Billboard "Hot Rap Songs" Polygraph is brilliant (MUST SEE)

[stealthbomber]

that's actually dope af


that battle between flava in ya ear and tootsee roll in fall of 94


then big poppa came in and swooped up another W for bad boy

then pac looking like and drops dear mama


crazy to see and hear them in succession like this

after hearing some of these yall golden era nikkas can NEVER say that dumb shyt about this generation. you had some hot garbage charting every year

 

[Don Jesus]

for real!



I was watching the chart like "nikkas really loved that Tootsie Roll." shyt would hit in popularity, dip a bit, come back...



@nikkaz In Paris

That itself is gonna have an effect on the quality of rap. For one, underground became obsessed with "real hip hop", even to the point of not evolving and doing interesting music. Or running in the totally weird/off-the-map direction and doing weird nerd shyt that 'nobody' was checking for e.g. Def Jux

Then you have the problem of just not being on the radio period. Cats act like it doesn't matter but it matters A LOT. Artists can get decent-to-lovely checks off radio spins alone. Mobb, Wu, Nas weren't coming with chart-topping hits for the most part, but they were getting played and they were getting checks. Radio stops playing you, add that to rampant piracy, and you're left struggling.

Spoiler: imo

song is

But Kendrick and J Cole were doing big things in 2013, and they're supposed to be saving hip hop. Don't let those sensitive negs catch you

yeah i hate "radio doesn't matter" ass nikkas. until everybody in the world has spotify/apple music/soundcloud (let alone a laptop or smartphone) the radio will always matter. people think just because everyone hey hang around has an iPhone or a Laptop that everyone in the world has one. theres a huge market of folks who still buy CDS/listen to the radio. they dont even know what the fukk pandora is. and many of those folks are black people in lower class.

this "we dont need radio play" or "we do music for the art fukk fame" shyt is corny. black people need to build their own marketing companies, shyt, they need to build their own industry and take the culture back. letting the white media bully you into beigg some obscure soundcloud rapper? p*ssy shyt. you know damn well you want to be on the radio and you know damn well you want that spotlight. underground nikkas need to stop that corny shyt. sky is the limit

now that we are in a DIY era, alot of these "skilled lyricist" are exposing how lazy they are since they dont have a industry team behind them. they upload their shyt on soundcloud, promote it to their 900 followers, do a coulme local shows, and think thats doing something. thats only 6%

but aston martin music is a great song fukk that

 

[stealthbomber]

WOW

i came online in this chart on my 5th birthday

i remember hearing how do you want it on the radio in my backyard at that birthday and it was number 1 at the time

maybe its cuz im high as fukk but that got me tripping yall im getting old

 

[Don Jesus]

that's actually dope af


that battle between flava in ya ear and tootsee roll in fall of 94


then big poppa came in and swooped up another W for bad boy

then pac looking like and drops dear mama


crazy to see and hear them in succession like this

after hearing some of these yall golden era nikkas can NEVER say that dumb shyt about this generation. you had some hot garbage charting every year

hip hop never changed, marketing changed. you have rappers like rakim, digable planets, krs-one, wu-tang etc etc today. alot of them actually. but many of them are stuck as obscure soundcloud rappers who willneve get exposure. the "its all about the music/art" narrative has poisoned their brains and they forget that the business side isnt just something that is responsible for the decline of mainstream rap, but its also what responsible for the greatness of the golden age era also, so its a double edged sword. me and my bro been telling nikkas forever to take music business courses and educate themselves on the business side of the culture that they claim is theirs and stop looking at the white man to save them and bring the golden era back

 

[SpacelySprockets]

ll cool j is underappreciated


sylk e fyne had a #1 rap song? I thought she disappeared after godfather eazy died

oh shyt lil bow wow and lil zane going back and forth for #1 right now

 

[SirBiatch]

ll cool j is underappreciated


sylk e fyne had a #1 rap song? I thought she disappeared after godfather eazy died

Definitely.

To keep it a stack with nikkas, he was one of my favorite rappers growing up. I got onto LL right around the 4,3,2,1 era

 

[Don Jesus]

ll cool j is underappreciated


sylk e fyne had a #1 rap song? I thought she disappeared after godfather eazy died

oh shyt lil bow wow and lil zane going back and forth for #1 right now

yeah on my life i dont remember that sylk e fine song ever being popular. the more you know

 

[SirBiatch]

hip hop never changed, marketing changed. you have rappers like rakim, digable planets, krs-one, wu-tang etc etc today. alot of them actually. but many of them are stuck as obscure soundcloud rappers who willneve get exposure. the "its all about the music/art" narrative has poisoned their brains and they forget that the business side isnt just something that is responsible for the decline of mainstream rap, but its also what responsible for the greatness of the golden age era also, so its a double edged sword. me and my bro been telling nikkas forever to take music business courses and educate themselves on the business side of the culture that they claim is theirs and stop looking at the white man to save them and bring the golden era back

Got examples?

