Atlanta Podcasters Say The South Was Too Stupid to Understand New York Hip Hop

[Ski Mask]

As a southerner I cant deny this is one of the biggest flaws in southern hip hop. This lyrics don't matter bs has really dumbed down hip hop to the point I dont think it can recover, at least not in the mainstream.

 

[Kenny West]

Welp

Yall said it, not me

 

[Ribbs]

"Music wasn't meant to say nothing" is when I stopped the clip.

 

[Kenny West]

it's so serious that that's where you go with it¿

having pride in your contribution to culture is what gets nikkas out of pocket huh¿

"them folks" doing y'all right down there¿

you sound sick

..........

*

nikka probably lives next to a sundown town talkin shyt. Duke probably calls his local card carrying KKK sheriff "sir" religiously

 

[010101]

nikka probably lives next to a sundown town talkin shyt. Duke probably calls his local card carrying KKK sheriff "sir" religiously

shyte is shameful..........*

 

[UpAndComing]

It’s a lot to do with the way we consume music. Down south we listen to music the most in cars because everything is spread out and we don’t rely on public transpo. Plus strip club culture is bigger down here so the music reflects that. Also it’s the Bible Belt so church music or gospel is big, which in that is lot of chanting and repeating words over and over, ala down south rap.

Now up north guys were walking, on subways, buses consuming the music so they are more susceptible to lyrics because you can pay more attention to what artists were saying.

 

[Stick Up Kid]

The South during the Geto Boys and Outkast era was doing great.

They regressed terribly when all intellectualism was tossed out and super ignorance took over.

They regressed during the Crunk Era.

Eightball n MJG, UGK, Goodie Mob, Scarface, Outkast era was dope

 

[ucanthandlethetruth]

late 2024 till now has seen the best hip-hop quality wise in years

Agreed. There are artists who make great music still but on a whole the quality of rap is down that is even reflected in not having a top 100 billboard song recently for the first time in 40 years...the bar is low for what passes now and just over all most of these outsiders, mumble, vibe and feels rappers are just not talented.

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

nikka probably lives next to a sundown town talkin shyt. Duke probably calls his local card carrying KKK sheriff "sir" religiously

Another nikka that got whooped by a country nikka… The insults and stereotypes are so far off based it’s comical…. now I could say that yall are the products of cowards who were too scared to stay down here and fight, so I shouldn’t be surprised at some of these comments of yall thinking yall superior when it’s not warranted in the slightest…. but I won’t go there….

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

And none of you east coast egg head nikkas gave me an example of “anti intellectualism “

 

[Shadow King]

Blame Jay-Z. He pushed the “I’m not a rapper, I’m a hustler” narrative and made it look cool to not write rhymes. I believe the latter specifically is what killed “intellectualism” in hip-hop because Lil Wayne took the not writing rhymes narrative during his prime and made it popular down South.



Rappers nowadays do not write their lyrics anymore, they just go into the booth and freestyle whatever bullshyt comes out their mouth and sounds good and this directly correlates to mediocre to downright garbage lyrics because 95% of these new rappers don’t have the talent to do this like a Jay-Z does.

Wayne still cared about being good/great at rapping.

"I don't write" was about memorization to eliminate losing lyrics, not saying anything and letting it be.

 

[Hamsterdam921]

This is a lie and if you think all of new york is like this...you watch to much tv

Enlighten me because I actually grew up liking east coast music

 

[Cloutius Maximus]

Even if hip-hop stayed in NY, mainstream NYC rap would be dudes ripping off 50, Jim Jones, Max B, ASAP Mob, Cash Cobain

Lyrical rap hasn't really popped in the mainstream since 96.

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

Even if hip-hop stayed in NY, mainstream NYC rap would be dudes ripping off 50, Jim Jones, Max B, ASAP Mob, Cash Cobain

Lyrical rap hasn't really popped in the mainstream since 96.

Pretty much…. Cats like @Kenny West @010101 and others claiming the diplomats, 50, Pop Smoke, etc were intellectual MCs dropping gems for the black community

 

[Lord Beasley]

Two words: Fivio Foreign