"You just popped in the Kanye West Get Right for the Summer workout tape/And ladies if you follow these instructions exactly, you might be able to pull you a rapper, a NBA player/Man, at least a dude with a car/So first of all we gonna work on the stomach/Nobody wants a little tight ass." Kanye West dropped those lines on his 2004 gym anthem "The New Workout Plan" and by the looks of society today, he was borderline prophetic. While every video featuring the lyrics has been scrubbed from YouTube, the instrumental below will hold you over until you dig into your Jay Z catalog. Lines like "Suckers Get your weight up, not your hate up/Jigga man is diesel, when I lift the eight up/Y'all ain't ready to workout with the boy/Your flow is brain on drugs, mines is rap on steroids," continue Hov's onslaught and stamps the track as a solid workout playlist addition. "I jog in the graveyard/Spar in the same ring that was housed by the building Where Malcolm X was slain/I spring train in the winter, ’round early December / Run suicide drills over and over," he delivers, detailing his rhyme regiment. Jay Z ascended to king status with his sixth studio album, The Blueprint, but wasn't above giving inspiration to those still getting callouses on their hands, which he accomplished with the bonus cut "Breath Easy / Lyrical Exercise." Clearly in his zone, Hov gets in two-minute drill mode with elite lyricism. Fortunately, times have changed and hip-hop has made an attempt to correct that state of mind. and Big Pun are just a few noted for (and even celebrated) their size.
Famous rappers like the Fat Boys, Chubb Rock, the Notorious B.I.G. Being birthed in the inner city where healthy living and wellness weren't always a top priority by the many bodegas that surrounded the area and few supermarkets with fresh produce, hip-hop was quicker to embrace burgers and fries than veggies and green juice. With age also comes the importance of health and well-being. Long known as a culture strictly predicated by the actions, thoughts and vibes of the youth, hip-hop has grown old enough that both artists and fans debate about the hottest song or MC consume our time. In addition to the music, the attitude of hip-hop and the way it presents itself has its traditional cues that are still highly regarded, but has changed in part as well. From the sound of production to the style of the rhymes, the genre is always evolving itself and expanding its sensibilities. Since hitting the big time in 1979, hip-hop has matured over the years in many ways.
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