I don't blame artists for not being businessmen. It's a totally different headspace. Frankly, I think we don't respect art enough to realize that the shyt is a full-time, 24 hour thought process. To expect a guy to be a great artist and a savvy businessman all at the same time is ridiculous. You're going to be great at one of them, and mediocre-to-trash at the other. These shyts is a team effort.

 

[SirBiatch]

WOW

i came online in this chart on my 5th birthday

i remember hearing how do you want it on the radio in my backyard at that birthday and it was number 1 at the time

maybe its cuz im high as fukk but that got me tripping yall im getting old

Fantastic song. I remember hearing that shyt at high school house parties back in 1999/2000. The song was still hot then.

 

[SpacelySprockets]

that transition from godfather 50 dominating 03 to the south taking turns at #1 by the fall

oh shyt as soon as 05 hit game and 50 hit nikkas with the and took over 50 got 4 out of the top 5 songs.. gimme a time machine brehs

 

[Don Jesus]

Got examples?

I don't blame artists for not being businessmen. It's a totally different headspace. Frankly, I think we don't respect art enough to realize that the shyt is a full-time, 24 hour thought process. To expect a guy to be a great artist and a savvy businessman all at the same time is ridiculous. You're going to be great at one of them, and mediocre-to-trash at the other. These shyts is a team effort.

just go to soundcloud or bandcamp and youll find thousands of them. many of them suck. some of them are cool and have potential to be legends, but theyll never get that push. at least not by the jews currently in charge of hip hop right now. but if black started their own hip hop hollywood itd be another story

and youre right. Jay-Z is the closest we've ever gotten to a half businessman half artist. but why is he the only one? it should have been many more like him, but these dumb nikkas are more enamored with drinking, smoking, eating unhealthy, tweeting their lives away, etc. its the main reason 85% of hip hop legends are not as rich as they should be.

but it is also a team effort. but everyone wants to be a rapper today because the tools to be one are so easy to get. nobody wants to be the team. everyone wants to be the spotlight guy. which is retarded anyways because the spotlight is the worst position to be in, if you want to be real. that shyt takes a toll on your livelihood after awhile if your head isnt screwed right for it

 

[SirBiatch]

just go to soundcloud or bandcamp and youll find thousands of them. many of them suck. some of them are cool and have potential to be legends, but theyll never get that push. at least not by the jews currently in charge of hip hop right now. but if black started their own hip hop hollywood itd be another story

I'm not wasting my time digging through soundcloud and bandcamp. No music listener should be subjected to that shyt. I'm a music fan (i.e. I want the finished product), not an A&R.

You said there are Rakims out here. Unless you're saying hyperbole, I need you to tell me who they are. If you really fukk with an artist, their stuff is gonna get shared regardless. It may take a minute, but people don't sleep on brilliant music. It just doesn't happen.

It took 20 years for Liquid Swords to go platinum. But the fact of the matter is that it went platinum. In an era where no one buys music. Because that shyt was being shared so damn often and new listeners were getting the feeling so they copped.

The truth is that the unbelievable majority of these cats are wack as fukk. They're so scared to do anything different. and when they are 'different', it's pandering.

and youre right. Jay-Z is the closest we've ever gotten to a half businessman half artist.

I don't know Jay-Z. Never met him. I know someone who has met him once. And honestly, the acquaintance I know said that Jay-Z doesn't strike her as being the sharpest guy in the world. That business shyt could be an image. He has a fantastic team - this we know.

Knowing what it takes to make great art, I find it hard to believe that Jay-Z, in his best days, was handling Wall Street deals while in the recording studio. I could be wrong.

but why is he the only one? it should have been many more like him, but these dumb nikkas are more enamored with drinking, smoking, eating unhealthy, tweeting their lives away, etc. its the main reason 85% of hip hop legends are not as rich as they should be.

They're not the only ones. Rock and roll artists do the same shyt. They're artists. They're not in this for money. They're in it for partying, rocking out, girls, etc.

The difference is that a) Rock artists don't and didn't get ripped off at the scale of hip hop artists [that skin tone] and b) rock is forced into every corner of society that allows rock artists to continue making bread long after their relevance [that skin tone]

Our society has to learn how to respect and take care of artists again. I hate hearing about how "artists are supposed to know the ins and outs of their contracts, and if they don't, they deserve to be ripped off." No one deserves to be ripped off.

but it is also a team effort. but everyone wants to be a rapper today because the tools to be one are so easy to get. nobody wants to be the team. everyone wants to be the spotlight guy. which is retarded anyways because the spotlight is the worst position to be in, if you want to be real. that shyt takes a toll on your livelihood after awhile if your head isnt screwed right for it

I agree with you, and yes, it's a problem. but it's not entirely their fault. Right now, the game is so fukked up that if you're not the frontman in some way, you're not seeing paper. Music does not sell. Shows sell. Merch sells. Branding sells. Who is that all based on? The frontman.

This is how I see it. I could be wrong.

 

[bucks3115]

drizzy had the biggest run in rap history
most #1 song than any rapper dead or live

 

[LordOfTheManor]

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[prophecypro]

There's rap songs on that polygraph I know were HUGE and on the charts that are nowhere to be found and then there's songs on their that were number 1 that I had no idea where commerical successes
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