This is my view as well. I think it's clear these tracks aren't being sampled creatively, which isn't unique to this era (see: Bad Boy samples in the late 90s/early 00s). You can prob also compare the commercial intentions of producers now to Bad Boy era shyt (follow the trend, do it as quickly as possible, no real thought behind it, etc). So while I dislike the music I can't say this is a unique situation. We're kind of in a flat circle situation here where history is repeating.
One thing I will disagree with 9th on is that kids are not going back and learning the music due to samples. Media literacy is at an all time low right now. There are niches of young people that do research, sure. But overall I think there's a MAJOR problem with white and black Americans right now where art and culture isn't being passed down. We've got black and white kids exclusively listening to new rap/r&b or new pop/country pop. I don't sense the same cultural connections to past generations. I watched John Wayne movies with my grandparents, listened to Anita Baker with my mom and Luther Vandross with my dad. Today, Take Care (Drake) is too old for a lot of kids to fukk with. Anecdotally the oldest films my little cousins fukk with are Harry Potter and a couple Disney movies. This is bad...
!!!). If somebody wanna sample something from that year, that's absolutely fine, just make it sound dope.
