Why would I give someone benefit of the doubt when the GOLDEN ERA GAVE THE BLUEPRINT ON HOW TO BE GREAT? Do you know what a GOLDEN ERA actually is?
Whats wrong with being stuck in the past? hip-hop is LITERALLY rooted in being stuck in the past. The past is where all the good shyt was happening. Parliament, Issac hayes, james brown. Being stuck in the past is how you find your essence to make something for the future.
If there is ONE guy to come through, I WOULD KNOW who that one guy is. I can hear something cool in some of these new guys like ASAP Rocky, Ferg, Koondrick, cole. but these guys are not the "One". They might get a spin.
"The One" is Roc Marciano.
respectfully, I can't have this convo with you if you think you don't have to listen to anything new. Particularly the stuff that's making noise in your genre.
I came from that era. I know exactly what you're talking about. I grew up on my dad playing James Brown, Fela, Isaac Hayes, Michael Jackson, all that shyt. I have a massive respect for that music. We're not talking about that.
I'm talking about being informed about what artists are doing now in the genre you claim to love. The best way to stay informed is to actually stay informed. If you're not informed about what's going on in the genre, your opinion is as useless as the new nikka who just wants to turn up.