcio's latest, I will buy Fibra even though he's with Universal, and I will follow Fish's collaborations even if they "commercialize" a lot of talented MCs. And when I hear something silly like "Mi fido di te" by Jovanotti, well, I still like it.
The problem with our rap is that it ghettoizes itself. But it’s not the rappers who ghettoize themselves, it’s the supporters. If a rapper goes on MTV and continues to make good rap, well, for me, he has only changed labels; he hasn’t betrayed anyone.
Of course, then if that rapper, like gli Art31, has sworn that he would remain the same as always (<Ale lo sfigato> J Ax), and you find him with millions making pop rap, then that’s different. We're talking about consistency, and that’s another story.
