Decline in rap quality is correlated to literacy. These rappers now don't read books,don't write, illiterate. No longer intense path b/w poetry to rap

[Da King]

Shawty spittin that shyt make alotta sense I even go as far as to say alot of these modern rappers cant read at a certain level lol not just dont read

It actually not just rap we been knew the literacy and math level in schools for students been on a steep decline. Special needs raps like Playboi Carti directly reflect their times and youth that why rappers like him that just yap and croon so popular now

Thoughts?

Hundred percent facts. When you hear kids these days, literally talking in hip-hop slang, not knowing that there is actual proper grammar that exists it’s no wonder why the music is all trash.

 

[Playaz Eyez]

Just look at that XXL freshman list.

 

[jadillac]

Hundred percent facts. When you hear kids these days, literally talking in hip-hop slang, not knowing that there is actual proper grammar that exists it’s no wonder why the music is all trash.

Great point and sad

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Its gangsterism, honestly.

You got dweebs like Glasses Malone who think rap only belongs to street urban life trying to gatekeep access and convos.

 

[ajnapoleon]

Shawty spittin that shyt make alotta sense I even go as far as to say alot of these modern rappers cant read at a certain level lol not just dont read

It actually not just rap we been knew the literacy and math level in schools for students been on a steep decline. Special needs raps like Playboi Carti directly reflect their times and youth that why rappers like him that just yap and croon so popular now

Thoughts?

Nas mom was a educator

Big Mom was a educator

Jay mom is a educator

J. Cole is a graduate

David banner is a graduate

Killer Mike went to more house

Both members of OutKast had educated people around them their teachers have been interviewed

A lot of good to great MC’s had a educator in their life


A lot of the new guys fight tooth and nail to prove they dumb

 

[L. Deezy]

Rap music has always been juvenile and filled with “too cool for school” type brehs.

thats a lie...

do your research on the red black and green era..

 

[2 one 3]

Rap is ass today

 

[ajnapoleon]

Rap is ass today

No real

Posse cuts
Story telling
City anthems
Roll outs
Rap city in the booth
Label crews








It’s all memes and vibes

 

[BK The Great]

Mainstream is garbage, all that other good stuff is not being on radio you have to look for it yourself in social media era.

 

[2 Up 2 Down]

Nas mom was a educator

Big Mom was a educator

Jay mom is a educator

J. Cole is a graduate

David banner is a graduate

Killer Mike went to more house

Both members of OutKast had educated people around them their teachers have been interviewed

A lot of good to great MC’s had a educator in their life


A lot of the new guys fight tooth and nail to prove they dumb

And also these new dudes don't write. Most of the young listeners are barely literate so they accept mediocre lyrics that sound like freestyles and emphasizing cadence over lyrics.

 

[In The Zone '98]

Rap died when drill became the #1 sub genre

 

[Jaguar93]

People been saying hiphop is dead since like 05 lol

 

[rantanamo]

There was a ton of trash in the past. I think we are being nostalgic.

 

[drifter]

There was a ton of trash in the past. I think we are being nostalgic.

There's trash in every era, I'm sure nikkas in the 1800s stumbled across ass classical music. The difference is every era but this one, the people walking earth could read and write. The farther you go in the past the more the average intelligence increases.

Dumb populaces are easy to control as you see today, the decline of music is just a side effect of the main goal

 

[Knicksman20]

There was a ton of trash in the past. I think we are being nostalgic.

But the difference is the garbage music from the past stayed garbage & wasn't pushed in the mainstream like today