Tory Lanez critiques state of hip-hop

[Sauce and Footwork]

NBA Youngboi makes sonically the worst music I have ever heard. I am not hating at all. Dirk ain’t much better either. But damn

 

[ISO]

Lil Baby and Lil Durk been carrying this shyt

 

[ISO]

He’s speaking of the mainstream garbage cause I’ve been listening to a bunch of albums recently. A lot of MC’s dropping some of their best stuff right now.

Like who? Even Griselda shyt has gotten stale.

 

[BK The Great]

Like who? Even Griselda shyt has gotten stale.

Mainstream music is stale.

 

[CrimsonTider]

Mainstream music is stale.

Torey Lanez is the definition of stale

 

[BK The Great]

Torey Lanez is the definition of stale

He’s got moments, i listen to his stuff. But a lot of mainstream music comes and goes.

 

[-DMP-]

I’m just waiting on lil baby at this point

 

[NOSKI_DA_DON]

Kinda felt like this after listening to that Drake and Baby joint and was listening to NBA’s Slimeto album while in the gym

Drake and Baby joint was low effort and generic as hell

YB album I liked some joints but it didn’t seem cohesive and most of the music won’t last or could be discarded. YB’s album could have been his Me Against The World with the shyt he’s going through but the artistry in terms of album making just ain’t there another long collection of songs.

I think YB just releasing albums to get out of his contract

 

[ISO]

But everything didn’t connect with the aesthetic which was some 1920-1930s shyt.

Wym here

 

[ISO]

 

[Piff Perkins]

I'm not a guy who ever points out an agenda but...it seems like there's an agenda here. Most of the big albums this year have been rap. Many of them are still on the charts - Durk, Future, Kendrick, Drake, Rod Wave, etc. So if there's no real evidence that hip hop in of itself is losing popularity, and if music in general is seeing a sales decline (in part due to the changes to streaming rules) why do people keep saying this?

The messaging, looming recession and industry people involved tell me two things: 2023 is gonna be about finding the next Bad Bunny, and more dance music. I'm not opposed to either obviously, nor does rap need to fall off for those things to rise. Bad Bunny has been dominating all year and it didn't stop any of the rappers I mentioned, nor did it impact Beyonce. I'd love nothing more than a lot of the current rap shyt to die out - drill, the dead opps shyt, etc - but it's not happening anytime soon. White boys into street shyt aren't going to suddenly turn into afrobeat fans.