Can we dead the whole "theres good music you just need to find it" LIE????

[Mr. Negative]

Diggin in them digital crates, breh.

 

[phillycavsfan]

Depends on your tastes.

I got nothing for respect for the DEHH dudes. But with rap albums - most of them have a very specific taste. You can tell what they will and won't like by the artist.

I can already tell you Beezy and Feefo won't like Yeezus. Myke will probably love it though.

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

@Kid Coli I been meaning to check out that Lil Ugly Mane. Everything I check from him is fire

 

[K.O.D]

Diggin in them digital crates, breh.

this

 

[Long Live The Kane]

U arguing points nobody made

And ur still wrong

U seriously gonna sit here and pretend like Biggie, Snoop, Jay, Pun, Outkast, Wu Tang didn't have #1 rap singles in the 90s? And u wanna talk about revising history :biggapls:

the fallacious point i was responding to is sitting right there in black and white

Back in the day you could turn on the radio and hear the best rap had to offer all day every day.

It's a false claim..."back in the day" mass scale radio rotation wasn't the primary vehicle by which hip hop heads were put on to the new hot shyt...heads historically PRIDED themselves on actively seeking out hot new shyt...there's nothing remotely "hip hop" about being some passive participant waiting for the radio to feed you the new hit of the moment...you rattling off a generic ass list of the biggest commercially successful artists having hits don't do shyt to support the claim that the radio was "the best of hip hop playing all day every day"...if you considered yourself a hip hop head back in the day, and you didn't know nothing but the token handful of artists that got massive radio play...guess what..you weren't really a hip hop head

 

[Yoda]

Honestly, if you cant find good music nowadays - that shyt is on YOU not US.

 

[Wacky D]

local hip-hop scenes >>>> internet chit

altho, that's starting to dwindle as well.

 

[Wacky D]

Forums do put u on to shyt early,like shyt that might be hot in other regions that ain't spread yet.....like I remember dudes talkin bout Future before he blew nationally as well as drake....but they wuz so hot locally we wuz gon hear about them eventually anyway.

drake is a plant dog.

that's the problem with the internet now. most of these stars that blew up via the internet were nobodies in their city.

before, I used to love the internet for exposing me to regional stars. but they were proven to be viable acts in their regions, or at least their cities. now, these boards are flooded with secretly signed artists and people throwing money at these lame websites for good reviews & exposure.

the fallacious point i was responding to is sitting right there in black and white



It's a false claim..."back in the day" mass scale radio rotation wasn't the primary vehicle by which hip hop heads were put on to the new hot shyt...heads historically PRIDED themselves on actively seeking out hot new shyt...there's nothing remotely "hip hop" about being some passive participant waiting for the radio to feed you the new hit of the moment...you rattling off a generic ass list of the biggest commercially successful artists having hits don't do shyt to support the claim that the radio was "the best of hip hop playing all day every day"...if you considered yourself a hip hop head back in the day, and you didn't know nothing but the token handful of artists that got massive radio play...guess what..you weren't really a hip hop head

youre telling half-truths.

youre right when you talk about people priding themselves on discovering artists that had yet to hit radio or never hit radio.

but when you say things like "token handful of artists" and stuff like that, youre embellishing. I mean, unless you grew up in a bunk ass town or something.

I remember when stuff like das efx and lords of the underground was getting daytime spins. not saying that the playlists were endless or anything but they were a hell of a lot deeper than they are now. plus, acts like those would never get daytime spins today.

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

drake is a plant dog.

that's the problem with the internet now. most of these stars that blew up via the internet were nobodies in their city.

before, I used to love the internet for exposing me to regional stars. but they were proven to be viable acts in their regions, or at least their cities. now, these boards are flooded with secretly signed artists and people throwing money at these lame websites for good reviews & exposure.



youre telling half-truths.

youre right when you talk about people priding themselves on discovering artists that had yet to hit radio or never hit radio.

but when you say things like "token handful of artists" and stuff like that, youre embellishing. I mean, unless you grew up in a bunk ass town or something.

I remember when stuff like das efx and lords of the underground was getting daytime spins. not saying that the playlists were endless or anything but they were a hell of a lot deeper than they are now. plus, acts like those would never get daytime spins today.

Exactly. Mic Geronimo, Cool Breeze, Das Efx, all these nikkas were getting major national looks through outlets like Rap City and the box. I didnt have any older brothers or anyone really throwing tapes or anything my way... all the music I know from the 90s I was from mainstream outlets like the radio or Rap City. And that is where I heard everyone from Outkast to Raekwon to Mic Geronimo for the first time. As far as what was considered "real hip hop" back then... Nobody said these nikkas were topping the charts, but these nikkas were on the radio, period. Not at 3 in the morning either. Primetime slots. At least in NYC. And they were on BET + the Box all day

 

[The 2020 New Member]

look at production credits. damn near every streaming/internet radio service offers suggestions. read magazines.

ask what your friends are into or maybe get into a new genre of music.

 

[Dizzle]

the fallacious point i was responding to is sitting right there in black and white



It's a false claim..."back in the day" mass scale radio rotation wasn't the primary vehicle by which hip hop heads were put on to the new hot shyt...heads historically PRIDED themselves on actively seeking out hot new shyt...there's nothing remotely "hip hop" about being some passive participant waiting for the radio to feed you the new hit of the moment...you rattling off a generic ass list of the biggest commercially successful artists having hits don't do shyt to support the claim that the radio was "the best of hip hop playing all day every day"...if you considered yourself a hip hop head back in the day, and you didn't know nothing but the token handful of artists that got massive radio play...guess what..you weren't really a hip hop head

Word. I feel like that's part of the culture. You're not going to hear phonte or blu on the radio and I you feel like them dudes ain't making good music it's time to kill yourself.

 

[illadope]

Learn how to use tags on Bandcamp. You're welcome.

 

[Kid Coli]

is there any dope online hip-hop radio stations or podcasts that discuss or play new music?

 

[Awesome Wells]

A lot of it can be from word of mouth, especially on a forum like this where we're all trying to put each other on to some new and different artists.

I've found some artists I really fukk with through browsing Live Mixtapes and listening to cats I never heard of.

This.

 

[Wacky D]

Exactly. Mic Geronimo, Cool Breeze, Das Efx, all these nikkas were getting major national looks through outlets like Rap City and the box. I didnt have any older brothers or anyone really throwing tapes or anything my way... all the music I know from the 90s I was from mainstream outlets like the radio or Rap City. And that is where I heard everyone from Outkast to Raekwon to Mic Geronimo for the first time. As far as what was considered "real hip hop" back then... Nobody said these nikkas were topping the charts, but these nikkas were on the radio, period. Not at 3 in the morning either. Primetime slots. At least in NYC. And they were on BET + the Box all day

yea.

at the very least, rap city and primetime mix-shows were enough if you were an avid listener and took initiative.