NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
shyt died way before drill.
And yes….social media and new age tech has phased out a lot of words which have grown smaller in range.
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
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And yes….social media and new age tech has phased out a lot of words which have grown smaller in range.
YakSpiller
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The white broccoli head suburban teenagers are the #1 consumers of rap.
They want us to be clowns, strictly entertainment. So rap died when we stopped catering to our people and started catering to them.
That’s why rappers like Dave Blunts and Playboi Carti are a thing. “Vibes” no lyrical content just a whole bunch of garbage that they can “vibe” with.
They want us to be clowns, strictly entertainment. So rap died when we stopped catering to our people and started catering to them.
That’s why rappers like Dave Blunts and Playboi Carti are a thing. “Vibes” no lyrical content just a whole bunch of garbage that they can “vibe” with.
Playaz Eyez
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Yep. Being garbage in previous eras got you laughed at and basically shut out the genre to 1-2 hit wonder status. Pretty much since Soulja Boy has been on the radar and YouTube being so massive now, that’s a thing of the past. You can stay on the radar for a LONG time even if you’re trash and even if you only have one actual hit. Artists like Ian, Lil Pump and Ice Spice should’ve never been a thing, and if those types popped up in 1992, 1998, or 2003, they wouldn’t have made it past their first single.
2 Up 2 Down
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I mentioned in another thread that the decline started when rappers started chasing hitsPeople been saying hiphop is dead since like 05 lol
And even on the Coli you got posters that actively hate anything that's "lyrical" or about anything beyond partying, fukking, selling drugs and killing
Awesome Wells
The Bobby Womack of Crack
Rap isn’t dead, your just not 15-24 anymore.
I don’t understand why yall try to declare something isn’t thriving because you no longer like it
Yes it was. Most of the east coast shyt yall champion was garbage that’s why it had no influence. Ain’t nobody influence by shyt like Nas and Wu tang
But look at all the influence 36 and Gucci have today
NYC Rebel
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Female is R&B is thriving. Male R& B doesn’t exist on the mainstream level
I find new great R&B and rap to listen to every month but I’m a fan of music not an era
Pure Water
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But this doesn't really hold up because the best rappers were gangster rappers back in the day.
Hell, Glasses is pretty articulate as well especially compared to a lot of popular rappers nowadays.
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
The quality of writing in female R&B is pure trash.
It isn’t sophisticated or poetry at all.
Pure Water
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I strongly disagree with this.
Kendrick
Cole
Drake (early work is amazing)
Krit
Nipsey
etc.
They were guys that were popular during the beginnings and height of the Drill era.
I think the big problem outside of literacy rate is artist development. We're in an era where people have even more controll (for better or worse) over what they listen to and it's easier now than ever to release music. The lack of control from A&Rs, taste curators, and intermediary record labels plays a huge part.
The sweet balance for a great hip-hop artist was during the Drill Era which coincides with the Soundcloud/Blog era that the artist mentioned above were apart of.
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
Ok breh
I will continue to catch a vibe while you analyze lyrics
Thats the problem. All “vibes.” Music is so trash now because of that mindset.
These modern day R&B chicks dont write in a manner that leaves a lot to the imagination or is creative. This aint Jill Scott or Badu creatives. Its blunt & to the point empty. No woven words into beautiful poetry or meaning.
Im a HUGE female R&B fan more than male R&B & what they are writing today is trash